106. Our Food Diary - July to Dec 2022

Saturday, July 02, 2022

106. Our Food Diary - July to Dec 2022

OUR FOOD DIARY 2022

JULY TO DEC 2022

what we ate from july to dec 2022

and here are the star pics!

star pics above - left to right

- salt and pepper fresh cuttlefish

- banana prata

- steamed seabass hk style

- fried prawns

- boiled broccoli

- mushroom pasta

- sharksfin melon soup

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uggh

no mummy and no helper.

just me trying to go market, plan and cook meals.

at least jannah and christen help to do the dishes,

sometimes help prepare veggies or set the table,

and aidan does the laundry.

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December 2022

22 Dec 2022 - Christen comes home sick

23 Dec 2022 - Christmas dinner at holland rd! and Potato Salad!

24 Dec 2022 - er?? anyhow cook but try to make simple, light dishes

25 Dec 2022 - simple christmas meals without the kids

26 Dec 2022 - chicken rice and chicken cutlet! but should have cooked :/

27 Dec 2022 - trying ayam sioh #1 - 1st time, chicken soup and rice, pan fried salmon

28 Dec 2022 - mapo tofu, adjust and test ayam sioh #2 with extra ketumbar

29 Dec 2022 - leftover soup, bittergourd and grilled lemon chicken

30 Dec 2022 - char siew sio bak, fish bites, otah

31 Dec 2022 - pork belly fried, string beans, tabao from casuarina

01 Jan 2023 - german sausages and malay food, dinner at casuarina (no pics)

23 Dec 2022 to 1 Jan 2023

Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023

link: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2022/12/107-christmas-2022-and-new-year-2023.html

22 Dec 2022 Thu

lunch - for jannah christen and me - no pics

boiled broccoli

leftover baby kailan

steamed frozen cooked chicken feet dim sum style

leftover 1 bowl rice

1 packet instant ramen with my own miso soup made from veggie stock from boiling carrots and broccoli

dinner

- 1kg minced chicken patties pan fried

- stew with minced chicken, 2 potatoes, carrots and onions

- fried string beans

- leftover baby kailan

- aidan took out the kimchi

minced chicken marinade

- salt, white/black pepper

- garlic (roasted)

- green string beans - cut into tiny pieces

- fish sauce

- light soya sauce

- 1 egg

- cornflour

- plain flour (add this last to get a crispy crust)

21 Dec 2022 Wed

morning

went amk hub ntuc

lunch -

fish soup from 628 amk market tabao

afternoon -

roasted about 8 cluster/bulb of garlic

20-30min, 125-150 degrees

then cooled and remove roasted garlic cloves

>> one bowl of garlic

smells so good!

dinner -

tabao chicken cutlet

steamed ikan kurau - nice

baby kai lan

leftover steamed tofu/egg re-cooked in gravy, add tau pok

leftover minced pork and omelette

roasted garlic mix - add

- chopped chinese parsley,

- coriander

- chopped raw garlic

- salt, black and white pepper

- oil to cover

recipe - baby kai lan - yao choi / 油菜

1. boil in water, add salt and sugar. set aside

2. make sauce

- oyster sauce

- fish sauce

- light soya sauce

- mountain sauce

- shaoxing wine

- sesame oil

- salt and white pepper

3. fry garlic, add sauce and cook

thicken with slurry,

then pour hot sauce over boiled veggies

serve with steamed rice

Recipe - Steamed Ikan Kurau (Threadfin)

1. season fish with

- sliced ginger

- salt, white pepper

- light soya sauce

- shaoxing wine

- sesame oil

2. steam for 5-7min, serve hot

tau pok in same sauce for kai lan,

add leftover steamed egg and tofu

20 Dec 2022 Tues

breakfast

made french toasts again - aidan wanted some

(burnt them a bit uggh)

also heated up the leftover pasta and added mayo - looks bleh

lunch

fried minced pork and omelette

leftover fish curry

dinner

garlic bread

salmon with japanese sauce

leftover fish curry

leftover beef soup *mummy's beef

leftover minced pork and omelette

Preparing Garlic Bread

cut bread,

spread butter,

spread roasted garlic

this small french loaf is soft and doughy...

looks so good for toasting!!

Preparing the Salmon Fillet

salt, white and black pepper, oil infused with roasted garlic

below: adding the sauce -

soya sauce, sake, mirin, salt and white/black pepper

ok par-cook the fish (pan fried) - above pics

below: add veggies, the sauce and then grill the fish

and later the bread. got it.

grilling the bread in the oven...

uh what was it...???

20min, 125 degrees?

dinner is served!

below - need to place some adaptor on my hob top

so that my pans won't slide off...

or replace the metal rings with holder hmmm....

19 Dec 2022 Mon

breakfast

- made french toasts

and i forgot to turn off the fire 😡

left it on, from 10am till i came home, at 1pm

lunch

tabao from Zai Shun Curry Fish Head –

Popular Steamed Fish, Teochew Porridge At Jurong East, With Michelin Bib Gourmand

Coffeeshop at 253 Jurong East Street 24,

next to Yuhua Village Market and Food Centre

7am – 2:30pm, Closed Wed

fish head curry, 1/2 ang gor li - $30

kiam chye/chye buei $3

rice x2 - $2

total $35

dinner

since daddy extracted a tooth at eugene's clinic,

cooked something soft and simple, including soft rice

(rice miscalculated water and i noticed the grains were broken)

steamed soft tofu with 2 eggs and a bit of minced pork

steamed ikan kurau with ginger

leftover kiam chye

wow goes so well together!

18 Dec 2022 Sun

Breakfast - Jannah cooked some instant ramen for me

Lunch - Aidan cooked pasta with sausages - didn’t turn out the way he wanted (he wanted to do a creamy pasta but ended up with stir fried Lol

Dinner
Salmon - pan fried then grilled with japanese soy mix
cabbage with tung hoon
leftover beef and bak kut teh

sadly, no pics for lunch and dinner

17 Dec 2022 Sat

Breakfast

after dropping aidan off at geylang lor 27A for volunteer work,

tabao breakfast from whampoa market (stress man)

- bann mi with terrine $6.50

- mee suah dry $4 x2

Lunch

cooked bak kut teh with pork balls and kimchi

also prepared mummy's beef for dinner

Dinner

- mummy's beef - this time, it tastes amazing!!

- fusilli pasta with brussel sprouts, seasoned with salt, black pepper and butter
- tabao crispy chicken cutlet from amk central - no pics

mummy's beef - last pack of 3 steaks

it's bottom round cut

very tough because of the tendons

we've always gotten terrible results with this beef :(

this attempt - SUCCESS!!

1. soaked in brine (cover beef completely)

brine = salt, baking powder and water

2. season in fridge for 4-5 days!

- baking powder + salt + black pepper + water

3. let it sit in room temp for a while. dry the meat.

4. fry in pan till brown and seared - smells amazing!!

rest for about 1 hour

5. slow cooked for about 2-3 hours (from 11+am to 2pm)

- beef broth (used beef stock cube, half)

- water

- salt, pepper, sugar

after i cooked the bak kut teh for about 1hr,

i reused the bak kut teh pepper seasoning packet and added into the beef stock. this could be the reason why the beef stock tasted so good. and it smells amazing because the fragrance of seared beef is in the stew or soup as well!

16 Dec 2022 Fri

Lunch -

ate at whampoa market with daddy, ko ko and dio dio

ko ko and dio dio had duck porridge

i had liver kiam chye soup, chendol

daddy ate banh mi - very nice

bought chicken rice (half chicken $14) and 2 banh mi sandwiches for the kids

next time i want to try the teochew fish soup stall...

dinner - no pics -

leftover chicken rice & sushi from cold storage

15 Dec 2022 Thu

lunch -

people's park to eat tomato egg and brinjals

desserts at chinatown point - had black sesame, almond cream mix

dinner -

tabao bittergourd with pork and cauliflower

below: dinner (tabao home)

14 Dec 202 Wed

lunch -

butter rice with bbq chicken from serangoon gardens

dinner

- fried rice with leftover minced chicken and eggs and olive veg

13 Dec 2022 Tues

lunch -

western from amk central

har cheong gai chicken chop

jannah had chicken cutlet

dinner

- minced chicken with black fungus, thai sauce and lime - yum!

- brocoli, carrots, zuchini

- otah

- leftover chicken soup

12 Dec 2022 Mon

lunch - no pics

after ttsh rheumatism doctor consultation,

ate mee sua bak kut tea soup at amk central...

dinner

- aidan wanted chicken soup - so i made a simple soup with a bit of ginger

- minced chicken with string beans

- fried omelette, 5 egss

- mapo tofu (2 packs of tofu, not enough!)

i'm so pleased when i found it really relaxing to chop onions, ginger and garlic - plus, i think i did it pretty well! LOL

mapo tofu recipe

1. cut and boil tofu in salted water,

drain and set aside

2. prepare aromatics - put together

- chopped garlic

- chopped ginger

- chopped onions (spring onions are better)

- chopped red and green chilli

- lao gan ma chilli crisps 2 tablespoon

- chopped salted black bean dao si about 5-6 beans -

because my douban jiang expired in 2020 ugggh

2. fry the aromatics till fragrant and golden

3. add chinese wine, sesame oil, fry till fragrant

if using minced meat, add and fry together

4. add tofu - careful when stirring

5. add chicken stock, simmer together

6. add slurry and mix well to thicken sauce

7. season with salt, light soya sauce, fish sauce,

black vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, chinese shaoxing wine

8. serve hot with fresh coriander

11 Dec 2022 Sun

breakfast - aidan made a ham sandwich for me

lunch - leftovers

dinner - roast chicken with lemon, veggies, leftovers, nasi padang dishes

10 dec 2022 Sat

lunch - holland road to see hyu tzyr di di after she is discharged from hospital

dinner - whampoa market - batang fish soup $6, mee suah dry (nice!)

9 dec 2022 fri

can't rem what i ate Lol

went to pasir laba camp to visit christen

dinner -

leftover curry

leftover fried pork with red fermented bean curd

roast chicken with lemon

8 Dec 2022 Thu

breakfast -

white beehoon - the food is really good!

lunch

- roast chicken - and curry leftovers - wow!!

dinner -

7 Dec 2022 Wed

breakfast - white bee hoon with egg and ngo hiang

;unch - ah ma noodle soup with liver

dinner -

roast chicken with lemon, roast garlic, chinese celery

dou miao

baby chye sim - leftover

chicken curry - leftover

5 Dec 2022 Mon

breakfast/lunch -

prata and leftover curry gravy

then sent christen to pasir laba.

lunch - fried omelette and heated pork ribs leftovers,

eat with leftover curry gravy

dinner - ko ko and dio dio's wedding anniversary

fish maw soup,

jellyfish salad,

fried rice,

peking duck and duck meat,

pork bao/bun

i didn't take dessert - sorbert with jelly

4 Dec 2022 Sun

lunch -

chicken curry,

bean sprouts/peas,

fried cucumber with eggs

dinner -

pasta with veggies and bacon

3 Dec 2022

NTUC Online

baby squids - 300g, frozen

supplier: catch seafood

$5.40 - UP $6

wild caught, whole squid cleaned,

head on, small size, 300g tray.

from vietnam.

look so cute Lol

not sure how to cook them yet

2 Dec 2022 Fri

lunch - fried kuay teow with leftover veg

dinner - salad buffet!

1 Dec 2022

breakfast & lunch - no pics

ate some of jannah's toast with butter and blueberry jam, yum!

- amk central for fish soup and rice

- christen and jannah had mutton briyani

dinner - no pics

chicken rice

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November 2022

30 Nov 2022 Wed

went to amk 628 for breakfast before buying salmon and seabass at amk hub. then swung by amk 628 to buy one fighting fish! so, by the time i cleaned up my fish and cooked lunch, it was 3pm!

salmon on offer at ntuc (UP about $2.40/100g)

fillet cut into 8 pieces

salmon 2.898kg x $1.79/100g = $51.87

seabass $4.50 x2 = $9

breakfast -

chwee kueh

(jannah had kaya toast and eggs)

lunch -

- grilled 1 piece salmon fillet with soya sauce, white pepper and sake

- fried/grilled salmon head, bones

with taucheo chilli garlic and sour plum sauce

- and fried dou miao qing chao

dinner -

- fried minced chicken

- fried eggs daddy style

- fried baby kailan

- leftover pork ribs with taucheo sauce

- leftover roast chicken from saturday

- fried leftover beehoon with leftover xiao bai chye

29 Nov 2022 Tues

breakfast - mee kia dry with fishballs before work at telok blangah

lunch - dumplings daddy bought.

then not sure why jannah and i went to amk hub 😕

ok remember now - we went to take jannah's paspport photo...

dinner - xiao bai chye and pork ribs and leftovers

below: boiled veggies

then veggies with soya and oil gravy

below: leftover laksa

fruits?? uh, u mean santa? ham??

28 Nov 2022 Mon

lunch - jannah and christen helped me cook, prepare lunch

(rushing coz daddy has dental at 3.15pm, had to leave by 2.45pm)

- minced chicken - we ate it up and have no pic :(

- fried eggs

- grilled otah

- not sure which veggie i cooked :/

- leftover food - aiyoh forgot what exactly!

5+pm -

ate mee rebus at jurong, near eugene's dental clinic

at block 235, jurong east st 21

dinner - tabao from casuarina

- ha cheong gai $15 - 12pcs wings

- fried rice #6

- horfun $6

- papaya pickle $3

27 Nov 2022 Sun

lunch -

leftover chicken with broccoli, spam and omelette

dinner

- omelette, 5 eggs

- pan fried fresh button mushrooms with garlic, chilli, salt and sake

- laksa gravy with stuff...

cooking quick laksa

- prima laksa paste

- laksa leaves

- ginger torch flower petals

- tomatoes

- carrots

- salt, light soya sauce to taste

- chicken, yong tau hu, fishballs, tau kuah, tau pok, etc

26 Nov 2022 Sat

breakfast - quick bites

- mi jiang kueh red bean

- before christen's POP at marina platform

lunch - 2 chicken grillers (1kg per bird)

- roasted 1 chicken

- boiled 1 chicken for macaroni soup

dinner

- heated up roast chicken

- fried spam and omelette

25 Nov 2022 Fri

lunch -
east coast park hawker centre at lagoon

had very good bak kut teh and mui chye,

fresh coconut and sugarcane.

tabao 20 sticks of chicken satay - was good!

dinner

- leftover soya sauce chicken and string beans

- cooked omelette (so good!), chicken breast and wings and broccoli

Recipe: Omelette

1. season and beat 5 eggs with

- fish sauce

- light soya sauce

- salt, white pepper

- sake and mirin (little)

2. fry with hot oil in wok/pan till golden

(almost like deep fried egg)

3. serve hot

the smell of fried eggs... wow!

24 Nov 2022 Thu

breakfast -

white beehoon, ngo hiang and fried egg - $2.90

omg they were closed for around 2-3 weeks... really missed their food!!

late lunch -

so good cafe, hk noodles with dumplings. so ex now, not going back!

had sushi from cold storage right after lunch... made me quite full

was supposed to go to east coast to ride bicycle but my iphone died :/ so went to apple orchard - but it started up like in a few sec after the apple staff pressed some buttons ugggh

dinner -

leftover chicken with dou miao -

so yummy even tho wasn't hungry!

23 Nov 2022 Wed

lunch - 2 hour wait!

dinner - dou miao, string beans, tabao soya sauce chicken, leftover chicken feet soup

lunch...

went smith street market food centre at chinatown, ate zhi char with ko ko dio dio and daddy... we waited 2 hours to get our food! but, food was sooooo good!! ordered 11.30am and ate at around 1.15pm!

around 12.45pm, the shop stopped taking orders. wow

ordered dish & old price

braised fish (song her) $16

kailan oyster sauce $6

pork ribs with bittergourd $7

salted fish minced chicken with tofu $7

4 rice

what we paid today - total $48

tabao

- sesame oil chicken x2 x$5.50

- pineapple rice $7

- garlic chicken rice with fried egg $7

- soya sauce chicken $16 - 1 whole chook

food from next table...

below: our order...

the kailan was my fav!!

dinner

22 Nov 2022 Tues

breakfast - tea and red bean cake, no appetite

lunch - bishan interchange food centre (took some pictures of the stalls) - had fish soup. jannah had sweet and sour pork.

dinner - tofu stew - tau kuah and fried eggs in gravy. quite yum!

21 Nov 2022 Mon

breakfast

- scrambled 6 eggs with cheese and ham for aidan and jannah

brunch/lunch

- had lotus root soup for my brunch

- aidan and jannah had soup also

dinner

- chicken feet soup

- minced chicken

- broccoli with tau pok

20 Nov 2022 Sun

woke up in pain!!

lunch -

jannah and christen helped cook lunch when i had a terrible painful stiff neck and stiff back :/

dinner -

- fried batang with turmeric powder

- broccoli with tau pok

- leftover spam, egg and yakitori

19 Nov 2022 Sat

no pics at all today

breakfast

- kids had cheese toast

can't remember what i had Lol

lunch -

christen, jannah and i had leftover food

- black chicken soup with rice

so good!!

dinner -

528 amk coffeeshop - had fish soup in claypot. share with jannah. so good not eating too much!

18 Nov 2022 Fri

breakfast -

fried beehoon, kuay teow, fried egg and veggies

and chee cheong fun from 628 market

pics so yucky i deleted them for now.

but i brought back the pics and

here they are... still yucky LOL

lunch

- brinjal with salt and pepper

- cuttlefish with seasoned flour - fried salt and pepper style

- pasta with broccoli, carrots and bacon - no pics coz too busy...

- leftover beef with thai dressing

dinner

- black chicken soup with 2 slices of dang gui and red dates

- chicken curry (mama's)

- cucumber

- leftover salmon, leftover minced chicken with string beans

recipe - salt and pepper cuttlefish

1. season cuttlefish, coat with cornstarch

2. add seasoned flour mix

- plain flour, baking powder, salt, black/white pepper, chilli flakes

3. fry in oil till crispy,

add garlic, fresh chilli and spring onions

(aromatics chopped in small pieces)

stir fry and serve hot

17 Nov 2022 Thu

lunch - whampoa market

had liver soup with rice and a bit of other things

dinner

- beef slices with thai salad dressing

beef was super tough ugggh

recipe - thai dressing

- chopped garlic, onions, chilli, coriander

- fish sauce, light soya sauce, sugar

- lime juice

16 Nov 2022 Wed

breakfast

- leftover rice with minced chicken and string beans - so good!!

lunch -

went abc brickworks, bukit merah

daddy ate chicken chop - too dry and expensive :(

tabao bak kut teh, pig trotters - very nice!!

dinner

- leather jacket fish

- salmon x2pcs

- chinese cabbage

15 Nov 2022 Tues

breakfast - no pics

soya sauce chicken hor fun - so good - from telok blangah market

lunch - no pics

popiah and korean food at nex with jannah

dinner

- shared the turkish butter rice with bbq chicken with daddy and jannah

below: 5 korean banchan / side dishes

1. soya bean sprouts with carrot

- seasoned with salt and sesame oil

2. white radish

seasoned with salt, vinegar and sugar

3. kimchi

4. tofu

seasoned with salt, chilli flakes and vinegar

5. cucumber pickles

seasoned with salt, chilli flakes, sugar, vinegar, sesame oil

14 Nov 2022 Mon

breakfast -

boon lay market - after fetching christen to singapore discovery centre, next to SAFT MI - no pics except a pic of dates from turkey at a muslim shop at the boon lay market

lunch

- fried salmon,

- minced chicken,

- leftover roast chicken with rice -

so good!! -

didn't have the phone with me so no pics at all!

dinner

- minced chicken with string beans and olive veg

- salmon

- leftover soup

13 Nov 2022 Sun

lunch -

no pics, food so shiok Lol

prepared veggies - string beans, chinese cabbage, broccoli, carrots and tomatoes. the egg tofu flew into me and my clothes when i cut the packet and found the tofu spoilt, gooey and stinky :/ yuck

cooked for lunch -

- omelette - 5 eggs seasoned with fish sauce, light soya, white pepper, mirin and sake - super nice! and think 5 eggs not enough for everyone Lol

- spam

- grilled chicken thigh with garlic and tomatoes

- stir fry chicken thigh cubes with garlic and oyster sauce

- broccoli with carrots and tomatoes

- heated up leftover soup

dinner

- steamed fish hk style (yummm!!) and leftover food

12 Nov 2022 Sat

lunch -

- brinjals with salt and pepper,

- spaghetti with veggies - capsicums, tomatoes, olives, brussels sprouts and sugar peas

dinner

- har cheong gai, salted fish fried rice and wat dan horfun from casuarina

- fried egg omelette

- leftover soup, chicken stew

11 Nov 2022 Fri

morning -

bought veggies from ttsh food court (after blood test)

lunch -

changi beach club - no pics of food

we had anchovy fish omelette,

black hokkien mee,

fish maw soup,

claypot tofu

and pork ribs pai guat wong

dinner -

chicken soup, black pepper pork and leftover food

10 Nov 2022 Thu

no pics

breakfast - red bean pancake and tea at telok blangah

lunch - wan tan mee from amk ave4 market

dinner - fried chicken thighs, wings, breast, fried broccoli

and leftover pig trotters and otah

9 Nov 2022 Wed

lunch -

it's been so long!! (eating at people's park)

enjoyed tomato egg and cauliflower

bought kangkong and rock star chicken for aidan - no pics

after that, jannah and i went shopping at the bugis flea market.

she bought 2 cargo pants for $25 and 2 tees for $5 each.

dinner -

leftover food and pig's trotter/hock from people's park

took a pic of sandwiches at paris baguette but didn't eat from there.

8 Nov 2022 Tues

breakfast -

fried kuay teow at the coffeeshop telok blangah

lunch -

kovan dry noodles & otah from jalan kayu - no pics

went to changi airport to drop jamie - he's going bangkok. then we went to changi city point ccp to get some shoes at nike. jannah's black nike trainers are $41 after mark down + 30% extra discount.

dinner -

soup spoon at ccp

then prata and thosai at casuarina

7 Nov 2022 Mon

lunch - cooked spaghetti

dinner - el carbon chicken salad - no pics

Recipe - Spaghetti Oglio Olio

1. boil pasta in salted water

2. add frozen brussels sprouts just before pasta is done

3. remove pasta & sprouts from salted water (save this liquid),

season with butter, pepper, chilli flakes (no salt)

4. fry garlic and onions, chilli flakes

5. add prawns, green/black olives,

leftover roast tomatoes, sausages and omelette

6. add pasta water to make a sauce

7. add spaghetti, sprouts and toss in the sauce.

add more pasta water if too dry

8. plate and add olive oil, parsley.

serve hot with sunny side up eggs.

6 Nov 2022 Sun

brunch -

sausages, bacon, eggs and leftover soup!

got to eat before 11.30am since christen's book in time is 12pm.

dinner -

chicken stew with chinese cabbage and carrots

tempeh

omelette

leftover cabbage soup

leftover chicken rice

5 Nov 2022 Sat

ben's wedding

https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/11/171-ben-and-bibs-wedding-5-nov-2022.html

dinner -

nam kee chicken rice (getting ex uggh)

1 whole steamed chicken $32

chicken chop hainanese style $12

baby kailan $8.50

chicken rice @$1.20 x6

almost $60 for 7 of us

4 Nov 2022 Fri

dinner-

samy's curry (now very ex) for christen's birthday

https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/11/170-happy-20th-birthday-christen-29-oct.html

fish head curry small $25 x2

2 masala chicken $7 x2

1 fried chicken $7

1 black sauce sotong $12

1 cauliflower $12

5 briyani set $5 x 5

2 white rice set $4 x2

1 garlic naan $4.50

1 jug lime juice $12.50

paid around $150 fro 9 persons.

3 Nov 2022 Thu

lunch

- leftover minced chicken with carrots and kanna chye / olive veg

- fried eggs (3 eggs)

- leftover soup with fishballs, fish maw, tau kee and chinese cabbage

dinner

- pork with red fermented beancurd

- char siew and sio bak

- steamed fish - white snapper

- leftovers - nasi lemak

next time i will throw out leftovers or food with funny smells, got a tummy ache next day :(

2 Nov 2022 Wed

morning

- went amk 628 market with jannah for breakfast!

dinner

- baked fish bones - white snapper

at the market....

jannah had a toasted bun with butter and kaya, 2 soft boiled eggs and i took the tea. also bought you tiao and soya bean milk drink. also bought 2 red bean pancakes, 2 spring rolls.

and bought char siew and sio bak and stuff from the wet market.

bought

- char siew $5

- sio bak $3 x3 packets, total $9

- pork skin $2

- nasi lemak $3.50 x2 packets, total $7

- nasi lemak sambal $8

- sambal goreng $2

- tau kee x6 = $6

- fishball x10 $3.50

below: char siew from this stall is nice

collected kuching's pulut panggang from edna after dinner

1 Nov 2022 Tues

i forgot what we ate Lol

breakfast

at telok blangah market - nasi lemak with fried egg, bergedel and ngo hiang (uncle says the ngo hiang is a wayang item Lol)

lunch (no pics)

turkish bbq chicken with baked rice

dinner

forgot haha!

below: recipe for briyani

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October 2022

31 Oct 2022 Mon

lunch

- whampoa -

beef noodle soup for jannah

and liver kiam chye soup and rice for me

we also had chendol!

simple chendol - $1.80

Chendol with red bean $2.30

dinner

- olives, cheese, avocado

30 Oct 2022 Sun

lunch - 628 coffeeshop

- assam fish and claypot tofu (no pics)

dinner -

- frozen tempura fish (not nice), nuggets and kimchi (no pics)

29 Oct 2022 Sat

happy birthday christen!!

(he's at tekong for field camp training so didn't come home)

6.40am read this...

lunch

- jannah's veggie pasta

with red/green capsicums, tomatoes, button mushrooms,

onions and garlic

- fried hor fun with 5 eggs

- chinese cabbage stew - shu chye

- leftover brinjal stew

- leftover chicken wings and breast with butter, salt and pepper

dinner

- leftover rosast duck and sio bak

- leftover pasta

- leftover chicken wings nad breastmeat

- leftover shu chye and brinjals

fresh kimchi for lunch and dinner - so yum!

28 Oct 2022 Fri

brunch

- amk hub - had fish soup with rice. yum!

dinner -

- roast duck and sio bak - bought from amk central ntuc finest

- brinjal and zucchini stew (soya sauce and oyster sauce)

- leftover tau yew bak stew

- leftover grilled brinjals

27 Oct 2022 Thu

breakfast (no pics)

- chee cheong fun with ngo hiang, was hoping to eat the white beehoon but not a good choice for today. - no pics coz just felt off and didn't order from the usual stall for chee cheong fun (stall closed).

lunch & dinner

- daddy bought char siew, sio bak from 628 market amk, and so, i heated it up in the turbo oven for lunch and dinner. added tau pok, tau kee and tau kuah into the tau yew stew... wow... soooo good!!!

extracted tooth site feels kinda raw, so it was a bit hard to eat. BUT way better than days before - putting up the shaky tooth was annoying!!

26 Oct 2022 Wed

can't take the pain.

at 8 plus, made an appointment at ndc, 1.30pm.

breakfast & lunch

- liquid drink - milo i think. lunch too.

by ard 2.30pm, SHAKEY TOOTH GONE!!

gum treatment was kinda quick, they extracted the shakey tooth on the spot and cleaned up the area within minutes, all done before 3pm! yucky experience. the injection was the worst, most painful and uncomfortable part seriously. so after the pain relief kicked in, everything seemed a lot better.

after treatment, managed to eat (or swallow) some scrambled eggs at hans chinatown point, around 5pm. jannah had pasta with veggies and daddy ate what i couldn't eat. we bought some kimchi and tteobokki home.

dinner -

- grilled chicken wings, chicken breast with butter

- grilled brinjals in turbo

- jannah bought tteobokki from chinatown point

- heated up the tau yew bak dark soya sauce stew

with tau kuah, boiled eggs,

chicken and pork skin de puei 猪皮。

omg the stew is soooo good with rice!!

25 Oct 2022 Tues

shakey tooth is now SUPER PAIN.

had soft boiled eggs for breakfast and the tooth

and gum area became WORSE.

like SUPREME PAIN 😡

kids made leftovers for lunch and they loved it!

chicken heated with butter sauce for ikan kurau... smells incredible!!

i had milo and diabetes milk powder mix for lunch and dinner,

cooked black sauce chicken stew for dinner. couldn't eat either.

and had a bit of diarrhea.

25 Oct 2022
simple breakfast locals love. many grew up eating slurpy soft boiled eggs with soya sauce & white pepper for breakfast.

at this coffeeshop (kopi tiam) we have to wait around 5 min for eggs to set in a tub of hot water before breaking our eggs onto a saucer. then add your sauce, pepper and slurp it all up, local style Lol hot local tea or coffee goes so well with this.

quite a treat even if i have this everyday 😃 another thing to smile about!

oh…. no butter kaya toasts for me today. coppee uncle asks “why not?” and coppee aunty next to him shouts at him, “she obviously doesn’t want any! she didnt order those. or maybe your bread is mouldy, that’s why!”, aunty gives the *eyeroll* 🙄 and uncle laughs with an *ok* 👌

#softboiledeggs #eggsforbreakfast #breakfastinsg #sgbreakfast #coffeeshop

below: christen's lunch - smells amazing... buttery!!

below: soya sauce chicken

with tau kuah and boiled eggs, pig skin

24 Oct 2022 Mon

deepavali

lunch with joey, edna, kungim and edna's helper, wa wa.

my shakey tooth was bad, it was WORSE during dinner :((((

dinner -

(kurau $15 from wet market on sat) -

baked ikan kurau grilled with salt, white/black pepper, butter,

chopped garlic and onions. wow. smells soooo good!!!

but... couldn't eat.

shakey tooth is BAD BAD BAD

and jaw is swollen and painful.

(tues - still BAD, or WOWRSE!! ugggh)

selfies after lunch with joey, edna, kungim at penang culture, compass1.

23 Oct 2022 Sun

i forgot what we ate Lol

brunch -

oh yes, we went to the niche on sunday with gu gu, then went for brunch. had braised duck at upper thomson, at springleaf. had such a bad toothache that i could only eat porridge :/

dinner

we had el carbon and char siew, sio bak from amk 628 market (bought on Sat). my shakey tooth is getting worse so i hardly ate :((((

22 Oct 2022 Sat

went market and bought

prawns 1kg $16/kg

fresh big ass cuttlefish $17, $14/kg

lunch -

- cooked loh gai yik - but somehow it didn't taste right :(((

- added more fishballs and tau kee in the chinese cabbge soup

- fried prawns with assam and black sauce

- fried cuttlefish with assam and black sauce

cut some veggies

tried to cook loh gai yik, a cantonese stew.

it was quite promising at first, when i fried the aromatics together, but later, the stew seems to be missing something... some flavour is left out :((

loh gai yik stew

1. fry aromatics

- ginger, onions and garlic

2. fry sauce ingredients

- nam yu (fermented red beancurd),

- hu ju (normal fermented beancurd),

- hoisin sauce,

- chu hou sauce,

- tau cheo

- oyster sauce

- light soya sauce

- sugar

- sesame oil

- chinese wine

3. add ingredients and fry together,

add water and stew till ready to eat!

meat

- roast pork belly (sio bak)

- chicken wings or chicken meat

- pig skin and any other pig inards if available

seafood

- cured cuttlefish

- fishballs

- fish maw

add other ingredients

- eggs (hard boiled)

- tau kuah

- tau pok

- kang kong

21 Oct 2022 Fri

breakfast - nasi lemak before work - $3.20

lunch - leftover steamed fish and string beans - no pics

dinner - made fishball and fish maw soup with chinese cabbage. added some beancurd skin roll, $1 per pc, bought 2pcs and cut them into 3 each piece... total 6 pcs. aidan and daddy ate them all except one Lol also heated up leftover chicken thigh (grilled with red fermented beancurd) and sio bak, char siew bought from 628 wet market yesterday. couldn't eat as my tooth is super shakey and painful :(((

20 Oct 2022 Thu

breakfast - nasi lemak from amk 628 market muslim stall

lunch - mee pok dry at serangoon garden market

dinner - turkish bbq chicken with butter rice

did some shopping in the morning before went to george's wake.

bought fishballs, tou kee, char siew, sio bak, pork skin

should have bought the fried onions :/

19 Oct 2022 Wed

breakfast

- mi jiang kueh from queen street coffeeshop (no pics)

- fried rice with egg and plenty of garlic, soya sauce and sake/mirin -

fried rice was very very nice Lol

but rice was left outside for 2-3 days uggh

lunch

- yishun northpoint,

had thai basil minced pork with fried egg (no pics)

dinner

- chicken with red fermented beancurd

- fried string beans with eggs

- stewed brinjals

- steamed toman fish

- leftover roast duck in black sauce gravy (heat up)

18 Oct 2022 Tues

breakfast -

nasi lemak with bergedel, tempeh and fried egg

lunch -

turkish bbq chicken with butter rice - so good!!

we skipped dinner

below: serangoon garden market - zuzu kebab

the bbq chicken is so yummy!!

this is the queue at 2pm, tues

17 Oct 2022 Mon

morning breakfast

daddy wanted ham omelette from hans, so i went to seletar mall to get stuff and breakfast. i also bought some stuff for ko ko and dio dio....

for me, i bought

- leather jacket fish $5

- toman $2.95

- boiled quails eggs in can from taiwan $3.10

- braised quail eggs from china $1.80

- tempura fish by seawaves x2 @$4.65/pack = $9.30 (UP $12.50)

- bread and picnic ham

- crispy garlic in oil $4.50

lunch

- aidan made instant noodles for me

my tummy became bloated after that :(

dinner

- fried pork with red fermented beancurd and flour

- leather jacket fish - puah jiang zi teochew style with string beans

- steamed toman fish with string beans

- leftover soup

- leftover cucumber with egg

omg the leather jacket fish was so smelly that

i soaked it in salt water and chinese wine...

then coated them with flour and fried them.

good thing the smell disappeared!!!

my breakfast - fried pork with tumeric and lime with rice

seasoned the toman fish...

dinner - fried the leather jacket, puah jiang zi

jannah loves the fish!

aidan on the other hand ate up ALL my pork -

fried the pork with red fermented beancurd and flour Lol

daddy's dinner

16 Oct 2022 Sun

breakfast & lunch

lunch

- no pics except for the duck

while the lotus root and peanut soup was in the slow cooker,

got christen to go out to buy stuff with me -

we went to amk central...

- fried hokkien mee $4

- spinach yong tau hu soup $5

- wan tan mee with charcoal roasted char siew + dumpling hor fun $9.80

then we went to ntuc to buy charcoal pills and danzen pills

we saw juicy roast ducks at ntuc and we bought ONE duck!

1/2 for $15, 1 whole duck for $28 (promo)

gave 1/2 to ko ko since she's got covid...

we were just saying - how mummy would have enjoyed the hokkien mee, roast duck and yong tau hu Lol how did i get to buy all those on this day is sooo weird!! mummy's 1st death anniversary.

link - https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/10/154-mummys-1-year-death-anniversary-16.html

dinner

steamed toman fish for daddy

the rice cooker is kinda handy after all!

we had duck, salad and rice, plus remainder food, like chicken wings

15 Oct 2022 Sat

breakfast -

blue oats!

cut some veggies for cooking later...

- lotus roots

- broccoli

- lady's fingers

- brinjals

- string beans

- cucumbers x2 types - local type and labanese type

- tomatoes

- garlic, onions, ginger and chilli

lunch -

fried batang with tumeric powder,

cucumber with egg gravy,

fried lady's fingers

pork with tumeric and lime juice

leftover mee suah + beef soup + macaroni soup

dinner

leftover chicken wings

14 Oct 2022 Fri

ko ko also got covid, uggh

Breakfast -

chui kueh at home before going to work

lunch -

after work, tabao liver kiam chye soup for me $5.50

and vietnamese beef and beefball soup $12 at whampoa market for daddy.

daddy ate the beed noodle soup and coconut x3 $9.90

dinner - (no pics)

christen's 1st book out from bmtc!!

went old airport road - tabao (no pics)

- pasta abt $15,

- whole roast chicken $10,

- oyster omelette $6

- and 2 chendol $4.60

- roast chicken thigh/chicken rice and veggies for daddy - $4 + 2

some stalls at whampoa - some new

13 Oct 2022 Thu

breakfast - fried beehoon (white) with egg, brinjal and bittergourd

lunch - chai peng from 628 (no pic)

dinner - chicken wings with fresh button mushrooms

and leftover sesame oil chicken, bittergourd with egg

dinner - for daddy, i boiled a piece of batang fish with chicken wing gravy and added ginger wine, spring onions, chinese celery and coriander

12 Oct 2022 Wed

daddy got covid. ugggh

breakfast - rice with leftover chicken wings and mushroom stew

lunch - mee suah with macaroni soup and dumplings

dinner - snapper fried with butter, mustard and lime sauce and loads of leftovers

white snapper fillets fried with butter mustard sauce

- fish - season with soba soya sauce,

- pan fried with a little oil, turn, fry a little

- add butter and cook, slow fire

- add mixture & coat fish

Sauce

- wholegrain mustard,

- water,

- lime or lemon juice, water

- fresh parsley, garlic and spring onions

- more butter!

daddy's meal - isolated Lol

our meal!!

11 Oct 2022 Tues

breakfast - chee cheong fun before work

lunch - tabao from smith street, chinatown complex

had lunch at 4+pm so did not eat dinner

made hot leftover roast chicken and potatoes, carrots from soup for aidan

sesame oil chicken $5.50 x2 + 3 rice $13.50 total

soya sauce chicken half $8

fried bittergourd $10

10 Oct 2022 Mon

breakfast - milo

lunch - turkish butter rice with bbq chicken (from serangoon gardens)

dinner - omelette, roast chicken thighs, leftover soup and leftover chicken wing stew, fried zucchini and lady's fingers (no pics)

9 Oct 2022 Sun

lunch

- steamed sea bass thai style

- brinjal stewed in oyster sauce gravy

(knocked out all afternoon!!!)

dinner - casuarina

food was soooo good so didn't manage to take pics haha!!

we ordered: $75

black hokkien mee $10 (Medium)

hotplate tofu $15 (M)

har cheong gai $15 (M)

kang kong with hu ju $15 (M)

chrysanthymum tea $1.50 x5 = $7.50

2 rice $2

papaya salad $2

8 Oct 2022 Sat

cooked!

lunch

- fried batang with tumeric powder

- ABC corn, potato, carrot, onion soup

- chicken wings with black fungus and dried shitake chinese mushrooms

- boiled broccoli (boiled broccoli water used for soup)

- leftover assam pedas - added lady's fingers

dinner

- heated up leftovers and added some chicken nuggets

7 Oct 2022 fri

breakfast before work!

lunch, dinner - can't remember!!

6 Oct 2022 Thu

lunch with jannah

- tom yum fried rice and minced pork with basil with rice

5 Oct 2022 wed

morning

breakfast with jannah - ham and egg sandwich at 4 seasons cafe, bencoolen fortune centre

then went to AMK hub to get fish

they took like 1.5 hours to gut and clean my fish... uggh

also bought prawns & veggies and stuff... too much stuff Lol

my ntuc bill was around $109!

batang $30.11

seabass x2 @$8.60 for 2 fish

white snapper $11.33

toman $3,89 + $5.03

prawns $8.92

also got

fishballs x2 pkt

mid joint wings x2 pkt

lotus root

chinese cabbage

baby kailan

cucumber

carrots

onions

eggs

red & green chilli

fresh galangal

fresh young ginger

lunch -

bought nasi lemak from qiji (no pics).

daddy had turkish bbq chicken salad at serangoon gardens market

dinner -

assam prawns with black sauce,

assam pedas batang/snapper heads and bones

assam pedas - fish head and bones - batang fish and white snapper

4 Oct 2022 Tues

breakfast - something at telok blangah market or maybe with jannah ...

lunch - think tabao waterway noodle soup with liver

dinner - fried chicken breast with batter

3 Oct 2022 Mon

Ko ko's 82nd birthday, we went for dinner at casuarina

jannah had leftover food coz she had exams and wanted to study at home (photo with thumbs up)

2 Oct 2022 Sun

lunch

- pork slices with fresh black fungus

- fried chicken breast coated with a thin batter (batter should be thicker)

- omelette - 5 eggs

- fresh shitake mushrooms fried with chicken oil and salt

- leftover abc soup (corn, onions, carrots, potatoes)

- leftover roast chicken made by jannah for last night's dinner

dinner

(no pics... my egg looks like the omurice type egg....)

- fried ipoh hor fun with 2 eggs as creamy omelette - tasty! but carb-heavy

(kuay teow expires today so got to cook uggh)

- chicken thigh and breast with batter

- shitake mushroom stems - fried them with batter - Lol interesting dish

- leftover iceberg lettuce - stir fried

below: spent the whole morning (9am to 1pm) preparing food for cooking!

1 Oct 2022 Sat

lunch - turkish sandwich / bread, bbq chicken from serangoon gardens

dinner - ah or zhichar

1 Oct 2022 Sun

Cooked ABC soup!!

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September 2022

28 Sep 2022 Wed (BA Producer class)

29 Sep 2022 Thu (BA Screen Production class)

30 Sep 2022 Fri (AD Scriptwriting class)

28/9 breakfast - white beehoon, curry gravy, fried egg, ngo hiang (market)

lunch - instant ramen for jannah and aidan, i had leftover rice, omelette, san choy pow

dinner - turkish bread, roast chicken, fried fresh shitake, salad, leftover fish maw soup

29/9 breakfast - kuay teow soup (market)

lunch - so good hk noodles, chee cheong fun, chicken feet

dinner - omelette, smoked duck, leftover roast chicken, salad, leftover san choy pow

30/9 breakfast - bencoolen cafe - tuna sandwich

lunch - leftovers - omelette, smoked duck, jannah's fried chicken thigh with sweet peas

dinner - omelette with string beans, fish bites, grilled pollock fish, leftovers (no pics)

dinner 29 sep thu

jannah cooks fried chicken thigh with sweet peas

dinner 28 sep thu

turkish bread with bbq chicken - no pics

breakfast - 28 sep wed

27 Sep 2022 Tues

Christen's enlistment day!!

lunch - macdonald's fillet o fish (no pics, rushing!)

5pm dinner - teriyaki burger at tekong bmtc

could hardly eat dinner but we bought fish and chips for daddy and Tteokbokki for jannah and me to snack on - from pasir ris hawker centre (no pics, too tired!).

26 Sep 2022 Mon

lunch for christen, aidan and me

- roast chicken with tomatoes

- leftover fishball and fish maw soup - even tastier today!!

- cheng ting with dried red dates and longan

dinner (no pics)

bought dinner home, $63.70- el carbon

2 chicken salad (daddy & jamie)
2 grilled chicken chop with pasta (me & jamie)
1 chicken cutlet (jannah)
1 parmesan chicken cutlet (christen)
fish and chips (aidan)

25 Sep 2022 Sun

lunch

- san choy bao with chicken breast, black fungus, mushrooms, water chestnut

- omelette

- fishball, fish maw, cabbage/chinese cabbage soup

- leftover pork ribs with black bean sauce, xi chap

dinner

- leftover chicken breat san choy pow & omelette

-fish bites with ikea citrous & dill cream sauce

- leftover pasta

- fishball fish maw soup with cabbage & chinese cabbage

24 Sep 2022 Sat

lunch - pasta with chicken breast meat, salad

dinner - going out with jac - had mee siam at toast box. yuck.

below: jannah heated leftovers for dinner. looks good!

23 Sep 2022 Fri

lunch - geylang bahru market

steamed song fish head $16 (Medium)

steamed sliced fish with black fungus $7.50

Watercress, pork rib soup $3.50

chye sim yew choy $6

3 rice $3

(total $36)

roast pork and char siew, 2 boiled eggs $12

sesame oil chicken claypot $6.50

pork trotter claypot $7

dinner -

NZ sliced beef with salted black beans

karaage chicken (raw, seasoned and frozen)

broccoli & carrot

butterhead lettuce

Recipe - black bean sauce (xi chap)

1. chop these aromatics together:

- salted black beans 1-2 tsp

- red chilli x2 big

- ginger / young ginger

- onions x1-2

- garlic x3-4

- sugar 1 tsp

- chinese celery (keng chye)

2. FRY in oil till fragrant

3. add shaoxing chinese wine

4. set aside

use this cooked mixture to fry

- meat - chicken, beef, pork,

fish, scallops or bittergourd

5. keep this mix in the fridge

can add oil to the cooked mixture

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below: geylang bahru market

what the next table ordered

steamed prawns

steamed sliced fish

chye sim

below: what we ordered and ate

below: dinner

NZ sliced beef with xi chap/salted black bean mix

kaarage chicken

broccoli and lettuce

22 Sep 2022 Thu

breakfast - leftover saba fish and roast chicken with rice - soooo good!

lunch - waterway - liver and pork soup with mee kia

dinner - hans - shared a hor fun with ko ko

below: looks kinda lame but so tasty that i had seconds!!

21 Sep 2022 Wed

lunch

- cooked bak kut teh but went to hans upper thomson with jamie and daddy.

had hainanese pork chop and rice.

bought salted egg pork ribs for the 2 boys and boiled spinach for them

dinner

- leftover saba fish, - fried with soya sauce and oil - wow, tastes better!!

- leftover roast chicken - fried this as well and tastes so good!!

- bak kut teh with pork meatballs (lion dance brand, very nice!)

- zucchini x1 ($1),

- baby kai lan,

- omelette with fresh button mushrooms hmmm

20 Sep 2022 Tues

breakfast - chee cheong fun

lunch - jamie tabao el carbon salad

dinner - jannah, aidan and i went to get salted fish fried rice and sam lo hor fun

no pics for lunch and dinner

19 Sep 2022 Mon

lunch

with Jin ko ko & lim tzur didi, ko ko and dio dio, daddy, jamie

@ amk central for fried hokkien prawn mee, indian rojak, mee goreng, fish soup

(no pics)

dinner

-zhi char at casuarina, 10 pax, $155

(no pics)

18 Sep 2022 Sun

breakfast & lunch -

had oats, avocado and lunch together o.O

salmon, chye sim, tau gueh with salted fish

dinner

sukiyaki pork with string beans

salmon bones and 2 pcs

saba fish (too salty - so peeled and deboned for quick meal)

leftover roast chicken - also peeled and set aside for quick meal

leftover veggies - bean sprouts (add extra sprouts) + chye sim

below: dinner

17 Sep 2022 Sat

lunch

- pasta with broccoli

- salmon belly and

- stir fried chicken breast

dinner -

lim tzur didi's & uncle vincent's 50th wedding anniversary

jannah fried the seasoned salmon and chicken breast in a non stick tefal pan. she did well!

Salmon (after soaking in salted water) is seasoned with

- japanese soya sauce,

- mirin, sake,

- white pepper.

- chinese celery

below: dinner party!!

link: https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/09/167-family-bash-uncle-vincent-lim-tzur.html

16 Sep 2022 Fri

breakfast - white bee hoon before work, so yum!!

lunch - waterway, liver and pork liver soup with mee kia

dinner - roast chicken griller & thigh, roasted zucchini

below: roasting the chicken!

15 Sep 2022 Thu

late lunch 3-4pm - nam kee chicken rice and hainanese chicken chop

dinner - fried chicken, string beans and nuggets , fish fingers

14 Sep 2022 Wed

breakfast -

added tomato puree into the oxtail soup -

hot soup with buttered toast is so good!

lunch -

chicken breastmeat, thighs,

fried minced pork

leftover soup and broccoli

dinner. -

pork chop - ok lah, but some bits too tough

fried lettuce

leftover chicken thigh and breast

leftover minced pork with leftover cucumber, onions and tomatoes

13 Sep 2022 Tues

cooked a big pot of soup in the morning

also made chng teng with dried longans and gula melaka syrup

breakfast -

breakfast ham & eggs,

salad - lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions and

sourdough bread from giant

lunch -

peanut, black bean, lotus root soup

with a tiny whole chicken

and leftover egg tofu

dinner -

leftover oxtail soup,

lotus root soup,

grilled chicken thighs with tomatoes (no pics),

leftover broccoli with egg tofu

12 Sep 2022 Mon

lunch -

oxtail soup, oil layer removed

minced pork with leftover veggies (too salty, no pics)

dinner -

broccoli with egg tofu and eggs (2 eggs from ntuc were broken)

oxtail soup

after dinner went to yim may's house for her dad's wake :(

below: stored some chilli flakes in a spice container

- bought at giant $.064 for 36g @$1.80/100g

thinking of making oglio olio with these chilli flakes!

below: eggs with egg tofu, mushrooms, black fungus, broccoli, carrots and cabbage

below: re-seasoned leftovers still yummy,

pics taken 13 sep

veg and egg toufu -

added more oyster sauce and chinese wine

oxtail soup -

added stock used to cook the broccoli and carrots

11 Sep 2022 Sun

lunch -

(no pics)

oats and leftover rice with leftover roast chicken - so good

also made gula melaka syrup and

longan, red date, pandan chng teng with tang yuan

dinner-

made oxtail soup in the morning but nobody seems to be interested to have it for dinner. anyway, there's a thick layer of oil which i have to get rid of next morning after i leave the soup overnight in the fridge.

went out for dinner instead...

El Carbon, AMK

chicken salad x2 x $6.90

chicken chop with pasta x2 x $8.90

truffle fries $5.50

total abt $36

10 Sep 2022 Sat

lunch -

roast chicken with garlic and shallots,

veggies - puay leng and kailan,

onion omelette

dinner

(no pics)

- grilled pollock fish -

seasoned with an oil mix...

garlic powder, paprika powder, black pepper

oil, lemon juice and fresh garlic, shallots

not bad ... next time try not to overcook!

daddy and ko ko tabao popiah, lotus root soup, steamed chicken and olive/yam rice

9 Sep 2022 Fri

breakfast - chee cheong fun

new aunty gave me very little gravy so i made her give me a huge splurge on my plate! Lol

no lunch - was exhausted!

dinner - zhichar at casuarina, total abt $58

bittergourd with pork, salted black beans $10

toufu claypot $10

ha cheong gai x2 x $8

(fried rice tabao for aidan)

8 Sep 2022 Thu

no pics at all

had a meeting with uk uni - gloucestershire

and was working on fri's scriptwriting class

felt a bit sad after finishing 2 Seasons of Code Geass Anime :(

also yim may's dad is in hospital, critical :((

(passed on 10 sep)

and on fb, a primary school classmate seems to be living with cancer.

death.

and then, this is the day that the queen of england died, 96 years.

(tho i don't care much for the queen)

wonder what it would be like when it's my turm? 🤔🤔

breakfast -

jannah made cheese omelette

lunch -

fried sliced pork with sake, mirin and soya sauce,

tomatoes cooked in the rice pot

dinner -

sausages and eggs,

fried cabbage

7 Sep 2022 Wed

early morning - found the kettle not working! arrgh

so we bought a new kettle

- toshiba KT-17DRRS, 1.7L for $48 (UP 79)

aidan drove us to amk hub and helped me pick the kettle and buy $25 worth of stuff to get the kettle at that special price LOL

lunch - no pics :(

- abc soup with 1 whole chicken griller. -so good!!

- veggies - xiao bai chye and baby chye sim

should have taken a pic of my chilli padi

dip with light soya sauce and lime juice!!

dinner

- sliced pork

- tomato egg

- leftover rice and veggies

6 Sep 2022 Tues

breakfast - rice with fish and sliced pork (with aidan who has to go nus by 11am)

lunch - waterway

dinner - curry, bread, salad from stuff'd and leftover food

below:

- sliced pork with garlic, light soya sauce, white pepper and sake/mirin

- fried white snapper with turmeric powder, salt and lime juice

below: wholemeal sour dough bread from giant $5

5 Sep 2022 Mon

breakfast / lunch - leftovers

3-4pm - ikea - daddy had the pork ribs

dinner - casuarina prata, tosai masala,

i had mee siam from giant tampines (not nice)

4 Sep 2022

daddy's 80th birthday

https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/09/165-daddys-80th-birthday-4-sep-2022.html

breakfast

- ate a cold mini croissant in the fridge without heating up uggh

lunch -

- chye peng from thomson plaza - chicken curry is nice

dinner -

- casaurina ban leong zhi char

ordered

- ha cheong gai (m) $15 for 15 pcs

- pork ribs pai guat wong (m) $18

- tofu in claypot (m) $15

- hotplate venison (m) $30

- yu mak choy (m) $12

- birthday mee suah (s) $10

- crispy noodles (m) $12

- pickled papaya $2

- chrysanthamum tea, 1 pot - 7pax x$1.50 - $10.50

total $141.95

choc cake from jane's station (s) $42

pandan chiffon cake, bengawang solo, $18

3 Sep 2022

lunch - (no pics)

cabbage with haebi, tung hoon, dried mushrooms, black fungus

fried sliced pork

dinner -

spaghetti and roast chicken,

boiled brussel sprouts, cauliflower and carrots

2 Sept 2022

lunch with jannah and christen at waterway

- country fried chicken - this is the best tasting one!

- grilled chicken chop x2 pcs (one with black pepper sauce)

- coleslaw x2, onion rings, boiled veggies

- 2 soup and drinks/coffee

$10.90 + $15.90 + GST ++

dinner -

- salmon belly from don don donki $3.90

with sake, light soya sauce, white pepper,

fresh garlic, spring onions and chinese celery

- pan fried chicken breast (so good!!)

- tau gueh / bean sprouts

- leftover roast chicken thigh,

and broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, potatoes

below: not my pic but the packaging is this ...

1 Sept 2022

lunch

- steamed rice with corn beef

more like porridge

but i ate like 3 rice bowls!! -

somehow used too much water to heat up the rice :(((

dinner (no pics)

- 6 chicken thighs + smoked duck 1 piece - grilled together

- boiled spaghetti mixed with roasted garlic, tomatoes and a little butter (nice!!)

- boiled veggies - broccoli, cauliflower and carrots

- smoked salmon salad from stuff'd $8.70

bought one whole salmon from ntuc

2.9kg, $59 -

the fishmonger cut it and packed so nicely!!

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August 2022

31 Aug 2022 Wed

hits and misses

spent a whole day cooking but didnt really want to eat anything i made

today's food, dishes were a miss

and no pics either

breakfast

- mini croissant from giant

lunch/dinner

- grey mullet with assam, garlic, green chilli and black sauce

- corn beef with onions and chillis

- chicken thigh with swiss brown mushrooms

- minced pork with leftover eggs and string beans, haebi - gravy was kinda yucky though :/

- horfun with leftover tau gueh - hor fun wasn't good so i threw it all out

- made sharksfin melon soup too, with pork ribs

- boiled brocoli, cauliflower, carrots and potatoes, seasoned with butter, salt and pepper

- leftover roast chicken from giant - grilled with lemon gravy - threw this out too ha

- roasted some tomatoes with garlic - wanna eat this with pasta!!

think tmr i'll try to fry chicken thighs with ginger and spring onions

and Aglio e Olio ... ?

30 Aug 2022 Tues

breakfast -

white beehoob with ngo hiang and fried egg $3

(tabao fried beancurd skin $2 x2 pkt)

gums too sore for veggies :(

gun treatment cleaning was on mon - so sore after that!!

lunch -

nasi padang at giant

- bergedel, sambal fish cake, brinjal, assam pedas kuah

dinner -

bought from giant tampines...

artisan sourdough bread, wholemeal

bought smoked duck and roast chicken also

made a simple salad -

romaine lettuce x1 ($2 for 1 head),

lebanese cucumbers x2-3 ($2/pkt of 5 cucumbers),

tomatoes x3 ($1.50/pkt of 5-6 tomatoes),

red shallots x4 ($2/pkt of peeled shallots)

toasted sourdough bread ($5/loaf - giant)

topped with butter, (president brand, france)

half roasted garlic, ($2/pkt of peeled garlic)

and fresh tomatoes, onions, cucumber, lettuce,

add smoked duck - promo $3.99, UP $4.99

and it's a goooood gourmet sandwich!!!

29 Aug 2022 Mon

no breakfast

lunch -

soup and rice -

with chicken cooked in the soup

and steamed minced pork

dinner -

leftover soup

roast chicken with lemon

tau gueh

string beans with hae bi

and fried kueh teow / horfun with egg (dry)

28 Aug 2022 Sun

Today is mama's bday.

23 apr is alow's bday.

17 june is mummy's bday.

sigh.

breakfast - oats

lunch

- minced pork, kailan (fail),

- unagi,

- leftover stuff which i threw out anyway

- leftover boiled beetroot

- roasted some tomatoes and garlic ... should have used olive oil :/

- cooked soup but started late so it wasn't ready till dinner

dinner

- slow cooked soup

lotus root, peanut, black bean with chicken thigh,

for flavour, added red dates, shallots, 1 garlic,

light soya sauce, salt & white pepper

- fried rice,

(leftover chicken rice & white rice + leftover minced pork)

- fish bites (tempura),

- beetroot with hard boiled egg & japanese mayo

soup was soooo good!

of course, it might have been good because i dropped in

1/3 of a chicken cube into the soup pot.

(i think the slow cooked is around 3.5L)

27 Aug 2022 Sat

woke up slight tummy discomfort - sore and bloated :/

evening got a headache ugggh

breakfast - a bit of porridge

lunch - leftover - chicken rice, laksa and tau yew guei

dinner - tabao chye peng. christen had braised duck from 628 new coffeeshop.

26 Aug 2022 Fri

no pics at all. sick!

breakfast - white bee hoon, ngo hiang and fried egg

lunch (late, coz christen went policlinic for blood test to see if got dengue)

- ate mee kia soup at a bedok bak chor mee stall at amk hub (uh not nice!)

got a bad tummy from the cut chilli... couldn't eat dinner :(

bought chicken rice and veggies from 628 for dinner

25 Aug 2022 Thu

breakfast - mee goreng - a huge bowl of leftovers

lunch - cooked tau yew guei (chicken) to eat with porridge

dinner - porridge and leftover chicken, tau yew guei and laksa

below: sng mi chou

chilli garlic taucheo with rice vinegar

24 Aug 2022 Wed

breakfast / lunch - cooked mee goreng, leftover soup, fried chicken breast for aidan and christy.

dinner - nasi briyani & vincent's western food, chicken shop from amk central after christen is done at the polyclinic - he has high fever 40 degrees, and doc suspects dengue fever (no pics)

at amk central, bought some stainless steel plates for cooking

23 Aug 2022 Tues

breakfast - $2 nasi lemak with fried egg and begadel from labrador malay food

lunch - hwi ching's guest brought a pie from don's pie shop, ate one

dinner - grilled chicken thigh with canned button & straw mushrooms, boiled broccoli, baby spinach, fried fish head and bones

no pix

morning - bought some laksa leaves and kng chye/chinese celery at the market - so fragrant!

22 Aug 2022 Mon

breakfast - ham omelette at hans thomson and tea

lunch - too full to eat anything!

dinner - boiled chicken griller for jannah, christen and me (no pics)

below: went amk hub ntuc to get chicken at 8am,

after sending jannah to school

seabass $4.50 each

white snapper @$0.99/100g - 1kg - abt $9.90

grey mullet @$1.39/100g - 600g - abt $9

21 Aug 2022 Sun

breakfast - oats

lunch - boiled chicken, boiled bean sprouts, soup and rice

(because christen and jannah aren't home to wash dishes)

4pm - hwi ching's step dad passed away and today was the wake 1st day.

dinner - (no pics)

spam and eggs,

stir fried / grilled mushrooms (button and king oyster)

kimchi toufu stew,

fried batang fish with turmeric powder (always delicious when done right)

20 Aug 2022 Sat

lunch/dinner - chee cheong fun and rice with tom yum soup

- chicken, prawns, tung hoon and fresh mushrooms

... shitake, king oyster, shimeji and button -fresh mushrooms

19 Aug 2022 Fri

lunch/dinner - briyani with brinjal,

dinner - roast chicken, chicken stew

18 Aug 2022 Thu

breakfast - aidan made me fruit drink with yakult

( frozen blueberry, strawberry, mango)

lunch - waterway - noodle soup

dinner - grilled chicken, stew, fried bean sprouts, koo chye omelette

17 Aug 2022 Wed

breakfast

- ate remainder steamboat soup and veggies (no more meat)

lunch

- roast chicken,

- cucumber with light soya sauce and sesame oil

- kiam chye stew - chye bueh (too salty uggh)

- fried beancurd skin

also roasted some potatoes and carrots in some roast chicken gravy - and then nipped a few pieces of potatoes and carrots. soooo yummm!!

dinner

- kiam chye (too salty, fail!)

- cod fish with breadcrumbs - panko - also fail!

- leftover pomfret and salt & pepper pork chop

- mee siam (kinda fail as well, but not so bad when i add the taucheo sauce)

- leftover taucheo pork

- leftover grilled chicken with roasted potatoes and carrots

- string beans with leftover enoki mushrooms - fried with butter

below: type of cucumber = lebanese

mummy's olive oil - this is delicious and fragrant!

below: cod fish topped with panko breadcrumbs

16 Aug 2022 Tues

breakfast - mee goreng from malay stall at telok blangah (labrador malay food)

lunch - tabao salt & pepper pork and rice from uppper thomson (no pics)

dinner - brinjal at bishan - too sweet :(

cooked kiam chye after i came back from work. bought the kiam chye from telok blangah market.

Recipe - Stewed Kiam Chye - Chye Bueh

- kiam chye - soaked and cut into bite sized pieces

- whole garlic x6

- assam skin x3-4

- fried onions, fried garlic

- white pepper

- sugar

- stock cube - chicken or plain unsalted pork stock

- optional - dried chilli

cook together until kiam chye and garlic are soft

daddy caught someone napping... Lol

15 Aug 2022 Mon

lunch - noodle soup with liver and meat (pork)

dinner - steamboat!!

steamboat

- threadfin fish

one tiny piece $8 i bought for mummy when she went hospital in oct 2021

two pieces from ntuc bought 2 weeks ago

- grey prawns from ntuc bought today @$21/kg (we bought $11-$12 worth

- sliced pork 500g, seasoned yesterday and today

- chinese cabbage (bek chye)

- chinese spinach (puay leng)

- shitake mushrooms

- king mushrooms

- enoki mushrooms

- fishballs x20

- silky toufu

also fried 3 little pomfret fishes

$10 for 3 baby pomfret bought for mummy when she went hospital in oct 2021

14 Aug 2022 Sun

lunch for aidan, jannah and me

- shell pasta, cooked in salted water, seasoned with pepper and butter

- smoked duck

- boiled frozen broccoli (last of the lot)

- rice with taucheo pork gravy

- bak kut teh soup (where i have carrots, potatoes and mushrooms)

dinner -

tabao zhichar from amk chang kee (no pics)

13 Aug 2022 Sat

lunch -

- chye sim

- french beans with tomatoes and eggs

- koo chye omelette with chye poh

- pork butt stew with taucheo, garlic, chilli and sour plums

- chicken breast - fried then braised in sake and light soya sauce broth

- steamed seabass with garlic, chilli, coriander and lime

(seabass about 700-800g @$0.99/100g, $7+)

dinner -

- roasted smoked duck (very nice!! and no pics)

- fried mushrooms with chicken breast meat (very nice)

- cucumber salad (fail... cucumber was limp and soft after adding salt)

- leftover chye sim and french beans with eggs

- leftover roast chicken thigh

below: tau cheo pork looks kinda yucky now

wish i took a pic when i was cooking it.

but anyways, it may look yucky but it tastes really good!

12 aug 2022 fri

breakfast -

white beehoon with ngo hiang and fried egg... wow so good

lunch -

after work, went to whampoa market

for pork liver kiam chye soup.

uncle gave me extra soup!!

also had a fresh coconut drink. nice!!

tea -

ya kun at china street

dinner -

kuay chap at bishan street 22

- tau guah,

- tau pok,

- fried tau kee

- fish cake

- 3 eggs

- big intestine

- pork belly

- pork skin

- kiam chye / chye bueh

- 5 bowls kuay chap

total around $29-$30

aidan, christen and jannah had chicken chop!

chicken chop black pepper sauce $7.90 each x2

chicken chop with pasta $10.50

tonight is a full moon,

chinese lunar 7th month (ghost month), 15th day

western food at bishan street 22

11 Aug 2022 thu

lunch

had a RAI medical appt and jannah came to ttsh food court to join me for lunch!

i had brinjal, spinach, sambal long beans, scrambled egg

- $1.20 x4 + rice 0.60 = $5.40

jannah had brinjal, lady's fingers and sweet & sour pork

- $1.20 x2 + $1.80 + 0.60 = $4.80

dinner

- steamed fish (white snapper, 500g+, $5+ @$99/100g),

- 1kg pork collar / pork butt boiled in bak kut teh soup

(cooked in the morning before i went to ttsh)

- bought spinach, bittergourd, sambal long beans and brinjal from ttsh chye peng stall

($1.20 x4 = $4.80)

10 Aug 2022 Wed

lunch -

chicken chop - thigh and breast,

roast potatoes, tomatoes and carrots

glutinous rice with banana

note - a glutinous rice dessert without a fair amount of sugar will not taste good :(

below: everyday dip

fresh chillipadi, light soya sauce, lime juice

(sometimes no lime juice but this time i had too much limes in the fridge)

9 Aug 2022 Tues

lunch

- banana prata, these are made by jannah

8 Aug 2022 Mon

lunch -

jannah was unwell so i cooked a frozen whole chicken - macaroni soup (without macaroni), then we ate rice with the chicken... dipped the chicken in salt and pepper... wowowowwww!! aidan had his soup in the rice, while jannah and i had seconds for rice and chicken! soooo yum.

and no pics, too hungry Lol

***** update 9 aug

jannah left my soup sitting in the kitchen for hours and over night.

my soup was sour no matter how long i boiled it :((((

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8 aug

dinner -

meeting hwi ching and the others for dinner at Astons in Centrepoint.

link: https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/08/42-ajc.html

7 Aug 2022 sun

lunch -

kids were out for lunch with woodlands grandparents

so daddy and i went to the hk shop at sin ming - so good cafe

dinner -

kids and i went to lower pierce reservoir and tabao some thai food back home - tom yum fried rice, mango salad and garlic pork. (no pics) i also cooked rice and took out the leftover minced chicken, kimchi, soup and cucumber.

very nice dinner :)))

and very nice day out with everyone!!

(no pics for sunday's meals)

6 Aug 2022 Sat

lunch -

- corn, potato, cauliflower, carrots, onion soup - so yummy!!!

even added tomatoes and mushrooms in the soup!

- grilled teriyaki chicken with tomatoes

- kimchi cabbage and radishes

- cucumber

dinner -

- minced chicken with water chestnuts and mushrooms

- daddy tabao some veggies from the chye peng coffeeshop at 628

5 Aug 2022 Fri

breakfast

- white bee hoon with ngo hiang, brinjal string beans, fried egg

lunch with hwi ching and her mum - trishaw sungei road laksa

dinner

- because i was exhausted, aidan cooked pasta with bacon, fresh button mushroom (500g, $5) and cream with fresh thyme and rosemary. i bought some large pandan leaves and wrapped them around a grey mullet plus stuffed lemongrass, limau purut leaves, shallots and whole garlic in the fish belly.

4 Aug 2022 Thu

lunch - kovan market

- tried a new stall selling "Indo" style food

brinjal, bergedel and bittergourd with egg $3.80

bought teochew noodles (ta mee, bak chor mee) for the kids

dinner - macdonald's spicy chicken

3 Aug 2022

yesterday bought some sushi

and 2 fishes from ntuc waterway

@$1.39/100g each

- 1 sea bass, 0.534g, $7.42

- 1 grey mullet, 0.53g, $7.37

this morning i spent like 4-5 hours in the kitchen doing prep (fish) and cooking...

lunch -

- fried kuay teow with chye poh, eggs, koo chye and bean sprouts

- szechuan veggies with 3 chicken thighs

- peanut, black bean and lotus root soup

- kimchi

- grey mullet - added into the assam gravy. the gravy wasn't a lot so made more Lol

dinner -

- steamed seabass thai style - garlic chilli lime

- grey mullet

- soup

- szechuan veggies

1 Aug 2022

my turbo broiler broke down about 1-2 weeks ago, so brought it to Takada service centre for repair last thu. only decided to repair it today and it costs me $30 to replace the halogen lamp.

bought kimchi from a korean shop at chinatown point.

kimchi cabbage

(freshly made, so not sour, quite sweet)-

big $18 (small is $14)

kimchi radish cubes

small $14

lunch - tiong bahru market -

i had fish soup, daddy had blue pea nasi lemak

dinner

- chicken chop and frozen pollock fish

- kimchi cabbage and kimchi radish cubes

kimchi cabbage

(freshly made, so not sour, quite sweet)-

big $18 (small is $14)

kimchi radish cubes

small $14

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JULY 2022

31 July 2022 Sun

breakfast

- made some banana prata 2 ways

with 3 bananas and 4 pratas,

then topped with cooked bananas in coconut milk

lunch

- chicken rice cooked in the rice cooker with 2 tomatoes

(chicken was still raw so had to cook the meat and rice separately)

- added grey mullet fish tails into the assam gravy

dinner

- grey mullet fish tail in the assam black sauce gravy

- leftover chicken rice

- dessert - yam or ni made by jamie's friend

- dessert - chendol agar agar that gu gu gave (bought from toa payoh)

below: photos by jannah using a samsung

below: lunch - one pot chicken rice

except the chicken was still raw after rice cooker is done :/

so i had to re-cook the chicken separately

below: added the fish tail in the gravy

fish was frozen when i boiled the tails in the gravy. no problem!

this time, added more assam and the gravy FINALLY tastes right!!! yay!

below: teochew or ni tart (yam tart)

and teochew or ni (yam pudding with ginko nuts, but no pumpkin)

below: gu gu bought chendol agar agar from toa payoh

30 July 2022 Sat

lunch -

finally got to fry and eat the fish head

and fish bones bought on thu morning!!

dinner -

kimchi fried rice

28 July 2022 Fri

breakfast - chee cheong fun with fried egg and fishcake

lunch - old airport road with yw

dinner - duck kuay chap at seletar mall with ko ko, dio dio, daddy and christen

28 July 2022 Thu

breakfast

breakfast with jannah at our regular coffeeshop opp nafa

i also had avocado and oats with diabetic friendly milk powder

christen's boss gave him some chee cheong fun

aidan made some fruit slushy blend for breakfast

bought tuna sandwich, noodles, roast pork sio bak and char siew

then went to amk ntuc to get some fresh fish!!

- threadfin fish @$1.89/100g (UP $2.49/100g)

- grey mullet x2 (farm) @$1.39/100g

- white snapper, medium @$0.99/100g

threadfin fish - 2.324kg - $43.92

grey mullet x2 - 1.21kg - $16.82

white snapper - 1.048kg - $10.38

28 July 2022 Thu

dinner

- assam fish (grey mullet)

- fried fish tempura (frozen)

- and a fried egg

27 July 2022 Wed

Lunch with ko ko, dio dio and daddy

at IMM Hainan Second Street, about $48

- quarter boiled chicken

- hainanese pork chop

- eggs x2

- horfun with chye poh (no pic)

- chicken rice x2

- barliey x2, tea x1, teh kuan yin tea x1

Dinner - made some veggies

- puay leng chinese spinach

- baby kailan

- sharks fin melon soup (sharks fin melon about $4 worth)

- leftover oxtail soup

- leftover steamed minced pork (cooked for aidan's lunch)

26 July 2022 Tues

morning -

bought shallots, veggies and sharks fin melon

from telok blangah wet market

(melon about 1.8kg, below $8)

lunch -

aidan fried an egg for me and made leftover food hot for my lunch

dinner -

oxtail soup and rice for me.

daddy & jannah had subway

25 July 2022 Mon

veggies - string beans with hae bi

black sauce chicken with onions soaked in rice vinegar and mushrooms

24 July 2022 Sun

lunch

- korean toufu spicy stew with minced pork and chinese cabbage

- spam and eggs

dinner

- steamed seabass hk style (ntuc @$0.99/100g) - $6.93

- tempura pollock fish bites (ntuc promo @7.95, UP $8.95)

- baby spinach & iceberg lettuce

23 July 2022 Sat

lunch - singapore swimming club - dum chicken briyani

daddy ordered a kids meal and was quite shocked with the bento portion and what was in there LOL

dinner -

cooked chicken breast for aidan and

made fish maw soup with leftover sharks fin melon soup

i had rice with kimchi, egg and chicken wings (leftovers)

22 July 2022 fri

breakfast - chee cheong fun with fried egg and fishcake (no pics)

lunch - aidan cooked kimchi fried rice & spam for me

dinner

- bought and cut the sharks fin melon ($4 half a melon) - slow cooking those for dinner! added 4 red dates (without removing the seeds) and plain water. no stock, no bones and no ikan bilis or stock cubes. think this soup will be awesome!!!

- fish for dinner too - toman and batang fish

- broccoli

- chicken breast pan fry

21 July 2022 thu

before i went out to hans for breakfast, cooked something for jannah and aidan - they were home.

lunch -

- chicken wings and drumsticks with soya sauce and sake

- french beans with eggs and sesame oil

- round cabbage with hae bi, mushrooms, black fungus and tung hoon

- napa chinese cabbage in the gravy i made when cooking the chicken

(cooked more tung hoon in the same gravy!! so good!!)

20 July 2022 Wed

Lunch

Rendezvous nasi padang with hwi ching, parvin, yim may!

chicken x1 - $10.30

fish @$5.80/pc x2 = $11.60

sambal brinjal $7.30

sambal goreng $8.80

chicken gizzard/liver $8.80

rice @$1.80/pax x3 = $4.40

chendol @$5.80 x2 = $11.60

Total: $62.80

Dinner with Hwi Ching - Plaza Singapura

food republic ah ma noodles (no pics) for dinner

bought mac's fried chicken and grilled chicken salad for daddy, aidan and jannah. aidan ate the leftover beef gyudon set i bought from jewel yesterday.

20 July 2022

breakfast at tekka market

- fried bee hoon with fried egg and fishcake

dinner - like almost 9pm :/

macdonald's salt and pepper chicken and grilled chicken salad -

19 July 2022 Tues

after work, ate at T1 changi airport, Aston's

grilled fish/dory with herbs is not bad

18 July 2022 Mon

lunch

- sausages and eggs sunny side up and garden salad

dinner

- round cabbage with hae bi (dried prawns), tung hoon, mushrooms, black fungus

- chicken curry

- fried prawns (seasoned with salt and pepper)

- leftover mapo toufu

- leftover salad from lunch

17 July 2022 Sun

we had the leftovers from Sat

lunch -

added tom yum paste and lime juice into

my tauguah soya sauce stew Lol

and cold chicken thigh with rice

dinner -

added a can to stewed cherry tomatoes (from italy) to the pasta - no pics

jannah then added cheese, garlic powder and microwaved them together.

not fantastic but i kinda like the stewed tomato from the can

16 July 2022 Sat

lunch -

pasta with garlic prawns, string beans, bacon and fried eggs.

but our chilli flakes got mouldy so... no chilli :(

also pan fried one piece of chicken breast seasoned with salt and pepper. not bad.

dinner -

chicken soup, boiled chicken, cucumber salad, mapo toufu

leftover fried fish - next time cannot leave any fish as leftovers. too fishy.

below: what we had for dinner

15 July 2022 Fri

breakfast (no lunch) -

nasi padang $3 -

brinjal, bergadel, sausages and assam pedas gravy Lol

dinner -

cucumber salad, kailan, toman fish, chicken thigh, tau guah

don't have all the pics, just the fish

14 July 2022 Thu

lunch -

jannah helped to make hot the leftover minced pork with ou kanna chye

and the cucumber salad was made by jannah!!

we doused our hot steamed rice with the leftover

taucheo, garlic, chilli and sour plum gravy. woahhhhh!!!!

had a swollen jaw but can't help eating!!

dinner -

so i must cook my fish today. been too long in the fridge...

3 types of fish - costed with flour and pan fried till crispy

white snapper

batang

toman fish -

made brussel sprouts - boiled and then pan fried with butter and garlic

made a ginger & spring onion gravy for the toman fish

added butter and let it melt on the hot snapper and batang

13 July 2022

lunch -

prepared cucumber and cooked minced pork with black olive veg for aidan's lunch. very tempting, so i ate some... so good!!!! especially with chillipadi soaked in soya sauce and fresh lime juice! jannah and christen had it for dinner.

tea & dinner -

had coffee and cake with veronica, parvin, hwi ching at the star vista

then hwi ching and i had bak chor mee, ngo hiang and dumplings for our supper at "Eats".

jamie's roast pork from ipoh

11 July 2022 Mon Haji PH

ate leftovers for lunch

and for dinner, cooked

- fried eggs,

- batang fish with butter,

- chicken thigh, mushrooms and veggies

prepared some food for cooking

- toman fish

- chicken thigh

- minced pork

- snapper and batang

10 July 2022 Sun

so. my turbo broiler conventional oven (takada tk-5000) broke down, just when i wanted to roast a chicken! if i had known earlier, i would cook the chicken differently. also felt like having sharks fin melon soup. so made a small pot with carrots, red dates and wolfberries. used the chicken and scallop soup stock - packet one - so the soup tastes and smells really good.

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9 July 2022 Sat

at singapore swimming club for lunch

to celebrate dio dio's 85th birthday

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8 July 2022

breakfast - nasi lemak from telok blangah

lunch - ikea (not so hungry)

dinner - tabao meatballs and chicken wings from ikea

jamie is in malaysia with Sam

below: jamie's lunch in malaysia

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7 July 2022

grilled chicken thigh for jannah's lunch

dinner - salt and pepper pork with rice

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6 July 2022

bought zhi char tabao, visited george and edna

then watched jurassic world dominion with joey and roger.

more photos here:

https://jt-write.blogspot.com/2022/07/162-visit-george-edna-then-imax.html

edna gave some pulut panggang from kuching - glutinous rice stuffed with haebi hiam and grated coconut, wrapped in pandan leaves.

we tabao from chang kee - hong kong street kitchen

below = menu

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5 July 2022 Tues

i bought some fried beancurd skin from the market yesterday

also, yesterday fried the pork ribs,

today i stewed it with taucheo, garlic, sour plum and chillis

no pic of the stewed pork ribs tho, it's all one brown colour

and so boring. didn't smell or taste that great too...

coz this taucheo isn't right for stewing :(

the product sounds good - taucheo with red dates

but it smells and tastes a bit off,

gives the food a weird flavour. ugggh

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4 July 2022 Mon

lunch - waterway with daddy, christen and jannah

jannah cooked kimchi fried rice with egg for aidan Lol

dinner

- fried chicken seasoned with salt and pepper

- fried minced pork with string beans and egg toufu

- grilled the crispy toufu skin and prawn filling

fried the pork ribs to make a stew tomorrow...

the pork looks and smells so good!!

below: jannah's kimchi fried rice

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3 July 2022 Sun

had to cook up my veggies...

so boiled broccoli, baby kai lan, white carrot, mushrooms and other veggies in water seasoned with salt, sugar, oil, shaoxing wine and a chunk of ginger. not sure why but the broccoli tastes the best... maybe it was first to go into the pot Lol

made hot the beef and beef soup from few days ago, then made an oyster sauce mix for the boiled veggies and a thai sauce for the beef golden coin and oxtail. sooooo good!!

as for lunch, no pics Lol too hungry!

dinner at MacDonalds!!

- salt & pepper chicken, 2pcs, $6.80

- chicken mayo sandwich $6.85 + extra filling $1.20 + coffee +10 cents

- choc muffin and mochaccino set $5.80 + 70 cents extra