Unforgettable Crabs

First time tasted these two crab dishes - just love it !!

It's popular in Ang Mo Kio & one has to queue for this.

Dont miss this if you are in that area.

Creamy pepper crab - cooked with coarse pepper & cream.

The sauce goes well with fried dumblings.

Wow....look....roe....eeeeeeeeeek cholesterol!!

Milky crab soup served with Mi Hoon - so tasty.

Couldn't stopped eating.

Dian Xiao Er, Vivocity

It was hard decision what to have for dinner at Vivocity on 27th August 2010. 

We narrowed it to chinese food.

Then it was choosing between Dian Xiao Er and Soup Restaurant.

Fried yau mak with fermented bean

Belly Pork

Tong kui roast duck

Fried toufu

Meal is not complete without desserts !!

Brunch at Lucky Plaza

On 27th August morning before proceeding to Universal Studio on Sentosa Island, we decided to have brunch at Hawker Centre, Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road. We tried the nasi lemak, vegetarian noodle & koay chap - all prepared differently from Penang.

Nasi Lemak with fried egg, sambal, otak, ikan bilis / peanuts & fried chicken drumstick

Vegetarian Noodle

Koay Chap

Kong Kee in Geylang

It's been years since my last trip to Singapore with my daughter. We planned one from August 26th to 30th, 2010. Both departed from different city / airport on separate airline & arriving at different Singapore airport terminal. Both aircrafts were delayed & we arrived within 5 minutes of each other. All worked out well. 

We stopped at Kong Kee Restaurant, Lorong 31, Geylang for supper.

They claimed they served best Hokkien Mi but we decided to have some broth instead.

Congee

Fish head with bitter gourd

Salted egg york sotong

Egg plant

Treasured Collection

At a recent wedding dinner of my niece at Trader's Hotel,

I met Datuk & Datin Chan. 

Datin was excited & showed me the photo below which she found in her closets.

She kept it in her handbag just in case she bumps into me.

This was taken in front of the headmistress' quarter of Union Institution, Burma Road.

I borrowed it home to scan as I do not have many childhood photos. 

I have Datin to thank for this fond memories.

This morning as I have no other appointment,

So, drove to Datin's house to return the original photo.

I brought along Mum & the mum's 80th birthday scrap book to show Datuk & Datin

Both of them & their grandson have a fun time browsing thru our family photos.

Layered cake [original flavour] from Sunflower, Tanjung Bunga was served.

Personally I find the layered cake from Yew, Nirvana Road, taste better.

After spending 1.5 hours chatting & catching up on the latest news,

Mum & I departed in search for lunch.

Undecided what & where to eat, I just drove round & round. 

End up at Sushi King, Gurney Plaza.

Crispy Salmon Skin

Octopus

Mum always orders this whenever we are at Japanese food outlet.

Unagi Tofu

Promotion for August month

Fry Set

Served with Miso Soup, Salad, Steamed Egg & Plain Rice

Mum didn't want the salad that came with the set. 

So I took it with some rice from her set & ate with Unagi Tofu.

I added some Wasabi to it & OMG, tears just rolled down.

After lunch I dropped by Viva office, Pulau Tikus to pick up a tin of Viva Plus [protein powder]

Next Monday, am going to take VVP for breakfast !!

Jia yu ! Jia yu ! Need to take off at least 2 kgs !!

Aroma of garlic at midnight

Returned from work last night and was feeling hungry.

What can I prepare that's quick & easy.

Nothing too heavy as it's already past midnight.

I found a stick of baquette which I bought from Jusco in the afternoon.

Cut French Bread [baguette] into slices about 1cm thick

Spread a layer of butter & chopped garlic

Sprinkle dried parsley on top

Baked in oven for 10 minutes on 180C

Just love the aroma of the garlic bread.

It's so crispy !!

Felt satisfied after that.

Cempedak - Ganja

I am not a fan of cempedak. However when I was introduced to this specie Ganja Cempedak last year by Jou. I just long to taste it again. Waiting was a year & on Monday I was given a fruit. Left it wrapped in newspaper to ripen. This morning, the house was filled with the cempedak fragrance that no way anyone can hide the fruit.  

The cempedak was cut & this specie just doesn't require to deep fried. In fact it's meant to be eaten raw. The seed inside is so small as can be seen from photo. The flesh is thick, not fibrous & orangish red in colour. Taste is heavenly  & so sweet. Just cant resist to take one after another. Can get addicted to as the name suggest - Ganja !!

Thank you Jou for blessing us with this wonderful fruit.   

Orange Poppy Seeds Cake

Was given some poppy seeds fom an ex colleague who came back from Austria.

As I have not used poppy seeds in any cooking before,

the logical thing to do is to surf net for a recipe. 

That's what I got & tried.....tastes good !!

Thumb up !

Soak poppy seeds in milk & stir well

Add orange juice

Cream butter & sugar till light & fluffy

Add egg till well beaten

Stir in Orange Rind

Add sifted plain flour & baking powder

Lastly mix in the liquid ingredients

Bake in preheated 160C oven for 55-60 minutes

Pour orange syrup over the hot cake

That's it........orange poppy seeds cake !

Nice & Tasty Koay Teow Th'ng

Koay Teow Th'ng seller on Jalan Phuah Hin Leong

Bowl of Koay Teow Th'ng with added chicken liver

Dry type - choice of noodle, mi hoon or koay teow

32, Light Street, Penang

Name of shop & address

 

Mable tables & wooden chairs

Service Ccounter

Chef is preparing Roti Jala on a flat steel plate

Cup of black coffee to go with Healthy Charcoal Bamboo Bread