Have you tried eating egg this way?

When I was a kid, eating steamboat at home was something I looked forward to. The thought of cooking and eating at the same time thrilled me because, well, I can play with cooking! The other thing I enjoyed with the steamboat was the egg. My parents would lay the net ladle (dunno what it's called but you can refer to the picture) with green leaves, then beat open an egg and place it onto the leaves. After that, lower the whole ladle into the steamboat and let the egg cooked for a while. Before the egg got fully cooked, remove the ladle from the steamboat and, bingo, here's a half-boiled egg. I would add soy sauce and pepper to it. For a long time, I had not done that already, until recently, I decided to do it again...during my 2 steamboat sessions. Mmmm....a great sense of satisfaction.

I love to watch eggs being cooked. Waiting anxiously for my eggy to be partially cooked.

Almost ready!!! Yum Yum...

Singapore Ayam Penyet

Following my ayam penyet meal in Batam, I have been wanting to try it in Singapore again (again, meaning those pre-Batam ones were not nice). So this afternoon, I was at the ABC Food Centre (that's somewhere Queensway or Alexandra) and noticed there are many Muslim stalls and I think more than one of them are selling ayam penyet. I will probably try from different stalls each time I am there.

This is the rice and soup. The rice is actually chicken rice. The soup is pretty nice. I think it comes from some chicken stock they have used to cook the chicken.

The ayam (chicken) is much bigger than the one we had in Batam. This looks like the chicken thigh. The sambal is great too, though not as spicy as the one I had in Batam. But if you were to force me to make a choice between this and the Batam one, I still prefer the Batam ayam penyet. There was also a piece of toufu and er...that famous malay snack (can't remember what is it called) but I didn't like the taste of it.

Here's the full set. Heeheehee.....

Interesting stuff from Taiwan

A colleague gave me this which she had bought from Taiwan. Doesn't the look and packing look like something we women use? Heeheehee....At first, I thought it's really that - just a different version. Finally, I realise it's actually mashmallow.

Understand there is a shop that sells very unique stuff like this. Mmmm....wish I can go and take a look.

Steamboat buffet at coffeeshop

Decided to have dinner at this AMK coffeeshop (the one that sells the popular tiptop curry puffs) that has steamboat buffet. They have been here for more than 10 years, I think and this is probably the second or third time I patronized. Each pax costs $12 and children $6. There are 3 types of soup base for you to choose: chicken, herbal and tomyam (additional $3 required).

Just getting started. Here's our chicken soup base steamboat. My targets for the night were prawns, fishballs and tung hoon.

Healthy choice eh?

Here you go...my targets!! All in all, I had taken 16 prawns most of which were consumed by me. I ate more than 10 fishballs, I think. Decided to take a few pieces of pig liver to try. But didn't quite like it. Got a funny taste. So just ate one piece. Oh, there was also cockles which only Dad ate.

Remnants of what we had taken. I also had my unforgettable half boiled egg. I remember when I was younger and had steamboat at home with mum and dad, I would look forward to having this half-boiled egg - using the 'net', we would lay it with some green vege leaves, then beat an egg into it before dipping the whole thing into the soup. Once half-boiled, will remove from the soup and place it into the bowl, add pepper and light soy sauce and finally....SLURP! It's something I had been waiting for eagerly each time we had steamboat at home. So, i decided to do it again tonight. Mmmm....so nice and satisfying. Should have taken a pic!!!

This still wasn't the end. I think only the end of the first round only. My prawn shells had piled up into a little mountain when we were done. I was proud of myself.

Worth it, I thought. And of course, I was happy to have a variety of choices!

I am not sure if I am seeking comfort eating. Hahahaha....

Delifrance has joined in the delivery business

Just received a leaflet from delifrance advertising its delivery services. Mmmm...the menu looks tempting but I still think it's expensive lo.

Am wondering what does 'All Day Breakfast' mean? Meaning you can order this breakfast set throughout the day? Or does it mean to say you can order this breakfast set everyday?? Hmmm...

If I am tempted enough, I will go for the delivery.

Good dinner with good pal

Good dinner relative to the presence of my good pal. I don't mean to say the food is good, literally. Hahahaha...

Both of us had sandwiches, one was the mushroom while I took the ham and cheese kind. Suppose to be simple and good, but I thought they added some funny things into the sandwiches (eg fried onions, some weird sauce) which I didn't really appreciate. The only thing on the table I enjoyed was my cranberry juice.


Salad for sharing. My pal, Irene seemed to be crazy with veggies of late. Every meal we had, she would not forget to order soemthing veggie.

Mmm, this should be the mushroom. The mushroom was ok but I really cannot stand the fried onions.

My ham (or was it called something else) and cheese sandwich. Looked tempting? To me, no! Again, dunno what kind of sauce they added in which didn't really suit my taste.

And where did we have all these? New York New York at AMK Hub.

A good lunch at Hog's Breath Cafe

Had decided to spend a relaxing lunch with Elys, so we decided we shall go have a good one at Hog's Breath @ Holland Village. The food's good. The soup's served in mug rather than bowl! Anyway, we had the set lunch but I think I didn't take a picture of the soup and the dessert (mine's a mudpie!!)


Elys went for this steak. I tried a small piece and quite like it. This was the first time I tried steak and actually like it. There wasn't any funny taste and it's really tender! I may just pick up the courage to order a set for myself next time I go to this cafe.

Mine's this terriyaki chicken. Tasted good and the mashed potato was real cool (Elys' french fries is very nice too, hehehe). Just a joke - look at the mashed potato, had it been brownish in colour, guess what it would look like.

All in all, nice lunch. And nice chat.

Tim Sum Lunch

I have been craving for tim sum lately. Was comtemplating going for early morning traditional tim sum breakfast at Red Star (Havelock Rd). However, Red Star is quite far and we don't have the energy to go that far today, so we settled for a tim sum lunch at Crystal Jade at J8.

Guess I don't have to 'introduce' the dishes as they are the most common tim sum items ordered. Of the few dishes above, I love the chicken feet and glutinous rice most. The fried chilli is also fantastic. The total cost for this meal is about S$44 (about 8 dishes in all).

Quite a satisfying meal. My craving fulfilled at last. Mmm....

A Golden Lunch

Here's my colleague's birthday lunch at Sushi Tei (Holland Village). Her order looked very interesting, tempting and absolutely delicious. It's called the Golden Roll (I think).

The Golden Roll is sushi with big prawnie, mango and fish roe. Definitely felt juicy. There is another version, ie replacing mango with avocado. I must give it a try next time. This sushi is about S$14. Worth a try.

And Happy Birthday, Man-Man.

Recipe for Stir Fried Silver Needle Noodles with Shrimps

I tried this dish yesterday, from my cooking book for filipino helper. It's a simple dish. I thought it's not bad for a simple dish, but it tasted much better if eaten with chilli padi in light soy sauce.

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Ingredients:
450g silver needle noodles (mee tai bak)
300g shrimps
1 slice ham (shredded)
113g green bean sprouts
2 spring onions (sectioned)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)

Marinade:
pepper
1/2 tsp cornflour

Seasoning:
1 tbsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
3 tbsp water

Method:
1. Shell and devein shrimps. Wash and wipe dry. Mix with marinade. Scald.

2. Heat wok and add 2 tbsp of oil. Add garlic, silver needle noodles and seasoning. Stir fry until silver needle noodles are hot enough. Put in shrimps, ham and green bean sprouts. Stir fry until the sauce dries up. Add spring onion and stir fry. Serve.

Tip: Stir fry silver needle noodles with seasoning until fragrant and hot enough before adding the other ingredients. Cooked this way, silver needle noodles are fragrant and mouth-watering.

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Well, again...recipe is recipe. Can use some flexibility. For some reason, I had started by frying the bean sprouts first, then added the silver needle noodles. I also added more water than needed. At the end of my frying, the bean sprouts still tasted raw, so I transfered to a metal pot and continue to let it simmer (but be careful of the base being burnt!)