妈妈的爱心香肠炒饭便当

Mum wasn't feeling well yesterday and onli cooked some fried rice for dinner. As she cooked too much, she set aside 1 bowl for my bento today. Why I named it 妈妈的爱心香肠炒饭便当 is coz my mum woke up super early to take the rice out from fridge to thaw and woke me up to remind me to re-fry the rice. Lolz.....

My bento consist of
-Sausage fried rice (chicken franks, fish cakes, scrambled eggs, sweet peas)
I warmed up the rice by frying them with some home-made chili paste, added a stalk of boiled siow pek chye for more greens.
-Iced coffee
-Chocolate truffle

Fried Shrimp Wanton

I had a sudden craving for deep fried wantons. Juz imagine the fragrant crispy skin dip with sauce, thrown right into your mouth and as u chew on the fiiling, you are able to savour the sweet freshness of the shrimps. The WOW factor for mi and once u pop, u can't stop! Lolz...

Ingredients;
Square shape wanton skins
Minced prawns
Light soy sauce
Pinch of salt
Dash of pepper
Egg white
Corn flour
Oil for deep frying

Method;
-Marinate prawns with soy sauce, salt, pepper and sesame oil for an hour.
-Add cornflour and wrap mixture with wanton skin.
-Complete until mixture finishes.
-Deep fried in hot oil till crispy and golden brown.
-Serve with dips.
-Enjoy!

Chin Chow Teh C

I been craving for Teh C for so many days. Am looking forward to a super power tea which perks me up. and since I've been trying to kick the habit of drink 2 bubble teas a day, I decided to make my own teh c very last min. Erm... it was like 7plus pm and i was on my way home when I make this decision. Dropped by the nearest supermarket for chin chow and evaporated milk and start my nonsense at nite and ta rah.....


Hey, as it's nice and delicious, I made extras to bring to office the next day! :-)

Ingredients;
2 Lipton tea bag
Hot boiling water
Brown sugar
White sugar
Evaporated milk
Ice-cubes
Chin chow, shredded

Method;
-Pour hot boiling water over tea bags, let it sit for 5 mins.
-Remove and stir in sugars. Set aside to cool.
-Add ice-cubes to chill.
-Serve with chin chow and evaporated milk.
-Enjoy!

杏仁饼

Peyling juz came back from her holiday trip and guess wat she bought? Almond cookies from Macau! And the best thing is she went Hong Kong with her family. I wonder where she got these authentic Macau almond cookies from as i didn't managed to find them when i was in Hong Kong.
This is the best almond cookies i've ever had!

Nice packaging which makes an ideal gift

Individual packs inside for convenience sake.

Declious flaky cookies with course grains of fragrant almonds in between. Fantastic!

菜蒲蒜容酱料蒸鱼

Dad bought a new breed of fish, erm..something from the sea and i dunno the name. All I know is that this breed of fish is very dark and has super thick lips.

Ingredients;
1 fish, about 900g
1 handful chye po, chopped
3 clove garlic, chopped
2 stalks spring onion, chopped
Oil for frying
Oyster sauce
Sugar
30ml water

Method;
-Fry garlic in hoy till fragrant, add chye po and fry for 5-8mins.
-Season to taste, add water and bring to boil.
-Set aside for later use.
-Steam fish for about 12mins or until cook.
-Pour away water from steamed fish, drizzle with chye po mixed.
-Sprinkle green oniosn and serve.
-Enjoy!

Look at the thick lips which drove Adam crazy! Ya.. he's delighted over the fish eye and lips. *Gross* .... and i dun fancy the parts which he loves. 'Chinese' are the ones whom eat all parts of an animal. Sad that Adam is 1 of the kind! :-P

海参排骨花旗参汤

A simple soup which is loaded with delicacies. Dad joked that at this rate where we are eating, we will be bankrupt soon! Lolz... Dried scallop cost $250 per kg and the sea cucumber cost $660 per kg! WOW...

Ingredients;
1 kg spare-ribs
1 sea cucumber, bout 12cm length
Dried scallop
8g american ginsenf butt
Pinch of Salt
Water

Method;
-Blanch spare-risb in boiling water, drained.
-Bring water to boil, add spare-ribs and cook for 1/2 hour till slightly soft.
-Add scallops, american ginseng butt and continue to cook for another 10 mins.
-Add pieces of sea cucumber, continue to cook for another 10 mins.
-Season to taste & serve.
-Enjoy!

What a big piece of sea cucumber!

Stir Fry Cabbage With Oyster Sauce

I didn't have a chance to shop for groceries on Sunday morning hence we do not have any veggie to cook for dinner. Lucky Adam and Jesper were out in the afternoon and were on their way back from the central. Knowing that they will be back b4 dinner, Mum requested the 'boys' to shop for vegetables. Erm... boy + vegetable? = no link! Lolz... I doubt the 2 guys in my house knows how to select veggie ba!

Ingredients;
Cabbage, break into smaller pieces
Some dried shrimps, soak and drained
1/2 carrot, shred
1 glove garlic, chopped
Oil for frying
Oyster sauce
30 ml water
Pinch of salt

Method;
-Fry garlic in oil till fragrant, add dried shrimps.
-Toss in carrots and cabbage.
-Fry till cabbage slightly soften.
-Season to taste, add stock and cover with lid to simmer.
-Serve & enjoy!

Close up of the veggie.

印度姑娘~Ekina

Aunty Sarah invited a priest to bless her house on Sunday morning and i was invited for the praying session followed by breakfast in her house. This is a good chance for me to know more about other culture and after the session, i was given door gifts as well.

The return gift which Aunty Sarah got for all ladies.

Hair gear made up of jasmine flowers. Nice?

And the blessings which Aunty Sarah gave as she put the dots on my forehead.

I'm very happy with my new look and many of my frens tot i converted! Lolz...

Takoyaki Flavour Seafood Puffs

I got the inspiration of mixing flavour powder with fried food from Mcdonald's shaker fries. Yes, their shaker fries is in the trend again and this time round its seaweed flavour. As i'm not a huge fan of seaweed, i decided to comes out with my preferred combination and thus, here comes my takoyaki puffs!

Ingredients;
Self raising flour
Water
Pinch of salt
3 shallots, thinly sliced
2 stalks of scallions, chopped
5 seafood sticks, thinly sliced
2 medium prawns, finely chopped
Oil

Method;
-Prepare batter by mixing flour, water and salt together.
-On a non stick frying pan, fry shallots with 1-2 drops of oil till lightly brown and fragrant.
-Add fried shallots , seafood sticks, scallions and prawns to the batter.
-Mix well and let it sits for 20 mins.
-Drop teaspoonful of batter into hot oil, deep fried till golden brown. Drained and place batters on kitchen towels to remove excess oil.
-Transfer fried batters into a zipped-lock bag, sprinkle in takoyaki flavour powder.
-Shake well and serve hot.
-Enjoy!

Close up on the delicious crispy puffs.

Here's whre i got my takoyaki flavour powder from! Jack & Jill potato chips! Lolz...

Vadai Cutlets

Aunty Sarah gave us a surprise this afternoon by making some vadai cutlets for us this afternoon and wow... its delicious! Erm... i have yet to master the skill of making indian vadai, guess there's still rooms for improvements ya!

Here are the hot crispy vadai cutlets with plenty of onions and green chilies. Juz in time for teabreak today!

Close up on the delicious cutlets.

Kimchi Gyoza

There's a new flavour of kimchi gyoza in town and Aunty sarah bought some for our family to try. As the frozen gyoza were kept in the freezer for days, i decided to fry some for our lunch today.

Pan fried the frozen gyoza till crispy and golden, serve hot.

Here's how the packaging looks like.

Milk Tea With Herbal Jelly

Seems like bubble tea is in the trend again and in order to gather info and pics for my bubble tea series, i been having bubble tea more frequent and even up to 2 cups per day. Hey, i put on weight! :-( But seems like it's rather addictive. After the milk tea and herbal jelly which i had from Gong Cha, i decided to make my own version.

Ingredients;
Lipton teabag
Hot water
Sugar
Skimmed milk
Herbal jelly
Ice-cubes

Method;
-Prepare hot red tea by adding hot water to teabag, let it sit for 5mins. Remove teabag.
-Stir in sugar till dissolved, add ice-cubes.
-Assemble tea, milk, ice cubes and herbal jelly.
-Serve and enjoy!

Late Nite Coffee & Desserts @ Robert Timms

Aunty Margaret and Uncle Jo hadf to attend a wedding dinner at Hilton Hotel and after sending them to the hotel, Tab and i decided to have a shopping spree at Wheelock followed by coffee chill out at Robert Timmes and it was a truly delightful experience.

A very significant picture of Australia on the menu.

We order the above delicious sinful desserts to chill out over coffee and gosh, my pincolo latte is super 'huge' where i dun bear to finish it at 1 go! Lolz....

‘咸水饺'的魅力

What charm does this brown crispy oval kueh has? Oh well, plenty of charm and the biggest of all, it makes me and Tab lose our sleep. Lolz... we went to the Tampines Giant on several occasion but didnt get a chance to buy them.
Today, we purposely make a trip there and finally had our fill. We were delighted and fulfilled even to the extend where we die today! haha...

Crispy on the exterior layer, slight chewy and QQ on the 2nd layer.

Generous savoury filling inside! Cheap and good. $0.80 each, 4 for $3.00. The best 咸水饺 I ever had in Singapore! :-P

Dinner @ ELlmingos (JB)

We were at Tebrau City again and not there to do any shoppings nor watch movies. Our main objective is to find a nice cosy restaurant to relax and enjoy food. After walking around, we found......ELmingos.

The menu..

the food here is not ex but have to wait and see how's the taste.

Nice cosy ambience


While waiting for food to be serve, we took some 'artistic' pics

i'm so happy!

Here comes our drinks... coke float and iced lemon tea

1 of the chef recommendation ~ Japanese pizza

Onion rings with mayo and chili sauce

Hotplate pineapple chicken chop
Verdict: Food here is not bad, reasonable pricing and nice ambience. Tabby and i will definately be back for more.

Siblings' Gathering @ Republic Of Steak

Another month passed and it's again time for our siblings gathering. This time round, we decided on Republic of Steak, a place where we failed to patronize the previous month due to some minor renovation work going on in the restaurant.

Here's the menu....page 1 and

page 2
Well, we have more or less decided on what to order even b4 reaching the restaurant cuz Jesper went online to download the menu as he was sooo excited about going there.

Calamansi juice and Iced lemon tea

The so called Cream of mushroom served with garlic bread.

Oh well, i guess the person planning the menu has to do some research on what is croutons! It is obviously being served with tiny bits of croutons instead of bread! Where's the garlic bread? I dun see it around! Hmm... i think it should be named as 'Cream of mushroom with cheaters garlic bread' instead ya! Lolz....

Here's my order~Breaded fish with spicy fries and coleslaw.
Mine should be the most worthwhile among all ba, Huge piece of fish fillet and the best thing is it dun smells!

Jesper's porkchop with onion rings and mixed green salad. Erm... the portion seems abit pathetic for a big eater like him.

Not forgetting Adam's BBQ chicken with garlic spaghetti and potato salad. The garlic spaghetti is not bad, except abit hard, and the potato salad isn't up to standard.
Overall i would comment the food on a 'so-so' standard. I would prefer Ashton food.

I'm so disappointed as they dun serve lava cake anymore, even though it was still on the menu. Heard from the staff that the boss will remove it from the menu soon and the 1 and onli dessert which the restaurant would serve is 'brownie'

Super pathetic portion and in fact it is the smallest stingy brownie i ever had! :-P This seems like a wasted trip for us all!

辣味菜心鱼头

I came to realize that pork and fish are a great match! And yes, especially when the fats of pork are being fried till super fragrance, mix in with other condiments and serve over fish. Wow... at the thought of it already makes me drool! I'm loving it.

Ingredients;
1/2 portion of large fish head, steamed
1/2 can pickled lettuce, diced
Minced pork (with bits of fats or lard)
1 tsp chili paste
2 tsp hei bee hiam
Sugar
Salt
Oyster sauce
Stock
1 clove garlic, minced
Oil for frying

Method;
-Fry garlic in oil till fragrant, add minced pork and fry till meat change colour.
-Push mixture to side of wok, fry chili paste for 10 secs, add hei bee hiam and mix well.
-Stir in lettuce, seasonings and stock.
-Bring to full boil, simmer until gravy slightly thickens.
-Pour mixture over steamed fish head and serve.
-Enjoy!

Onion Fritters

I had a bad habit recently which is to eat some snacks just before dinner. Oh well, i can take it as an appetizer or side snack! Lolz... I know that eating any snacks b4 dinner will ruin my appetite during meal time but i dun care, aren't crispy snacks supposed to be eaten while they are crispy and hot?! :-P It is the fact and also an excuse for me to munch and nibble on snacks.

Ingredients;
Self raising flour
Water
Large onion, diced
Scallions, chopped
Dried shrimp, pound and toasted
Oil for deep frying
Pinch of salt

Method;
-Prepare batter by mixing flour, salt & water together.
-Add dried shrimps, scallions & onions.
-Mix well and let batter sit for 30-45mins.
-Drop teaspoonful of batter into hot oil and fry till golden brown.
-Serve with chili dips.
-Enjoy!

咸鱼银芽

A very sinful dish which was being banned in my family for quite sometimes until..... recently, Linda gave dad some salted fish while she bought from her recent Malaysia trip. Can reject mum's request, hence I allow this dish to be serve for dinner tonite. Lolz...

Ingredients;
2 handful of beansprouts
1 stalk spring onion, cut into sections of 3cm length
1 red chili, cut into strips
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pc salted fish(threadfin), cut into 3cm
Pinch of salt
Oil for frying

Method;
-Fry salted fish in oil till crispy and fragrant, drained.
-Fry garlic with little bit oil, toss in beansprouts and fry for a min.
-Stir in chili, green onions and salted fish.
-Mix well & serve.
-Enjoy!

Crabmeat Pancake with Spicy Sauce

Plenty of indian rojak sauce leftover from our lunch earlier on. Since the gravy was untouched and not wanting to wash, I will have other use for them.
Shall present this pancake to Mum during tea-break, wishing her a Happy Mom's Day!

Ingredients;
Plain flour
2 crabmeat sticks, finely shred
Water
Oil
Salt
Shredded lettuce
Roasted sesame seeds
Indian Rojak Sauce
Home-made chili paste

Method;
-Boil indian rojak sauce till thickens, add chili paste.
-Set aside for later use.
-Mix flour, water and salt to form a smooth batter, mix in crabmeat stick and 1-2 drops of oil.
-On a non stick frying pan, cook pancake till brown on both sides.
-Cut into 8 wedges, spread with sauce.
-Top with lettuce, sprinkle with roasted sesame seeds.
-Enjoy!
*Variation: serve with canned tuna /hei bee hiam

Special Muruku

I was at Aunty Sarah's house earlier on and she gave me some home-made muruku which her sister made. I been longing to meet Aunty Sarah's sister as i heard so much about her. She's gifted in making Indian desserts and snacks especially those which are used for offerings.

A very spicy muruku with some nuts, curry leaves, long strips and small grains of muruku. Interesting!