Recent makan

Some of the food we've had recently:

Chicken chop from Crazy Ang Mo


It was tasty - well-marinated and moist. I like their fish n chips too, which I find is better than the average western food from food courts/hawker centres, but I don't know why our guy friend kept complaining about their food. (Well, if he can like the Balinese pushcart mee bakso, then I guess there's no accounting for taste! :P )

Indonesian style mee goreng from the new Indon food stall - very yummy and the sambal with ikan bilis was delicious. It's got 4 medium prawns too...not bad for $3.



Ayam Penyet from the same Indon stall, which is more average.



Guo Tie (pot stickers) from the hand-made noodle stall.



Breakfast (a bit overbaked) from Breadtalk - my favourite is the cranberry with cream cheese bun, but from Four Leaves Bakery.



Ahh...the surprise of the month. It's "grilled fish with breadcrumbs & herbs".


I didn't know what it was, but the way it turned out was really nice, with a dash of Italian herbs, I think.

The hidden mash with gravy underneath the egg...yummy!



Fried half spring chicken from A-Star coffeeshop.


I agreed to let them chop up the chicken but didn't expect them to also "batter" the pieces with the flavoured flour. It's as good as (if not better than) KFC.

*Slurp!*

Saturday's lunch

Looking at the photos of luncheon meat sandwiches at KSN's blog tempted me to open a can myself. So I did, with an old can which was purchased way before the ban/restriction was imposed.

I like this version with added ham.





To be eaten with char ban mee.
First time I'm using this no preservatives, no "kee" noodles.



The preparation always takes longer than the actual time spent eating the dish.



Cooked with whatever ingredients that's available in the fridge, leftover from CNY.



Luncheon meat & fried ban mian.

Steamboat again

Mom called to ask me to go eat steamboat next week. This will be the 5th steamboat I will be eating within a month!

Although I love to eat steamboat, to eat it 5 times in a row is also a bit much, hor?

感觉上有一点夸张.

The last time we had steamboat at mom's/bro's, the Zhuroshi hot pot failed to boil sufficiently to cook the food. In the end, we had to cook the food in a pot over the stove. Wahaha! What sort of steamboat dinner was that? And they made us go all the way there some more.

Later, it was discovered that the steamboat fiasco was due to the dirty plug, i.e. the connecting point of the hot pot's plug was dirty, and failed to conduct electricity effectively.

Hope history will not repeat itself.

Wasabi Potato Salad

I found this recipe on the net by Bimandruth and it sure looks lovely. With hard-boiled eggs, prawns, wasabi and mayo added, I think no one can go wrong with a combination like this......right?

Wasabi potato salad (serves 4)

(Photo by Bimandruth)















6 potatoes, average size (I didn't use any special type or anything. Just regular old potatoes)

6 eggs

400g prawns

5tb onion shoots, chopped

1 cup Japanese mayonnaise

3ts wasabi paste

1. Scrub the potatoes clean. Immerse them in pot of water and heat till water boils. Boil for 20-25 minutes, using a fork to prick for doneness. Set aside to cool. Then, remove skins with a knife and chop into chunky cubes.

2. Immerse eggs in another pot of water and heat till water boils. Then, closing the pot with the lid, turn off the heat and let the eggs sit there for 20-25 minutes. * After that, de-shell the eggs and chop into chunky cubes.

3. Blanch the prawns in boiling water, then peel and chop into chunks.

4. Put the potatoes, eggs, prawns and onion shoots into a mixing bowl. Add the Japanese mayonnaise and wasabi paste. Mix thoroughly. Chill and serve slightly cold.

* This is Australian chef Neil Perry's method for attaining perfect hard-boiled eggs. The eggs are immersed in the water before the water is heated up. After the water hits boiling point, the heat is turned off and the eggs are allowed to cook by just sitting there in the water. May sound a bit weird, but hey it worked!