73. Our Food Diary Jan2020 - and a quiet CNY 2020 - Year of the Rat
WELCOME TO Year 2020!!
So this is what we ate in the month of Jan 2020...
hopefully MORE veggies!!
just wanted to bring this day, 15jan, upfront in this blog...
to highlight the yummy steamed red grouper at hong lim!!
15 jan 2020 wed
breakfast with jannah
at heavenly wangs, plaza singapura
lunch
- Hong Lim Complex Food Centre, Level 2
- teochew rice/porridge with steamed red grouper!
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31 Jan 2020
fried egg sandwich with fried onions, cucumber and tomatoes.
eaten with tomato ketchup and chilli sauce.
a fav from sec school days when i bought this sandwich at the bakery for $2.50
(quite ex then as u can get chicken rice for $1.50!)
30 Jan 2020
happy 51st birthday to ME!!
lunch at tekka - fish soup!
dinner fish head curry from muthu's. sooooo yummy!!
29 Jan 2020
simple food at home!
So this is what we ate in the month of Jan 2020...
hopefully MORE veggies!!
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| hopefully MORE veggies!! |
just wanted to bring this day, 15jan, upfront in this blog...
to highlight the yummy steamed red grouper at hong lim!!
15 jan 2020 wed
breakfast with jannah
at heavenly wangs, plaza singapura
lunch
- Hong Lim Complex Food Centre, Level 2
- teochew rice/porridge with steamed red grouper!
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| Lunch at Chinatown, Hong Lim Complex teochew steamed grouper, bittergourd, brinjal, kiam chye, rice x3 - total $23 |
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| it's this stall! shun ji mixed rice, hong lim complex, chinatown |
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| steamed red grouper $17 |
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| teochew style steamed red grouper $17 - so fresh and lightly flavoured/simple & plain ie "cheng" (is this the chinese equivalent word 轻 ?) |
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| what's left of the fish hahah!! |
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| Dinner at home - chicken soup & rice very very plain - chicken with salt & white peppercorns |
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| 15 jan 2020 - breakfast at heavenly wangs, plaza singapura love the wall mural!! |
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31 Jan 2020
fried egg sandwich with fried onions, cucumber and tomatoes.
eaten with tomato ketchup and chilli sauce.
a fav from sec school days when i bought this sandwich at the bakery for $2.50
(quite ex then as u can get chicken rice for $1.50!)
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| pappadam with brinjal and fish curry gravy!! |
30 Jan 2020
happy 51st birthday to ME!!
lunch at tekka - fish soup!
dinner fish head curry from muthu's. sooooo yummy!!
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| made some grilled chicken drumsticks for jac - 12 tiny pcs |
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| fish head curry from muthu's of course, we added our own assam. |
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| mummy fried mee suah with baby abalone and mushrooms |
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| brinjals from muthu's |
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| appam from tekka market, $2.50 for 2 pcs |
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| my rice bowl. always look good Lol |
29 Jan 2020
simple food at home!
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| fish with tau cheo, chilli, garlic and sng bueh |
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| roast chicken with salt, pepper and chopped garlic |
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| love our veggies!!!! |
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CNY Meals & Recipes - Links
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CNY Recipes - Links
bakwan kepiting - https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2017/06/13-bakwan-kepeting.html
more to come
- popiah & kueh pie tee
- ngo hiang
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28 Jan 2020
cute wall art at ya kun Lol - breakfast on CNY 4th day
dinner
16 Jan 2020 Thu
having a noodle snack at Nex food republic
this is noodles with pork stew & 4 xiao long paos
17 Jan 2020 Friday
Nasi Padang breakfast at Tampines Central - U Taste
18 Jan 2020 Sat
Salad & simple Tom Yum Soup with rice
12 jan 2020 Sun
SOUP & RICE!!
chicken feet soup with peanuts and lotus root. soooooooo yummy!!
also a good way to give Christen a boost Lol
Lotus Root & Peanut Soup
- lotus root
- raw peanuts - skin removed
- chicken feet/claw 500g or 1kg
- 1 garlic
- 3 red shallots
- 10-12 small red dates
- wolfberries
- tang gui - 1 small slice
dump all ingredients in the crockpot/slow cooker for 2-3 hours, high heat
season with salt, white peppercorns (crushed) & a dash of superior soya sauce
13 jan 2020 Mon
homecooked simple food
6 jan to 8 jan 2020
Christen has appendicitis! and warded in sgh. yuck
link: https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2020/01/109-christens-appendicitis-5jan2020.html
some food i took while Christen was at hospital...
5 Jan 2020 sat
eating leftover pasta & noodles (kuay teow & sek mee/yellow noodles)
4 Jan 2020
lunch at dindaifang
4 jan 2020
dinner - homecooked pasta oglio olio with mushrooms
3 Jan 2020
tea time at yoshinoya. tried their new dishes - japanese curry and beef yakiniku.
i still prefer their humble beef bowl Lol
2 Jan 2020
dinner
daddy wanted beef golden coin. so we bought $20 worth of that (beef golden coin about 1.2kg) and cooked it in a crockpot with 12 tiny shallots, 1 garlic, tang gui x2 tiny pieces, cordon bleu brandy 3-4 tbsp, salt, crushed white & black peppercorns, japanese fragrant soy sauce x3-4 tbsp, rock sugar.
the pot was on from 12+pm. but then i dozed off in the afternoon and forgot about my beef till around 5.45pm. geez. it was so soft then that it crumbled as if it was canned corned beef hahaha.
i made 3 sauces to go with the beef and kuey teow noodles.
1.
soya sauce mix (same mix for HK-style steamed fish)
superior light soya sauce
chinese shaoxing wine
fried garlic and garlic oil
sugar
2.
thai style dip (same mix for Thai steam fish with garlic, chilli, lime)
garlic
corriander
green chilli
lime juice
fish sauce
palm sugar (or raw/white sugar)
3.
china-style chilli dip (also used to coat dumplings & scallion noodles)
lau gan ma garlic chilli crisps
sesame oil
black vinegar
soya sauce mix
cute wall art at ya kun Lol - breakfast on CNY 4th day
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| breakfast at about 7.45-8am |
25-27 Jan 2020
CNY meals - not fancy at all LOL
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ingredients for tau yew pork knuckle - unfortunately the photo was blurred badly for this pork knuckle dish |
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| chinese cabbage soup |
a lot of cooking....
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flower mushrooms and fatt choy |
Recipe: Chinese Mushroom Stew
CNY Day1 - 25 jan 2020
Ingredients
- chopped garlic & ginger
- Dried Chinese Mushrooms
- Fa Choy
- Straw Mushrooms
- Sauce Mix
- Optional: Abalone, Dried Oysters
Sauce Mix
- oyster sauce
- light soya sauce
- shaoxing wine
- pinch of salt & sugar
- white pepper
- fried garlic & garlic flavoured oil
- sesame oil
- stock (from boiling chicken feet or lightly flavoured stock from veg or seafood or meat)
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flower mushrooms and fatt choy |
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these are the ingredients for starting to cook teochew tau yew bak unfortunately, the pic of the pork knuckle is blurred till unrecognizable!!! INGREDIENTS: garlic, star anise, mushrooms, crushed peppercorns sugar, salt to taste, coriander roots. after this, braise the pork with dark soya sauce, water, red dates (x12) |
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| contact for yam cake |
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| yam cake fried with egg and chye poh |
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| croissant from giant, bought on 3rd day of cny!! so fresh and soooo yummy!! |
24 Jan 2020
21 Jan 2020
omg so much food for dinner! LOL
19-20 Jan 2020
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| the cheese seem a bit dried & cracked LOL but this cheese sauce tastes awesome! |
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| spaghetti with mushrooms, tomatoes and olive oil, garlic, chilli is this too oily??? |
16 Jan -18 Jan 2020
My meals
having a noodle snack at Nex food republic
this is noodles with pork stew & 4 xiao long paos
Nasi Padang breakfast at Tampines Central - U Taste
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| this cost like $4.80 ... isn't that ex?? brinjals, eggs, sambal goreng and sambal blachan. |
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| lunch & dinner at home |
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| chicken breast meat fried with black olives, mixed veggies, garlic and onions |
18 Jan 2020 Sat
Salad & simple Tom Yum Soup with rice
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| tom yum soup with leftover beef soup, sotong ball, tang hoon tom yum red paste, tom yum herbs, fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice |
12 jan 2020 Sun
SOUP & RICE!!
chicken feet soup with peanuts and lotus root. soooooooo yummy!!
also a good way to give Christen a boost Lol
Lotus Root & Peanut Soup
- lotus root
- raw peanuts - skin removed
- chicken feet/claw 500g or 1kg
- 1 garlic
- 3 red shallots
- 10-12 small red dates
- wolfberries
- tang gui - 1 small slice
dump all ingredients in the crockpot/slow cooker for 2-3 hours, high heat
season with salt, white peppercorns (crushed) & a dash of superior soya sauce
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| ingredients for this amazing soup!
soup was sticky and thick
dumped in the crockpot for 2 hours, high heat
the secret is the number of chicken feet/claw used LOL |
13 jan 2020 Mon
homecooked simple food
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| and loads of veggies to make up for lack of veggies when christen was hospitalized |
6 jan to 8 jan 2020
Christen has appendicitis! and warded in sgh. yuck
link: https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2020/01/109-christens-appendicitis-5jan2020.html
some food i took while Christen was at hospital...
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| 7 jan 2020 Mon breakfast at SGH - no appetite :( altho Christen wanted this... but he couldn't bc he must fast before surgery |
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| could only eat half :((( |
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| jannah's laksa, tea time snack at sgh's kaffe and toast |
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| 7 Jan 2020 tues morning - my breakfast before my first week of work at NAFA 4 seasons cafe has this amazingly simple ham and egg sandwich. but i couldn't eat it. didn't have any appetite. kept thinking of poor christen in hospital LOL |
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| 7 jan 2020 late dinner at chinatown point - soup ramen at famous shop in japan but not too crowded in singapore together with fried chicken, the set is about $15 possibly on the expensive side |
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| 7 jan 2020 late dinner at chinatown point - we shared this one bowl of ramen and fried chicken because we took our lunch around 4-4.30pm. after classes at nafa i tabao some mala xiang guo from people's park. sooooo yummy!! |
5 Jan 2020 sat
eating leftover pasta & noodles (kuay teow & sek mee/yellow noodles)
4 Jan 2020
lunch at dindaifang
4 jan 2020
dinner - homecooked pasta oglio olio with mushrooms
3 Jan 2020
tea time at yoshinoya. tried their new dishes - japanese curry and beef yakiniku.
i still prefer their humble beef bowl Lol
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| breakfast - fried beehoon and kueh teow with fried egg and fish cake |
2 Jan 2020
dinner
daddy wanted beef golden coin. so we bought $20 worth of that (beef golden coin about 1.2kg) and cooked it in a crockpot with 12 tiny shallots, 1 garlic, tang gui x2 tiny pieces, cordon bleu brandy 3-4 tbsp, salt, crushed white & black peppercorns, japanese fragrant soy sauce x3-4 tbsp, rock sugar.
the pot was on from 12+pm. but then i dozed off in the afternoon and forgot about my beef till around 5.45pm. geez. it was so soft then that it crumbled as if it was canned corned beef hahaha.
i made 3 sauces to go with the beef and kuey teow noodles.
1.
soya sauce mix (same mix for HK-style steamed fish)
superior light soya sauce
chinese shaoxing wine
fried garlic and garlic oil
sugar
2.
thai style dip (same mix for Thai steam fish with garlic, chilli, lime)
garlic
corriander
green chilli
lime juice
fish sauce
palm sugar (or raw/white sugar)
3.
china-style chilli dip (also used to coat dumplings & scallion noodles)
lau gan ma garlic chilli crisps
sesame oil
black vinegar
soya sauce mix
raw garlic - chopped
what can i say, everyone was just going wow wow wow... the beef was soooooo amazing! and the soup is soooooo savoury and simple in taste. altho i find it a little oily and sweet... but it's for pleasurable indulgence - only for today!!
unfortunately, my bad iphone pics didn't do much justice to my meal hahaha...
2 Jan 2020
lunch - sar poh fun & chicken feet/mushroom stew (no pics LOL)
1 jan 2020
unfortunately, my bad iphone pics didn't do much justice to my meal hahaha...
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| ipoh kuay teow with stewed beef and china-style chilli mix topped with chinese celery (kng chye) |
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| ipoh kuay teow with stewed beef and china-style chilli mix topped with chinese celery (kng chye) |
2 Jan 2020
lunch - sar poh fun & chicken feet/mushroom stew (no pics LOL)
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| sar poh fan rice mixed with fried salted fish (ikan kurau), lap cheong, stir fried chicken with dried shitake chinese mushrooms, ginger, onions, garlic, light & dark soya sauce, chinese shaoxing wine, sesame oil |
1 jan 2020
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| love prawns!! |
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| mushrooms with garlic, chilli and a scoop of butter seasoned with japanese soy sauce and mirin this goes very well with pasta oglio olio or salad or toast with fried eggs. |
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| my rice bowl, 1jan2020 |
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