Pan fried Cod with Bunashimeji

How would you like to work on Public Holiday? (Deepavali) muahahahaha .. *sighz*

Hokkaido fair is here again at Takashimaya. And if I remembered correctly, it ends today (i.e 27 oct 2008). The ramen looks delicious but I was eying the Cod fish instead. Bought 2 pieces of Cod at the fair @ $3 each, I think that's good value for money.

A quick & simple meal of pan fried Cod with Bunashimeji saute with garlic ... yum!

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Mutton matters

On those days when I'm feeling tired and/or cold, mutton soup is always a perfect remedy for me. But on those days I just like to have some preventive herbal soup, our local mutton soup is really too heavy for me. So when I found another mutton soup that taste light & yet nutritious, I jumped in delight!

Chuan Yang Ji (川羊记） serves chinese style mutton soup / steamboat. Unfortunately, I was alone while I was there, so no no for steamboat, I go for their mutton bone soup set @ $7.00

The portion definitely generous (by my standard), light sweet broth with loads of tender juicy ribs. Best of all, there is only a hint of mutton odor. For those who like mutton but are often put off by the smell, this is certainly good news.


Just look at this piece tender delicious ribs soaked in szechuan style chilli, which surprising isn't really too hot. Perhaps they are toning down to adjust for local palate. What a pity! Perhaps they should have option for those time when I crave for heavier taste. Whatever, this will be on my regular visit list from now on.



WHERE
Chuan Yang Ji (川羊记） - Mutton Steamboat
Public Mansion 432 Balestier Road #01-434 Tel 9003 3244
Open 5pm ~ 1am (Sun~Thu), 5pm ~ 3am (Sat, Sun & PH)

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Kurobuta

Our NTUC is certainly getting more up market nowadays. They now have 2 Supermarket (called Fairprice Finest)that stocks gourmet food, one at Bukit Timah Plaza and the other Thomson Plaza. Culina branches are also located inside these 2 supermarket too.

Bought a small piece of Aussie Kurobuta ((Black Berkshire Pig) to sample, cost about $4.50 which was pretty affordable for me. I first tasted Kurobuta when I was traveling around Kyushu, the taste & aroma was simply divine.


Season with only black pepper and Himalayan pink salt


Taste good though still not quite as good as those I had in Kyushu which are more tender which melt-in-your-mouth kind of fats. Hmm ... I wonder how they done that, perhaps I should slow cook at lower temperature? Whatever, going to buy more to indulge soon ;)

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Wakashachiya Curry Udon

Wakashachiya Curry Udon
6 Eu Tong Sen Street
#03-93/95 The Central @ Clarke Quay
Tel: 6534 9984

Well, Wakashachiya is nothing new if you been following the Singaopore food scene. Unfortunately, I haven't been tracking them for a long time, I spent more time tracking stocks & indices instead LOLz

The CENTRAL is one of the many shopping malls that I have never ever step into yet. The rain finally made me rush into the mall for cover. And I was surprised to see a Japanese cuisine paradise right inside.

I picked Wakashachiya because I missed Japanese style curry rice/udon, however, I ended up with Hitsu Mabushi (Grilled Eel) instead @ $18++

Their food presentation really got me excited! The unagi is already enough to make me drool.


The set comes with condiments (seaweed strips, spring onions & wasabi) & bonita stock. It even comes with instructions on various way to enjoy the meal. I followed out of curiosity.


The first, by far the most usual method I had with Unagi - simply with rice. textures were soft & delectable. However, I would prefer a bit of crisp on the grilled skin


Second way merely adds condiments. I knew some people aren't fond of unagi strong taste/smell (though I found it heavenly). The condiments, especially the wasabi, seems to help mellows it down. Of cause, you better make sure you can handle wasabi in the first place. My trick was to breathe only through the mouth while having wasabi.


Third, added conditments as well as Bonita stock. Bonita stock itself light & pleasant with rice. However, it sort of wash down the unagi, I would make sure the eel don't touch anything wet next time.


All in all, I enjoyed Hitsu Mabushi (Grilled Eel). Services is fast & friendly though the place is kinda small, but it's comfortable enough. Will surely return to try their curries one of these days.

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Isetan Hokkaido Fair 2008

Have been buried in work for past few weeks (if not months),hence haven't been in touch with the latest happening around. So I was pleasantly surprised to see that I still have till 13 July 2008 for Isetan Hokkaido Fair 2008.

I visited Hokkaido many years back and have been yearning for another return trip. But whenever I looked at the work schedules, I just have shake my head. So I can only relish my sweet memories from photos I took while in Hakodate

Live King Crabs!!!


Freshly "slaughtered" uni (Sea Urchins)


Amazing sweet & fragrant musk melon, not to mention their prices too!


Delicious Ice Cream Mochi!


AWESOME!

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Tobiko Pasta

I fond of quick & easy meals. No fuss & easy to cleanup. I remembered reading somewhere about using Japanese Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe) with Italian Pasta.

This was really easy to prepare.
1. Cook pasta (read instructions on package)
2. Brown minced garlic in Olive Oil
3. Toss pasta into Garlicky Olive Oil
4. Finally, sprinkle Tobiko over ... toss evenly

And I feel that it goes well with eggs too!


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Roti John

Hearsay that Roti John was invented by Shukor stall in 1975 when it was located the old Taman Serasi Hawker centre opposite Botanic Gardens.

Since there are a lot of expatriates staying around Cluny Road area, they try to garner more business from them by pan-frying slices of french loaf with eggs & onions. Essentially, that's a basic omelette sandwiched between baguette.

SO how the name "Roti John" come about? Roti is malay for bread and as for John, that's because they are hell lots of expatriates named John in those days ... so Bread for expatriates called John. hehehehe ... ok the last part was just my foolish guess. ;P

The above has been one of the nicest (i.e presentation) Roti John @ $3. Taste-wise, they are OK, you have choices of filling - minced chicken, mutton or sardines etc. One difference with others that i tried is that, they had flatted the Roti (bread) during pan-fried, makes it easier to eat, imho.

Unfortunately, I forgot the name, they are along Pasir Panjang Road (Opp O' COnners Building) & operates 24hrs - perfect for those nights when I need to burn some midnight oil.

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Lazy Food#2 - Prosciutto with Grissini

Another food, or rather snack food for the lazy folks.
Simply just wrap Prosciutto (Dry cured ham) around Grissini (Italian bread stick)

There are nicer Prosciutto around, but I need to pay a premium for them ahhh but I need to think of my budgets :(

Anyway, these are fine for an occasion indulgence during office breaks. And really, create stares in the office, wondering why I'm eating raw meat sashimi on giant glico stick. LOLz

Perhaps I just need more practice more on my wrapping skills so I can create a more presentable glico sashimi stick for photography ;P


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Minced Memories

I don't have a good memory. When asked about past events, no matter how bad or glorious it were. My recollections are often fragmented & finely minced up. I would remember a bits here & there, but not in entirety.


Fortunately, my sense of perceptions seems pretty fine. I mean I seems to require some sort external stimuli: sights, taste, smell etc for my memory to be operative. That's what happen when I while having this Mushroom Minced Pork Noodle in Pasir Panjang.


The familiar murkiness & wonderfully robust smell in the soup. The sediments are the essence of the soup.


The Bouncy Pork ball, braised mushroom & the unique blend of sauce & Zhenjiang Vinegar. Suddenly, I seems to have been transported back in time. To the time when I was still working in Paya Lebar area.

This Mushroom Minced Pork noodle stall in Pasir Panjang is the same favorite stall of mine when I was working in Paya Lebar. It was my favorite but I lost touch after I moved to the West.

It's certainly wonderful to be seeing them once again in the West! Apparently, they've moved to the west and been staying around Depot Road too ;)


No address, but do check the map.
They opened from Mon ~ Sat from morning till about 3pm
Close on Sunday.

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Lazy Food#1 - Pâté Sandwich

This got to be one of the easiest & satisfying meal to assemble up when you need a quick bite.

Although this Pâté may not be easy, you can certainly get them pretty easily from supermarket here (Singapore). Otherwise a can of China Mailing brand Luncheon Meat would do just fine for me as well. Add some salad greens like baby spinach, or lettuce, batavia or my favorite, the Rocket(Arugula), but I'm always kinda slow when it comes to shopping ... they sells out pretty fast grrrrrrrr.....

Sometimes, when I'm in the mood, I would love slices of red onions, dash of Vietnamese nước mắm (Fish sauce) & bit Chili padi to up the Scoville scale for a little more kick!

Usually baguette (prefer Vietnamese type) is the way to go. But during rush hour, I would grab whatever staple that's available.

Happy Labor Day!

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JB Beef Noodle

Delicious food need not necessary be located in the most convenient places (e.g Big shopping malls, building etc). Sometimes, run down places gives you unexpected surprises. And one of my favourite hunt got to be Beef Noodle stall in JB.


The location is quite out-of-way for those who don't have their own transport. Even you've reach there via Taxi, I'm not too sure how you going return as I hardly find any taxi around, maybe hitchhike? heh ...

CLosing up, you see my favorite JB Beer Noodle stall on the right. The duck rice (Left) is pretty good as well.


For RM5 (small), you get small bite size beef which are really nice & tender. RM6 (big) gets you more ingredients like tendons & other spare parts of moo-moo. And what makes this especially delicious is probably the special dark sauce, which I think it's a combo of dark soy sauce & braised sauce from beef. Simply delightful.

Queues are long, so be prepared to wait about 15mins or so. And they are sold out usually by 2 or 3pm.


LOCATION: I realize the google maps are really outdated. there is no way to go via Jalan Lumba Kuda you see here. This path has been cutoff due to construction of new Johor custom & immigration Building

But you can reach Jalan Lumba Kuda via another route further up of Jalan Tun Adbul Razak. If you can't figure out how to go, drop me an email then.

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Bloody Week!

Actually it started last weekend, but we couldn't do much until more support are available. Fortunately, issues finally closed, and I'm close to completing all the paperwork. Yeah, paperwork is really important, as the saying goes ~ No Job's Finished Until the Paperwork is Done *sighz*

Incidentally, I bought some Italian Blood orange recently. Being superstitious often, I wonder if they are the cause for my latest predicament *silly me* lolz


Blood orange hails from land of Mafia, Sicily ... aha! I wonder if the red color are any of their "good" doing! But no, really, the red colored are actually due to presence of Anthocyanin, the wonder pigment that suppose to be a powerful antioxidants.

The most common types of blood oranges are: the Tarocco, Sanguinello and Moro. Probably there maybe more hybrids or crosses.

The one I got was probably Moro, sweet, less acidic & packed with antioxidants ~ that's the way I like it! Unfortunately, I have already left with my last bloody strain. I'm wondering to have it neat or try blending them with some green fairy spirits *grinz*

Well, we will see .....

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Tanglin Halt Chicken Biryani

Queues don't lie, this is especially true when comes to food. And so, when I chanced upon a queue at Blk 49 Tanglin Halt Rd, Peking Room Kopitiam, I wasted no time to join the queue.


Surprising, Peking Room Kopitiam don't sells Peking food, not even typical china food. There's a chinese porridge & malay food stall which was closed when I was there for lunch.

Tanglin Halt Roti Prata was named so probably because they sell Roti Prata in the morning (One of Singaporeans' favourite breakfast & supper).By noon, they also sells Biryani for the lunch crowds.

When the plate of Chicken Biryani arrives, it sure doesn't looks so appetizing. I took my first bite anyway and pleasantly surprised at the soft textured rice. It reminds me fondly of Bario Rice (Highland rice that are only grown in Kelapit Highlands@Borneo) which I bought from Kuching last year.

Another bite at the chicken showed up another surprise - it's very tender and it would seems like the meat fibers have been shredded internally, though it still looked as complete outside. These tastes wonderful!

Curry is fine, flavorsome but bit tone down for my palate. Overall, I enjoyed this Biryani and will be glad to be back for more.

WHERE: Peking Room, Blk 49 Tanglin Halt Rd


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Turkish Delights

Someone have been touring Turkey & gorging on copious Turkish food & delights *so envious* and all I got was this. *sighz* ;P

From 080413-Turk

Oh, I found this Turkish Sweets at NTUC, love the slight spiced taste. Unfortunately, I no longer could find them again at NTUC :(

p.s: Please ignore the Read More in this post; It been appearing ever since I add extra codes to hide/expand long posts. Quirks of Blogspot that never got improved ever since I left them a year ago. Good thing they finally added Category (via Label features)

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Chow Time!

Tucked in the HDB heartland Kopitiam in Ghim Moh, Western Chow cooks up Hainanese style Western food that were once served to British Colonial Masters of yesteryears.

I have a go at their Hainanese style beef stew. At $6, I do think it's a steal! Gravy was delectable & vegetables wonderfully done.


More importantly, the stewed beef are incredibly tender, just look at those teeth marks of mine!
I surely be back for more favorites like Hainanese Pork chops, Ox-Tail Stew etc soon!

ADDRESSES
Blk 134 Lorong Ah Soo
#01-454
Singapore 530134
http://www.westernchow.com/html/main/maplorongahsoo.html

Blk 19 Ghim Moh Road,
#01-229
Singapore 270019
Closed on Every Tuesday.
http://www.westernchow.com/html/main/mapghimmoh.html


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