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For the Love of Food! I Love Chinese Under the Maple Tree
Chinese Cuisine and any other links for pages you frequent. Adventures With Chopsticks
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 ^@^@^ My Bro is back!! ^@^@^ YAY! got someone to go eat breakfast with le!! Candice lazy lorz... No correction: she rather abandon me to go eat supper with bf... aiya, sigh. wad to do.. =p  Anywayz, muz treasure the times we have now when both of us have the freedom and time to go and makan and hang out! Soon he'll go London to study le.. And i'll start work.. haiz. So far, we'll eaten breakfast once- at Marine Parade Market!! Ate the famous pork porridge!! i love love the pork porridge there- price is high for porridge lah $3.. but the liao (ingrediants)!! It's very very substantial and full of pork stuff!! - pork balls, pork liver, pork slices in every spoonful! And the you tiao, thou few is perfect with the ginger and silky smooth porridge!! That's my kinna porridge =) Also ate at Fish & Co!! We on budget lah.. cos must polish our cars for the New Year.. hehe. So basic- shared starter and mains from the set menu. Okie, here's a warning- don't like their penne garlic-lemon mussles!! I love their starter version where they give you bread to dip into that oh-yummy-goodness gravey.. but this dish was full of pasta and no balance.. =S But Fish & Co is still good lah.. who can resist their rice?? ~ i can't!! =)  @%@%@ The legendary Island Creamery!! @%@%@ Finally got to try it!! Icecream heaven!! And guess where isit? =p  So happy to finally had the opportunity to go Serene Center! haha, namesake lorz! The last time i've been there was sec sch.. that was... at least 5 years ago!! i wanna buy a Serene House!! Ah, i digress.. Island Creamery- heavenly icecream!! i've read abt their blackforest in the papers- and on my first visit with candice, immediately tried it! wowz, the dark chocolate was so rich and creamy!! It was quite late when we went there so i had less cherries- but JJ says normally there's lots of cherries!! i love cherries.. hahaha. My fav fruits- Mango and cherries! But seriously, i think their best is not the BlackForest.. i adore their Apple pie and Pineapple Tart flavours!! The apple pie has slices of caramel apple (the type in real apple pies!!) in it!! and the bits of crumble juz gives it enough crunch! Vanilla icecream was dotted with cinnamon- light flavours, refreshing and cleansing. Cinnamon added spice and apple slices with it= absolute perfection!! ~ Pineapple Tart's similiar to Apple pie- got frozen pineapple in it, and the biscuit was more salted than the crumble.. but still a delightful flavour- icecream takes away all acidity in the pineapple and makes it such a exotic and delectable desert!! They also have novelty flavours for the more adventureous! JJ says they have Tiger Beer.. lolz.. i ask why they don't use higher quality beer.. Heinikein beter lorz.. =p Then juz nice that day... they served Guiness!! which is not bad- for a beer icecream i guess =p but would have prefered if they were more generous with the Guiness leh.. It's like wanna be different but scared too different - No lorz.. it's a good idea!! =)  My 2nd trip there with candice and jj was realli sweet!! JJ said she went toilet and came back with 2 beautiful red roses!! one for candice, one for me! Such a surprise!! Lolz, realli touched! As candice said: "we feel loved!!" hahahaha yay! Wednesday, January 30, 2008 *%*%* CNY @ Chinatown; Lerk Thai @ Changi Airport T3 *%*%* CNY muz go Chinatown!! =) Find that i've been frequenting there nowadays!! quite familiar with where's what and the eateries there.. lolz. Kinna cool... Went there to jalan jalan and dinner juz last weekend! Parents went to park the car, so bro, gramma and i went to walk around first.. We ended up buying 1 kg + of sweets!! (1st pic)!! lolz.. since bro paid for it (nearly $20 lah), bro gets to ration it =) Realli addictive thou! i loved that they had the soft soft muachi kinna sweet with peanut filling in it!! we bought so many of that flavour lah... hahahaha Next, went to Da Dong to eat! - which is at the junction along Smith Street.. we had their taster platter, yu sheng and some other dishes.. eh, sorriz, this is a negative post abt it. Not Worth it! Ridiculously expensive okie... felt the pinch even thou dad was the one who paid the bill.. big big pinch. ouch. Also tried the famous cheezy German Sausages at Chinatown! they're okie-ly cheap la.. i guess.. $3.50 for the cheezy Bratwart (did i spell correct?) one.. $3 for non-cheezy ones.. abit ex lorz.. Rather buy Pan Pacific ones and heat up in my toaster at home.. =p But... all SHOULD go walk Chinatown near CNY! Quite fun!! and it's then that it realli strikes you in the face that CNY is really coming =)  Went T3 to send my 3ku to london for her biz trip..First time there.. so dunno what to eat.. then short of time, so we took the restuarant with apparently the shortest queue... Which turned out tt it's short bcos they had a call list.. =p  Okie, i'm sorry if the manager gets to read this.. but Oi, manager! Buck up leh.. the ones who are running the restuarant are the waiters.. and thank god for initiative.. if not, the restuarant will be in a mess... And lucky for him to get such good workers too! The Pandan Chicken that we ordered turned out to be rancid!! and they were apologetic on the restuarant's behalf.. luckily dad was in a good mood lorz.. the manager didn't even appear to apologise or ask if everyone was okie... Apart from that.. the food was quite good - in my opinion. My drink was their lemongrass drink which was lovely refreshing and really good! but don't order their iced green tea okie? - it turned out to be.. *gasp* Heaven & Earth green tea at $3! gosh... $2 for ice arh... Pineapple rice was fragant and delicious.. shrimp seems to be frozen shrimp thou.. cut points for that.. liked the pork floss thou (should have added more lah..)... Thai Green Chicken Curry was not bad- rich in coconut milk thou... but realli quite nice rounded flavour.. Their spicy fried groupa was cripsy and nice! and their cod slice with coconut sauce- quite heavenly!! esp the sauce- eat with rice damn damn nice.. thou also guilt-ridden =p Deserts: Chendol: we asked for no sugar- so the waiters actually gave us the brown syrup aside- which was realli nice cos it did need sugar, and it's to our discretion =) but price-wise, not worth it.. Go Hollywood @ Bedok interchange food center- best Chandol i've ever tasted! Tapicocca: oooh.. sweet goodness.. =) this one was realli well done and delicious! i could have finished the whole plate.. =p All in all, pleasant dinner with family.. Company was the one which made the difference thou =) *@*@* Lunch with Cuz @ Robertson *@*@*  From left to right: me, Joelle, Xian, Yu (behind), Yan & Grace One of my cuz - Joelle juz came back from the States doing her PhD there (Clever rite?) My aunt was realli nice to org a lunch to wish her safe flight before she went back states. Her choice place- Robataya @ Robertson- which is at Mohamud Sultan there for those who are as tortise like me.. =p Anywayz, since she's already safely in states by now (this is a looong overdue post =p) Here's wishing her great fun times ahead over there!! =)  Sorry onward to food!! cos this is one place i sooo wanna go back to!! They had set lunches on a sat!! and their set lunches are all below $20!! realli realli good deals! some are as cheap as $13! (depends on what you order lah...) their best is their lamb (which is their most ex).. heh, okie.. who am i to comment on price lah.. cos actually.. my aunt treated all of us! =) Thanks dai ku!! My cuz and i shared our set meals- we had lamb chops (2 thinly sliced but oh-so-tenderly-juicy-and-good ~ please try it with the little dash of mustard at the side!! it's good both with or without.. but good in different ways!)and unagi (which was also realli well done with the thick sauce realli grilled into every strand of deli meat!). The set also comes with many little sides- the best!! is their starter-clam salad (1st pic) which doesn't look like much.. but their salad dressing is foamed with little dots of either sago or caviar.. the clam bits were generous and gave a chewy contrast to the foamy dressing.. oh-so-good!! Other sides were the escargots - which i didn't realli like.. =X the super fresh and thickly sliced sashimi (the thicker the better in japan), some fish cake (which i didn't try cos i don't realli like fish cake) and grilled egg plant(which was served in a pretty little dish). What truly struck me was the pride in the place- they greet you really loudly when you enter! gave us quite a shock! lolz.. then they serve your mains on these sticks (see 2nd last pic) and you feel special- as if those mains were made juz for you! =) also, like a good restuarant, your green tea cup is never empty!! realli realli good meal!! =) ^@^@^ Rainy Day out! ^@^@^ Was supposed to meet matt in the evening for movie- AVP2.. since i had time in the afternoon, brought dear Recce out for a walk!! (i had a sprained ankle then, so can only walk, no runs.. =p) Happily happily till suddenly it started to rain!! so we took shelther at one of those little bus-stop-like shelthers. Bored so i ended up listening to radio and snapping pics of Recce!  Yar, as you can see.. it was from realli exciting to realli boring.. hahaha Later, received news that Matt couldn't make it that nite, so postphoned to next day... Next day had sch!! but luckily candice drove and accompanied me till matt came~ thanks gal! Matt and i had a quick dinner at Carl's JR!! (my first time trying it) and here's what we ordered:   Looks yummy huh? lolz. it tasted quite good too!! Loved their big big onion rings!! and godz, their drinks were free flow, and their drink cups were sooo huge!! couldn't even finish one cup, let alone go fill up for 2nds... So for the record, Carl's JR - realli not tt bad; and AVP2- realli quite disappointingly bad. &@&@& JB Trip during the Dec Hols &@&@& Off to JB with Matt, Yan Ting and Joyce during the Dec hols!! lolz.. didn't go any where during the hols mah.. so this is my "overseas" trip for dec lorz. So glad to met up with Joyce again!!! she's my IRAS collegue!! didn't see her for like nearly 3 years le.. and she didn't change much! (can still recognise her! =) but she lost so much weight!) i do miz her and jiayi quite often ~ esp during tax topics!! hahaha i miz those days when we would sneak off to slack.. or when we ganged up against mdm lee (one of our superiors) who was always biased against us. damn fun! but also damn ku to work in IRAS lorz.. lol.. Anywayz, in a twist of fate- she turned out to be Yanting's gf! and Yanting's matt's good friend! so yar, so small the world... The food across the causeway is like... world's apart!! love love love!! We had lunch at ShiLin- according to matt- their's is much more similiar to the authentic one in TW!! and yar, it's super super good! so are their other snacks- the oyster mee swa and the pork floss wrap!! realli reali nice!! worth travelling all the way there and waiting to pass customs juz to get a bite lorz! =p  We sang Kbox again! hahaha.. juz can't get enough of their lovely colorful rooms and tasty tasty snacks/ set meals! For dinner, we had Kim Gary - like the time i went with candice and her ML collegues.. the food there damn nice for a damn good price! The baked cheese rice was terrific.. and for desert- all of us had their choc-strawberry snow ice!! oooh, i miz that one so much...  Really fun to have gone with them!! Enjoyed myself till beat.. * i almst juz crashed into bed when i reached home... with lots of memories to keep.. We need to do this again okie? =) Friday, January 25, 2008 ~*~*~ In Rememberance ~*~*~ Today, received news that Tham Pong has passed away. Have known him since i was in primary school.. Always on the plump side- if there was a living version of the fat laughing buddha- well, it's him =) Think he enjoys his food too- lolz, fits my philosophy. He's always smiling. Radient in a quiet sorta way, and yet outgoing and talking to people. My memories of him are of him asking me about handphones when i got my first hp in secondary school when we were entertaining the temple's cats... of him trying to communicate with us (cos we don't understand thai and english's foreign to him..) and of him every Vesek and CNY stationed near the Goddess of Mercy to give blessings to devotees. I'm not sure if he's realli high ranked or wad.. but wad's important was that he seemed to always enjoy his job. Big splashes of water (blessings) would come our way with a big smile on his face. Sincere, full hearted giving. It doesn't matter if the water ain't realli gona bring luck or wad.. it's giving of good, hoping for good.. Brings a sense of comfort.. cos it doesn't matter if i've been sh*t thruout the year, every year the blessings come regardless and i'll be sure to go home wet from Tham Pong's and Chau Koon's well wishes. He's one of the 2 monks that i look forward to see every time i set foot in the Thai temple.(it's the temple which Nicolas Tse's parents frequent~ i saw the guy there once =p) Monks and female devotees are supposed to keep distance- so it's not as if we were close so tt's not why i'm writing this. But it's at that place where i find peace amongst chaos. Not only is the place tranquil and quiet- it's the huge amount of respect that wisdom is present here that makes me feel somewhat comforted in destiny and faith. Now that he has left, the place just seems a tad emptier... But in Budhism, we believe death brings us to a better place or gives another chance of rebirth... so there's no cause of sadness, other than the little that resides within me cos he's with us no more. But I can't help thinkin tt he's in the heavens, and there's bound to be nice great showers of blessings comming from above =) maybe some coming on tonight~ since there are nice cool breezy winds. Thank you for this part of life. Thank you for lil' bits of wisdom. Thank you for giving. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And for some reason, i miz my ah gong.. (who has also passed on quite afew years ago) Must treasure those still around more. Which is why i have this blog =) Sunday, January 20, 2008 *^*^* With Family *^*^* Taste Paradise!! along Mosque Street If you're a foodie, this is the place!! Super ex!! soooo glad i can eat without worrying abt the bill.. heh. It came up to over 120 per person!! Dad juz allowed us to order what we wanted!! and omg, it was really delicious!!  Starters: Peking duck with pork floss (nth special to me lah..), curry mayo prawn seated on a slice of watermelon (i thought the watermelon was alittle cheap- it wilted with the heat of the prawn too.. warm watermelon is not nice..).. but the pan-fried foire grais- perfection!! absolute luxury... nice nice nice nice nice nice! melts on your tongue.. makes every bit counts! Okie, i slipped- Shark's fin soup. Not a fan of shark's fin on principle. I like sharks.. So i didn't eat the fins and juz drank the soup =) Boiling pipping hot served in the stone bowl with a stick of pastry to dip in!! gorgous. If only they could do without the shark's fin... Their lamb was a really small portion. But it's the most tender i've tasted. Very very skilled and delicate. Pork rib was fatty (as delicious ones are..) and but i still prefer the one at tunglok. Abalone noodles was a hit! - spicy noodles with a small abalone on the side.. Deserts were super interesting! came bubbling on a globlet of dry ice- i had avocado cream with walnut icecream! their set-dinners came with mango sago-which was also really good, thick and nice! Overall, a really good place to try! *if you have the cash.. tt is. #&#&# Other places #&#&# I'm really into hot traditional deserts nowadays- there are many around. My fav stalls are: Wei Xiang Yuan @ the corner of Temple Street 2ku @ Chinatown Market Katong Shopping Center's shop near the food court. the pic below is the Desert taster at Katong's.  But of course- none can beat mom's creations! For Winter Solace, Tang Yuan in ginger milk =) I'll have them for lunch, dinner and supper! =) $#$#$ With Candice, JJ and HL $#$#$ Well, we had a Xmas pot-luck =) JJ brought Penang Prawn Mee!! which was why she was late- and why candice and i almost believed tt she was coming in a police car.. =p The soup v hot n spicy!! but got kick and the prawn flavour v nice! The yummy looking tub of melted cheese was -believe it- homemade sheperd's pie by hl! it was v v nice! really impressive.. The cali-maki was candice's contribution- this is our fav! from the Sakura Fish Market at Parkway!! And mi provided Pan Pacific sausages =)  Hl's bday- we celebrated at Waraku @ Marina Square! Happy Belated Birthday HL! Use the gifts and may happiness always be with you!!  It was terrible getting there.. in short- i was late. Foodwise- no pics lah.. but oh well, Waraku's always good =) #^#^# Central @ Clark Quay #^#^# 3rd level is full of japanese eateries!! whoever was the genius to think of that.. =)  Okie, the ramen shop is the only one on the 3rd level - i forgot the name again...- they have a counter juz like the ramen shops in japan which you can sit at and watch the chef prepare.. but i fancy the counter's too high to see anything... but food-wise.. it's realli old school i guess.. broth is extremely rich and the char siew was extremely fatty. So healthy ppl beware.. but if you don't mind.. it's ramen to die for.. the noodles are slurpy goody and the broth is... lolz, i drank most of it thou i felt guilty afterwards.. =p Deserts galore at Azuki sabo!! they're on the 1st level, near Subway. Everything is sweet and oh-so-pretty here!! i love the sweet potato bits!! and it holds true to the way the japanese maximize each ingrediant's potential.. it's like, every bit is good on it's own, and yet essential to the whole. Their banana custard ice-mountain was full of chocolate!! it even came with EXTRA chocolate! We couldn't finish it all!! Absolute yumz. Luv deserts =) ^@^@^ During the Dec Hols ^@^@^  During the dec hols Big 4 was holding their interviews.. i applied for PWC and EY only (cos wasn't sure tt i wanted audit)... PWC's interview was terrible.. the lady senior manager who interviewed me was quite tough. =( But surprisingly, i got offers from both =) I learnt alot from tt PWC interview too.. she was sharing with me her own experience and opinions.. and i realize it's really rough out there. Decided to go to EY cos of the really beautiful office and tt the culture seemed to be more suited to me- fun loving and their promised me ctrl over my career pursuits.. Went for their movie screening with zy, meng, sumin and others- and there on the seats were placed a tub of popcorn and ice cold bottle of coke! so sweet.. lolz. During the hols i also had to work for dad.. he has been really busy and yar, i've been lazing at home.. so kena lugged to office to do stuff. Above are all the really nice food i ate for lunch! =) lor mee from Eunos market, Wanton mee from the famous Feifei @ Joo Chait, and the peanut icekatang frm Eunos market. And the last 2 pics are my collegues aka lunch buddies- MeiFen and Jiayi =) |
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