meepok tar = 第二代 Clementi Fishball Noodles
dapao fish ball noodles from 第二代 at blk 325 clementi on 8.5.2020.
meepok slight soggy becos dapao..chilli mediocre, fishball not as good as 新路at meiling at fc..
overall average not great..
the kopi at this coffeeshop is very good though, kao & pang 👍
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sambal sotong
singlong sambal ikan bilis
made sambal sotongon 19.4.2020.^^
i used sing long sambal ikan bilis chilli. 🙂
again quite straight forward-
just cut a large sotong into rings, plus tentacles and the “wings”. fry lots of chopped garlic. add sotong, oyster sauce and sambal chilli. fry for few mins. garnish with chopped scallions or coriander. and that’s all la.
voila!
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oven roasted rack of ribs
oven roasted rack of ribs
made oven baked ribs for 4pax RI bros lunch today on 3.4.2020.^^
made this previously some years back. just decided to do again. 🙂
the ribs turned out to be very good both texture and taste. very enjoyable. my friends all loved it. so i will be doing this again. 🙂
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nonya curry fish head
had 4pax family dinner at blue ginger @ great world city on 5mar2010.😀
dishes were good.
nonya curry fish head was excellent..👍👍
assam pork ribs excellent too.👍👍
very good sambal sotong & eggplants, and otah was great 👍
a nice family peranakan dinner.
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poached garoupa fish broth
poached garoupa with crispy rice in seafood lobster broth
had superb poached red garoupa crispy rice in seafood broth at xi yan recently (above 2 photos),
so decided to try my hands on 5.4.2020 (top photo). ^^
tiger garoupa
i had a tiger garoupa.
decided to fillet it and uses the head and bones to make the broth. ^^
for the poached garoup, since it is going to cook in boiling broth, i cut it very thin, so i did when the fish is still 1/2 defrost.
sliced garoupa braised beehoon
i needed only about 1/3 fish so decided to use remaining 2/3 to cook slice garoupa braised beehoon as well. ^^
poached garoup fish broth
my fish broth is very tasty, ok it’s not lobster seafood broth like xiyan. 🙂
i fried the fish head and bones with lots of sliced ginger and chopped garlic, then added chinese cabbage stems, salt and then water and boiled and reduced for 3hrs.
very tasty broth!
when serving i placed the thinly sliced garoupa in a large bowl and poured in the boiling fish broth.
verdict?
it’s tasty but far far from the xiyan poached red garoupa with crispy rice in lobster seafood broth.
my tiger garoupa is NOT red garoupa. fish broth is NOT lobster seafood broth which i can approximate with prawns heads and shells broth added to the fish broth.
but crispy rice? too risky for me to dry and deepfry cooked rice, can’t think of a proxy yet-deepfried pasta or beehoon?
maybe my broken angel hair which i used to approx fiduea? don’t know may try…
the sliced garoupa beehoon though was very good though a residual dish lol!
my fish broth very tasty so just fry cut chilli padi, chopped garlic, add chinese cabbage leaves, oyster sauce, add fish broth and reduce, add beehoon and sliced garoupa so beehoon infused the broth and garoupa cooked while reducing broth.
only need to make sure by experience and agaklogy that the amount of broth is good for the amount of beehoon, so beehoon is very tasty and very moist not dry, fish is cooked and broth is reduced just enough.
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uni pasta
lobster pasta
spicy tuna salsa with prawn crackers
japanese ohmi A5 wagyu
wife bought 6pax family dinner @ 8picure on 31.3.2020.^^
this our recent new year eve pleasure dining at 8picure-
https://chefquak.com/2020/03/29/awesome-sumptuous-9pax-family-dinner-8picure-on-31dec2020/
wanted to support chef gabriel lee in this covid environment…also we came a few times but have not tried the uni pasta..
anyway this turned out to be our best dinner experience!
i want to say best dining experience. ambience is pleasant; food and service and conversation with chef gariel lee were just w/o question the best!
we loved every dish.
spicy tuna salsa really, really good..it is NOT japanese wagyu…many good restaurant can make good japanese wagyu given the ingredients…not sure who can make this spicy tuna salsa equivalent?
spanish roast pork excellent! & chef gave us a huge serving…
uni pasta was incredible, very sweet & creamy at S$38 serving…order only comes in on tues and fri.
lobster pasta good 👍 lobster very tender & sweet..that’s not a given, some places can mess up lobster…
lamb was tops, with almost no gamey taste at all…
ohmi A5 wagyu was fantastic..melt in the mouth👍👍👍
dessert were soooo good..tiramisu best here, coconut panna cotta children like best, plus a chocolaty semi frozen dessert ….
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P.S. with covid and now semi-lockdown, chef gabriel has started takeout orders…we will order soon
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roast black truffle chicken
poached garoupa with crispy rice in seafood lobster broth
J bought delicious sumptuous 6pax birthday dinner for hubby WM @ xiyan on 30.3.2020.^^
i like every dish👍
especially –
the truffle roast chicken..quite excellent!….i may try that ..
& the poached red garoupa with lobster stock with crispy rice..excellent too. the crispy rice adding to the texture of the dish…this I definitely can do..very tasty broth and thinly sliced red garoupa…but w/o the deepfried rice..what to replace this item? got to think..
smoked salmon was good not salty, parma ham flavour, nice salad ok..
worster sauce stewed pork rib was tender, sweet (too sweet for wife ok for me), very good standard…something i might do not a special dish…
kailan was good ok…
mochi was good, ginger soup too strong, cutting 抢for me…
bomb alaska complimentary ice cream cake was good…salted egg pumpkin flavour interesting.
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mala spiced pot with salmon head 麻辣香锅
mala spiced pot with salmon head 麻辣香锅
made my own 麻辣香锅this evening on 24.3.2020.^^
nothing to it..
BUT
this my own concoction did not read any online recipe (yet), so maybe bo pa keh…
but who cares…it’s tasty and shiok ok la…
just champoh everything sliced ginger, chopped garlic, chopped shallot, cut yellow onions, chinese cabbage stems & fry with oyster sauce. add 2tbsp 老干妈mala sauce.
then add fish head, fry & add water, egg plant, white cabbage leaves, cover 5mins, then add spring onions to garnish.
heavenly! delicious!
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重庆烤鱼excellent grilled fish
OPS bro bought 4pax early birthday lunch for WM@ riverside grilled fish B1 raffles city on 23.3.2020.^^
there was a S$28 重庆烤鱼promotion include 2 drinks & 2 rice.
also S$12 promotion- there are like 8 selection ..we ordered 口水鸡 and 牛腩 braised beef belly..this the best 牛腩i had in singapore! 👍👍
口水鸡 tender & must be taken with a bit of chilli oil to taste the flavour.
the main attraction is the 香辣重庆烤鱼..there are choice of like 7 flavours..we choose 香辣
they use patin instead of the usual seabass & patin my favourite fish la! this dish really excellent motakting!👍👍👍
HC added luncheon meat which was really nice soaked in chilli & taukee bean curd skin..also added roti prata & noodles..both were excellent infused with chilli oil..
there was no tempearture taking but server gave us alcohol cleanser to clean our hands..the covid ready chopsticks & spoon came in a plastic bag (sterilised???) ….we do our part using serving chopsticks & spoon.
there is big seating only 2 tables later on added a 3rd..like <10% capacity..so natural distancing la!
we came 2.30pm offpeak. HC said lunch time anout 30%-40% full..
lunch with all the promotions about S$80 for 4pax..really shiok satisfying lunch.
we had the birthday cake for WM..a soft light chocolate cake great texture from chataraise clementi mall…
after that we went to toastbox..this almost constantly full capacity hard to achieve physical distancing even with X markings..
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7pax homecooked peranakan dinner
assam fish head
bak wang (aka meat balls) her pio soup
mada 7pax peranakan home dinner inc aunty bes on 19.3.2020.^^
i made –
had a wonderful delicious family dinner. 🙂
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beef rendang
first time i make beef rendang on 19.3.2020.^^
was inspired by E’s mom, L. they invited us for peranakan home dinner 2 weeks back. 🙂
It was excellent!..
the fragrance when you lift the lid like any excellent rendang in a good restaurant..quite super la!
my first time! should be able go reproduce..
I bought 500g frozen beef cubes (chuck) from sheng shiong & i used happy family cheap rendang paste (2 for S$3.50)
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柴船头chai chuan tou chinese herbal mutton soup
my OPS bro bought chinese 5pax herbal mutton soup @ 柴船头chai chuan tou bukit merah view on 19.3.2020.^^.
4pax OPS bros plus RI bro LKY.
excellent S$7 mutton rib soup as good as before though LKY & WT found it salty.
S$1 more than before….
for me it was good as before! perfecto!
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Chai Chuan Tou Chinese Mutton Soup 柴船头羊肉汤
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prawn alio olio
made 1pax prawn alio olio at home on 14.3.2020. ^^
absolutely delicious, super tasty. 🙂
something really easy to do-
voila!
simple delicious dish.
c.h.e.f andy
claypot chicken rice
meensi (aujeon) lime sour plum song fish head
dinner dishes
made 9 dishes for 9pax RI + OPS bros dinner on 12.3.2020.^^
in lieu of my canceled kyushu trip and now canceled JB trip due to covid-19. sigh..
& LKY brought his legendary sio bak!
i made-
WM brought J’s beancurd sheet ginkyo nuts egg dessert
LCH brought cider
CCG as usual brought too many nonya kueh
after makan, we had birthday cake for CCG…
CCG – “Thanks to Andy and the Band of Brothers to come together to celebrate my BD… As usual , Andy took trouble to cook up an Andylicious meal of Claypot rice, pork ribs, tofu with prawns, steam fish, egg plants with chilli, salted minced pork, celery and then he surprised me with the BD cake… Thank you Band of Brothers. God bless”.
the band of bros certainly had a great time together, and not the first time…
this good fellowship for my primary school OPS bros and secondary RI bros who are quite acquainted.. unfortunately WT had running nose and being socially responsible, did not come..
we all had a great time together, good dishes and better company and fun. 🙂
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went to collect prawns from causeway pacific on 11.3.2020. ^^
for tomorrow’s RI + OPS bros dinner! 🙂
picked up LKY & ate at kovan fc
took chicken laksa from fa ji
today really not so good & far cry from curry chicken noodles..not eating here again..
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in lieu of our canceled kyushu trip..(we 4 should be eating bungo beef in yufuin now 😭)
WM bought 4pax S$6 meepok tar (J had kuay teow) @ song kee tembeling street..
we parked & WM’s place, walked to makan and walked back.
this really delicious and shiok, my best fishball noodles place!
yum yum!
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S$6 kambing rib soup
did slow 7.26km run in 1hr this evening.
went to indulge myself = kambing soup @ Bahrakath Mutton Soup King adam road on 6.3.2020. ^^
good as always 👍
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after delivering HCA lunch,
3 of us met CCG for 4pax lunch at beef house at gar lock eating house on 3.3.2020.^^
had S$4 bowl ytf each and shared S$8 beef ball soup (10 beef balls..kind of ex)
(forgot food photos..so use stock photos)
beef balls good as usual & we all liked the fried ytf..must say no better than Jessie’s..actually Jessie’s better la…
after that we walked over to sungei road laksa
had 4pax S$3 sungei road laksa
mine added S$1 hum so very “humful”
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wife bought 6pax family dinner @ blu kouzina, a greek restuarant at demsey on 1.3.2020.^^
food pretty good..for me quite ex for the food we had even after 1 for 1 entertainer discounts (restaurant said 90% off so not exactly 1 for 1)..
used 3 coupons entertainer 1 for 1 for 6pax dinner..
so we ordered 6 mains for some reason when bill came after discounts it was not 100% off got the 3 lower price dishes but 90%..
food was pretty good.. for mains the lamb chops competent not the best..we ordered 2 servings..
the grilled octopus really good 👍👍👍 we also ordered 2 servings. ..
the masouka was very good, better than i expected ..wife & daughter find it a bit beefy..
beef skewer was so so ok
the pita bread & dip very good especially the white cod roe 👍 hummus & egg plant good too.. corn..I don’t really need la…
good family dinner, not exactly my kind of food, still quite enjoyable dishes…
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