CONGRATULATIONS TO BRO ZW AND SIS LILING

Congratulations to Bro ZW and sis Liling on the birth of their 2nd son, Zhen Yang!!!!

Visited them today, and yeap, baby is so cute... so now ZW is more experienced, hahaha... Happy for them... Wow, Zhen Yong is so tall now, playful little fella, hahaha...

Lunch at Chinatown Food Centre

Had lunch today at Chinatown's Food Centre (yes, the one with the famous Leong Tau Foo 酿豆腐) ... My parents had packet this stall's food for me recently, so decided to eat the other stuff from the stall today, since already there... Was not disappointed...

Ordered the following...



Beijing Zha Jiang Noodles (北京炸酱面)

Very chewy texture (for the noodles)!!! ... oh, and the noodles were pulled by the staff upon ordered... fresh, isn't it?... Surprisingly, the meat sauce taste almost 95% like what my folks cooked for Bar Jniu(肉酱) at home!!!! Must mix the cucumber shreds with the sauce and noodles well, the taste immediately goes different, from good to great!


Xiao Long Bao (小笼包)

Meat is fresh, just a bit too loose... but the taste is there... Good.. Is served a bit cold, after the waiting for the noodles to be prepared... else if still hot, you can taste more of the meat soup / juice inside the dumplings!! Taste best with ginger shreds soaked in black vinegar...


Guo Tie (锅贴)

One word : DELICIOUS. why? Because they added in generous amount of chinese chives (韭菜) !!! ... Is one of the best Guo Ties I ever tried, in fact... No Guo Tie is complete with sufficient chinese chives, and this stall knew it... In fact, my food-picky father also says this is the best Guo Ties he has ever eaten (outside).... Also taste best with ginger shreds soaked in black vinegar ...


Name of the stall : 洪鹏 (if I remember correctly) ... if exit from OG Chinatown (back exit/entrance), you should face the famous 道记 that sells baos and dim sums and roasted duck/meat rice, then go inside, 洪鹏 back to back with 道记... Enjoy!!!

Down with Cold Today... Again...

Yeah, down with cold... finally my turn again (after my family took turns to catch it...) ... a heartwarming picture first... a piece of cake made from students... and I have not taught most of them since Sec 2 last year, only a few this year in the 1st semester... but still chit-chat with them sometimes... so guess they did not forget me... and this is not the top class nor even Express class, its a N(A) class, who remembers... Cake is cold, but warms the heart when eaten... Thanks folks!!!!


Ok, my breakfast after visiting doctor today... At Bedok Central, Block 216, there is this stall that sells duck rice, porridge and noodles. The name of the stall is "沈记" if I'm not wrong... Very nice food served... My mum ordered the kway teow soup, while I got the dry noodles, and ordered some beancurds and egg...


First, I must comment on the SOUP! Very very very very tasty, full of chinese herbal flavour, but not bitter, and sweet, with a hint of spiciness of pepper... NICE!!!! * Caution: May not be suitable for those who hate chinese herbal taste* To me, the soup is power enough, as I expect chinese herbal soup for duck noodles MUST be sufficiently strong (of course also not TOO strong), else it will not make a good soup for duck noodles...

Then the duck meat... not dry, but tender! a little bit of the "duck-smell", if you know what I mean, if eaten alone, but when stirred together with the noodle sauce, its still ok... in fact, its almost on par (or even slightly better) than the You Kee version... Not bad....

The sauce, the sauce... well, its a bit salty... *looks around, hope no angry chef comes storming out*... other than that, still quite ok... its not the super thick one that makes your noodles gluey, viscosity is just nice...

Noodles are springy but thoroughly cooked... quite good skills in cooking the noodles...

Overall, it has been a long time since I had eaten such good duck noodles elsewhere...


Now it will be a shame to not mention the beancurd... its simply done with heart! Why do I say so? Because most of the time, braised duck rice sellers will only sell the beacurd (and any quality beancurd) by only braising with the sauce... now this stall (I believe) deep/shallow fried the beancurds first, before braising them... This gives some chewing texture when eating... and the beancurds they used are of good quality, very full of soy beans flavour... egg is quite normal... at least, it is fresh, not undercooked nor overcooked, and has no foul "eggy" smell...

I am not related to the stall, but do try it if you are free...


Gotten this funny linkage toy too, for teaching aid, so nostalgic...

No Eating & Drinking in the MRT, Understand, Baby in Pram???

Wow, amazing, staff / inspector are carrying out their jobs with a no-nonsense attitude... Yes, just watch on the news, the SMRT inspectors spot-checks those drinking / eating in the MRT trains. Yeap, 100% support the no eating-drinking rule in the train... especially some jokers who will be inconsiderate to dirty the place... I understand, because before I drive, I also use to take trains and buses... BUT... hey!!!!! The inspector is seen trying to tell the parent(?)/guardian (or to the toddler???) that the little fella cannot drink (what looks like plain water in the baby bottle) in the train, if they want, can go to the station to drink... and then it shows another similar scene again... WTF!!!! As like...HELLO????!!!! THAT IS A BABY, OK???, HELLO????!!!! Even the Army has long ago been moving towards the "thinking" soldier way, and now this inflexibility is still here??? Sigh, SMRT...

Congratulations Bro MZ, Sis SC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey MZ and SC, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Your little daughter is so cute, eyes really resembles that of mum's... On hearing of SC's "torture", I once again reaffirms that being a mother is one of the most sacred post in the world... Salute to all mothers in the world!!!

Once again, keong hee (no, not a pastor's name, read properly... ) to MZ and SC!!! Really happy for you both...

My DIY Breakfast

My breakfast yesterday or was it Saturday???... DIY breakfast... Decided to give myself a better treat... due to... (i) MRI over.. (ii) super tough busy sad disillusioned life recently...

Well, whatever...

Anyway... Bird's Eye Cod Fish Fingers are bland!!!!! (Or did they forget to add salt for this batch???) Healthy choice...

X-Ray, MRI and... Operation???

Today went down to CGH for 1st-time specialist consultation, for my ankle... after some fiddling of my ankle/foot here and there, the "bo-chap"-faced doctor said that I need an MRI, as I may have 3 types of issue with my ankle + tendon... He explained briefly, but I still can't remember... anyway, he also mention may need operation to repair the damage, pending MRI scan 2 weeks later & result weeks later... heck, never thought 1 sprain could be so complicated...