96. Our Food Diary June2021

Tuesday, June 01, 2021

96. Our Food Diary June2021

Food Diary June 2021

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What we ate in June 2021

- live lobsters

- bak kut tea with frozen pork soft bones with recipe

- tau yu bak - braise belly pork in dark soya sauce

- san choy bao/pow with recipe

- chicken curry

- cabbage with tumeric (indian style)

- tofu/toufu with veggies and king oyster mushrooms with recipe

- grilled chicken with salt, pepper and garlic with recipe

- rolled pork with veggies, japanese style

- soto ayam

- grilled pork ribs / chicken with home made BBQ sauce with recipe

(BBQ Sauce = mustard, tomato, tobasco and HP sauce)

- knuckle beef

- chicken chop with breastmeat

- tomato soup

- fried chicken thighs

- spaghetti

- fried bee hoon

- sambal belachan

- bacon roll with mushrooms & carrots

- mutton soup (AMK Central & AMK Blk 532)

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29 June 2021

Lunch - Mutton Soup from amk central

a few days later, got some mutton soup from amk blk 532, avenue 10.

also bought some roast pork and char siew from same coffeeshop

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Dinner -

made chinese stew with leftover pork meatballs

& king oyster mushrooms

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30 June 2021

lunch - porridge with meatball & oyster mushroom stew

and sweet mangoes from our tree (2pcs at top of plate)

(grown from seed, mango from myanmar)

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23 June 2021

lunch - fried bee hoon, cornbeef

dinner - bacon roll with mushrooms

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27 june 2021

pork meatballs

it looks this way because i couldn't decide how i wanted to cook the minced pork LOL did i want to steam, stew, stir fry, make burgers or porridge with it? i still don't know. well, it ended up in a pot of soup and didn't taste as good as the salt was not enough for meatballs cooked in soup. anyways, the meatballs are still good i suppose. goes well with rice and chillis - any chilli sauce you're craving for or cut chillipadi in light soya sauce.

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22 june 2021

no pics

- assam pedas

- lean pork with ginger and spring onions

- chicken thigh pieces fried with garlic, oyster sauce and chinese wine

- tomato beef soup with buttered toasts

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21 June 2021

home made Tomato Soup

& Pan Fried Chicken

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20 June 2021

kong bak pao

with teochew sng mi chou

(garlic vinegar chilli sauce)

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19 June 2021

Spaghetti Bolognese

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18 June 2021 fri

bacon wraped with enoki mushrooms and carrots

curry chicken (no pics)

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17 June 2021 thu

mummy's birthday so i tabao lap lap chap chap food for lunch.

(no pics)

- fried rice, assam fish tail, fried noodles,

- popiah, coconut water, fried hokkien prawn mee, satay - pork & chicken

- porridge with leftover steamed ginger chicken

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16 June 2021

dumplings!

chicken thighs - roasted with salt, pepper, fresh garlic, oil

veggies!

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15 June 2021

breakfast - nasi lemak from changi village

dinner - steamed chicken with ginger sauce

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14 June 2021

Lunch

chicken chop,

knuckle beef with sweet peas,

omelette with chilli, tomatoes and onions

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14 june 2021

Dinner

beef thai salad with thick tung hoon

fried fish seasoned with curry powder

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13 June 2021

roast chicken and chye sim stir fry

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11 June 2021

breakfast - leftover fried rice (no pics)

lunch - Soto Ayam

dinner - grilled pork ribs with mustard, tomato, tobasco and HP sauce

Recipe - Grilled Pork Ribs

1. Pork Ribs (can use chicken too)

- season with salt, baking powder and water

- give a quick rinse, throw the liquid

- boil the pork ribs for about 5-10min

- then put aside. throw boiling liquid.

- braise in water/stock till soft

- season braise liquid with

6 garlic cloves,

3 shallots,

2 dried red dates

salt and white/black pepper

2. Mix BBQ Sauce

- HP sauce

- tobasco sauce

- tomato sauce

- whole grain mustard

- salt & black pepper

- smoked paprika and/or chilli flakes

- mash softened shallots, garlic cloves from braise liquid

- oil

3. Baste tender soft Pork Ribs with BBQ Sauce

can also baste boiled potatoes with BBQ Sauce

4. Grill sauce-covered pork ribs (and potatoes)

grill 150-200 degrees for about 15min,

turn pork/potato and grill another 15min

5. Serve hot with salad

grilled the pork in my new halo light turbo broiler!

you can also grill chicken with the same BBQ Sauce

dinner - also grilled these ngo hiang in the turbo broiler!

ngo hiang is with prawn & fish & water chestnut (bobo brand)

soto ayam for lunch!

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10 Jun 2021

lunch - dumplings from mayflower and fried rice

Dinner

Rolled pork with veggies, japanese style

rolled shabu shabu sliced pork with

carrots, onions and leftover raw baby chye sim.

then made a gravy with soya sauce, mirin, chinese wine,

and cooked the pork in the gravy

(next time i'll just pour the gravy over the fried pork)

kitchen smells amazing!!

below are close ups

one of my ref videos: https://youtu.be/iNPhmOHdQHg

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9 June 2021

breakfast - tofu soup (so good!!)

lunch - dumplings

9 June 2021

Dinner

omelette with ham, cheese, tomatoes, parsley

(turned out to be scrambled instead!)

roast chicken with salt, white/black pepper and garlic

roast potatoes, carrots and tomatoes

ntuc gammon ham

sliced fresh cucumber and tomatoes

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8 June 2021

Lunch

briyani from amk central

chicken briyani from market $5.50 (no pic)

from coffeeshop - total $17.50

Alzouq Food & Caterer

727 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, #01-4264, Singapore

lamb shank briyani $10 (no pic for briyani rice)

mutton curry $5 (no pic)

masala thosai $2.50 (no pic)

dinner

grilled chicken with salt, pepper and garlic

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7 June 2021

- tofu/toufu with veggies and king oyster mushrooms

- grilled chicken with salt, pepper and garlic

(pic below is taken years ago at a zhi char stall)

dinner

wanted to have claypot tofu with veggies

so i cooked my own

"Claypot Tofu" with

- soft toufu/tofu,

- king oyster mushrooms,

- veggies in the fridge

- and leftover macaroni soup & ingredients.

sauce

- oyster sauce

- salt & white pepper

- sesame oil

- shaoxing wine

- cornstarch slurry

- macaroni soup

or chicken stock with slices of ginger

also pan fried + grilled 2 large boneless chicken thighs with

- salt, black & white pepper

- pounded garlic and oil

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6 June 2021

cabbage with tumeric and indian spices

chicken curry

san choy bao

San Choy Pow/Bao

- boneless chicken cubes

- water chestnuts

- carrots

- bamboo shoots

- chinese shitake mushrooms (hydrate the dried mushrooms)

- garlic & onion

- oyster sauce, sesame oil, shaoxing oil

- salt & white pepper

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4 June 2021

tau yu bak

tau you bak

tau yew bak

braise pork belly in dark soya sauce

Tau Yu Bak Recipe

- https://youtu.be/DSiT8UvaAaU

instead of pork belly, you can use pork trotters, shoulder butt or pork collar.

you can also use chicken or duck instead of pork (not beef or seafood).

chicken version: https://youtu.be/ay8oBqscH_g

when i was young, i used to watch my mum and grandmother cook this dish after a morning trip to the wet market to get fresh ingredients. many households have their own version of tau yu bak. this is our childhood favourite, and i suspect, a favourite home-cooked dish among many chinese locals and malaysians too. and since we're also peranakan, we love our tau yu bak with freshly made sambal belachan! (for teochew flavours, use chopped chilli, garlic and rice vinegar or sng mi chou dip).

if you're away from home,

have to wing it to cook your own meals

and are desperately craving for,

or missing home-cooked food,

this tau yu bak dish is one of the few go-to dish!

especially for those who, like me,

have been miserably homesick!!

oh i know "miserably homesick" very well - been there, done that!!

well, this recipe below is for all and also for those who miss this dish like crazy - i hope this recipe helps bring some comforts of home to you :)

cheers,

whitejade :)))

recipe: tau yu bak (teochew style)

- pork belly - or pork butt or pork collar or pork trotters

(sa cham bak, ngo huei, twee bak or de kar)

- thick black soya sauce

- light soya sauce

- salt to taste

- plenty of white pepper corn, crushed

- star anise

- five spice powder (little or can leave this out too)

- sugar

- garlic - about 15-20 cloves, whole

- shallots - about 3 whole

- boiled eggs

- tau kuah, tau pok

enjoy!

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2 June 2021 Wed

Lobster with salt and pepper

later added some melted butter. so good!!

1 June 2021 Tues

Dinner - 2 lobsters - boiled

and ate them without seasoning

video of cooking the lobster

link: https://youtu.be/CTLIjx-PMfk

yw gave me 4 live lobsters from his fish farm. we brushed their shells and then put them in the freezer for about 30-45min before boiling them in a huge pot with salt (2-3 tbsp) and shaoxing chinese wine (5-6 tbsp). i'm not sure why the shells didn't turn all red when boiled. so i boiled them a few times (maybe about 3 times) and about 5min each time. for dinner, we shelled the lobsters and ate them without any seasoning. the natural taste of the lobster meat is sweet, a little salty and it has a firm bite. it also smelt of the sea Lol.