Jumbo Seafood

I had a very satisfying dinner yesterday at Jumbo. Our usual haunt at East Coast. Knowing that crowd will form by dinner, we arrived early, before the sunsets and got an Al-fresco table, with the sea breeze kissing our body.
Our usual  order of Chilli crab and Tiger beer, and adding splashes of side dishes – this [...]

Roasted Game

Had been wanting to cook duck for the longest time…..
So, picked up 2 duck legs from Sheng Siong.

TADAA!!
Well, not exactly very well done because its too dry. The fond was to oily to use as a gravy. So, had to settle with a pretty dry roasted duck leg paired with roasted potatoes and pineapple and crunchy [...]

The Moon, The Cake and The Paper.

Mooncake Festival is around the corner….to be exact – 14 September 2008.
Another marketing opportunity for the hoteliers/restauranteurs to roll out a series of overly priced, weirdly flavoured mooncakes.
Me, being old school, typically get mine from 大中国. Theirs being wickedly oily and comes with the little melon seeds which you hardly get to find in the [...]

Recipe of the Month

Any meat eater would love this. I call this “Jing Du Pai Gu”. Typically, Zi Char stalls served them in big pork chop slabs together with the bone. My “Ang” find them too troublesome to eat in big slabs, so I remove the bones and chop them into smaller bite size. Again, my recipe is [...]

Wrapping Dumplings

Tuesday is “Duan Wu Jie” AKA Dumpling Festival.

So, it has been a tradition for my in-laws to wrap dumplings to celebrate this festival. Since this was my 1st year, I obediently reported my “attendance” at my 2nd sis-in-law’s place. By the time I reached there around 11am, my MIL and two SILs had already started. [...]

Spice

Some friends had been asking about the spice packet in the last entry. So, pictures speaks a thousand words.

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Met one of my beerkaki in the afternoon and visited his eatery place called “Heads or Tails” located at Market Street Carpark. Its an authentic Thai eatery with Thai chef! Besides the lunch menu of rice and [...]

My Signature Dish

It has been a weekend full of entertaining at home – Saturday and Sunday.

EAT. TALK. LAUGH.
Everything that’s got to do with the mouth!!

I whipped up a dish of “Lor Ba” AKA Braised Pork Belly, with steamed buns and butterhead lettuce. Some friends has been asking for the recipe, but my method of cooking had [...]

Perfect Snack for Beer

Ho Ho Ho……I found this in MEIDI-YA supermarket!
This was my new found snack while vacationing in Japan. It comes with different concoction of rice crackers and peas…. and the best part? Ikan Bilis – Japanese Style!!
I was still wondering if I can get it in Singapore. So, like any kiasu counterpart, I bought several [...]

Mushroom

After eating days of comfort food of porridge and mee sua, my tongue is really really yearning for something else.
I rummaged through the fridge and the kitchen cupboards to find myself with not much options beside instant noodles.
Sianz…
I didn’t give up….then in a tucked away corner of the fridge, I saw this recycled container [...]