66. Our Food Diary Aug2019 & Ref Videos for 清蒸魚 (Simple Steamed Fish)
what we ate in August 2019
2 Aug 2019
Lunch - Thai Beef Salad
- red onions - sliced
- coriander - cut an inch long
- lemongrass - chopped small
dressing
- fish sauce
- sugar
- lime juice
- (chilli - chopped or pounded coarsely - or chilli flakes)
2 August 2019 Dinner Out
4 August 2019 Sunday
Dessert from Tong Shui Dessert Shop at Chinatown
4 August 2019 Dinner
5 August 2019 Monday
wed 7 aug 2019
jannah's breakfast - ham & eggs
fried bee hoon with cornbeef!!!!
8 Aug 2019
ingredients to pound for a thai dip
- garlic
- red & green chillipadi
- thai palm sugar
- coriander
- add lime juice & fish sauce
Tomato Beef Stew
Shin Beef $10,
Beef Tendon $3.50,
Tomato Paste,
dried herbs,
brandy,
mushrooms,
potatoes,
tomatoes,
carrots,
onions,
garlic,
black/white peppercorns
9 August
- added these veggies & MORE mushrooms for breakfast
i love having this tomato beef stew/soup with buttered toasts!!
BUT Aidan & Christen want to eat steamed white rice with this beef stew LOLOL!!!
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2 Aug 2019
Lunch - Thai Beef Salad
Thai Beef Salad
(with no chilli because not everyone at home eats chilli)
- beef sirloin - cooked & rested, sliced to size- red onions - sliced
- coriander - cut an inch long
- lemongrass - chopped small
dressing
- fish sauce
- sugar
- lime juice
- (chilli - chopped or pounded coarsely - or chilli flakes)
2 August 2019 Dinner Out
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| Japanese Omu Rice with Fried Chicken |
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| Smoked Duck La Mien |
4 August 2019 Sunday
Dessert from Tong Shui Dessert Shop at Chinatown
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| Thai Red Ruby |
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| Mango Sago Pomelo with Vanilla Ice Cream |
4 August 2019 Dinner
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| always our fav szechuan zhi char stall at people's park |
5 August 2019 Monday
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| breakfast bought at 7.15am from little india tekka market economical bee hoon with fried egg & luncheon meat $3.30 |
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| these samosas from little india are $1 each |
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| samosas from little india - this is 50 cents each |
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| ready made spices from mustafa |
wed 7 aug 2019
jannah's breakfast - ham & eggs
fried bee hoon with cornbeef!!!!
8 Aug 2019
ingredients to pound for a thai dip
- garlic
- red & green chillipadi
- thai palm sugar
- coriander
- add lime juice & fish sauce
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| Making Thai Sauce for Beef Noodle Soup & Seafood Garlic, Green & Red Chillipadi, Coriander, Palm Sugar, Lime Juice, fish sauce |
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| Potato Salad with wholegrain mustard, mayo, chopped onions, boiled carrots |
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| Dinner on Thu, 8 Aug 2019 Aidan & Christen had rice with tomato beef stew. very strange indeed. |
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| Tomato Beef Stew |
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| trying to recreate the russian borsch soup |
Shin Beef $10,
Beef Tendon $3.50,
Tomato Paste,
dried herbs,
brandy,
mushrooms,
potatoes,
tomatoes,
carrots,
onions,
garlic,
black/white peppercorns
9 August
- added these veggies & MORE mushrooms for breakfast
i love having this tomato beef stew/soup with buttered toasts!!
BUT Aidan & Christen want to eat steamed white rice with this beef stew LOLOL!!!
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| beef tomato stew with sour cream & chinese celery & buttered toast |
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| beef tomato stew with sour cream & chinese celery & buttered toast |
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| beef tomato stew with sour cream & chinese celery & buttered toast |
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| fried rice with bacon & eggs |
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| fried bee hoon with veggies, cornbeef on the side (because daddy doesn't want to eat it) |
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| leftover beehoon heated with leftover cornbeef and extra eggs!! so good!! |
10 August 2019
清蒸魚 Simple Steamed Fish or
Steamed Grouper Hong Kong Style
1. Prepare Soy Sauce mix
- Superior Light Soya Sauce,
- sugar,
- garlic oil
- shaoxing wine
2. Prepare Topping
- Sliced ginger,
- onions (because i ran out of spring onions!!),
- red chilli,
- coriander
3. Prepare Fish - Season & Steam
- Salt & Pepper
- Shaoxing Wine
- Garlic Oil
- Sliced ginger & Spring Onions
4. STEAMED FISH HONG KONG STYLE
- place steamed fish onto a plate,
- top with spring onions/onions, coriander, ginger,
- pour prepared soy sauce on the side
- fry sliced ginger in hot oil and pour hot oil/ginger mix over the topping & the fish
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| Soya Sauce Mix = Superior Light Soya Sauce, sugar, garlic oil, shaoxing wine Topping - Sliced ginger, onions (because i ran out of spring onions!!), red chilli, coriander |
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| Prepare Fish - Season & Steam - about 5-7min for this piece of Red Grouper Season with salt, pepper, spring onions, ginger, shaoxing wine, garlic oil + Steam |
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| STEAMED FISH HONG KONG STYLE Place steamed fish onto a plate, top with spring onions/onions, coriander, ginger, pour prepared soy sauce on the side fry ginger in hot oil and pour very hot oil with ginger over the topping on the fish |
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| Steamed Grouper Hong Kong Style |
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Ref Videos -
we also had a simple archar / pickle to go with our dinner!!
Simple Archar
- cucumber - lightly pickled with salt & rinsed
- carrots
- onions
- pineapple
- red chilli
- lime juice
- sugar
- pinch of salt
11 August 2019
So finally, we go Chinatown to try the Chong Qing Grilled Fish
Fish $15 (usual price $18)
Bittergourd with Pork $6
26 aug 2019
we ate there again!!
chong qing fish - xiao la, $15
stir fry bitter gourd with pork $6
地三鲜 eggplant, potato & green chilli stirfry $5
rice x5, 50 cents each
sugarcane with lemon drink $2.50 each
lunch about $30 for 5 people
13 August 2019
Lunch - Sukiyaki Beef with Veggies! a one pot meal :)
Dinner - Mixed Veggie Stir fry, Roast Chicken & Lotus Root Soup
One Pot Meal
Sukiyaki Beef with plenty of fresh veggies & mushrooms!!
Cooked with butter, garlic & onions, sprinkled with japanese chilli flakes mix
Sauce
- Japanese Soy,
- Sugar,
- Soba Soy Sauce,
- Mirin,
- Shaoxing Chinese Wine,
- Salt & White Pepper
Stir Fry Mixed Veggies with garlic & ginger
- brocoli
- carrot
- tomato
- black fungus
- shitake mushrooms (dried)
- baby corn
- sweet pea
- chinese cabbage
- enoki mushrooms
- button mushrooms
Gravy
- light soya sauce
- salt & white pepper
- shaoxing wine
- oyster sauce
- fish sauce
- mountain brand seasoning sauce
- water & cornstarch
- optional - liquid from soaking dried shitake mushroom
1. fry ginger & garlic & salt in hot oil till fragrant
2. fry black fungus and shitake mushrooms
3. fry "hard veggies" - baby corn, carrot, stem of chinese cabbage & brocoli, brocoli
4. add shaoxing wine in hot wok
5. add rest of veggies
6. add gravy & fry till cooked to right texture
7. serve hot and eat with hot steamed jasmine rice
below: 5 brighter pics of mixed veggie stir fry!
Roast Chicken Marinade
- salt,
- white pepper,
- chopped garlic,
- oil
- black sauce (for color)
Simple Italian Bread Salad
1. stale garlic bread
Toast, crispy bread with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar & garlic spread
if too stale or hard, add water to soften before toasting
2. chopped veggies
- tomatoes
- cucumber
- red onions
- fresh parsley
3. dressing
- honey
- balsamic vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil
- lemon/lime juice
- pounded raw garlic x1
- salt & black pepper
15 Aug 2019
Dinner
15 Aug 2019 Thu
Fried Grouper Fish with Salt * Pepper
- grouper fillet coated with salt, white pepper, potato starch
- fried on both sides for 1-2min each side
- grilled till crispy in oven
16 August 2019, Fri
Lunch - Bacon Fried Rice
Dinner - Steam Grouper HK Style, Veggies, Soup & Macdonalds!!
18 Aug 2019 Sun
My Simple Beef Soup
Beef 2kg ($32
- Golden Coin 1.1kg ($18)
- Oxtail 1kg ($14)
- white & black peppercorn - crushed
- red shallots x6-7
- 1 fresh garlic clove
- 1/2 tbsp fried garlic
- salt & light soya sauce to taste
- 1tbsp raw/brown sugar
- cordon bleu brandy x3-4 tbs
- tang gui - 2 small pieces
19 Aug 2019 - Mon
tried making tandoori at home but ended up cooking Masala Chicken LOL
Masala Chicken
Rempah - Mix the following...
- ginger & garlic paste
- onion paste
- tumeric powder
- chilli powder
- coriander powder
- cumin seeds (jeera)
- garam masala powder
- plain yoghurt
- lime juice
- salt to taste
- black pepper
- oil
1. add oil & fry onions, ginger, garlic, mixed seeds, curry leaf, green chilli in oil
2. add chicken & brown chicken (vegetarian version - add brinjal & tomatoes)
3. add rempah & fry together
4. add coriander leaf
5. cook till chicken is ready and curry paste is thick
20 Aug 2019
Aidan cooked rib eye steak for dinner!!
21 August 2019
Korean food for dinner
thai beef salad for lunch
23 Aug 2019
Whampoa Prawn Noodle at Tekka Market, Little India!!
24 Aug 2019
Sat morning Breakfast
24 aug 2019
lunch - chicken soup & rice
25 Aug 2019
Chinese/Cantonese Beef Stew
Beef brisket
star anise
5 spice powder
cinnamon
cardamon
bay leaf
orange peel
sugar
ginger
garlic
onions
spring onions
corriander
daikon (white carrot)
oyster sauce
light & dark soya sauce
sesame oil
shaoxing wine
chu hou sauce
sunday
cheesecake tea time with koko & diodio
26 aug 2019
lunch at people's park
dinner at home
dinner that night
28 Aug 2019
31 aug 2019
jannah's breakfast - black sauce brinjal with instant noodles
not my kind of breakfast lol
wow, we ate a lot!!
清蒸魚 Simple Steamed Fish or
Steamed Fish Hong Kong Style
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2.
we also had a simple archar / pickle to go with our dinner!!
Simple Archar
- cucumber - lightly pickled with salt & rinsed
- carrots
- onions
- pineapple
- red chilli
- lime juice
- sugar
- pinch of salt
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| Simple Archar |
11 August 2019
So finally, we go Chinatown to try the Chong Qing Grilled Fish
Fish $15 (usual price $18)
Bittergourd with Pork $6
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| photo taken from Macdonald's |
26 aug 2019
we ate there again!!
chong qing fish - xiao la, $15
stir fry bitter gourd with pork $6
地三鲜 eggplant, potato & green chilli stirfry $5
rice x5, 50 cents each
sugarcane with lemon drink $2.50 each
lunch about $30 for 5 people
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| the menu - forgot to take a pic of the other side |
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| it could be THIS stall instead (but not sure) that we ordered from 1st time we had the grilled fish Lol |
13 August 2019
Lunch - Sukiyaki Beef with Veggies! a one pot meal :)
Dinner - Mixed Veggie Stir fry, Roast Chicken & Lotus Root Soup
One Pot Meal
Sukiyaki Beef with plenty of fresh veggies & mushrooms!!
Cooked with butter, garlic & onions, sprinkled with japanese chilli flakes mix
Sauce
- Japanese Soy,
- Sugar,
- Soba Soy Sauce,
- Mirin,
- Shaoxing Chinese Wine,
- Salt & White Pepper
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| One Pot Meal - Sukiyaki Beef with plenty of fresh veggies & mushrooms!! Sauce - Japanese Soy, Sugar, Soba Soy Sauce, Mirin, Shaoxing Chinese Wine, Salt & White Pepper |
Stir Fry Mixed Veggies with garlic & ginger
- brocoli
- carrot
- tomato
- black fungus
- shitake mushrooms (dried)
- baby corn
- sweet pea
- chinese cabbage
- enoki mushrooms
- button mushrooms
Gravy
- light soya sauce
- salt & white pepper
- shaoxing wine
- oyster sauce
- fish sauce
- mountain brand seasoning sauce
- water & cornstarch
- optional - liquid from soaking dried shitake mushroom
1. fry ginger & garlic & salt in hot oil till fragrant
2. fry black fungus and shitake mushrooms
3. fry "hard veggies" - baby corn, carrot, stem of chinese cabbage & brocoli, brocoli
4. add shaoxing wine in hot wok
5. add rest of veggies
6. add gravy & fry till cooked to right texture
7. serve hot and eat with hot steamed jasmine rice
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| Stir Fry Mixed Veggies |
Roast Chicken Marinade
- salt,
- white pepper,
- chopped garlic,
- oil
- black sauce (for color)
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| Roast Chicken - with salt, pepper, garlic and oil |
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| my rice bowl - mostly veggies & chillipadi!! too bad the pic is blurry :/ uggh |
Simple Italian Bread Salad
1. stale garlic bread
Toast, crispy bread with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar & garlic spread
if too stale or hard, add water to soften before toasting
2. chopped veggies
- tomatoes
- cucumber
- red onions
- fresh parsley
3. dressing
- honey
- balsamic vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil
- lemon/lime juice
- pounded raw garlic x1
- salt & black pepper
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| my bread salad missing fresh herbs which i don't have today |
15 Aug 2019
Dinner
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| beef with ginger & onions |
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| french beans with oyster sauce |
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| leftover bee hoon from a few days ago :/ |
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| more simple archar! |
Fried Grouper Fish with Salt * Pepper
- grouper fillet coated with salt, white pepper, potato starch
- fried on both sides for 1-2min each side
- grilled till crispy in oven
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| grouper fillet coated with salt, white pepper, potato starch & fried/grilled till crispy!!!!! so yummy!!!! |
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| my rice bowl!! |
16 August 2019, Fri
Lunch - Bacon Fried Rice
Dinner - Steam Grouper HK Style, Veggies, Soup & Macdonalds!!
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| MacDonald's for ice cream & seaweed fries with fillet o fish |
18 Aug 2019 Sun
My Simple Beef Soup
Beef 2kg ($32
- Golden Coin 1.1kg ($18)
- Oxtail 1kg ($14)
- white & black peppercorn - crushed
- red shallots x6-7
- 1 fresh garlic clove
- 1/2 tbsp fried garlic
- salt & light soya sauce to taste
- 1tbsp raw/brown sugar
- cordon bleu brandy x3-4 tbs
- tang gui - 2 small pieces
19 Aug 2019 - Mon
tried making tandoori at home but ended up cooking Masala Chicken LOL
Masala Chicken
Rempah - Mix the following...
- ginger & garlic paste
- onion paste
- tumeric powder
- chilli powder
- coriander powder
- cumin seeds (jeera)
- garam masala powder
- plain yoghurt
- lime juice
- salt to taste
- black pepper
- oil
1. add oil & fry onions, ginger, garlic, mixed seeds, curry leaf, green chilli in oil
2. add chicken & brown chicken (vegetarian version - add brinjal & tomatoes)
3. add rempah & fry together
4. add coriander leaf
5. cook till chicken is ready and curry paste is thick
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| grill chicken (marinated overnight with rempah mix) |
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| grilled chicken - cut into bite sized pieces |
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| Masala gravy |
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| what was supposed to be tandoori chicken ended up as Masala Chicken!! very nice surprise Lol |
20 Aug 2019
Aidan cooked rib eye steak for dinner!!
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| bought ribeye steak for Aidan to cook! $35/kg. these 4 pieces cost $27. |
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| well, i made chicken abc soup and i ate it with rice. so yummy!! aidan's steak was very nice!!!! |
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| Chicken ABC SOUP!!! Yummy!! |
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| chicken from abc soup, aidan's ribeye steak, stir fry celery sticks and white rice!! goes so well with chillipadi!! |
21 August 2019
Korean food for dinner
thai beef salad for lunch
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| a very nutritious lunch! steam minced pork, thai beef salad, silverbait fish omelette, stir fry baby kai lan |
23 Aug 2019
Whampoa Prawn Noodle at Tekka Market, Little India!!
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| long queue! |
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| this packet of salted fish (kurau) costs $4 !! salted fish bought at tekka market, little india |
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| fish soup (batang fish) with rice at whampoa food centre & wet market the tau cheo sauce is so yummy!!! |
23 aug 2019
Dinner at Sun Cafe, 1 for 1 promo, $25/pax, peranakan food
altho i don't see how most of the dishes are peranakan!!
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| pig's stomach soup, prawn har lok, ngo hiang, ha cheong gai... |
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| well, good thing they had sambal blachan & chin char rok sambal |
24 Aug 2019
Sat morning Breakfast
24 aug 2019
lunch - chicken soup & rice
25 Aug 2019
Chinese/Cantonese Beef Stew
Beef brisket
star anise
5 spice powder
cinnamon
cardamon
bay leaf
orange peel
sugar
ginger
garlic
onions
spring onions
corriander
daikon (white carrot)
oyster sauce
light & dark soya sauce
sesame oil
shaoxing wine
chu hou sauce
sunday
cheesecake tea time with koko & diodio
26 aug 2019
lunch at people's park
dinner at home
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| sotong with garlic, chilli, coriander, onions, fish sauce, lime juice, chinese celery |
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| stir fry lotus root with garlic and wolf berries seasoned with salt, pepper and shaoxing wine |
dinner that night
27 Aug 2019
breakfast is steamed leftover stir fried lotus root with rice and a bit of spicy blachan!!
28 Aug 2019
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| leftover veggies still so yummy!! |
29 Aug 2019
Brinjal Night!!
1. black sauce brinjal with tomatoes, celery & green bell pepper
2. szechuan style brinjals - mix lao gan ma chilli crisps, broad bean paste, sesame oil, shaoxing wine, light soya sauce - then stirfry with garlic, ginger, green belle peppers, roasted szechuan peppercorn
31 aug 2019
jannah's breakfast - black sauce brinjal with instant noodles
not my kind of breakfast lol
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| brinjal szechuan style |
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| beef stir fry with HP sauce & tomato ketchup |
wow, we ate a lot!!
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