68. Our Food Diary Oct2019
what we ate in Oct 2019
cover pic: herbs and ingredients for tom yum soup
2nd cover pic:
pounder BURGER, 450g, 25 degrees, hotel G, middle road
29 oct 2019
celebrating Christen's 17th bday!!! (see journal blog)
31 oct 2019
late dinner - pepper lunch!! with jannah and christen
(we had yakader mutton dum briyani $6 for lunch but we forgot to take photos haha!!)
30 oct 2019
Lunch at People's Park Chuan Wei Fang
we ordered non spicy because jannah was not in the mood for chilli and spicy food!
beef $8
brinjal with pork $5
rice x2 $1
what i saw on youtube - how to cook briyani
dinner on 30 oct 2019
mala bowl!!
we had brocoli, black fungus, enoki mushrooms, baby kailan and instant noodles x2 - paid $9. not sure why, maybe they gave double portions for mushrooms or charged for cooking services?
27 oct 2019
dinner - wah tan hor fun
28 oct 2019
CUSTARD APPLES from Myanmar, 80 cents each
25 oct 2019
24 Oct 2019
enjoying buah keluak and fried chicken from tekka market
23 Oct 2019
enjoying ayam buah keluak gravy, bittergourd with egg and fried chicken/potatoes from tekka market
22 oct 2019
lunch - little india, tekka market
dinner - buah keluak
tekka market - indian rice stall
veggie & fried chicken meal $5 total
veggie $3 for 4 veggies + dahl + pampadam + rice
chicken $2 for 4 pieces + chicken curry gravy
veggies - tau kuah, green veggie, potatoes cooked x2 ways, dahl
fried chicken from indian stall at tekka market
(it had some garlic/ginger flavour and very tender, as if marinated with yoghurt)
21 oct 2019 Mon
lunch and dinner with christen
while jannah was at school camp for whole week
- fried mixed veggies with garlic and chillis
- kunyit chicken (coated in potato starch) - panfried & grilled
20 oct 2019 Sun
lunch at chang kee
- loy he / ee gai mai fun tong $7,
- mixed veggies with rice $5.50
18 oct 2019
dessert at plaza sing - nine fresh
when staying at mbs 16-18 oct 2019
15 Oct 2019
lunch - nasi padang
at ttsh kopitiam food court
$4.80 - 2 veg & 1 chicken curry
15 oct 2019
dinner - simple corn & veggie clear soup (i made the soup)
whitebait salad & assam pedas (mommy got tini to make these)
14 oct 2019
13 oct 2019 dinner
(lunch - fish soup at whampoa market)
12 oct 2019
Beef noodle soup
$10 beef shin (2 pcs)
11 oct 2019
we can't get enough of canned cornbeef with egg and rice!!
9 Oct 2019
lunch - lotus root soup and rice!!!!! yummy!!
dinner - aachi brand chicken briyani, bombay briyani
Bombay Briyani (Aachi brand)
marinade for chicken:
- briyani mix
- garam masala
- salt
- plain yoghurt
- lime juice - x6 limes
- fried onions (bawang goreng)
- ginger garlic paste
- tomato ketchup
frying the curry...
- onions, sliced - x3 - x4 big onions
- green chillis - x5-6
- ginger garlic paste
- tomatoes, 3-4 big, chopped
- cardamon seeds x8
- jeera seeds x2 tbsp
1. fry onions with salt, jeera seeds, cardamon seeds, green chillis, ginger garlic paste
- small to medium heat, at least 15-20min till soft & fragrant
2. fry marinated chicken with a bit of corriander & chinese celery,
add tomatoes if too dry
3. add water and cook till chicken is cooked and gravy is thicker
prepare basmati rice (half cooked)
- basmati rice - washed
- fried onions (bawang goreng)
- fried onion, ginger garlic paste, green chilli mix (see #1 above)
- salt
- pandan leaves
4. cook rice in rice cooker, (half cooked, with less water),
dish out into a bowl before layering briyani rice and curry.
final briyani mix
(bottom layer should be a layer of curry gravy)
5. at the bottom of the rice cooker, put the curry chicken with some gravy.
6. add a layer of half cooked rice
7. add chopped corriander, chinese celery and fried onions (bawang goreng)
8. add chicken & curry gravy
9. add layer of half cooked rice
10. add chopped corriander, chinese celery and fried onions (bawang goreng)
11. repeat layers
12. cook in rice cooker
When cooked, mix layers & Serve.
my reference
>> it's grandpa... for briyani cooking...
below: my briyani!!!!
7 Oct 2019
breakfast - char kuay teow - got standard le Lol
lunch - chicken liver!! cooked indo style - black sauce, sugar, lime, onions, chilli and garlic.
6 Oct 2019
simple kuay teow soup
went to adam road hawker for drinks and tabao bbq sting ray
5 Oct 2019
lunch & dinner - chicken stew
4 Oct 2019
lunch - leftover fried rice with an egg (no pics, phone was charging and forgot to bring down Lol)
dinner - spam and egg... soooooo yummy!!!
3 Oct 2019
Breakfast - at tekka market
Lunch - indian food from tekka market
Dinner - salted fish fried rice
2 Oct 2019
1 Oct 2019
Dinner - Sar Poh Fan - Claypot Chicken Rice
Lunch - Tom yum soup, braised chicken feet with mushrooms
my ref video for tom yum gai...
my lunch rice bowl
cover pic: herbs and ingredients for tom yum soup
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| cover pic 1 oct 2019 - ingredients for tom yum soup |
2nd cover pic:
pounder BURGER, 450g, 25 degrees, hotel G, middle road
29 oct 2019
celebrating Christen's 17th bday!!! (see journal blog)
31 oct 2019
late dinner - pepper lunch!! with jannah and christen
(we had yakader mutton dum briyani $6 for lunch but we forgot to take photos haha!!)
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| pepper lunch - double beef set $10.90 |
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| Pepper Lunch - Trio Set (salmon, chicken, beef) $12 |
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| salad from Pepper Lunch - one cup is $1.50 with any meal - comes with golden sesame dressing |
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| from dim sum shop at mbs food court - $4.20 |
30 oct 2019
Lunch at People's Park Chuan Wei Fang
we ordered non spicy because jannah was not in the mood for chilli and spicy food!
beef $8
brinjal with pork $5
rice x2 $1
what i saw on youtube - how to cook briyani
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| watching youtube - briyani recipe!! |
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| grilled chicken with tumeric powder, salt and lime juice |
dinner on 30 oct 2019
mala bowl!!
we had brocoli, black fungus, enoki mushrooms, baby kailan and instant noodles x2 - paid $9. not sure why, maybe they gave double portions for mushrooms or charged for cooking services?
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| how is this $9? hmmmm.... |
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| we also had beef soup - tender shin beef $4, beef balls $1, total $5 very nice indeed!!! (remember i photographed an uncle eating his beef tendon kuay teow soup??? see sept 2019 food diary!) |
27 oct 2019
dinner - wah tan hor fun
28 oct 2019
CUSTARD APPLES from Myanmar, 80 cents each
25 oct 2019
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| fish with tau cheo, chilli, garlic, sng bueh |
24 Oct 2019
enjoying buah keluak and fried chicken from tekka market
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| brunch - beehoon dry with fish balls at 628 amk market $3.50 (3 flavours = sah bi = chilli, black vinegar, tomato ketchup) |
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| cakes with tea/coffee for teatime! |
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| club sandwich |
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| a plate of seasoned raw pomfret ready for steaming (steam 7-10 min) $5 pomfret from 628 amk wet market - steamed teochew style - only missing kiam chye in the mix |
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| resting slow-cooked shin beef in a clear beef soup soup - shallots x10, garlic x1, tomatoes, tang gui (little), peppercorn, salt, fish sauce, light soya, brandy, shaoxing wine |
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| slow-cooked shin beef seasoned with garlic oil, superior light soya sauce, pinch of sugar, shaoxing wine |
23 Oct 2019
enjoying ayam buah keluak gravy, bittergourd with egg and fried chicken/potatoes from tekka market
lunch - little india, tekka market
dinner - buah keluak
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| ayam buah keluak - mummy cooked this after buying shelled buah keluak from tekka wet market |
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| stage setup at carpark next to former rex cinema |
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| this fish soup stall sells pomfret fish!! very yummy!! and long queue |
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| teochew porridge stall |
tekka market - indian rice stall
veggie & fried chicken meal $5 total
veggie $3 for 4 veggies + dahl + pampadam + rice
chicken $2 for 4 pieces + chicken curry gravy
veggies - tau kuah, green veggie, potatoes cooked x2 ways, dahl
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| Indian veggies, fried chicken , curry gravies and rice served on banana leaf at tekka market, $5 |
fried chicken from indian stall at tekka market
(it had some garlic/ginger flavour and very tender, as if marinated with yoghurt)
21 oct 2019 Mon
lunch and dinner with christen
while jannah was at school camp for whole week
- fried mixed veggies with garlic and chillis
- kunyit chicken (coated in potato starch) - panfried & grilled
lunch at chang kee
- loy he / ee gai mai fun tong $7,
- mixed veggies with rice $5.50
18 oct 2019
dessert at plaza sing - nine fresh
when staying at mbs 16-18 oct 2019
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| burbur hitam (black rice) |
15 Oct 2019
lunch - nasi padang
at ttsh kopitiam food court
$4.80 - 2 veg & 1 chicken curry
15 oct 2019
dinner - simple corn & veggie clear soup (i made the soup)
whitebait salad & assam pedas (mommy got tini to make these)
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| corn, cauliflower, potato, tomato, carrots, red dates, onions, 1 piece of chicken breast with a bit of bone |
14 oct 2019
14 oct 2019
dessert at mac's
muffin and mochacinno $4.95 + $1.70 upsize
ice cream sundae with hershey choc $2.70
13 oct 2019 dinner
(lunch - fish soup at whampoa market)
12 oct 2019
Beef noodle soup
$10 beef shin (2 pcs)
11 oct 2019
we can't get enough of canned cornbeef with egg and rice!!
9 Oct 2019
lunch - lotus root soup and rice!!!!! yummy!!
dinner - aachi brand chicken briyani, bombay briyani
Bombay Briyani (Aachi brand)
marinade for chicken:
- briyani mix
- garam masala
- salt
- plain yoghurt
- lime juice - x6 limes
- fried onions (bawang goreng)
- ginger garlic paste
- tomato ketchup
frying the curry...
- onions, sliced - x3 - x4 big onions
- green chillis - x5-6
- ginger garlic paste
- tomatoes, 3-4 big, chopped
- cardamon seeds x8
- jeera seeds x2 tbsp
1. fry onions with salt, jeera seeds, cardamon seeds, green chillis, ginger garlic paste
- small to medium heat, at least 15-20min till soft & fragrant
2. fry marinated chicken with a bit of corriander & chinese celery,
add tomatoes if too dry
3. add water and cook till chicken is cooked and gravy is thicker
prepare basmati rice (half cooked)
- basmati rice - washed
- fried onions (bawang goreng)
- fried onion, ginger garlic paste, green chilli mix (see #1 above)
- salt
- pandan leaves
4. cook rice in rice cooker, (half cooked, with less water),
dish out into a bowl before layering briyani rice and curry.
final briyani mix
(bottom layer should be a layer of curry gravy)
5. at the bottom of the rice cooker, put the curry chicken with some gravy.
6. add a layer of half cooked rice
7. add chopped corriander, chinese celery and fried onions (bawang goreng)
8. add chicken & curry gravy
9. add layer of half cooked rice
10. add chopped corriander, chinese celery and fried onions (bawang goreng)
11. repeat layers
12. cook in rice cooker
When cooked, mix layers & Serve.
my reference
>> it's grandpa... for briyani cooking...
below: my briyani!!!!
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| got christen and jannah to pick up coriander and yoghurt at NTUC! |
7 Oct 2019
breakfast - char kuay teow - got standard le Lol
lunch - chicken liver!! cooked indo style - black sauce, sugar, lime, onions, chilli and garlic.
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| fried kuay teow for breakfast - garlic, onions, chillis, sambal blachan, bean sprouts, chives, leftover shredded chicken & fishcakes, eggssssss, lime |
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| rice bowl - chilli fishcakes, sardines with onions and lime, chicken liver with black sauce sugar and lime, kangkong fried with garlic and chilli |
6 Oct 2019
simple kuay teow soup
went to adam road hawker for drinks and tabao bbq sting ray
5 Oct 2019
lunch & dinner - chicken stew
4 Oct 2019
lunch - leftover fried rice with an egg (no pics, phone was charging and forgot to bring down Lol)
dinner - spam and egg... soooooo yummy!!!
3 Oct 2019
Breakfast - at tekka market
Lunch - indian food from tekka market
Dinner - salted fish fried rice
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| tekka wet market |
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| malacca blachan $1.50 from tekka market - smells amazing!!! |
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| fried rice, always nice!! |
2 Oct 2019
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| tom yum soup |
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| this stall is located at whampoa market (other stall at tekka market) |
1 Oct 2019
Dinner - Sar Poh Fan - Claypot Chicken Rice
Lunch - Tom yum soup, braised chicken feet with mushrooms
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| Salted fish, lap cheong, dried mushrooms, stirfried chicken thighs with oyster sauce and ginger topped with sambal blachan, chopped raw garlic, soya sauce-shaosxing wine mix, chopped coriander leaves & stems all above ingredients mixed with steamed white rice and further steamed in the claypot/rice cooker |
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| soba cha noodles in thai salad dressing |
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| tom yum soup - with chicken and squid (no prawns because i still have rashes) |
my ref video for tom yum gai...
my lunch rice bowl
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| braised chicken feet and mushrooms |
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