Dinner Last Night (& Today's Lunch As Well)...

Father cooked the Taiwanese Lor Bak Rice (鲁肉饭) for last night's dinner... Absolutely DELICIOUS... Mum's rice quantity was cooked already more than usual, but still, the rice were all gone... Today also had this as 2nd round for lunch... Yumm....


Other dishes include Braised Tau Pok, Spinach with Fried Boon Fish (above pic's background), and Braised Eggs (below pic) ... Yumm....

Genting Trip May 2011

Went to Genting over the weekend, and stayed for 4 nights... Intended to go to KL during the stay, but was raining... Anyway, fun trip... sorry, should be delicious trip!!!

Some highlights...

This is Day 1's lunch... Ze Char, very very very very good!!!!! Is the 1st 2 stalls inside the kopitiam in the bowling place building ... Fried egg is crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside... Fried Tofu is also extremely crispy on the outside, and soft & silky for the inside, goooooood.... 1st time eating the Marmite Chicken, also very very 下饭...


This very special dish is made with the top most of the coconut tree (?), 椰心, stirred fried with chicken pieces, etc,... the 椰心 is very tender yet crisp, very flavourful, difficult to describe...


A pity always forget to take pictures before eating.. Anyway, do try the goreng pisang / yam / sweet potato; stall is inside the indoor theme park (outside of First World Hotel area) ; although the standard of the dough has dropped (a little "powder-ish"), it is still nice!!!! Especially the yam, very "soft"...


This is taken at the 鸿运restaurant inside the Resort casino... Serves very nice Roast chicken noodles, and extremely delicious Dim Sum!!!!!!!! Free flow of soup & drink (has ginseng tea some more!!!) Also has a very nice view, so had to take a photo...


...reminds me of the time in Taiwan, 九份... hahaha...


Finally tried the roasted chestnuts, bought near the indoor theme park / arcade area... typical big ones, not so nice... but fun to eat...


Then we had lunch in the Ming Ren Restaurant... wow, fine dining... and good service... and affordable price... AND GOOD FOOD!!!!!!!!!!! The Spicy Sauce Roast Chicken comes with a deliciously sweet and slightly spicy paste, which we ask to be separate and dipped later... and the roast chicken skin is EXTREMELY CRISPY!!!! Meat is tender and the seasoning has gone in... Other dishes are also very good...


Tried the Wasabi-Prawns... not as good, as the prawns seemed to be a bit over-fried... overall, the wasabi paste is good... Oh yes, do try their tea, very good quality...


This is Ipoh Hor Fun (soup version) in the Old Town Coffeeshop... and it is good! And you should also try the Prawn noodle+meehoon, even better!!!!


Took this picture after the meal above... Heavy fog, even blow into the Coffeshop...


While returning back to Singapore, tried the Hotplate Yee Mee... not bad!!! As the staff wants the cooking to be fast, they cook the chicken mushroom, etc, in the gravy in 1 pot, so just heat up the plate, put the noodles and other vegetables, cook a while for the vegetables, pour in the gravy, crack an egg, and voila! Done!.... Now this way of getting the gravy done is actually a blessing in disguise... as the chicken, mushroom actually are able to soak in the gravy!!!!


Nice trip... but all money gone.... hahahaha....

My First Cooking After Umpteen Years...

My return to cooking after umpteen years... tried out fried rice, with whatever I can find in the freezer... mixed vegetables (corn, pea, carrot), mock crab sticks... Does not turn out too good, have not forgotten the method, but have lost the feel... Opps, supposed to be a little orang-ish in colour, but adjust the brightness and such too much in the photo, so becomes yellowish instead.. Should be orange, as put in some tomato ketchup for the colour & taste... Put too little too... Luckily still got fragrance, but taste is just ok, slightly bland.. Mom & brother says quite good though... I beg to differ... Can be better...

Lunch Today at Mushroom Pot (Orchard OG)

Went to the crazy OG Members Sale at Orchard, man it was flooded with people... really... shopped and had lunch at the Mushroom Pot inside OG Orchard... Delicious! Ordered the 3-Variety-Meatball hotpot set... very nice... The side dish includes a Thai-style abalone-mushroom (very small saucer), and a delicious deep-fried Monkey-mushroom with mayonnaise.. Had a hearty meal... Had to park at Centrepoint, so the parking fee cost $14... crazy...

Late Breakfast at Hans Chinatown

Am at Hans now, eating 1 of my favourite breakfast.... Going to CSC later... Happy weekend to all... Oh, btw, this & previous posts have been posted from my Galaxy S... =)

Late Lunch at Bugis QQ Noodle House

Had a late lunch today at QQ Noodles House in Bugis... Day at work was quite bad... Intended to leave office early but... Anyway, went over to Waterloo Street to pray, and had this quite nice lunch...

Specialty Noodles + Fried Wantons + Luo Han Guo Drink


Noodles - quite springy but not very; sauce tends to go towards salty...
Char Siew - nice, even it is not the Cantonese version, still has a better fragrance...
Boiled wantons - small, very small, taste is normal...
Fishball - a bit springy, surprised...
Porkball - a slightly different taste, good...
Fried shallots - a bit too over-fried but still ok...
Soup - did not drink 2nd mouth, had a strong pork smell...
Luo Han Guo drink - initially thought too sweet, but could be due to I did not stir, as the 3rd sip I can start to feel the Luo Han Guo taste & a tinge of bitterness; refreshing.


Fried Wantons - amazingly well fried to stay crisp even after 30 minutes; skin is thin, fillings are too little to have a good judge... But dip in the mayonnaise, it is good, haha...

Dinner with old Friends...

Had a nice "reunion" dinner with old kakis in Secondary school.... Like LH said, our topics never changed, hahaha... Very very happy for bro CYQ cos he is FINALLY 嫁出去了!!!! Hahaha... Congratulations, bro CYQ!!!! Also very happy for bro HZ that now he has find his soulmate, and wish him & his gf happiness...

Huat ah!!!!!