Daily Archives: June 23, 2019

Great Teochew Food (7pax Birthday Dinner for Brother and Sis) @ Fragrant Garden on 13Jun2019

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pig trotter jelly

had early 7pax birthday dinner for brother and sister @ fragrant garden teochew restaurant on 13.6.2019. ^^

food was good as always, especially the teochew streamed halibut, claypot pomfret soup, and very flavourful orh nee..

duck was below par, orh lua quite “pang” not the best. teochew fried kuay teow mediocre not enuf wokhae, garlic kailan non-descript, pig trotters jelly so so

pig trotter jelly

pig trotter jelly was competent, i guess what people said “mai hiam buay pai” lol!

meat was soft, jelly was good enough not very flavourful…

claypot pomfret soup S$98

the claypot pomfret soup the best, unfailingly.

very tasty soup, sweet chinese cabbage, and pomfret very fresh, firm and sweet. i like this better than steamed pomfret, and better than the very tasty teochew steamed halibut!

not cheap obviously S$100/kg and 0.98kg.

teochew steamed halibut

teochew steamed halibut the next best dish, super delicious!

teoche steam has sour plum, salted vegetable, delivering excellent tangy sweet taste.

and halibut was sweet, delicate, firm white fish. the dish was just superb!

braised duck

braised duck was much, much below par! wet and not tasty not “pang”.

my own teochew braised duck, super “pang”, moist, tasty

wife said far below the braised duck i made. in fact now we decided not to order braised duck in restaurants, doesn’t make sense.

i find it strange that roast duck are uniformly better in restaurants c/w hawkers/coffeshop, whereas braised duck are almost equally uniformly better at hawker than at restaurants

example –

far superior to this!

oyster omelette

oyster omelette was good enough competent, did not stand out.

beng thin’s crispy version beats this hands down.

likewise many hawker stalls oyster omelette better!

fried kai lan

fried kailan quite nice, some wok hae but kind of pedestrian for me.

i have taken very good fried kailan elsewhere.

teochew fried kuay teow

teochew fried kuay teow below expectation, can’t say below par but i expected it to be much more fragrant with good wok hae. not quite this evening.

orh nee

orh nee

orh nee here very good, one of the best for me.

not too sweet, and have everything, the right texture, flavours, ingredients.

fragrant garden

brother and sis and sil, bil had a great time.

youngest daughter was able to join us so we had 7pax.

a truly enjoyable family dinner.

c.h.e.f andy

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fragrant garden 馨香园
Address:-
756 Upper Serangoon Road, #01-15/16 Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre, Singapore 534626
Contact:
fragrantgarden.com.sg
6289 7301

 

 

Curry Chicken and Potatoes – 94th Teban Gardens Community Breakfast on 7Jun2019

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curry chicken and potatoes

made curry chicken and potatoes for teban gardens community breakfast this morning on 7.6.2019.^^

i cook a dish for teban gardens every friday unless i am traveling or otherwise indisposed.

this my 94th friday breakfast community meal dish at teban gardens community service centre.

i first started doing a community meal dish for teban gardens CSC on 8.1.2016.

the centre was started in 2002 after much effort & challenge by our RI friend who is a pastor of pasir panjang hill brethren church (pphbc) which owns & runs the CSC.

teban gardens friday community breakfast

residents queueig up at teban gardens communit service centre. 🙂

curry chicken and potatoes 

preparation was straight forward. i just used a packet of heng’s nonya chicken curry paste.

cleaned, cut and drained the chicken thighs evening before, and marinated overnight with the chicken curry paste. as i am using 2kg chicken (instead of usual 1kg on the packet) and almost maybe 800g potatoes, i also added 3 tbsp fish sauce.

curry chicken and potatoes

i fried the chicken first. added 1 packet 200ml coconut milk and covered, 6mins.

then removed chicken and added potatoes to the curry gravy. add water if required.

cooked for 10mins till potatoes just cooked ie chopstick poked clean through and breaks when pressed against side of wok.

curry chicken and potatoes

curry chicken and potatoes

curry chicken and potatoes

curry chicken and potatoes

then just added back chicken, mixed thoroughly and the dish was done.

curry chicken and potatoes

curry chicken and potatoes

curry chicken and potatoes

then i plated it on the aluminium carrier and kept in 40degC oven till time to deliver to teban gardens usually about 8.15am.

put on aluminium foil and placed in a box carton lined with old newspapers.

c.h.e.f andy

12pax Home Zichar Dinner for Kluang Buddies on 6Jun2019

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dinner spread

made 12pax dinner for kluang buddies this evening on 6.6.2019. ^^

Menu

1 claypot chicken rice
2 braised duck
3 braised belly pork and trotters
4 taiwan 咸猪肉
5 salted fish minced pork
6 minced pork tofu
7 tanhoon prawns
8 nonya steamed seabream (angkorli)
9 nonya sauce kang kong

meimei brought her homemade tapioca cake. all the bros brought wine, fruits, ice creams, egg tarts and pastries.

CJ did a great debrief of kluang mission organised and led by QTC…

a wonderful memorable evening with great friends, missing LCH who is visiting son in australia.

dinner spread

all the 9/10 dishes were very good this evening. ^^

braised duck

braised duck

braised duck was superb, very “pang” and meat very tender and moist. very easy to make, just 1hr 15mins braising with tai hwa chicken marinade with all the aromatics.

braised trotters and belly pork

braised trotters and belly pork

braised trotters and belly pork were excellent too.

braised trotters and belly pork

braised trotters and belly pork

trotters kwl favourite. just the right texture, gelatinous and very flavourful. likewise the belly pork

claypot rice

claypot rice

claypot rice always good. good texture and always very tasty. the bottom bits were very tasty.

wife said not my best. indeed i have done better but this was very ok la…:-)

today was great challenge as i did 4 cups for 12pax, usually i do 2cups to 3cups rice.

CCG was next to me the whole time in the kitchen watching over with me while i get ready other dishes, waiting for the rice to slowly cook, about 45-50mins.

taiwan fried belly pork

taiwan fried belly pork

taiwan fried belly pork was an experiment after having lovely taiwan 咸猪肉 at 花莲热炒stall.

my own recipe…almost there i would say…crispy outside tender inside…

salted fish mined pork

salted fish mined pork

salted fish minced pork LCM favourite. always good. will do some garnishing with cut chilli and scallions next time. 🙂

claypot minced pork tofu

claypot minced pork tofu

minced pork tofu can be improved. tofu was great, just need to infuse the gravy flavour a bit more.

claypot tanhon prawns

claypot tanhoon prawns was excellent, among my best, quite perfect texture of tanhoon, moist, full of flavours and cooked just right, and likewise the prawns.

claypot tanhon prawns

this time i added haebee and substantially enhanced the flavours. the bottom bits of tanhoon were super tasty.

nonya sauce angkorli seabream

took photo too late. 🙂

the nonya sauce angkorli was good as usual thanks to the tasty tangy gimson nonya sauce.

nonya sauce kang kong

nonya sauce kang kong

i added gimson nonya sauce also to the fried kang kang, sedap. 🙂

meimei made tapioca cake

meimei brought really nice tapioca cake..i had a piece while i was getting dinner ready..liked it more when i took second piece after the food..same nice texture and not too sweet, as what jessie made..

LCM brought red wine.

NCL brought grapes

NCL brought grapes..

LCJ bought magnum ice cream

CJ brought magnum ice cream,

KWL & June bought ice cream

KWL & June bought ice cream

KWL and june brought 2 tubs of msw and salted caramel ice cream.

CCG brought tong heng pastry

CCG brought tong heng pastry

CCG brought tong heng egg tarts and pastries.

braised duck

LCJ did a good debrief of the kluang mission led by QTC.

good that while enjoying the fellowship the RI brothers also helped in some small ways with the community in kluang which ROCK House has been working and caring for.

c.h.e.f andy

 

Great 6pax Lunch @ Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck on 2Jun2019

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super peking duck

super peking duck

jessie & WMbought wonderful 6pax lunch @ imperial treasure super peking duck at asia square – with WT& GY on 2.6.2019. ^^

Imperial Treasure food always good..

this restaurant in particular is famous for its “super peking duck” which indeed was very good..

the skin was served first, dipped with a bit of sugar. i had this preparation at goodwood park meng jiang 岷江at rochester eons ago.

if i were to make a comparison, for myself kai gardens overall experience better with the unique crispy beancurd item adding texture when eaten together in the peking duck wrap.

imperial treasuere super peking duck

imperial treasuere super peking duck

ambience was great and quite good crowd on a sunday lunch.

roast pork

roast pork the top standard, pressed, fat rendered out, and tasty perfect texture.

crispy fupeiquin 炸腐皮卷

潮州粉果

cheong fun 肠粉

dimsum were all good especially fun cheong very smooth perfect texture..

crispy fupeiquin good. and 潮州粉果 good too.

lei tong 例汤

lei tong 例汤 ingredients 0

lie tong always good, very smooth and tasty..i had better lie tong at (also) imperial treasure and crystal jade, but this is good consistent standard…

minced duck meat with cabbage

minced duck meat with cabbage

cabbage wrap preparation for minced peking duck neat very good too very “pang” and not so oily. i seldom take this preparation…

3 egg spinach

3 egg spinach

3 egg spinach looked great and more than competent. 🙂

dumpling 大粽子

the 粽 dumpling so so for me the glutinous rice were mushy i think oversteamed.

super peking duck

it was a wonderful lunch with good friends.

after lunch, wife and i went to WM place. we had msw durians from SKC at tiong bahru. very nice!

c.h.e.f andy

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Imperial Treasure Super PekingDuck
Address:
8 #02-08 Marina View Asia Square Tower, 1, Singapore 018960
7VH2+HF Singapore
Contact:
imperialtreasure.com
6636 1868
Opening Hours:
daily
  • 11:30am–3pm
  • 6–10pm

 

 

The Best Yakiniku (Children Bought Mother’s Day Dinner) @ Aburiya on 10May2019

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wagyu sasshimi

children bought 7pax mother’s day dinner @ aburiya robertson quay on 10.5.2019.

wife and i leaving for hiking holiday at blue mountains so children brought forward the celebrations.

aburiya is our family go to place for yakiniku and my wife favourite restuarant.

this evening we also have JH and aunty bes so 7pax family dinner.

the wagyu “carpaccio” dish everyone’s favourite and we ordered 2 servings.

wagyu beef platter

the beef platter S$35 has good combination jo karubi (prime shortribs), rossu, and i think sirloin, the best cut. we ordered 2 servings also.

sweet corn

sweet corn very nice.

chicken

and we ordered chicken and one pork for aunty bes.

bibimen

kimchi chigae

we love both the bibimen and kimchi chigae here.

and we also ordered the bibimbap, i think forgot to take photo.

jo karubi

and the jo karubi (prime shortribs) was excellent. i think we ordered like 3 servings plus one serving of karubi.

always a satisfying meal and great family time together at aburiya.

c.h.e.f andy

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Aburiya 烧屋
Address:
60 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238252
Contact:
aburiya.com.sg
6735 4862
Opening Hours:
daily
  • 6–11:30PM

 

Korean BBQ Buffet (14 RI Bros Apr/May Birthday Lunch) @ Daessiksin on 7May2019

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daessiksin korean bbq

we have our 14bros birthday celebrations every 2-3months. this time it was for the apr/may birthday buys, 3 chappies LKH, KWL, NCL.

organisers (LCH, LCJ, OBT) arranged really fun games at national stadium including treasure hunt, very good way to acquaint with the various locations at the stadium and many games – from frisbee, passing, kicking, netting small balls on target, skipping, 3-man race manuevring small rugby ball held up together w/o hands, chapteh etc etc.

lots of fun!

bar too high la..how to do better next round?

after games we went to daesiksin 大食神korean bbq/hotpot like S$17.90pax 35% senior citizen discounts 🙂

14 bros at daessiksin

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

lots of meats like beef, pork, chicken, fish…

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

all the banchan pickles, veg, balls, mushrooms…

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

but no customers leh…us..and 2 other tables about it…

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

there was both hotpot and korean bbq grill, not the combination mookata grill.

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

the quite large small octopus really shiok!

the cheese dip was superb. 2 types of cheese very flavourful…we finished up the serving from another table where the guys don’t tale much cheese. 🙂

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

i think our table we like had 3 octopus each!

buffet side dishes

dessert

dessert and fruits nothing much there.

apr and may birthday boys

we had our birthday celebrations. no cakeage lol!

birthday cakes

they had ice cream..not bad eating with birthday cake. 🙂

korean bbq buffet at daessiksin

we had a jolly good time.

service was very good. the staff took photos and put up with a overly active senior group. lol!

c.h.e.f andy

Daessiksin @ Kallang Wave Mall

Address:

1 Stadium Place #01-21/K10 Kallang Wave Mall Singapore 397628
Branch :Kallang Wave Mall

Contact:

Tel: 6241 0602, 65810331

 

Good Food Outstanding Service @ Burlamacco on 1Jun2019

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beef carpaccio was tender and sweet

went for 2pax dinner @ burlamacco to celebrate our aniversary this evening on 1.6.2019.^^ 🙂

there is 50% off for 2pax for amex love dining🙂

beef carpaccio was tender and sweet

beef carpaccio was tender and sweet, with shaved parmesan cheese, a bit plain w/o dressing..

red tuna tartar

red tuna tartar

they split the other 3 dishes for us so each photo only split ie 1/2 portion.

red tuna tartar with avacado very good 👍

lobster linguine

lobster linguine

lobster arrabiata good standard with fresh whole small lobster tail..each 1/2portion came with 1/2 tail.

fish stew like buillabaise

the seafood stew very huge serving even for 1/2 portion..i have like 4 pieces of fish, lots of small cubed cuttlefish, just one prawn, and small tail portion of lobster and 2 mussels for my 1/2 portion.

…soup was nice not superb and seafood ok not super fresh…

S$94nett for 2pax

fish stew like buillabaise

overall 2pax dinner plus one white wine was S$94 nett after discount.

dishes were good restaurant standard and very good serving size and service was outstanding.

with 50% amex discounts dinner was S$94nett very good value for the food we had.

c.h.e.f andy

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Burlamacco  Ristorante

Address:
30 Stanley St, Singapore 068739
7RJX+98 Singapore
Contact:
burlamacco.com.sg
6220 1763
Opening Hours:
daily
  • 11:30am–2:30pm
  • 6–10:30pm