69. Our Food Diary Nov2019

what we ate in Nov 2019

mini purple brinjals are in season! yay!
and we found a yummy way to cook chicken breast meat
lots of veggies, hopefully, this month
slow-cooked tender beef - shin or golden coin or oxtail
loads of cornbeef and eggs LOL

8 Nov 2019
dinner -
thai tung hoon salad with minced chicken breast
1. fry minced chicken with garlic, red & green chillis, onions, fish sauce, sugar, soya sauce
2. boil tung hoon to al dente
3. make sauce - fish sauce, sugar, light soya sauce, lime juice, chilli, chicken stock
4. mix minced chicken, tung hoon noodles, sauce, sliced onions, chopped coriander, cucumber
5. serve immediately

thai tung hoon salad with minced chicken breast

ingredients for thai tung hoon salad

30 Nov 2019
beef for dinner - golden coin beef!
Beef Golden Coin. Removed from the bovine rib, the golden coin muscle is soft and goes well both in the stove and in the grill. Its cut is running with veins, giving it a soft jelly texture after cooking.  

soak beef until water is clear (no blood)
this is approx 1.25 kg @$17/kg - about $21 from 628 AMK

beef, shallots, garlic, red dates, tang gui, sugar, brandy (martell cordon bleu)
light soya (fragrant/superior), salt, white/black peppercorn, shaoxing wine & fried garlic before serving
just dump them in the slow cooker and let it cook for about 4-5 hours, medium to high heat

remove beef and let it rest
season with soya sauce, sugar, shaoxing wine, fried garlic oil

29 Nov 2019
lunch - minced beef with chinese black olives fried rice
dinner - home made chicken rice

26-28 Nov 2019
MBS Stay

mutton masala

24 Nov 2019
Boon Tong Kee Chicken Rice

23 Nov 2019 Sat
cooked KIAM CHYE SOUP!!! for aidan!

Pork bones seasoned with salt, white & black peppercorns (crushed),
baking powder, a few tbsp water, light soya sauce

23 Nov 2019 Sat  & 22 Nov 2019 Fri

fried black pomfret, salt & pepper style
fried chopped garlic, chillis with salt & white pepper

brinjal with black sauce, sugar and chopped chilli-garlic with baby kai lan in my rice bowl!!

mostly veggies in my bowl!!

21 Nov 2019 Thu

fried bee hoon with some leftovers and veggies

chicken stew!!

20 Nov 2019 Wed
lunch at bishan j8 - noodles & swenson's ice cream
dinner - see my rice bowl :)

noodles for lunch at fei siong, bishan j8
mee pok with fish balls $4.50
kuay teow minced meat mushroom noodles $5.50
ngo hiang 1pc $1.70

swenson's 1 for 1 promo at bishan j8 (after 2.30pm)
- 1 sticky chewy choc sundae & 1 hazelnut sundae - total $12

chicken feet & mushroom stew (ask for BIG chicken feet!!)
slow cooked in a little water, seasoned with salt, crushed white peppercorns,
red dates, oyster sauce, light soya (used 3 types!), fish sauce, sugar, shaoxing wine

chicken feet & mushroom stew
(ask for BIG chicken feet!!)

in a slow cooker, add...
- water - x2 rice bowls,
- chicken feet - 1kg  or about 25 LARGE claws
- flower mushrooms (v small) - x20
- salt,
- crushed white peppercorns x2 tsp,
- red dates x2-3 (seeds removed),
- garlic x1
- shallots x5
- oyster sauce,
- light soya,
- fish sauce,
-  raw or rock sugar,
- shaoxing wine
optional - sesame oil

20 Nov 2019 my rice bowl - dinner

19 nov 2019

my rice bowl
otak, tumeric chicken, bayam / spinach, scrambled eggs

sun 17 nov 2019
lunch - beef, brinjal with salted fish and chicken minced, veggies, fried kuay teow
dinner - cornbeef and eggs

fried kuay teow with veggies and egg
stir fry garlic & chillis, then fry kuay teow,
add seasoning (oyster sauce, fish sauce, light & dark soya), add egg

fried kuay teow with veggies and egg - best eaten with a squeeze of lemon!
here, i topped the kuay teow with brinjal, minced chicken, salted fish,
chillipadi & lemon  coz we ran out of lime :(

fried kuay teow

brinjal with minced chicken and salted fish

we ate up ALL this beef!! so yummy!!

dinner is a little simpler

Sat 16 Nov 2019
lunch - baby kai lan, tumeric chicken, roast duck from 628 market
dinner - beef (golden coin) & beef soup

roast duck from 628 market
$7 for half a duck,
$14 for a whole duck

thai sauce for beef soups -
raw garlic (chopped or pounded), red & green chillipadi,
coriander, fish sauce, sugar & lime juice
same ingredients as steamed fish with garlic chilli and lime

resting the cooked beef - so soft it falls apart!
this lot costs $20 from 628 amk. (golden coin @$17/kg)
cooked beef is seasoned with light soya, sugar, fried garlic & garlic oil, shaoxing wine

resting my beef

15 Nov 2019

Grilled chicken - seasoned with tumeric powder, salt and lime juice

14 Nov 2019

brinjal with chicken minced (breast) & salted fish

13 Nov 2019

12 Nov 2019
lunch at plaza sing

redhill teochew meatball noodles

11 Nov 2019

home cooked brinjal masala

chicken feet stew

9 nov 2019
brunch - chicken feet noodles

8 Nov 2019
dinner - tung hoon salad with minced chicken, bergedel

soft potato patties called bergedel

bergedel cooked with turbo broiler

turbo broiled potato patty!

5 nov 2019 ayam soto

3 Nov 2019
my rice bowl

2 Nov 2019
yum yum black chicken!!

black chicken soup
- salt,
- tang gui x1-2pcs,
- red date x1-2pcs,
- wolf berries - 3 tbsp

home made beef patties
- minced beef + 2 eggs + seasoning >> form & pan fry patties
seasoning - HP sauce, ketchup, salt, pepper, chilli powder,
pounded raw garlic, chopped chillis, coriander leaves, onions + fried onions

2 nov 2019
my rice bowl!

1 nov 2019
chicken masala & fried chicken from tekka market