102. Christmas 2021 & New Year 2022

23 dec 2021 thu
24 dec 2021 fri
25 dec 2021 sat
26 dec 2021 sun

27 dec 2021 mon

31 dec 2021 fri

23/12 thu

Eve of Christmas Eve lunch

(after going to ntuc finest, thomson plaza)

- roast pork ribs and chicken from ntuc finest thomson plaza

- smoked duck & sausages

- boiled cauliflower, broccoli, carrots

- tomato salsa 

24/12 fri

Christmas Eve dinner 

at home with the kids, daddy, jamie, koko and dio dio

- ham & sausages

- smoked duck

- fried button, shimeji & king oyster mushrooms w garlic

- green salad and tomato salsa

- glutinous rice with chinese mushrooms & fried onions

25/12 sat

Christmas breakfast (with kids)

- french toast with strawberry jam

25/12 sat

Chritmas lunch 

3 of us - daddy, jamie and me (kids went to clive's)

- tom yum soup with chicken wings and leftover iceberg lettuce/carrots from salad

- roast chicken griller with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, whole garlic

- leftover salad and tomato salsa

25/12 sat

Christmas dinner

at holland road (kids went to clive's)

- parma ham + honeydew

- roast tomahawk with roasted garlic & red wine sauce

- assam prawns

- pork with lettuce, green & red chilli sauces

- gammon ham with cloves (boneless)

- herbal chicken

- roast potatoes

- mushrooms

- boiled cauliflower, broccoli, brussel sprouts

26/12 sun 

Boxing Day brunch - tom yum soup and rice

lunch - laksa

dinner - zhichar (geylang beef kuay teow shop)

- ee fu mee, mee goreng

- spinach with 3 eggs

- har cheong gai & chicken skin

- salt & pepper pork

27/12 mon

lunch - pasta and ham, leftover salad, ham, sausages & baked beans

dinner - el carbon - chicken salad (no pics)

30/12 thu

went newton to buy: (sadly no pics!)

- sambal stingray $15 - guan kee

- sotong with petai $15 - guan kee 

(+ 2 rice)

- satay - 10 chicken, 10 pork + 2 ketupat

- 3 bbq chicken wings

- fishballs $5

31/12 fri 

New Year's Eve

morning went to 628 wet market to buy fish - total $37 

(no pics of raw fish)

- red snapper $25 for whole fish 

cut fish into half - head chopped into half & fillet the tail

- batang $12 for whole fish

wanted to buy saba fish but he sold me a whole batang instead 😡

fish was quite smelly when i brought back but cleaned the meat with loads of salt. then added tumeric/kunyit powder and pan fried... wow, so good. love love love the fish!!! LOL

breakfast - hans sembawang for ham omelette

lunch - leftover chicken stew

dinner - fish head curry using jamie's friend's curry paste

FISH HEAD CURRY

curry paste by jamie's friend (very very good!!!)

fried aromatics in oil...

- ginger - x3 thick slices 

- garlic - large x4 sliced

- red onions - medium x3 sliced, 

- green chillis, large x4, 

- coriander roots x10 or more (frozen, old lot)

- mixed seed/spices, 1 tsp

- salt 1/2 tsp, 

then added

- assam water - 1/2 packet (small packet 250g), 

- tomatoes, small x4

- brinjals, medium x2, 

- ladysfingers x1 packet 

(no pics of veggies ugggh)

later added the red snapper and batang fish heads

since i bought 2 whole fishes from the market,

fried 1/2 of the fish 

& bones with tumeric and salt...

- fried batang fish fillets x2pcs (1/2 fish) 

- fried red snapper x1 fillet tail (1/2 tail)

gotta cook...

- rice, 2 cups

aidan made prata Lol

ko ko brought bittergourd with pork ribs and tau yew chicken (no pics)

wish i took more pics!

24/12 lunch

25/12 lunch

25/12 dinner

26/12 lunch

27/12 lunch

31/12 dinner