108. Our Food Diary - Jan to March 2023

Friday, March 31, 2023

108. Our Food Diary - Jan to March 2023

OUR FOOD DIARY 2023

~~JANUARY TO JUNE 2023~~

JANUARY TO MARCH 2023

what we ate from January to March 2023

and here are the star pics!

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another year, another food journey

getting used to cooking on my own

getting used to planning more efficient meals

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,

aidan does the laundry,

and daddy seems to enjoy some of the food.

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this year, 2023, i might want to try more elaborate dishes,

like peranakan and malay dishes... or not.

i need to practice making nonya dishes...

will take a while to tombok rempahs.

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(list) what we ate and cooked Jan to March 2023

- CNY food - sioh, buah keluak, bakwan and cabbage fishball soups

- Roast & grilled chicken

- turmeric chicken and fish

- ribeye steaks

- sirloin steaks

- steamed fish

- fish soup

- steamboat

- minced meat patties

- potato salad

- gratin

- zhi char

- prawns

- eggs!

- vietnamese bann mi sandwich

- noodles

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APRIL 2023

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see next blog,

think this blog is too packed Lol

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MARCH 2023

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30 & 31 March 2023 Thu, Fri

got fever, sore throat, headache >> covid uggh

thu - no pics

lunch - kuay teow soup (kovan) + coconut (wow, so good!)

dinner - croissant sandwich from crolo - very nice!

fri. -

breakfast - waffle crisps

lunch -

dinner -

29 March 2023 Wed

brunch -

scrambled eggs with cream cheese, butter and sour cream

lunch (Late) -

leftover rice and chicken drumsticks with curry sauce (no pics)

aidan had home made sushi (random experiment), with pickled cucumber

daddy went to paris baguette

dinner -

steamed minced pork

fried chicken breast with batter

fried kangkong with fermented beancurd (hu ju)

fried string beans with batter (nice texture!)

leftover macaroni soup and pickled cucumber

had a fever after dinner :(((

Recipe - Scrambled Eggs

1. egg mix
- 6 eggs beaten

- milk

- cream cheese - pieces about 3 pieces laughing cow, around 45g

- butter, 1/2 tsp

season with salt and black pepper

2. cook and scramble eggs

3. make toasts

4. spread butter and sour cream on toast

5. add eggs on toast,

enjoy while warm with fresh cucumber and tomatoes

Recipe - Pickled Cucumbers >> sushi

- salt and pepper

- sugar

- sushi vinegar - see below

the sushi vinegar i bought has some seasoning

the cucumbers will release some liquid -

i use this liquid to mix into hot rice

take roasted seaweed, ($2 from daiso)

add seasoned rice,

pickled cucumbers,

and roll into a sushi (see pics below)

below: chicken breast with batter

Batter Mix

- plain flour

- cornflour

- baking powder

- salt and pepper

- fresh coriander and spring onions

- water

mixed the string beans with leftover batter, fried the beans - tastes really good!

fried kangkong with garlic and hu ju (fermented beancurd)

steamed minced pork -

unfortunately, i didn't salt it enough Lol

28 March 2023 Tues

5am - jannah woke up with fever and sore throat - tested covid+ ugggh

breakfast

- fish soup and rice at telok blangah coffeeshop, market was closed

lunch

- bought duck porridge for jannah

+ watermelon and coconut drink from whampoa

- chicken rice and pork chop at nam kee chicken rice thomson

dinner

- boiled chicken drumsticks x8-9 pcs

- macaroni soup with carrots, baby corn, tomatoes, crabstick

- boiled spinach with rice

- cucumber and tomatoes

aidan had the leftover steak Lol

jannah's packed food - boiled chicken, boiled spinach, cucumber, crab sticks, soup and rice

27 March 2023 Mon

brunch - ham omelette at hans, thomson plaza

lunch - lotus root soup, curry chicken with olive rice

dinner - steak and eggs

26 March 2023 Sun

brunch

- fish soup at 628 with jamie and daddy

tea with daddy - at changi village after sending jamie to airport

- rojak,

- satay and

- chicken chop hor fun

tabao satay and bbq chicken wings

dinner

- steak x2 pcs (used sake for quick marinade)

- leftover chicken rice (jamie bought for lunch)

- leftover eggs, prata, fish curry and chinese cabbage

25 March 2023 Sat

jannah's going for a picnic -

she fried rice with spam, omelette, crabstick

lunch

- bought a snapper about $10 >> fish curry

- stewed chinese cabbage

- tau kee and fish cake

- boiled cauliflower, carrots, corn

dinner with christen and daddy

- prata with leftover fish curry

- sunny side up eggs

- sirloin steaks x2 with leftover chicken gravy + HP sauce

24 March 2023 Fri

lunch

- ikea shared lamb shank with daddy

dinner

- seabass x2 - steam thai style

- sweet peas with 3 eggs

-chicken with oyster sauce

- sirloin steak x2 pieces

sirloin steak @$39/kg,

bought $55 worth (1.41kg for 10 pcs)

23 March 2023 Thu

lunch - soon kueh and leftover turmeric chicken with rice

dinner - rong ji zhichar (from seletar market)

fish head claypot $30

fried long beans $10

chye poh omelette $10
tabao pork chop $10

rice x6
total $66

22 March 2023 Wed

lunch - kovan - u mian soup - er, not nice :/

dinner -

grilled turmeric chicken drumstick,

fried chicken breast for aidan

broccoli with black fungus,

omelette with spring onions from the garden

mei chye/ mui chye from kovan chai peng stall

below noodle soup from kovan coffeeshop is yucky

below: marinated chicken for grilling

21 March 2023 Tues

breakfast - white beehoon and fried egg, ngo hiang

lunch - fish soup and meatball from hoover, whampoa

dinner - aidan cooked since imy tummy wasn't too good - tomato soup by haidilao and korean dumplings, also had cucumber/black fungus chinese salad from whampoa

20 March 2023 Mon

heated up leftover food for lunch - still good!

dinner - made more spaghetti, fried chicken breast coated with flour and cornflour - tastes better with the leftover steak gravy!!! (uh forgot to take pics LOL)

19 March 2023 Sun

lunch -

Spaghetti bolognese

minced beef, bacon and onions - fried together

roast chicken thighs, japanese style

for me, it's rice and black sauce ginger chicken

dinner -

sirloin steak (so yum!!),

potato salad,

cucumber

should have recorded the steaks frying in my pan!

original photos - a bit dark

steak dinner

from 628 amk market, bought 17 feb 2023

ribeye @$45/kg -

x4 pcs, 1/2" to 1" thick + 1 pc thin -

total $60

sirloin @$39/kg

x5 pcs, 1/2" to 1" thick -

total $42

spent total $102

18 March 2023 Sat

lunch

- super plain veggie soup - corn, potatoes, carrots, red dates

- cut the corn up - so sweet!

- minced chicken with string beans

- chicken thighs with ginger, onions, garlic and black sauce

dinner

- leftovers - omelette and shitake mushrooms heated up in gravy

- leftover minced chicken with string beans

- otah

- fried salmon - coated with cornflour to make skin crispy

17 March 2023 Fri

lunch - jannah and i went to 628 amk for fish soup!

dinner - cooked at home with ko ko

- brinjal, eggs, salmon (fish night for jannah)

16 March 2023 Thu

stomach painful still :(((

took panadol before work then felt better after miso soup!

lunch - miso soup with tofu and seaweed (no pics)

dinner - teochew pomfret steamboat! omelette and tofu.

cooked minced chicken with string beans and fried egg for aidan (no pics)

15 March 2023 Wed

lunch

woke up around 5 plus with tummy ache. got worse later.

super freezing, tummy pain, diarhea, feeling so tired/sleepy

asked edna and roger to tabao me porridge to eat at joey's place - visit him after his op

couldn't eat! couldn't do much.

took charcoal and panadol, fell asleep for about 1-2 hours at joey's place.

dinner - very sick so aidan and jannah bought food from amk central

no pics. quite sick unless i take panadol :(

14 March 2023 Tues

breakfast - fishball noodles from 80+ stall owners at telok blangah

lunch - leftover soup and rice

dinner -

pasta with brocoli and roast tomatoes,

roast chicken with garlic, salt and pepper,

laksa fishballs and cabbage,

mustard/mayo/lemon dressing (so good!) and finished the sour cream!

13 March 2023 Mon

lunch - arab street, fika (sweedish muslim food)

dinner - laksa, chicken soup and rice, cabbage, baby kai lan (think no pics)

12 March 2023 Sun

still have ikan kurau - so baked fish with butter, onions, garlic, salt and pepper

this time, the fish is perfect!!

roasted/grilled kunyit chicken thighs

also cooked pasta/spaghetti with brussel sprouts - hmm not sure why no pics Lol

rushed through cooking and dinner to send christen back to pasir labar camp

11 March 2023 Sat

took out too many pieces of kurau for fish day

going western this sat

kurau baked in butter (overcooked!)

potato salad

cauliflower and carrots with butter, salt and pepper

sour cream

10 March 2023 Fri

fish night

made nasi lemak with fried tumeric snapper fish

nasi lemak sambal from 628 market

think no pics ;(

8 March 2023 Wed

brunch - thomson plaza chai peng (too bad no curry chicken)

dinner - baked kunyit chicken, fried kuay teow, leftover fishball tofu soup

7 March 2023 Tues

breakfast - telok blangah crescent market

teochew fish soup with rice - very nice!

lunch - just took a cake at 4.45pm

dinner

- roast chicken with salt, pepper and garlic

- baked gratin (sliced potatoes in creamy cheese sauce)

- fried string beans

this soto paste is BAD, don't buy again!!

my gratin!!

uh, quite pissed i didn't get to shoot the potatoes

before pouring the gravy in. i sliced the potatoes so finely

that i wanna admire that fine workmanship Lol

below pics shot and styled by jannah Lol

6 March 2023 Mon

breakfast - kuay teow soup - nice rainy cool weather

lunch - bibimbap $5.50, amk hub

dinner - casuarina zhi char -

$15 kangkong with hu ju,

$30 fish head bittergourd xi chap,

$10 ha cheong gai,

$10 omelette,

$4 rice x4

$7.50 chrysanthymum tea x5

$6.60 GST

TOTAL $90

5 March 2023 Sun

lunch

- roast whole chicken with mustard, HP sauce

- scrambled eggs with crabstick

- baby chye sim

- boiled, fried and grilled potatoes and carrots

- leftover peanut, lotus root soup

dinner

- pan fry chicken breast & string beans

- leftover from lunch

4 March 2023 Sat

lunch - remainder food

dinner - brinjals with black sauce and

chicken with garlic and oyster sauce

3 March 2023 Fri

lunch - thomson plaza

a bit tummy pain and weather cold (rain),

so had abc soup and rice, no pics

dinner - fish night

- fish head and bones - this time it came out crispy!

- fried batang x3 pieces, topped with ginger and soy sauce

- veggie soup - red dates, corn x2, carrots x1 big, tomatoes x2 small, cabbage

added some miso - wow so good and light!

2 March 2023 Thu

went vicom and lunch at 628 - finally get to eat this fish soup!

lunch - amk 628 - fish soup

then went ntuc amk hub to get fish.

bought 2 fishes!

threadfin (ngo her) 1.716kg @$25.90/kg - $44.44

batang 2.75kg @$15.90/kg - $43.73

day before bought seabass ($5) and toman ($9) at waterway ntuc

dinner

- fried eggs sunny side up x5

- batang x1 piece (salt, white pepper and cornflour)

- leftover dou miao

- steam seabass hk style

tempting - should i buy this 24" deep pan?

now $37!

bought fish wed and thur

threadfin (ngo her) 1.716kg @$25.90/kg - $44.44

batang 2.75kg @$15.90/kg - $43.73

seabass $5 per fish

toman $9 - skinless

dinner

below: steam seabass hk style

used young ginger, spring onions, coriander, red chilli, garlic

shaoxing wine and lee kum kee soya sauce for seafood

1 March 2023 Wed

morning

cooked chicken soup for aidan's lunch

also made "anyhow mee siam" Lol

lunch - waterway -

mee pok soup with liver and pork

bought sushi vinegar, cooking sake

and seabass, toman fish for cooking this week!

dinner -

anyhow mee siam,

fried minced chicken,

dou miao,

leftover boiled chicken (cold)

chicken soup from morning

bought some japanese sushi vinegar

below: anyhow mee siam 😂

Recipe for Anyhow Mee Siam Rempah!

- hae bi

- ikan billis cube, 1/6 piece

- dried chilli paste

- chopped onions, garlic, fresh chilli

- sambal belachan

- chopped fresh tumeric

- langkuas x2 pcs

- serai x2 pcs smashed

- tau cheo

- assam paste

- salt to taste

anyhow dry mee siam with laksa bee hoon

1. fry rempah until tumis and dry, oil released from rempah

2. add noodles, tau pok, water if needed

3. add tau geh/bean sprouts, koo chye/chives

4. fry together till mixed well and cooked nicely

5. serve with fresh lime and some eggs or koo chye

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FEBRUARY 2023

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28 Feb 2023 Tues - no pics

breakfast - white bee hoon, fried egg, ngo hiang

no lunch

dinner - tabao from greenwich -

western chicken chop, grilled fish

and mee suah dry (not nice)

27 Feb 2023 Mon

lunch - chwee kuah x2 big pieces - very filling!

dinner - leftovers

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25 & 26 Feb 2023

weekend lunches and dinners

sat - 25 feb

- cornbeef! wow,

- minced pork with salted fish tofu and black vinegar,

- tau geh with salted fish

sun - 26 feb

ntuc delivery in the morning,

then hurried to finish cooking!

lunch

- bak kut teh with tofu and pork balls

- egg tofu

- omelette

dinner

- 500g of pork patties

- baby kai lan

- roast chicken with mustard, hp sauce and ketchup

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25 feb 2023 sat

cornbeef with onions, chilli, garlic and dark soya

minced pork with salted fish, tofu, black fungus

tau geh bean sprouts with salted fish

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26 feb 2023 Sun

lunch - bak kut teh soup, egg tofu, omelette and rice

dinner - patties and roast chicken, baby kai lan

Recipe - Minced Pork Patties

- 500g minced pork

- season - salt, white pepper, light soya, cornstarch

- add fried garlic and a bit of the oil

- 2-3 eggs, mix into the minced pork

- flour

- bawang goreng - fried shallots

- chopped coriander, chilli, garlic & onions (i love this addition!)

- chopped string beans

Recipe - Roast Chicken Marinade

- HP sauce

- tomato ketchup

- whole grain mustard

- mashed garlic - to rub chicken

- black pepper, salt, light soya sauce

my bowl!

24 Feb 2023 Fri

had a long week at work and eating out.

have been wanting to cook mee goreng for a while!

lunch - serangoon garden market -

pig organs soup with kiam chye

dinner

took me more than 2 hours to prepare!

- dou miao x3 packets ($3/packet)

- fry yellow sek mee with black sauce

- fry mee goreng, with lime

- fried eggs and back bacon with leftover rice

recipe - black sauce yellow sek mee

1. fry eggs, set aside

2. fry chopped garlic - a lot, and sliced/chopped onions

3. optional. -add fish cake and other ingredients

4. add yellow noodles

5. add black sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, white pepper, stock

6. fry till noodle is almost dry

7. serve hot and top with sesame oil, coriander and spring onions

recipe - mee goreng

1. fry eggs, set aside

2. fry hae bi or dried prawns and fish cake

3. add chopped onions, garlic and fry till fragrant

4. add dried chilli paste (packet) - 3-4 tbsp,

add sambal belachan - 3-4 tbsp,

add cut red and green chillis

(alternatively - add nasi lemak chilli and/or chilli sambal with hae bi)

5. add tomato ketchup, bottled chilli sauce, fresh tomatoes and stock

6. cook tomatoes and 2 eggs in gravy until tomatoes are soft

7. add yellow noodles and cook till almost dry

8. add bean sprouts and chinese celery/kng chye

add fried shallots - quite a lot - this makes the noodles a lot tastier!

9. cook till dry and dish out

10. top noodles with fried eggs, cilantro or coriander, fresh lime juice

23 feb 2023 wed

dinner with parvin -

peach garden, ocbc centre, 33rd floor

while scb gave a talk on china bonds, we ate...

1 soup with fish maw, mushroom, chicken

2 peking duck x2 wraps

3 wasabi prawns and salted egg prawns

4 scallops and mushrooms with iceberg lettuce

5 steamed fish, hk style

6 fried rice with duck

7 jelly in coconut water - very nice!

breakfast on mon 21 feb - chee cheong fun

breakfast on tues 22 feb - white bee hoon

breakfast on wed 23 feb - kaya toast with 2 eggs and tea

19 Feb 2023 sun

sunday lunch

roast chicken x2 types

- roast chicken with lemon and garlic

- roast chicken with garlic, butter, mustard, HP sauce & ketchup

also made some white radish salad

18 Feb 2023 Sat

dinner -
aidan and christen went to woodlands for dinner.

daddy, jannah and i had:

chicken drumsticks with ginger, black sauce and straw mushrooms

and salted fish - ikan kurau

leftover peanut soup
i ate porridge - gums still screwed up

17 Feb 2023 fri - steak dinner!

also had prawns for dinner

Recipe - Prawns with Dried Chilli
dried chillis - soaked and cut
fried dried chillis, add salt, chopped onions, garlic and fresh chillim
add chinese wine and black vinegar

17 Feb 2023 fri - steak dinner!

aidan wanted steak. went to amk 628 in the morning.

ribeye @$45/kg -

x4 pcs, 1/2" to 1" thick + 1 pc thin -

total $60

sirloin @$39/kg

x5 pcs, 1/2" to 1" thick -

total $42

ribeye steaks seasoned with salt, pepper
steak sauce - onions + HP + ketchup + garlic butter

sirloin below

ribeye below

aidan says we should cook the ribeye first Lol

so i froze the sirloin for another day

17 Feb 2023 Fri

lunch
picked christen at 12 plus, almost 1pm, then went to boon lay market to tabao fish soup and some teochew dishes - steamed tiny pomfret, kiam chye, leeks. the fish soup was so good! $6 per serve and tastes very good!

$7 for this steamed pomfret

from a teochew mueh market food stall, boon lay market

below: 3 batang fish soup @$6/serve from boon lay market

16 feb 2023

lunch - mapo tofu from a vegetarian cafe at fortune centre
(not nice but needed something soft after gum swelling from monday's treatment)

dinner - lifesaver! aidan bought chicken rice from people's park

15 Feb 2023 Wed

cooked simple food - working and tired!

14 Feb 2023 tues

valentine's day is also hui tzur didi's birthday.

popiah dinner! and choc cake from jane's, jln kayu

13 Feb 2023 Mon

lunch - smoked salmon sandwich at paris baguette

after all the medical appt,
went to people's park to get dinner and walked around...

will try this soup next time!

bought these 2 giant korean white radish for $5!!

(one for $3)

slashed by about half price

12 Feb 2023 Sunday

had some time to shred my white, green, orange carrots,

then make soup with the leftover carrots, fishballs, ti poh powder, ikan bilis cube, pork soup... the soup smells good and tastes amazing. a bit bitter for me but everyone said there was no bitter taste from the white carrots.

shredded carrot salad

soup with 3 types of carrot and fishballs

beef and pork minced

pork belly and chicken wings in tau cheo stew

actually, can make a sandwich with the patties and salad!

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Recipe - 3 Carrot Soup with Fishballs

- white radish (bak chye tao or chye dao white carrot)

- green radish (i only see this during cny)

- carrots

- ikan bilis stock cube or powder

- ti poh or grilled dried flounder/fish (teochew type of ingredient)

- pork bone soup stock

Recipe - beef and pork patties, pan fry

- minced beef and minced pork

- chopped garlic

- chopped onions

- chopped red/green chillis (optional)

- season - light soya, salt, white/black pepper, chilli flakes

- HP sauce

- tomato ketchup

- cornflour
- garlic oil or onion oil or cooking oil

- use 1 egg + plain flour, if too soft

Recipe - tau cheo pork and chicken wings

1. grind, pound or chop the rempah, fry in oil

- tau cheo 1 tbsp

- sour plum - sng bueh x3-4

- red and green chilli 2-3 each

- garlic 8-10 cloves

- onions x1

2. add boiled pork belly (boil for about 5min or raw is ok too)

fry till brown, add dark soya sauce for colour

3. add water and stew/braise till tender and gravy is thicker

add chicken wings (optional)

below: too soupy. later i boiled the gravy down by half and added more rempah. wah... so good!

Recipe - 3 Carrot Salad

1. shred the 3 carrots - white, green, red

2. dressing

- light soya sauce

- lime juice

- sugar and plum sauce

- sesame oil

3. mix and leave in the fridge to cool, till water from carrot comes out

serve cold.

can add fresh coriander, rice vinegar, crushed peanuts or sesame seeds.

but mine's plain coz i too lazy to prepare the coriander

and can't take those bits of peanuts or seeds.

11 Feb 2023 Sat

oh, forgot to take pics for dinner!

dinner
made some minced beef and pork.

think it's been a while since we had these patties...

had a red eye during cooking when eye was splashed.

super red eyes yuck and didn't drive christen back to camp for his guard duty,

lunch -

instant ramen!

see the little japanese fishcake thingy? LOL

ah now i remember, was hungry and swung by amk 505 to get bahn mi!

oh yes, i like #7, mixed pork grills, like sausages. so good

i also like the pate with butter but couldn't eat that much!

10 Feb 2023 Fri

whampoa for lunch...

and since the flowers so pretty, i took them before running out to whampoa

had fish soup with meatballs from hoover teochew fish soup at whampoa. love the meatballs! but no pics Lol i do have pics of dumplings and smashed cucumber salad while waiting for my takeaway and before i ate up all the cucumber salad Lol so good!

dinner

- leftovers Lol no pics so forgot what i cooked/prepared

9 Feb 2023 Thu

after aidan spent $20-$30 at amk ntuc hub (voucher),

went for kueh chap at bishan

$27 for 3 people

- pork belly,

- large intestine dua tng,

- fishcakes,

- eggs x3,

- tau pok and fried tau kee,

- pig skin (really good!!)

8 Feb 2023 Wed -

leftovers and porridge for dinner, with black sauce ginger chicken!

7 feb 2023 tues -

aunty mabel brought soon kueh from clementi!

leftovers... chicken wings and leeks with tau kuah and eggs

7 feb 2023 tues

dinner

turmeric fish - snapper and batang

leeks with tau kuah

7 feb 2023 tues

blood pressure test at ttsh

whampoa for breakfast and early lunch

kuay teow soup at 8.30am

this bowl $5 with prawns and tiny fish balls probably made themselves

6 Feb 2023

working at telok blangah -

beehoon for breakfast $3.60

6 Feb 2023 Monday

leftover seafood and meat from steamboat - fried them up

CNY 20 Jan to 5 Feb 2023

ended up cooking and eating a lot :(

link: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/01/109-cny-2023-year-of-rabbit.html

5 Feb 2023

chap goh meh

bahn mu for lunch

steamboat dinner

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JANUARY 2023

CHINESE NEW YEAR CNY 2023 - Year of the Rabbit

19-20 jan 2023 - last min shopping and cooking

21 Jan 2023 (cny eve) to 05 Feb 2023 (cny day 15, chap gor meh)

ended up cooking and eating a lot :(

link: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/01/109-cny-2023-year-of-rabbit.html

16 Jan 2023 Sun

since christen was in, made some lunch before going off to jannah's eagles award ceremony (at jing shan primary school). afterwards dropped by at the block next to jamie's hdb to get some famous bahn mi sandwich. we had grilled pork roll and bbq pork (like sausages)

for dinner cooked chicken wings and sliced beef with thai salad dressing on the side. so good! made chicken soup too but didn't eat it till next day Lol

below: new and clearer menus were out

about a week or two later!

below: sliced NZ beef with thai salad yummmm

13 Jan 2023 fri

brunch - 628 - fish soup with their own pork meatballs

dinner - rushed to ntuc to get some food to cook - made ginger salted fish chicken wings with chinese sausage and mushrooms - also added potatoes and carrots. smells so good and tastes even better!! also had minced chicken with oyster sauce, chilli flakes and a squeeze of large lime. yum!! the salted fish (ikan kurau) from uncle's telok blangah market stall is just amazing!

13 jan 2023 - the price of frozen beef now,

after inflation from ukraine war and covid19...

Recipe - Salted Fish Ginger Chicken Wings

1. fry salted fish (ikan kurau), set aside

2. using remaining oil, fry aromatics - chopped ginger, onions, garlic

also add mushrooms, lap cheong - fry till fragrant

3. add chicken wings and fry till wings are brown

4. add seasoning - oyster sauce, sesame oil, shaoxing wine, salt and pepper, black soya sauce

5. add stock/water and boil till ingredients are infused with flavour

(optional) today i also added boiled carrots and potatoes

6. when sauce is thick and chicken is cooked and tender, serve hot with white rice!

10 Jan 2023 tues

lunch - leftover salmon and sausage with rice (so good!)

dinner - tung hoon with chicken minced, szechuan veggie with chicken minced, grilled veggie cake from ikea (i love this but it's a bit too buttery), chicken nuggets

9 jan 2023 mon

lunch - kovan - curry rice with sambal belacan!

dinner - salmon, string beans, leftover rosemary roast chicken with chicken franks (no pics)

bought a plate and a packet rice...

plate - brinjal, bittergourd, mui choi (mei chai), egg tofu with rice $4.20

packet - brinjal, lady's fingers, mui choi, chicken curry with rice $5.60

8 jan 2023 sun

lunch - leftover assam fish and kiam chye soup

dinner - roast chicken with garlic and rosemary

7 jan 2023

lunch - kim chye soup

spent a few days shopping for ingredients.

and finally made some buah keluak rempah!

even made buah keluak fried rice!

success!

the house smells of cny, and days i spent cooking with alow and mummy. wow. didn't realise the smells of rempah and buah keluak seem to bring alow and mummy back to the present...

more here: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/01/75-ayam-buah-keluak-alows-recipe-my.html