Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Homecooked dinner: Chicken, mixed veg, winter melon soup

Chohula marinated chicken

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Homecooked dinner: Chicken feet veg soup, kurau, fish roe

Chicken feet soup with onions and carrots

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Vibram FiveFingers Sale

Heads up! There's a VFF sale going on until 26 November 2012 for up to 60% off on certain styles, with free ground shipping on all orders. Fantastic time to pick up VFFs if you like them. Click here to jump!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Jumbo @ Dempsey


When my sister returned from the US for a visit, mom insisted on taking her to Jumbo @ Dempsey for a meal. Mom had previously had a good meal with guests from Thailand, and thought that my sister would like the food.

Sunday, November 18, 2012

1A Crispy Puffs: Chicken curry puff, goreng pisang


Curry puffs with multi-layered, flaky skin are sometimes a welcome textural change from the usual curry puffs with thicker, more doughy, single-layered skin. They are fun to eat too - you can break off the crust layer by layer, like eating rainbow kueh lapis.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Nut stash from the US


If you are a nut lover and are in the US, or someone can carry nuts from the US back for you, do give Costco's Kirkland-brand nuts a shot.  Everytime my sister visits from the US, she carries with her a few bags of Kirkland's nuts, and every single piece has tasted really fresh compared to the nuts I have bought in Chinatown. In August, my sister returned from the US again and brought back these bags of nuts for us.

Awfully Chocolate: All Chocolate cake


Yes - this is the first time I am trying Awfully Chocolate's chocolate cake. I know Awfully Chocolate has been around for a few years and I am behind on the cake scene (laugh). I have been wanting to try it ever since people were saying it tastes like Lana Cake Shop's, or even better, and might have sooner if it sold by the slice.

Thursday, November 08, 2012

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Old Chang Kee: Curry 'O (chicken curry puff)


'course I've read the newspapers about what the lady found in her curry puff. But how often does this happen? 

Saturday, November 03, 2012

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Straits Kitchen, Grand Hyatt Singapore

Before getting into the review proper, I will explain the drab-looking pictureless post.

When my friends and I arrived at Straits Kitchen at Grand Hyatt Singapore for their hawker buffet, I began taking photographs of their various stations using my trusty Samsung Galaxy SII. After a few snaps, a waitress suddenly appeared and told me "You're not allowed to take photos in here." My expression must have been "???" because she repeated herself, and said that the exception was that if I, or other people, were in the picture as well.