凉拌三层肉

I prepared a meat salad as cold dish for appetizer to be serve b4 dinner earlier on. I been wanting to prepare something like tis since ages ago, but for mine case, it will be earsier for mi to prepare all cooked piping hot dishes when its my cooking day. Cook 1st, preparing sauce next & chill last takes quite a while as there r procedures to follow.

Since mum will be the one cooking dinner tonite, i shall focus on preparing my cold dish.

Ingredients;
250g pork belly
1/2 pot boiling water
Pinch of salt
Some shredded lettuce, cucumber & carrots

Sauce;
2 shallots, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 chili padi, chopped
1/2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp fish sauce
2 tbsp thai chili sauce
3 limes, squeeze for juice

Method;
-Bring pork belly to boil in pot of water with pinch of salt.
-When cooked, drained & let cool.
-Sliced pork belly thinly.
-To prepare sauce, stir all ingredients together.
-Mix sauce & pork belly together, chill in fridge for an hour.
-Sprinkle with roasted nuts & sesame seeds, serve with shredded veggie.
-Enjoy!

Spinach Fried Rice Bento

Seems like i only brought my lunch bento once tis week. Dunno izzit a gd sign or bad sign for mi? Am i starving myself during lunch or am i spending $$$ eating junk food? Well, actually its both.
Whenever i need to prepare lunch bento, i will wake up very early in the morning, cut my fruits, pack my bento, dili deili...leave house at 8.20am. However, i been a very good gal, keeping myself fit by walking to work. YES, from hougang to ang mo kio. Takes mi about 35-40mins to reach therefore, i gotto leave house as early as 7.30am. Reaches office still have time to wash up b4 i start my day.

Since i'm feeling abit tired today, shall skip my walking. I was touched by Mum tis morning as she specially prepared a spinach fried rice lunch bento for mi.So sweet of her!!! I still tot i can detox by skipping lunch today. haha...
My lunch bento includes;
-Spinach fried rice with prawns & scrambled egg
-Roselle tea
-Pear & kiwi slices

Gathering Dinner @ NewYork NewYork

Brigitte juz came from fm her Europe trip recently & we gals arranged to meet up at our usual hang out place~NewYork NewYork @ Kovan.

Brigitte posing for a pic with her effort~the pretty wrapped chocolates from switzerland.

Alcholic chocolates imported by Brigitte.

My favourite~Hot salsa tomato soup.

Requested by Ronger~Roasted mushroom cappuccino.

Oh tis Ronger ar, commented that i onli snap pic of her soup but not her. I told her okie, might as well i snap a pic for her as well. She declined, but was already posing for it. haha...tis gal ar!

Ying's Hawalian teriyaki chicken chop.

Brigitte, Ronger & I ordered the same~Crispy fish in alfredo sauce.
Wow...its taste great with some tobasco added to it. I'm loving it!

Last but not least, an old fashioned banana split to satisfy us.We had an enjoyable dinner & i'm looking forward to our next gathering.After we disperse, i walked all the way home to burn off the calories & fats from my sinful dinner. :P

Chicken Nuggets Roll Bento

Begining of a new week & i'm back to my bento days. haha... Well, seems like last week i was out most of the for dinner, dun reali haf time to prepare my bento. Today shall be back to normal ya?!

When i prepared my bento tis morning, Adam commented that my bento looks more like a kid bento. So childish! Erm......so mean of him to comment that i'm childish cuz we are eating the same thing except his is for breakfast without the cute bento & yakult whereas mine is for lunch. haha...no worries, childish=child like~~~means i'm still young like a kid. Well, depends on how i interpret on tis point rite? :-P

My lunch bento includes;
-Baked chicken nuggets in chili mayo dip,with omelette & cucumber slices.
-Kiwi slices, red apple cherry tomatoes.
-Yakult drink, mixed berry yoghurt & a mango pudding.

Fried Mantou With Condensed Milk

A simple yet delicious quick snack which is easy to prepare. The 1st i ate tis snack was when i had a buffet at Magic Pot of Chongqing along scotts rd.
At that time when i 1st saw tis dish i was like "Uhh...i come all the way here pay so much & i was serve with mantou tis kinda simple food?!"But i was so wrong, actually it doesn't matter much if the food is nice.

Simply deep fried some frozen mantou, drizzle with condensed milk & serve hot. Its sooo... delicious.

Taiwan Porridge Lunch

I'm sooo happy when it comes to eating taiwan porridge.Its very popular in the 70s. Mum told us that when she & dad were dating, they used to frequent lougue houses where they serve taiwan porridge.
Its actually plain porridge cooked with sweet potatoes, often serve with beansprouts, cai po, salted veggie, braised pig skin, fried promfet & other kind of steamed fishes. These are the few popular dishes where pple will normally choose when eating taiwan porridge.

As sweet potatoes is the trend in our family now, i suggested to mum that we shall haf taiwan porridge for lunch today, its better than eating out. I cooked a few dishes to go with the porridge. Among all, i simply love the Pig Skin~~~Collagen u noe? haha....

Simple sweet potato porridge.
-Add sweet potato cubes when cooking plain porridge.

Steamed fish with cai po.
-Stir fry preserved radish with garlic till fragrant, add oyster sauce, sugar & some water.
-Bring to boil, serve over steam fish & green onions.

Stir fry cabbage wif dried shrimps.
-Fry garlic, dried shrimp in 1 tsp oil for a min b4 adding carrots & stalk of cabbage.
-Fry till cabbage soft b4 adding in button mushrooms & remaining cabbage.
-Fry till cabbage soften, add some water & cover with lid.
-After 5 mins, add seasonings continue to fry for another 5 mins b4 serving.

Braised pig skin.
-Boiled cleaned pig skin in 1/2 pot boiling water till soft, drained.
-Place pig skin in a claypot, add boiling water till it covers pig skin.
-Add cinnamon stick,star anis,cloves,dried chili,garlic,dark soy sauce,oyster sauce & salt.
-Bring to boil, cover lid & let simmer for 10mins.
-Add rock sugar & coco cola.
-Serve when gravy thickens.

可乐鸡翅

I used to wonder wat's so great about cola chicken until i tried it today. The 1st time i heard about tis dish was when i was in my secondary school days.

Watched HK drama series, heard them mentioning that juz need to marinate chicken with the soft drinks, bring to cook will do.
But i wonder, soft drinks makes it sweet, how bout any seasonings to make it salty so that the taste will more or less balance up?! Well, isn't it almost the same as how i made my version of stewed pork belly? Decided to do trial & error & the results turn out to be perfect. Yummy~licious.

I onli regret not making more portion, some how or rather feels that not reali enough to share between Adam, Jesper & Mi. keke.....

Ingredients;
10 Chicken winglets + drumlets
200ml cola soft drink
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp vegetable oil

Marinate;
1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
Pinch of salt
100ml cola

*1 tsp rice vinegar
*1 tsp dark soy sauce

Method;
-Marinade chicken with all marinate ingredients except *ingredients.
-Set aside in fridge for at least 3hours.
-Drained the chicken, set aside marinate for later use.
-On a non-stick frying pan, pan fry chicken till lightly browned on both side, to remove excess oil from the chicken skin. When done, remove & set aside.
-Clean pan with kitchen towel, fry garlic in 1 tsp vegetable oil.
-When garlic browned, add chicken & marinate to the pan.
-Bring to boil, pour in 200ml cola.
-Cover with lid & simmer for 5-8mins.
-Stir in rice vinegar & dark soy sauce.
-Let mixture thicken over high heat, serve with garnishes.
-Enjoy!

Teriyaki Pork Sliced With Greens

My fridge has a little bit of everything which makes mi undecisive, dunno wat to cook. I wanna purchase thai asparagus from shengsiong earlier on, however i couldn't find any thin ones.

Decided on a teriyaki pork sliced since i wanna finish up the remaining lean meat in the fridge.Since mum bought some french beans, i decided to "steal" some of those & add to my dish. If u r wondering that french beans dun go well with teriyaki sauce, den u r wrong. Initially i oso thought so, tt's y i'm searching for thai asparagus instead. Wow......i love the combination. If its being serve with japanese rice, that would be WONDERFUL!

Ingredients;
200g lean meat, sliced
1/2 inch size ginger, grated
2 clove garlic, chopped
1 small onion, sliced
1/2 carrot
Some french beans
1 stalk scallions, cut into 3cm length
Oil for frying

Marinate;
Pinch of salt
1 tsp teriyaki sauce
1 tsp cornflour (to be added b4 cooking)

Sauce;
1 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
50ml water
Thickening agent

Method;
-Marinade meat & set aside in fridge for at least an hour.
-Slantly cut french bean into thin strips, carrots into stick.
-Heat 1 tbsp oil, fry garlic & onion till fragrant, add carrots & french beans.
-Stir fry for 2 mins, add in pork slices.
-Continue to fry until meat change colour, pour in sauce & scallions.
-Simmer for a min b4 adding in thickening agent, serve immediately.
-Enjoy!

Gifts from Taiwan

Aunty Sarah is back from her Taiwan trip.
She is always bz with work, housework, taking great care of uncle david, committed to RC work as well. She hardly haf any free time to do things she likes, onli a mere 10mins everyday to take care of her plants.

I've always tell her to take gd care of herself, haf planty of rest. However she always overwork & fall sick. I'm so glad when i heard she's going away for a taiwan trip. So glad that she enjoyed herself, had so much fun. Aunty Sarah looks much fresher after the trip.

I've got a pinky bracelet with bells where Aunty Sarah bought from 1 of the tribe gift shop when visiting them. Other than that, she got mi a classy black necklace,fragrance bubble bath & a busty chocolate.

These busty white chocolate are so cute & interesting.

Can be used to tease pple ya?! So funny...

I heard from Aunty Sarah that tis shop sells all kinds of funny edible candies & chocolate. She finds that tis is rather interesting & so she bought them for mi.

Fried Rice Bento

Though i was out having fun last nite, well i wake up early to prepare my lunch bento for today. Mum had some leftover long beans & rice, hence i used them to make into a long beans fried rice.

Simply diced the beans, fried together with eggs, prawns, seasonings & rice. Simple as abc....i added a tsp of sambal chili paste to enchance, sprinkle the top with fried shallots. Wooh...yummy.

My lunch bento includes;
-Long bean fried rice
-Cucumber & cherry tomatoes
-Peach cubes
-Blueberry biscuit, veggie biscuit
-Camomile tea

Dinner @ Waruku De Pasta, Dessert Feast @ Nectarie & Clubbing @ Clinic

Had a fun & enjoyable time last evening. Tabby, Steph & I, other than meet up for dinner & some gossips, we went clubbing as well. haha....well, its quite a nice feeling, can destress at the same time.

We went for Waruku de pasta @ central. I'm famished even b4 we met up. As soon as we sat down, we ordered a few dishes as i wanna save some space in my tummy for dessert later on. I been telling the gals that i will be bringing down to Tampopo Deli for strawberry shorcake.

While waiting.......

Our soup of the day~Cream of corn & a side salad.

A mini potato salad which comes together for our set meal.

A platter consisting of hotate butter,korokoro tofu & fried chicken.

Soup pasta. Yes, i didn't get it wrong. Tis is indeed a soup pasta consisting of asparagus, bacon & yolk in creamy soup base.

Squid Ink Pasta~I been wanting to try tis but muz be very careful when eating, otherwise ur whole mouth will be stained with black ink.

Steph proudly showing off her stained lips. haha....

As the potato salad was simply too delicious & not satisfying to us, we place an order a bigger plate. Yummy....

Included in our platter set, a tiny piece of mango moose cake. As it was being freeze in the fridge, the frozen moose taste like mango ice cream.

Shiso umeshu soda~Steph specially ordered tis drink for mi.

And umeshu soda for herself & Tabby.

After diiner & shopping around, we decided to proceed to Tampopo Deli for desserts as planned. I'm disappointed as by time we reached, tampopo deli is closing for the day. Haiz...Oh come on, its onli 9.20pm ya. The nite is still young.

Steph suggested that we follow her, she will bring us to a nice place for dessert. After walking around, went in search for the place where steph highly recommend, we found the location but the shop already closed down. Haiz...another disappointment.

We decided to settle down in the next cafe we come across. Juz den we found Nectarie.

I ordered a Dark Chocolate Opera Cake.

Steph had a Caramelized Bananas with Chocolate.

Tabby had a Tiramisu.

Tabby enjoying her biscuit stick which was being serve with her tiramisu.

Oh my...still need to pose for a pic with the tiramisu.

Steph enjoying her cake.

My turn to show off my cake.

After dessert feast, we went to the bistro next to Nectarie to chill out. Of all places where Clinic? Cuz we were caught by the unique design of the bistro. The whole concept is clinic where all things are to link to wat u can find in a clinic or hospital.

Tabby is sitting on a wheelchair. Other than wheelchair, the lights at the bar counter is exactly the same as wat u find in an operation theatre.

We even saw other pple's drink being served in "blood pack" form, in glucose drip form whereby there's a tube connected for them to suck out the liquor. We dare not order such a big pack as i'm afraid that i will be knocked out.

I ordered a Lychee Martini.

& I'm enjoying it.

Steph enjoying her Chivas Green Tea.

Tabby had a volka 7 & she insist on taking a snap shot with all our drinks. Faint! haha...Overall Clinic is not bad, but i would say that they need to inprove on is their drink & services, attitude of the waitress is terrible.Whereas the cocktail is too diluted. I still prefer the bar & billard room at raffles hotel. Maybe that's our next gathering place ;P

Dinner @ Tung Lok Restaurant

In celebration of Tabby's b-day, i was being invited to her dinner at Tung Lok Restaurant at East Coast.
The food were fantastic but the travelling wise, er hmph.....haiz...We lost our way, from sengkang drove up to tampines, to pasir ris, to changi, to pasir ris again b4 we found our way to east coast. In short, it took us nearly an hour b4 we reach the restaurant.
We were starving by time we reached the restaurant. It was my 1st time at Tung Lok, food is not cheap. For the dishes we had, total bill comes up to $450++. WOW...
Sashimi~Tabby's favourite. Aunty Margaret says tabby is the b-day gal, she where dare dun order her favourite food. haha...so funny!

Fresh oysters~Natalie's favourite. Well, she onli eats salmon & oyster. Expensive taste ya! keke....

Pipa duck~Janurius's favourite.

When we lost our way earlier on, feeling so hungry, jan was boasting to us,trying to tempt us how delicious & yummy it was.

It was delicious indeed, but when u r feeling hungry & some pple are describing bout food to u, the feeling is so sickening rite? haha....

Spring onion flowers & cucumber flowers to be eaten together with the pipa duck.

Remaining portion of the pipa duck being serve with sauce.

Seasoned jelly fish & special tofu.

The tofu is being fried until crispy, drizzled with a braised dark soy sauce. Yummy...but it will taste better if the braised sauce has herbal taste.

B-day gal's alltime favourite~Wasabi mayo prawns.Sooo...delicious.

Fish maw soup~Initially i tot its being cooked in pumpkin broth, but after checking out with the waitress, the stock was being cook with fat hen & carrots, simmer over long hours b4 it reached tis colour.

Yam ring~b4 i could take a pic of it, the waitress already cut the ring up into pieces.If onli i could act faster. keke....

Cai poh steamed with ba ting fish~texture of the fish is soft & smooth, not much bones. Heard fm Aunty Rosa that the fish costs nearly $100. Wow...high grade fish ya.

Braised e-fu noodles with shredded duck~it goes great with green chili pickles. I love it.

Here's the best & my favourite part of the dinner~~~Dessert time. Yeah.....Whenever attenting a 8 course or 9 course dinner, i most look forward the the starter & dessert. haha....

Each of us get to choose different kind of dessert & i make it a point that b4 they eat muz let mi snap a pic of the food. Well, cuz i'm a food blogger.haha.....

Janurius's Lime shobert with lemon grass jelly

Most of us ordered Mango pudding, that includs tabby & I.

Melanie & Aunt Rosa's Peanut tang yuan.

Nicholas's Hrbal jelly with honey.

Uncle Jo's Yang Zhi Gan Lu (Pomelo in mango sauce)

What a delightful dinner.After settling the bills,we were given complimentary parking ticket for our cars. Good service by Tung Lok!