deliver homecooked dinner to brother on 6.5.2021.^^
今晚的菜
豆油鸡 soy sauce chicken
蒜蓉港蒸班鱼头ah yat style garlic hk steamed group fish head
炒长豆
炒青龙菜
very tasty and flavourful 豆油鸡 soy sauce chicken perfect texture even though frozen boneless thighs and very nice Tai Hua chicken marinade
ah yat style garlic hk steamed group fish head basically hk steam just fry lots of chopped garlic w/o brown and add 2.5tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2tsp sugar, 3 tbsp oil and 4tbsp water…really “pang” and tasty.
went for early walk 5km to rail mall with wife this morning started 6.50am on 2.5.2021.^^
met brother & sil & WF on the way and we finished at rail mall where brother’s car was parked…
brother brought us to bukit panjang market & fc & bought duck noodles.
there was a queue I guess this zhen wei braised duck noodles quite popular here…
braised duck mediocre not flavourful “pang” quite below par actually. liver, tau kua & egg also pedestrian below par.. plus 1/2duck $23 not particularly cheap too not sure why there was a queue..anyway individual taste..
wife bought 4pax family early birthday dinner for JH @ amo hong kong street on 1.5.2021. ^^
and of course grandson mr k is in attendance. 🙂
amo is good standard restaurant…just few shops away from foc…I have not tried foc recently…past experience has been foc food better, tastier and also lower price than amo…especially iberico rack, rack of lamb and squid ink paella & also fiduea.
today we had burrata which is good and competent..
joie is a modern japanese fusion vegetarian restaurant by dozo (which is a modern japanese european restaurant i frequented a lot in the past and my eldest daughter had her 21st birthday party long while back).
the long break I had was since 2015. …recently I came with 3 other friends 2 months back. today is my 4th visit to joie.
my friends were suitably impressed.
the dishes were all good – charcoal tempura, button mushrooms mozzarella as escargot…bai ling mushrooms for japanese paper hotpot, crepes mushroom soup etc.
my monkey head mushroom “steak” on hoba leaf 朴叶good as always.
I have not tried the other 2 main dishes…the wild rice and eggplant terrine looked really good..the layered pastry should be good too…will try next time.
had a great time together and lovely fusion japanese vegetarian …
made & delivered dinner to brother family this evening on 29.4.2021.^^
今晚的菜
花雕枸杞鸡
麻辣鲶鱼柳
炒西兰花
炒帝皇苗
this my weekly homecooked dishes for my brother family, started since 3apr2020 covid circuit breaker (CB), and my brother cooks weekly dinner for my family in return on tuesdays.
had 2pax early birthday lunch for my close RI bro NCL @ basilico on 26.4.2021.^^
this 3-course lunch now S$68pax (S$65pax few weeks back) with 1 for 1 amex love dining discounts….excellent value at S$34++pax after discounts…before coffee was included now no…
nice antipasto platter and cheese dessert platters.
for mains NCL had risotto fruit di mare. very tasty I know and excellent risotto.
I had tagliata di manzo beef tenderloin sweet & tender though i like previous sirloin medium rare better.
antipasto famous at basilico and the cheese platter top draw too.
had a wonderful lunch with a close friend.
service at basilico excellent every time…
parking was like S$13.38 and we drove 2 cars…lukily server got us 2 free parking….heng ah!
had char kuay teow @ hai kee telok blangah crescent with Lisa on 22.4.2021.^^
for me this the best ckt in Singapore alongside hill street ckt….
35mins waitbeen buying from hai kee
has been frequently 20+ yrs since margaret drive when children were small..far less now he moved to Telok Blangah Crescent…
chatted teochew with stall owner..
stall opens 5-9pm closed sunday
uncle 72, lives in jurong, motorbike to stall
almost same, maybe hill street somewhat better …here cannot add cockles but uncle gave us lots of cockles for $4.. uncle showed me the amount of cockles he added for our normal $4 though cannot add hum..
also lots of larpok and ckt very tasty so $4 basically same as hill street $6(add cockles).
meensi (taujeon lime) steamed song fish head with lots of lar pok
lar pok
meensi (taujeon lime) steamed song fish head
sausage claypot rice
花雕酒steamed chicken with wolfberries
braised ter kar – pork hock and trotters
prez organised 9pax RI bros (8 visitors) get together at my place on 21.4.2021.^^
to continue the ghost stories by prez and prof LKY……eeeeeeeeeeeee…..
I made –
烧肉 for predinner drinks
腊味沙煲饭 sausage claypot rice
酱蒸松鱼头 meensi song fish head
卤元蹄 teochew braised hock & trotters
huadiao steamed chicken with wolfberries
claypot tanhoon prawns
3-eggs spinach
(& to skip as requested-steamed pork with salted fish 咸鱼饼) can’t remember why skip but I guess we had lots of food already la!
beng san brought humongous cockles coached by chee hong with detailed instructions on poaching (but according to prof didn’t have salt water to remove mud )
prez brought cheese…
wee woon summarised the evening for all -“Thanks chef, for a wonderful evening and the good food! Much appreciated!Thanks YF, for the washing up. If I were a woman, I would envy your wife! Thanks HAB for the big cockles! They tasted very juicy!Thanks THK for the durian! Thanks CWS for the delicatessen cakes from Bengawan Solo.Thanks prez for your Bordeaux French wine and ghost stories (woman in white and room #22-03 story)Thanks prof for your Chilean Carbanet Sauvignon!Thanks everyone for the great company!)
and I may add – thank you so much YF for washing up the dishes etc
everyone loved the crackling blistered roast pork, very tender and juicy inside, made one of my best roast pork this evening haha!
cockles were so large and fresh and poached nicely…excellent with the chilli dips!
all the dishes were good! everyone especially liked the claypot rice, so tasty & flavourful…
& the ter kar and tanhoon prawns too…perfect texture and flavours…
chicken and fish head also good & delicious
& I can see the spinach was in short supply very quickly….
we had a really fun evening! wonderful get together and fellowship of old RI schoolmates & bros…
) can’t remember why skip but I guess we had lots of food already la!
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