112. Our Food Diary - April to June 2023

OUR FOOD DIARY 2023

APRIL TO JUNE 2023

what we ate from April to June 2023

and here are the star pics!

- pork liver with ginger and spring onions

- batang fish soup / fishball soup

- ang sai red snapper fish head stew

- red snapper fillet form giant & ntuc

- toman fish xi chap stir fry

- pork with black pepper sauce

- grilled/roast chicken

- pork leg rice bowl with kiam chye and prawn roll

- fish maw soup

- minced chicken and tofu stew

- chicken stew with sausages, potatoes, carrots, onions and hp/tomato sauce

- tau yew chicken with boiled eggs

- ma po tofu

- char siew, sio bak

- saba fish

- fish cakes with sweet and sour sauce

- beef cheeks at ikea

- fried bee hoon

- grilled ikan kurau fish with butter and garlic, salt and pepper

- assam black sauce prawns

- steamed fish hk style

- yellow croaker

- dried white bait - fried till crispy!

eating out

- grilled fish & tze char at amk central - 724 tasty kitchen

- zuzu kebabs at serangoon gardens with jamie and daddy

- ikea - beef cheeks

- maxwell road hawker centre

- kuay chap at bishan street 22

- kovan market hawker centre

- nex food junction 7jun

covid meals

28 march to 8 april 2023

- scrambled eggs (march)

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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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what we ate and cooked in ...

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JUNE 2023

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28 June 2023 Wed

bought one ikan kurau head cut into pieces for $10

(uncle closing shop so trying to sell off)

made a fish stew/soup, teochew style

also bought some dried whitebait or silver fish from the provision shop

2nd buy - it was so good i bought a lot more!

27 June 2023 Tues

porridge with minced pork ball

and dumped in all the leftover porridge stuff... 

like pickled lettuce and braised peanuts

26 June 2023 Mon

teochew porridge

25 June 2023 Sun

lunch - 628 market. -fish soup

at the market, spent $50 on fresh food

1 fresh sotong $2

4 silver pomfret $24 (2 fishes have fish roe!)

fresh yellow croaker $10.50 + 2 large piecea of roe

(both fishes at $33)

sio bak $13

coriander, spring onions, ginger $2

dried white bait from grocery shop $3

dinner

- fried white bait fish till crispy

- fried ginger and fish roe, fish liver

- fried ginger and yellow croaker fish - 2 sides

- then fry ginger slices, garlic, chilli, spring onions, chinese wine, add water and soya sauce, pour gravy over fish

fish soup from 628 - so yum!!

 

1 sotong cleaned, skin removed and cut into pieces Lol

fried the yellow croaker

(after frying the white bait)

can you see the sotong? it's on the plate Lol

fried sotong with chilli and garlic

whitebait fish $3/packet

soak in water for 5min,

rinse,

wash in water 2 more times

(no need to soak)

fry till crispy - nice!!

(i added limau purut leaves and before dishing out, added garlic slices)

chicken breast meat

24 June 2023 Sat

dinner - western food

23 June 2023

breakfast - telok blangah - not so nice fried beehoon, kuay teow and mee with egg and ngo hiang

lunch at 5.45pm - leftover sausage, egg and roast tomato

dinner at bedok camp 2 - after christen's guards graduation ceremony

later bought food at east coast lagoon - 20 sticks satay, ketupat and kuay teow goreng

no pics except for these below LOL

19 June 2023 Mon

steamboat with Parvin. -very nice!

17 June 2023 Sat

lunch - had lunch after daddy went to mummy's niche 

chong boon market - bak kut teh $8 and pork trotter $8

dinner - had prata, thosai masala and kuay teow goreng with christen at casuarina

18 June 2023 Sun

father's day

lunch - rushed to cook lunch before 10.30am - spinach, minced chicken, beef and soup

then went sg swimming club for buffet lunch

dinner - stir fried beef, and aidan's herbal chicken from johor

chicken was very nice!

forgot to take a pic of the whole chicken

20 June 2023 Tues

lunch - chong boon market - most stalls were closed

dinner - batang fish

22 June 2023 thu

dinner 

sausages and egg

leftovers - fry them together - egg with crabstick and xiao bai chye

16 June 2023 Thu

lunch at sg swim club with koko and dio dio

had briyani

14 June 2023 Wed

got up early to cook macaroni soup. took my about 1hr.

dinner - kuay teow goerng with crispy bits on top (burnt starch/rice)

13 June 2023 Tues

lunch - fish soup with roe at chong boon market - good!

tea - nex - mocha coffee. bought some hum jim bang, fried tapioca, sweet potatoes, yu cha kueh, tau suan but forgot to take pics

dinner - fried rice, omelette and bittergourd/pork at amk central (no pics)

lunch @ chong boon market

$12 mixed bowl of red grouper + batang fish + minced pork

$2 fried fish roe

12 June 2023 Mon

ate simple stuff

lunch - tom yum soup 

dinner - mee siam (mama woodlands) - no pics

11 June 2023 Sun

Sat (10 jun) - bought 1kg fresh prawns $18/kg from 628 market

lunch

- minced pork patties

- prawns with assam and black sauce

- fresh corn x2

below: jannah's bowl LOL

10 June 2023 Sat

lunch

- sukiyaki beef stirfry (didn't taste good leh, no mood to cook)
- cabbage fried with turmeric, curry leaves and indian spices - no taste :(

dinner - adam road

- soup kambeng $7 x 2 bowls 

- oyster omelette $10

9 June 2023 Fri

lunch - back to amk for fish and zhi char

8 June 2023 thu

lunch - sukiya (next to ttsh)

i had sukiyaki and jannah had gyudon with lady's fingers

dinner - anyhow cook (no mood)

chicken wings and steamed minced pork with tung chye

7 June 2023 Wed

6 June 2023 Tues

breakfast at thomson plaza, a bit of popiah and laksa

lunch - made my own beehooon soup,

aidan and jannah had lotus root soup with olive rice

dinner

- batang fish with turmeric powder

- fried prawns with assam, black sauce, sugar, garlic and lemongrass

- brinjal with oyster sauce and assam

5 June 2023 Mon

ate lunch with jac before karaoke - 

we had noodles at redhill outlet, pasir ris, jannah had pizza later

drove daddy to and fro a wake (uncle kok swee's daughter),

waited at holland road, then tabao for dinner

4 June 2023 Sun

late lunch - mee goreng & brinjal (shouldn't have used hae bi), leftover stew

3 June 2023

made a huge pot of chicken stew!

used 1/2 fresh chicken and 800g drumstricks to make the stew

also cooked mee goreng

surprisingly, a simplified mee goreng with limited ingredients tastes so good!

Recipe - Mee Goreng (simplified)

1. fry eggs, set aside

2. fry onions, garlic and chillis

3. add chilli paste, oyster sauce, light soya, dark soya sauce, tomato ketchup

4. add yellow hokkien noodles (sek mee)

5. fry together, add eggs, spring onions, chinese celery, coriander

6. serve hot with fresh lime on the side

Recipe - Chicken Stew

1. fry onions, garlic, potato, carrots, button mushrooms 

- add salt and white/black pepper

2. Fry chicken till brown, then add sauces

- tomato ketchup, HP sauce, tobasco sauce

- oyster sauce, light and dark soya sauce

- salt and pepper

3. add water or stock and stew for 15-30min 

or until chicken is cooked well

Add green veggies and then Serve hot!

2 June 2023 Fri

vesak day - went to amk central and had carrot cake (white)

tabao nasi briyani to share with christen and jannah

dinner - went 724 tasty kitchen at amk central, ordered ($47):

- braised fish $18

- pork ribs $11

- brinjals $6

- bittergourd with pork $10

- 4 rice  $2

also had satay beehoon and fried ngo hiang

no pics :(

1 June 2023 Thu

ate all the leftovers 

- minced beef curry and chinese cabbage

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MAY 2023

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31 May 2023

Trying new things at amk central - this zhi char stall

i think we're missing the food at people's park - it's under renovation for 4-6 months!

what we oredered:

24 May - ($27) grilled fish with kiam chye gravy $20, brinjals $6 + 2 rice $1

25 May - ($16) tabao - gong bao chicken $6, pork ribs $5.50 , hor fun $4 (nice!)

31 May - ($29) braised fish $18, bittergourd with pork $10 + 2 rice $1

30-31 May 2023

kuay chap and minced beef curry

minced beef curry with alagappa's meat curry powder, 

garam masala and japanese curry past block - so good!!

28 May 2023

grilled christen's dinner in the turbo oven!

22 May to 29 May 2023

felt like having loads of veggies!

tabao veg and rice from amk central coffeeshop

abc soup - carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, onions 

chinese cabbage with dried scallops

kovan chye peng curry rice stall

fried eggs with tomatoes, leeks and black fungus

23 May 2023

a few days before cooking my fish, i bought a lot of fish from amk hub ntuc and 628 market.

ntuc - 2 whole fish - threadfin and batang (plus fish roe!!!!)

628 - $13 whole red snapper (ang guei 红鸡) - daddy says this fish is super good!

batang with turmeric powder is always nice! 

fish roe was amazing!!

red snapper cooked in black bean sauce

Kristie's bak chang

20 May 2023

old cucumber soup - so much nicer now!

below: black bean sauce mix

- ginger, garlic, onions, red chilli, black beans, chinese wine, sesame oil

18-19 May 2023

macaroni soup!

assam mee siam from 628 amk

pork ribs old cucumber soup with dried cuttlefish, fresh corn and red dates

agar agar jelly with gula melaka sugar and pandan from garden

roast chicken and iceberg lettuce stirfry

18 May 2023

late dinner

kuay chap after attending christen's army cadet graduation ceremony at pasir laba camp

16 May 2023 Tues

after downloading UoG's moodle submissions, went to whampoa and had nasi padang - sambal goreng, bergedel, cauliflower $4

dinner - cooked chicken soup and rest leftovers - no pics

15 May 2023 Mon

lunch - people's park 

(opposite chinatown point - take the bridge)

indian food was so good!

dinner - 

later went to maxwell market and tabao chicken rice
1/2 chicken $15 + $4 for 4 pkt rice

daddy had hk noodles with roast meats $3.50 and coffee

below: maxwell market - teochew porridge stall

14 May 2023 Sun

made jelly and pineapple drink

so much sugar!

lunch - cooked 2 dishes

- cabbage with tung hoon, black fungus and dried mushroooms with hae bi

- black pepper pork slices

- thai salad dressing

dinner - cooked a lot (no pics)

- chicken stew

- leeks with tau kuah and eggs and tung hoon

- chicken nuggets, you cha kauh stuffed with sotong ball

- leftover black pepper pork

also had cake and fruits and some jelly

13 May 2023 Sat

lots of veggies today

- baby spinach

- baby kailan

- corn, cucumber, onions and tomato

- corn, potato, carrot and onions soup (no meat)

fried udon

also cooked 2 packets of udon noodles with the leftover salted fish chicken stew (forgot to take pics)

13 May 2023 Sat

yesterday after lunch at changi, we went to Giant tampines

bought some veggies and fresh red snapper fillets!! 

so excited!!

so cooked them today - boiled in soup

(because i forgot to wash off the salt after soaking them in salt!)

dinner

- steamed minced pork - very nice! but no pics

- 3 pc red snapper fish with butter and wholegrain mustard + water

- 1 pc red snapper fish in fish stew gravy

Recipe - Butter Mustard Fish

1. fry garlic, set aside

2. add butter, add mustard (i used wholegrain mustard) and water

3. cook fish in gravy and season with black pepper, salt if needed

4. add veggies if you've prepared them - i used carrots, potatoes and onions

5. serve hot!

12 May 2023 Fri

went to Changi Beach Club for lunch 

(only 2 photos hehe)

we had 
- xi chap sliced toman fish with bittergourd
- pork ribs 排骨王
- fish maw soup

- hokkien black noodles

- fried string beans

temperature was 38 degree celsius - super HOT!

sky was blue and bright, great for photos!

11 May 2023 Thu

lunch - ikea 

- beef cheeks, 

- fish and chips, 

- meatballs (beef and pork)

dinner

- stir fried satay chicken

- leftover fish in salted fermented black bean sauce, xi chap

- fried bee hoon with cabbage and baby kailan - so nice!

10 May 2023 Wed

breakfast - hans - had ham omelette, ko ko had fish and chips

lunch - fried rice with salted fish and eggs - so good!

dinner - ikea beef cheeks and spring rolls - no pics, 

fried chinese cabbage - nice! (looked good, forgot to take pics)

9 May 2023 Tues

lunch - shared a turkish bbq chicken salad with daddy

dinner - cooked a lot!

- chicken with salted fish

- toman fish in black bean sauce

- fried crispy salted ikan kurau fish! er no pics for this :/

dinner - 

Recipe - toman "snakehead" fish xi chap

1. fish slices soaked in salted water for a while - the fish meat will be slippery and smooth

2. season with shaoxing chinese wine, ginger, sesame oil, light soya sauce

3. prepare xi chap mixture - chop the following:
- salted black beans

- garlic x1-2 cloves

- ginger - 2 inch, or about 10-15 slices for chopping

- red and green chilli - 1 each

4. fry xi chap mixture in oil (add more oil) - until fragrant

5. add oyster sauce, fish sauce, light soya sauce,

shaoxing chinese wine, sesame oil and cook together

6. add the fish to cook in the sauce/mixture, add dark soya sauce for colour

7. add some stock or water and boil a little till fish is cooked and coated

optional - add slurry if you want a thick sauce

8. switch off the fire and stir in shaoxing wine, fresh spring onions and coriander leaves

9. plate the dish, drizzle with sesame oil

10. add more fresh herbs/red chillis for garnish and serve hot

Chicken with Salted Fish

since i used frozen chicken that's thawed only a little, i braised the chicken and then grilled them.

ingredients

- salted fish - fried, set aside

- fry ginger, garlic, onions and chicken

- season with oyster sauce, sesame oil and shaoxing wine

- add salted fish pieces and water or stock to braise till chicken is cooked

8 May 2023 Mon

breakfast - went to heart centre, had kaya butter toast for breakfast there

lunch - steamed fish and char siew, sio bak from circuit road hawker

dinner - leftover sausages + $10 char siew, sio bak tabao from circuit road + leftover pork ribs + freshly cooked kiam chye soup with pork ribs - jannah ate up all the soup and pork ribs! no pics :(

7 May 2023 Sun

lunch - sausages and eggs and salad - no pics, except bottle of sausages from germany

dinner - batang fish soup with chinese cabbage and pork ribs - oh no! no pics!

Kristy came over and i made this batang fish soup with sng mi chou... 

think everyone had seconds except christen Lol 

to boil the soup added

- ikan billis stock cube + ti poh dried sole powder + chicken stock + veggies

- enoki mushrooms, 

- tomatoes, 

- bek chye (chinese cabbage), 

- sour plums, 

- kiam chye

again, forgot the black seaweed 😩ahhhhh

6 May 2023, Sat

went 628 amk market

bought sio bak $13, pig skin $1, 

ginger $3, 

mee siam $3.50, 

pork ribs $10 (1kg)

lunch - cooked + bought food

sio bak,

minced chicken patties, 

kunyit lemak chicken

dinner

ma po to fu without meat

sio bak

kunyit lemak chicken

leftover veg

5 May 2023, Fri

no pics

lunch - waterway - mee kia soup

dinner - casuarina - stuffed tau pok, ha cheong gai, grouper fish head and kang kong

4 May 2023 Thu

lunch - kovan - 

had curry rice with veggies - 

brinjal, broccoli, leeks with tau kuah and kiam chye 

tabao for jannah, total $8+

dinner - 

fried eggs, 

chicken kunyit lemak

slow cooked lotus root peanut soup with pork ribs 

pork ribs bought from kovan market $10 - so good!

3 May 2023 Wed

lunch with gu gu at spring leaf - braised duck (no pics)

dinner - forgot Lol prolly left overs

think kueh pie tee and mama's chicken curry

2 May 2023 Tues

cooked fish that clive gave

one piece unidentified fish type and the other is salmon head

washed the fish so many times and it's so fishy :(

made a turmeric kunyit assam curry and tried to eat it up, couldn't finish

1 May 2023 Mon

these sausages are scary! so red!

tasted good though, even though we peeled off all the red parts.

Chicken Stew!!!
made a stew with potatoes carrots onions and leftover bockwurst sausages

seasoned with tomato ketchup, hp and oyster sauce, salt and lots of pepper

so good!

fried eggs and chicken with soba sauce for the kids' dinner

(jannah, christen and aidan)

then went to casuarina to eat zhi char :)

grouper fish head xi chap - very nice!

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APRIL 2023

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in April, i tried cooking some new, some forgotten dishes

- fish soup and stew teochew style

- black pepper pork with sugar and black sauce (alow's recipe)
- roast meats - sio bak tabao

- pork leg rice with kiam chye

30 April 2023 Sun

after gu gu came to the house in the morning, 

daddy and i went to amk 409 market - 

most stalls were closed and we tried fish soup and noodles...

29 April 2023 Sat

had 1kg of pork collar

so i braised it with anyhow sauce and sliced into thin pieces

wah so tasty!

veggies!!

28 April 2023

erm, below here - omelette with ham and cheese

curry rice from kovan!!

$3.80 at Kovan

brinjal, kailan, mui chye with curry gravy and sambal belachan
- fried pork from ko ko Lol

27 April 2023

star - black pepper sliced pork! (alow's recipe)

26 April 2023

lunch - tried this roast meat stall at amk 421 - 

they sell peking duck in the evening, 

order in advanced and collect as early as 5pm

it's nice but the stall's hospitality is kinda cold :/

25 and 26 April 2023

breakfast from this new stall at telok blangah.

food is good and curry is nice!

below: noodles not available - 

cook started cooking late so only cooked dishes Lol

love this meal!

25 April 2023

sliced pork with black pepper and sugar

alow's recipe! aidan & jannah love it

Recipe - Black Pepper Sliced Pork
1. season pork, tenderise with baking powder if needed

2. fry onions, garlic, pork

3. add plenty of black pepper, 1tsp of sugar, dark soya sauce and cook

4. add some water if needed

5. serve hot!!

12 to 25 April 2023

ntuc sells pork liver all sliced nicely. also quite clean and affordable.

so i  cooked pork liver with ginger and spring onions a few times

the version where i boiled the liver before frying resulted in a clearer gravy.

24 April 2023 Mon

black pepper sliced pork!! alow's recipe!!

23 April 2023 Sun

lunch - fettucini and sausages

dinner - tabao from rong ji, 

(seletar market zhi char but uncle retired, son passed away)

dinner - tabao from rong ji, 

(seletar market zhi char but uncle retired, son passed away, original helpers/servers are retired)

22 April 2023 Sat

went market and bought sio bak.

then i passed a fishmonger and saw whitebait, 

so i bought whitebait! $4 ($3 per 100g)
also bought this ang sai fish (emperor red snapper).

made a stew and kinda steamed the ang sai in the pot.
wahhh. soooo yum!

cooked a teochew fish soup/stew with Ang Sai (Emperor Red Snapper)

fishmonger says i can steam it or make fish curry

small ang sai fish head $11

i decided to steam/stew it...

20 April 2023 Thu

below: hong lim - teochew meatball noodle

19 April 2023 Wed

breakfast before work at nafa 

- bee hoon, kuay teow mix, luncheon meat and fish fillet 

from albert street food centre

18 April 2023 Tues

breakfast - more white bee hoon!

remaining fish soup for dinner.

17 April 2023 Monday

breakfast - white bee hoon - telok blangah crescent

lunch - tabao western from amk central

dinner
it's a fish dinner! Lol
aidan and jannah love the fish soup!

bought batang fish (abt $25) and 

2 kee fish (about $10) from amk hub ntuc. 

Batang fish soup and grilled chilli-stuffed Kee fish

batang fish, cooked teochew style - soup! - success! yay!

also cooked kee fish stuffed with chopped fresh chillis
- very nice but too many bones :(

kee fish - didn't want to fry so grill
>> fry is better

breakfast

lunch tabao from amk central

16 April 2023 Sunday

celebrating Aidan's birthday - nam kee chicken rice for lunch and dinner

15 April 2023 Sat

9am - went amk hub to get some onions, garlic and ginger - and i forgot to get the garlic, ginger wasn't great, so no garlic and ginger :/ 

also got some batang fish $24+ and 2 kee fish $9+, fish balls x2 packets and some veggies.

after ntuc, went to 628 and ate mee siam, chin chow drink - quite nice! bought minced beef, sio bak $8, and got my ginger BUT forgot the garlic :/ uggh (later i found some insects living in my ginger. ewww sooo gross!!)

came back around 11.45am and started to clean up my fish and cook lunch. by the time i'm done, it's 3pm! geez.

lunch - 

kinda disorganized but finally grilled the sio bak, made the leftover rice hot, then cooked a pot of fish soup! omg, my soup is as good as what's sold at the shops!

dinner - 

roasted chicken with garlic powder and lemon juice. but i think my lemon's almost spoilt... uh, hope i won't get sick!

batang fish, cut into 8 small fillet pieces

i then cut about 4 fillet pieces into bite pieces and slices.

marinated batang fish for soup

- batang fish slices (bones removed) - 

fish was soaked in salt water, then remove liquid 

- learnt this from the fishmongers when i lived in woodlands

(fish meat will become slippery and smooth!)

- salt and white pepper

- shaoxing chinese wine

- ginger water, sliced ginger

- light soya sauce

- fish sauce

- sesame oil

(remember, no need cornflour)

Recipe - Batang Fish Soup

1. Slice batang into bite sized pieces, remove bones

2. marinate batang fish for soup

- salt and white pepper

- shaoxing chinese wine

- ginger water, sliced ginger

- light soya sauce

- fish sauce

- sesame oil

3. fish soup stock

- ikan bilis (i use ikan bilis stock cube)

- ti poh / dried sole powder

- ginger slices 

(young ginger is good for eating, 

old ginger is good for flavours)

- fried garlic, bawang goreng

- salt, fish sauce, light soya sauce, white pepper

- shaoxing chinese wine

- chinese cabbage - stalks (hard part, save the leaves for later)

4. boil fishballs till they float, 

heat through crab sticks, 

remove and set aside

5. add chinese cabbage leaves and tomato slices

6. add fish and boil till almost cooked. turn off fire.

add shaoxing wine and sesame oil.

add in the fishballs, crabstick pieces.

7. garnish with coriander, spring onions, fried garlic, serve hot.

dinner - roast chicken with lemon juice and garlic powder 

(didn't want to use frozen garlic)

14 April 2023 Fri

lunch - Kovan market with ko ko, dio dio and daddy

had kuay teow soup and pork leg rice!

dinner

- pork liver with ginger and spring onions

- pork collar slices with breadcrumbs and black pepper sauce

- string beans with egg and leftover char siew

- leftover beef rice from sukiya

- mui choy from kovan chai peng stall

- leftover kiam chye, tau yew egg and chicken

Recipe - Pork Liver with ginger and spring onions

1. marinate sliced pork liver with

- salt, white pepper

- light and dark soya sauce

- oyster sauce

- sugar

- shaoxing wine

- sesame oil

- cornflour

- fried garlic oil

2. fry ginger, white part of spring onions and chopped garlic

3. add pork liver and fry, add shaoxing wine

4. add sauce - light & dark soya sauce, oyster sauce, water

5. thicken with slurry - cornflour and water

6. stir fry till pork liver is just cooked

7. add green part of spring onions, fresh coriander, serve hot

Recipe - Black Pepper Sauce

1. fry butter with onions and chopped garlic

2. add black pepper 3-4 tbsp and fry

3, add sauce - HP sauce and tomato ketchup

4. thicken with cornstarch slurry

5. add salt to taste, serve hot

Recipe - Mini Pork Chop

1. i used sliced collar pork - season with

- salt, white and black pepper,

- light soya sauce,

- oyster sauce

- shaoxing wine

- fresh garlic paste or chopped

- cornstarch

- baking powder and water

- sesame oil

2. to the marinated pork,

add plain flour, 

some beaten egg, 

panko breadcrumbs

(i coat the string beans in this dry batter and fry them too - very nice!)

3. fry battered pork in some oil

4. grill till crispy 

5. serve with homemade black pepper sauce or sweet and sour sauce

below: after frying...

below: after grilling the fried pork pieces

below: pork with black pepper sauce

14 april - lunch at kovan

13 April 2023 Thu

worked from morning 9am to 5pm

my view on the bus on thu morning, 7.45am

breakfast - milk drink at home

lunch - mee kia noodle dry from albert street regular aunty's stall

dinner - bought char siew sio bak and pork leg rice with salted veggies

12 April 2023 Wed

morning - ntuc delivery - have lean sliced pork, sliced collar pork and sliced pig liver

lunch - leftover tau yew chicken

dinner - 

- pork liver with ginger and spring onions from the garden

- sliced pork with black pepper

- broccoli - yew choi 油菜

- leftover fish maw soup and tau yew chicken with boiled eggs

Recipe - Pork Liver

1. Pork liver slices season with

- salt and white/black pepper

- chopped or pounded garlic

- oyster sauce, light and dark soya sauce, mountain sauce

- sugar

- shaoxing wine

- cornflour

- fried garlic or onion oil

2. in hot oil, fry a lot of freshly sliced young ginger 

and thick white part of spring onions - fry till fragrant

3. Add pork liver and fry till pink

4. add water, chinese wine, sesame oil, slurry to thicken

5. stir in green part of spring onions and coriander

6. serve hot with rice

Recipe - Lean Pork with Black Pepper Sauce

1. pork seasoned with

- salt, white/black pepper

- light & dark soya sauce, mountain sauce

- oyster sauce

- garlic powder (ran out of garlic)

- shaoxing chinese wine

- cornflour

- oil

2. fry and brown pork with enough oil, set aside

3. make black pepper sauce:

- fry chopped garlic, quartered onions till fragrant

- add 2-3 tbsp grounded black pepper

- add butter, 1-2 tbsp

- add HP sauce x2 tbsp

- add tomato ketchup x1-2 tbsp

- add salt to taste

- add stock or water

- slurry to thicken

4. add fried pork and stir in gravy, add more quartered onions

5. dish out and garnish with green spring onions and coriander

6. serve hot with rice!

11 April 2023 Tues

worked 2-5pm replacement class

lunch - tuna sandwich and tea

tabao dinner - $10 char siew sio bak, noodles, fried kang kong

no pics

10 April 2023 Mon

went to waterway with christen and daddy.

lunch - ah ma mee pok soup - so good!! also got a watermelon boost drink!

went ntuc and got fruits, veggies and saba fish

dinner cooked...

- saba fish x1 packet, 4 pcs

- tau yew chicken and boiled eggs + sng mi chou (garlic chilli vinegar dip)

- fish maw soup

- boiled corn - cut into corn bits - so sweet!

i had COVID!!

29 March 2023 to 8 April 2023

Covid meals - 

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/03/111-covid-meals-march-to-april-2023.html

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9 April 2023 Sat - 

lunch - mutton briyani 

dinner - ad instant raman (shoyu) 

10 April 2023 Easter Sunday

cooked first huge meal with everyone at home.

jannah helped too

for veg, i only had sweet peas, carrots, onions, tomatoes and potatoes.

lunch

- abc soup with chicken stock and ti poh powder

- chicken minced and tofu stew -

with carrots, sweet peas, potatoes, tomatoes and onions

- fish cake with sweet and sour sauce

- omelette x6 eggs for 5 of us

i had COVID!!

29 March 2023 to 8 April 2023

Covid meals - 

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/03/111-covid-meals-march-to-april-2023.html

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