chicken rendang

chicken rendang

got packet of happy family rendang sauce

made chicken rendang for neighbour 7 gll contractor workers and the behind houses workers who were doing their company defects repairs for me.

c.h.e.f andy

dry kuay teow mee

made 1pax dry kuay teow mee for lunch today on 28.9.2019. ^^

dry kuay teow mee

dry kuay teow mee

dry kuay teow mee

quite good, noodles, ingredients, and chilli.

not as good as outside.

c.h.e.f andy

hu tieu

RI bro CCG came for lunch.

made 2pax hu tieu (vietnamese kuay teow 果条)lunch on 27.9.2019. ^^

finito!

hu tieu

excellent hu tieu as good as in hcmc。

with bakuteh stock, liver, sliced pork, tender belly pork and 沙茶酱mala sauce dip 👍👍👍

vietnamese coffee

vietnamese coffee

hu tieu

& vietnamese coffee was superb!

prawn alio olio

got leftover like 60g spaghetti in chiller

just throw in 4 prawns and made chili prawn alio olio 1pax lunch.

prawn alio olio

prawn alio olio

fried cut chili padi, chopped garlic in olive oil till fragrant. do not brown garlic.

add white wine and reduce.

add spahetti, off fire, add butter & toss. add sea salt to taste.

garnish with sweet basil. i lazy to do. lol!

voila!

a quick, delicious meal for one!

c.h.e.f andy

prawn 豆签soup

made 2mins dinner for myself 1pax on 31.8.2019. ^^

prawn 豆签 using leftover chicken stock.

just one bunch 豆签  bean noodles very light and hopefully lower carbs, anyway it was a tiny amount.

had very tasty thick chicken stock left over. just seasoned 4 prawns with fish sauce and white pepper, dropped them with the 豆签  about same time 2mins to cook.

garnised with cut chili and scallions..

and voila!

delicious dinner for one….

c.h.e.f andy

12pax RI bro dinner

made RI bros 12pax 12-course (8 tapas, 3 pasta, tofu cheesecake) dinner this evening on 12.8.2019.^^

Menu

Tapas

1 pumpkin rocket salad
2 spanish omelette
3 miso teriyaki salmon belly
4 1/2 tea smoked kampung chicken
5 pangrilled sous vide pork chop
6 flamed red wine belly pork
7 chorizo prawns
8 grilled vegetables

Pasta

9 seafood tagliatelle
10 funghi linguine
11 chicken paella

Dessert

12 tofu cheesecake

copied from NCL-
“thanks KWL and LCM for the wine, SCG for his wife’s strawberry and earl gray tea ice cream and cones.

Thanks all for the discussion and the banters. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻”

and of course thanks NCL for strawberries and blueberries and the nice photos. 🙂

LKH brought crisp and CCG brought tidbits…

#1 pumpkin salad

friends all loved and commented on the pumpkin salad.

#2 spanish omelette – tortilla

#2 spanish omelette – tortilla

the spanish omelette another simple and delightful dish.

#3 mustard belly pork and red wine belly pork

#3 mustard belly pork and red wine belly pork

some experimentation here. the red wine belly pork quite elaborate 3.5 hrs in 130degC oven.

the mustard belly pork just boiled 1.5hrs then seasoned with mustard, slat & pepper and flamed.

ccg and several friends said the mustard belly better texture. hck said the red wine belly had better after flavours.

i think i need to flame less…just colour a little will do so not overcook the pork and affect the texture…

#4 tea smoked chicken

#4 tea smoked chicken

tea smoked chicken was flavourful.

#4 tea smoked chicken with barley risotto

barley risotto this evening not so tasty..a bit low in stock as 3 pasta dishes and chorizo prawns all needed stock.

#5 slow braised pork chop

pork chop was sous vide 62degC for 2hrs.

it’s kind of sous vide experiment on pork chop..surprised that the texture not more tender..again pork chop too thin have to reduce flaming so not to overcook…

#6 grilled peppers and portobello

grilled peppers and portobello was pangrilled with just added seasalt, then added a bit extra virgin olive oil and a dash of balsamic and honey.

#6 grilled sweet corn

corn was good as usual.

#7 teriyaki miso salmon belly

teriyaki miso salmon belly a perennial favourite. wonderful colour, texture, taste. great combination of miso, ginger, garlc, light soy sauce and perfectly grilled 15mins in 250degC oven.

#8 chorizo prawns

and the chorizo prawns, quite perfect, succulent, sweet prawns and wonderful sauce.

#9 seafood tagliatelle

pastas were all good, very tasty and al dente. ^^

just right amount of sauce. i took out some for SCG before adding butter and tossed. an excellent pasta dish.

#10 funghi spaghetti

and likewise the fungi spaghetti. 2 packets 400g brown mushrooms, very intense, tasty mushroom flavours.

#11 chicken paella

and the chicken paella…i added the tender smoked chicken and paella itself very tasty with stock, vegetables and chorizo.

#12 tofu cheese cake

leng khiang birthday – my tofu cheesecake

we celebrating GLK august birthday so i made a tofu cheese cake, have not made for very long time.

still good,  cake all finished.

SCG’s wife strawberry and earl grey ice cream

SCG brought 2 tubs of ice cream made by wife and ice cream cones. we finished all as well.^^

strawberries and blueberries

NCL brought strawberries and blueberries.

#8 chorizo prawns

had a wonderful evening with all my bros and close buddies, just like NCL said.

c.h.e.f andy

teochew chye por char kuay teow

made teochew char kuay teow this evening on 11.8.2019. ^^

add chopped garlic, chye por, fry till fragrant, add bean sprouts, julienned broccoli stems and few broccoli, cooked broccoli, then added kuay teow, followed by yellow noodles..then added a bit oil & cracked egg, let it formed then folded over the kuay teow..

good wokhae and taste, complete vegetarian no meat no prawns no sausage no fish cakes…poor man’s ckt?

teochew chye por char kuay teow

teochew chye por char kuay teow

teochew chye por char kuay teow

teochew chye por char kuay teow

anyway, a nice dish and too much carbs for me 1pax dinner.

will see how i can improve the dish.

c.h.e.f andy

pong’s laksa with chicken

wife traveling..i made 8pax family pong’s laksa hotpot dinner this evening..with aunty bes..on 8.8.2019.^^

pong’s laksa with chicken

pong’s laksa is just sedap, simply delicious! the best laksa for me…

i like it only second to curry chicken noodles.

pong’s laksa steamboat

today i made it as a steamboat, with additional ingredients including some yongtaufu.

白斩鸡

of course it works only with my poached chicken 白斩鸡, which is as good or better than ah heng’s chicken, but nothing compares with ah heng’s curry chicken gravy.

yongtaufu and prawn

sliced toman and fish cake

shimeji

so a few items to complement the main laksa and chicken and served as steamboat so always hot gravy.

pong’s laksa with chicken

pong’s laksa with chicken

simply wonderful chicken and laksa!

pong’s laksa steamboat

though pong’s laksa gravy sachet is very good, the key for me to make it a very tasty laksa is the chicken stock…i had very sweet, tasty, intense chicken stock from boiling whole chicken bones with all the aromatics, ginger, shallots, spring onions garlic, and also carrots.

a most delicious family dinner.

c.h.e.f andy

claypot pomfret soup 

made 5pax family home dinner this evening-

1. 鲳鱼煲 – super tasty as good as fragrant gardens
2. tanhoon prawns- usual very tasty dish especially with haebee
3. white beehoon- excellent dish with very tasty chicken stock…prawns, cuttlefish, lala all done just right
4. aunty bes made nice french beans with minced pork

5pax home dinner 

pomfret soup

first time i made 鲳鱼煲 Claypot Pomfret Soup, inspired by the excellent dish recently at  fragrant garden.

it was very good. soup was very very tasty, flavourful, from lots of fish heads and bones leftover from filleting, and lots of chinese cabbage, and also radish, ginger, garlic, red onions, scallions.

and the 斗鲳 really nice, firm and very sweet.

a super tasty dish! 🙂

claypot tanhoon prawns 

today’s claypot tanhoon prawns also very tasty.

i added good quality haebee and the usual aromatics like coriander, scallions, ginger, red onions etc, and black pepper…

and i had teh same intense chicken stock i also used for the white beehoon.

this evening, texture of tanhoon was perfectly, moist and very well infused with the stock and aromatics. quite perfect!

white beehoon with prawns, lala, and cuttlefish

and likewise for the white beehoon.

just the right amount of stock, ingredients, beehoon, so beehon also very well infused, cooked just right texture, moist and tasty, and all the ingredients were not overcooked.

aunty bes minced pork long beans

aunty bes always make nice olive minced pork with long beans. 🙂

large pomfret 斗鲳

a large pomfret 斗鲳, cut into large pieces.

the soup base

very tasty soup.

鲳鱼煲 Claypot Pomfret Soup

superb 鲳鱼煲 Claypot Pomfret Soup.

prawns and tanhoon prawn stock

the prawns and tanhoon prawn stock to make a great dish!

lala clams

white beehoon with prawns, lala, and cuttlefish

white beehoon with prawns, lala, and cuttlefish

and putting together the white beehoon with prawns, lala, and cuttlefish.

claypot pomfret soup

had a really good enjoyable family dinner.

c.h.e.f andy

spanish omelette – tortilla

wife invited her friends MW & thomas (also my RI friend) and WG (Dorothy) for 5 pax dinner this evening on 14.6.2019. ^^

we had-

1 (wife made) salad and grilled brussel sprouts
2 spanish omelette
3 miso teriyaki salmon belly
4 chorizo prawns
5 seafood tagliatelle
6 australian wagyu 6/7 striploin

wife’s mesclun salad 

mesclun salad was excellent, with agave nectar and the usual extra virgin olive oil and balsamic and some crunchy bits.

spanish omelette – tortilla

the spanish omelette – tortilla were excelelnt this evening. don’t make this often, but this evening it was tasty and the egg, potatoes were onions were just the right texture. 🙂

wife’s friend all loved this tapas dish. 🙂

wife’s brussels sprouts

and i loved the sprouts.

miso teriyaki salmon belly

miso teriyaki salmon belly good as usual, and the fresh gill from my garden was great.

chorizo prawns

they all loved the chorizo orawns very flavourful and succulent prawns, and wonderful chorizo sauce.

pangrilled wagyu MBS 6/7 striploin 

pangrilled wagyu MBS 6/7 striploin 

pangrilled wagyu MBS 6/7 striploin 

wagyu was a good cut, marbled and flavourful not my best rendition though not getting the right temperature and timing with this pan..

still it was very tasty and tender, and quite restaurant standard.

seafood tagliatelle

pasta was al dente and very tasty.

i used the same intense tasty chicken stock made from chicken bones, carrots and aromatics like ginger, red onions, garlic, scallions.

both had white wine reduction, browned whole garlic cloves in olive oil and basil, only that chorizo prawn sauce also had sliced chorizo so another layer of taste. and most appreciated by wife’s friends.

had a great fun dinner with good friends together.

c.h.e.f andy

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

白斩鸡 with chicken rice

daughter arranged for her in-laws, JH’s family, to come over for dinner this evening on 1.5.2019.

i made 11 dishes for 12pax dinner

1. chicken rice & 白斩鸡
2. braised trotters
3. braised belly pork
4. salted fish minced pork
5. char siew
6. tofu prawns
7. nonya steamed golden snapper
8. HK steamed halibut/flounder?
9. wok fried lala
10. nonya sauce fried baby spinach
11. poached hk kailan with shitake (by aunty bes)

& wife made nice cheng tng dessert

白斩鸡

chicken rice chilli

chicken rice, 白斩鸡 and chilli were excellent, quite a standard preparation for me.

braised trotters

braised trotters and belly pork (photo at bottom of page) quite perfect too, very tender, and gummy lots of collagen.

the belly pork(photo at bottom of page) i chilled for 2 hrs and cut and warmed up in the reheated sauce when serving.

char siew

char siew was ok tasty as usual texture not my best rendition.

salted fish minced pork

the salted fish minced pork dish very good this evening…wife liked it too.

tofu prawns (stock photo)

i did not take photo of tofu prawns so used a recent stock photo.

today’s tofu prawns ok not as good as my last, not as infused. i think using a deeper claypot better so tofu will be more infused.

nonya steamed golden snapper

nonya steamed golden snapper tangy sauce always good.

HK steamed halibut

J said halibut flesh tasted better, sauce wise the nonya sauce better.

wok fried manila clams – stock

wok fried manila clams also recent stock photo.

today slightly overcooked, not as good as the last.

orh lua – stock photo

similarly for orh lua. it was good but not as my best recently.

braised belly pork and pig skin

a great family time together!

c.h.e.f andy

iberico pork with potato mash and salad

made 8pax family dinner this evening-

1 (wife made) buttersquash soup
2 sous vide 62degC 4hrs flamed iberico pork rack (first attempt supernice) ..served with homemade ginger butter and potato mash
3 prawn arrabiata tagliatelle 
4 vongole linguine
5 sous vide 56degC 3hrs flamed & pancharred black onyx tomahawk

uni sashumi

salmon, amaebi etc sashimi

wife had some sashimi.

teriyaki miso salmon belly

i made the usual teriyaki miso salmon belly. nice!

vongole linguine

vongole linguine

vongole linguine was great!

prawn arrabiata tagliatelle

prawn arrabiata tagliatelle

arabiatta was a new try, tasty, can be improved.

4hr 62degC sous vide iberico pork rack

iberico pork rack

4hr 62degC sous vide iberico pork rack

iberico pork rack was a first time, AND it was excellent! the best!

now cannot find on QB, will wait until they have stock again…

iberico pork with potato mash and salad

iberico pork with potato mash and salad

the meat was perfect tender and very tasty.

i marinated first 2 tbsp mustard, then sea salt, pepper, olive oil, honey…then sous vide, then drizzle honey and flamed.

and i had nice potato mash and wife made salad for sides.

3hr 56degC sous vide black onyx tomahawk

3hr 56degC sous vide black onyx tomahawk

3hr 56degC sous vide black onyx tomahawk

tomahawk was perfect this evening, at 56degC perfect consistency, and grilled and flamed.

3hr 56degC sous vide black onyx tomahawk

great tomahawk!

4hr 62degC sous vide iberico pork rack

but everyone liekd the iberico prok rack even better!

very shiok family dinner! ^^

c.h.e.f andy

9pax homecooked dishes

made 9pax dinner for OPS bros & sis=with WM, HC, KS, CH, FM, WH, CF, KY, missing M on 29.3.2019-

1 claypot rice 沙煲饭
2 hk steamed garoupa 港蒸石斑
3 garlic steamed sotong 蒜蓉蒸花枝
4 salted fish steamed minced pork 咸鱼饼
5 tofu prawns 豆腐虾
6 char siew 叉烧
7 mala belly pork with veg 回锅肉
8 oyster sauce hk chye sim 蚝油菜心
9 salted fish minced pork eggwhite fried rice 咸鱼肉碎蛋白炒饭

FM brought ice creams WH brought korean strawberries CH brought yamashita doughnuts

9pax homecooked dishes

i made 9 dishes for 9pax. 🙂

claypot rice

claypot rice always good. 🙂

a bit harder making for 9pax. i used 3cup+ rice and 1 whole chicken. i usually make 3 cups for 6pax with 1/2 chicken…estimating the amount of water to add etc is a bit less certain, needs judgement there is substantial marinade and water in the chicken.

hk steamed garoupa

garlic steamed sotong

i forgot to take photos of the cooked garoupa and sotong.

friends all commented garoupa fresh and my timing was good, however the fish was lor kor with tough texture, quite a disappointment!

char siew

i made a mistake on one dish the char siew. instead of red fermented beancurd i marinated with red chilli sauce. the bottles and content looked similar. i did not check properly.

fortunately the char siew was still very tender and the flavours were ok enough as char siew, but one could detect the red chilli oil taste which was kind of odd.

prawn tofu

my prawn tofu always good. stock very tasty and prawns excellent, bouncy and tasty, great texture and taste. i think i will try the egg tofu again see if tofu texture is better.

salted fish minced pork

salted fish minced pork is dish that everyone likes. 🙂

回锅肉

the 回锅肉 mala belly pork with carrots and potatoes is the least tokong dish…belly pork very tender…still it was heavy dish and belly pork not most popular with the ladies.

egg white fried rice

made the egg white fried rice specially for CH in case not enough claypot rice.

fried rice was ok. i think though not salty enough, can do with a bit more fish sauce.

fried chye sim

could get hk kailan so made do with chye sim. usual stir-fry with oyster sauce. good enough.

claypot rice

i steamed the whole sausages then cut them and added back to the claypot rice.

salted fish minced pork

salted fish minced pork really a grandma kind signature dish and can eat often outside at zi char and teochew muay stalls.

char siew

char siew

char siew turned out ok, despit i anyhow hatam added wrong wause, then the bun

tofu and stock ready for tofu prawns

shallow fried tofu and stock with egg all ready for kyoto station.

salted fish minced pork fried rice

for the fried rice, i first fried salted fish and minced pork then set aside and fried the egg white then fold over the rice and then mixed the small pieces of egg whites thoroughly.

claypot rice

we had a great evening sharing and fellowship among old freinds from primary school. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy