Japanese Lunch at Ichiban!

It had been a relaxing weekend and the peak of the weekend had been this sumptuous lunch at AMK Hub. Yummy...

The set my hubby had been wanting to eat since last week. Eel set. Instead of white rice, the eel came with fried rice which was very nice (I meant the rice. I am no more fan of eel, so no comments about eel). But I guess the whole set was very good because hubby was thoroughly enjoying himself!

Mine's a BBQ Chicket set. Taste wise, not bad. Just that the chicken was hard. I was expecting something more tender. Well, it came with raw salmon which is what I love! All in all, was a nice meal and I was also enjoying it.

Can't resist taking this picture. I cannot remember since when had I started eating raw salmon. I don't like cooked salmon as much, especially the smoked ones.

Here's the Gyozu side dish. I didn't try but I believe it is good. At least I tried the gravy. Hehehe...

Fried Chicken coated with cereals. Children's favourite.

Erm, I think this was a jumbo set. There were soft shell crab and chicken (terriyaki?). Looked tasty, tasted even tastier. Hahaha...

This is beef rice. I don't take beef so I really don't know how this one should taste like or actually tasted like.

Chicken Katsu Don. This is one of my favourite Jap dish for a very simple reason - the egg that they add onto the fried chicken. Yum yum.

Prata Prata

Went for dinner with a friend at the Casuarina Road. If you are familiar with the place, you will know there are lots of prata shops. We went to this one called Casuarina Curry. We had prata with egg, spinach and masala chicken. The food's good but we were catching up more than really appreciating the food.

You may think this is a huge prata compared to the ones sold in our hawker centres? In terms of size it may seem bigger, but that's because they are made much thinner and they are crispy, if you like crispy prata. One egg prata costs S$1.50.

Oh and I had teh tarek which is also nice. Not too milky.

Recipe for Stir Fried Noodles with Shredded Pork and Mushrooms (三丝炒伊面)

I got this recipe from a Stir Fry cookbook meant for Filipino helper. I like the simplified instructions and ingredients so I bought it home.

This is one of my favourite dishes when I attend wedding banquet.

I tried this out at home and it worked out really fine. Managed to stir up a decent meal for the two men at home!


There are other interesting dishes in the cookbook which I will try before sharing, I thought.

Ingredients:
1 fried noodles (large)
113g lean meat
113g green bean sprouts
3 dried black mushrooms
1 spring onion (sectioned)
2 slices ginger (shredded)

Marinade:
1/2 tbsp light soy sauce
1/2 tsp cornflour
2 tbsp water

Seasoning:
1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
1/4 cup water

Instructions:
1. Shred lean pork and mix with marinade
2. Cut the stalks off the caps of mushrooms. Soak until soft and shred.
3. Bring suitable amount of water to the boil. Put in fried noodles and cook for 1 minute. Remove and drain.
4. Heat wok and add 2 tbsp of oil. Put in ginger, dried black mushrooms and lean pork. Stir fry until the sauce dries up. Add green bean sprouts and spring onion and stir fry. Serve.

(My own comments: Of course you can have the variation you want according to your own preference.)

Photo and recipe from "Cookery Class for Filipino Helper - Stir Fry"

老爸的“菜饭”

记得在小时候，经常会吃到这一种饭。那时候觉得好稀奇，怎么饭是这样的，而且还很好吃。过后，就好久没吃到了。

不久前，老爸开始研究从新做这道饭。我终于又能吃咯！

饭内的料包括我最喜欢的包菜，有香菇，虾米，腊肠等。有时还会找到午餐肉呢！

下回就让我自己尝试煮吧。

Recipe for Banana Chocolate Chip Bread

When I saw 'bread', I was like, 'er, how was my convectional oven supposed to produce bread'? Luckily the end result was more like cake. It's a simple recipe and I had baked this many many times over. One of the more decent product I had managed.

Once when I went to get bananas, the stall owner shared with me that not all bananas can be used to bake cakes. Suggested I get the 'ang bak jio' (red meat banana, literally translating from the hokkien words). It really smells and tasted better than the dunno what banana I used previously.

So here's the recipe:

1 ½ cups unbleached all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup double chocolate chips
¼ cup pecans or walnuts toasted and chopped
1 stick softened unsalted butter
¾ cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Convection Bake. Butter and flour a 9x5x2 ½inch loaf pan. In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking soda andpowder and salt. Combine the chocolate chips and walnuts with 1 teaspoon offlour and set aside. Beat the butter together with the sugar until light andfluffy about 7 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time , then stir in thebananas and vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture and fold in the chocolate andnuts. Bake 325 degrees Convection Bake for 50 minutes or until a knifeinserted comes out clean.

Dragon Fruits

I don't really know a lot about dragon fruits until I started reading about it recently from the different websites. My mum-in-law gave me one a week ago after my hubby told her I have been wanting to buy one, I think.


Dragon fruits has some similarities to kiwi fruits in that both contain tiny black crunchy seeds in the flash. Even the texture is similar. The difference I noticed is that kiwi tend to be more sour. Dragon fruit comes from the cactus family.


According to what I have read from a few websites, dragon fruits are rich in Vitamin C, fwater soluble fibre and minerals. They also contain antioxidant properties which prevent the formation of cancer-causing free radicals. It is widely commented that dragon fruits has high nutritional and medicinal value. Dragon fruits have the functions im improving eyesight and hypertension.

Typically, dragon fruits are sweet (sometimes blend, I thought). I love the crunchiness of the flesh because of the little black seeds. The flesh is white for this one that I had. The other type has got red flesh, which I would like to give a try. I am not sure if the red flesh fruit is sweeter or tastes better than the white.

One lazy way of eating is to use a spoon and scoop the flesh and put it right into your mouth. Just like how some people eat papaya. The other way is to run a spoon round the circumference to separate the flesh from the skin. But I find this way quite messy.

I prefer to run my thumb (of course must be thoroughly cleaned) round the flesh and use a little force to lift the flesh out. Much easier this way.

And finally, cutting the flesh into cubes for easy consumption. I realised that the skin can be used for serving the cubes. Very presentable, isn't it?

Start eating dragon fruits for great nutrition with it's healthy properties.

All About Food

I have finally decided to have a second blog which is more focused. Since I love food, I thought it would be great to start off with a topic that I encounter every day, ie eating, eating and eating.

The rate of postings here is likely to be slower than my main blog "What A World!" as I will need more time to gather some other information in addition to what I have to say.

So, stay tuned and look out for my very first 'focus-based' post!