116. Our Food Diary - April to June 2024

OUR FOOD DIARY 2024

April, May, June 2024

what we ate from April to June 2024

and here are the star pics!

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no mummy and no helper.

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

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cook less but good dishes, 

try cooking rice for the day/meal

and less leftover dishes too

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what we ate and cooked in ...

- chicken with dried cordeceps, dried shitake mushrooms, beancurd skin

- fried tung hoon with egg and cabbage

- tung hoon with minced chicken

- minced chicken patties

- dumplings in chilli mix

- fresh button mushrooms

- tau yew bak / tau yu bak / teochew braised pork - with recipe

- 蒜泥醋 sng mi chou - chilli garlic vinegar dip - with recipe

- mee goreng

- kuay teow soup

- ayam soto with chilli garlic tomato sambal

- sambal goreng with the chilli garlic tomato sambal - with recipe

- song her fish head with taucheo sauce (chinatown)

- chilli sauce lala clams with egg (chilli crab style) - with recipe

- steamboat - sukiyaki, kimchi gochujiang, tomato, soup

- stir fried mixed veggies

- beef golden coin - with recipe

- roast pork - shoulder butt - with recipe

- salt baked chicken - with recipe

- salmon with taucheo sauce - with recipe

- simple steamed chicken with soya sauce - with recipe

- steamed pomfret teochew style - with recipe

- ayam lemak chillipadi

- spaghetti with mushrooms, tomatoes, olives and red peppers - with recipe

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JUNE 2024

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30 June 2024 Sun

lunch - cooked 

Recipe - Spaghetti with Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Olives and Red Peppers

1. almost cooked spaghetti seasoned with raw garlic and butter

(spaghetti boiled in salted water till just before al dente)

2. fry garlic with fresh button mushrooms and tomatoes, 

3. fry garlic with roasted red peppers, black and green olives 

4. fry garlic, add some salted water used to cook the spaghetti, 

then add seasoned spaghetti, cooked mushrooms, tomatoes, red peppers and olives

5. squeeze 1.2 a lemon, mix and serve hot

29 June 2024 Sat

brunch -  hans hor fun

daddy and ko ko had bacon and eggs

dinner - leftovers

- mala xiang guo with noodles, 

- sio bak and char siew

28 June 2024 Fri

morning - went chinatown doctor with daddy

lunch - steamed fish xichap style $20 - nice!

also ordered hor fun from another stall - ok lah

dinner cooked

- hdl stir fry mala xiang guo! (spicy!!)

using leftover shabu shabu collar pork and pork belly,

chinese cabbage, spinach, string beans and cucumbers 

would have been nice with mushroms and noodles - but did not add

- grilled chicken thighs

- leftover kiam chye soup

- char siew and sio bak bought on thu at 628 amk market

$11 sio bak

$5 char siew

27 June 2024 Thu

brunch - kuay teow soup 

from 628 amk yitong - nice

had a urology ct scan and then ate a bit at ttsh

- jannah ordered chye peng

didn't cook for dinner - aidan brought daddy out to eat

they tabao mapo tofu and jannah had fish and co fish and chips

ordered, had these delivered from ntuc

- the artichoke and red pepper mix is nice

tastes like my capsicums and mushroom antipasti

26 June 2024 Wed

lunch - kovan - curry rice $4.80

- brinjal, kailan, kiam chye and tofu leeks

dinner - kiam chye soup, sukiyaki & udon,

and leftover roast chicken

25 June 2024 Tues

lunch - newton with ko ko and dio dio

had fish bee hoon soup - lousy

went to visit ah liang (daddy had giddy spell)

dinner - steamboat with tomato soup

24 June 2024 Mon

lunch - leftover ayam lemak  -sos nice!

dinner - roasted a chicken and cooked kailan

and finally finished all the leftovers!

23 June 2024 Sun

lunch - christen had ah ma noodles

dinner - roast chicken with honey, mustard and tomato ketchup

also had corn and carrot, miso soup and leftovers

22 June 2024 Sat

breakfast - mee siam at wangs with jannah

not as nice as qiji's mee siam

(sent christen to bedok camp but 

he had to go home again for ndp duty LOL)

late lunch - cooked

- tau yew pak with boiled eggs and garlic chilli vinegar sauce

- leftover ayam lemak - added 4 large chicken wings - nice!

dinner - jalan kayu prata shop 

- no pics but food good!!

21 June 2024 Fri

lunch - cooked

- steam chicken with ginger paste

- ayam lemak chillipadi

steam chicken with homemade ginger paste

below: kunyit / Turmeric leaves & Limau Purut leaves

BEFORE (full pot) & AFTER (emptied pot!)

pot is emptied by just christen and me

20 June 2024 Thu

lunch - made green marrow or mo gueh soup with egg and tung hoon

dinner - tabao chicken rice form amk hub

morning - prepared some chicken and pork

and some green marrow (mo gueh) - look so fresh!

19 June 2024 Wed

brunch - fried ipoh kuay teow and black pepper pork

-with and without macaroni chilli

kuay teow fry with chilli nicer!

tea - beehoon dry $4 at nex. very nice!

dinner - tabao beef horfun and pork ribs 

from mong kok sembawang and black pepper pork

18 June 2024 Tues

lunch - pot luck at joey's house 

dave joined us and had fun :)

- i made chicken wings, cucumber and tomatoes

- edna made fried bee hoon putien style and prawns

- roger bought salad and microwaved some katsu chicken - quite nice Lol

- joey cooked shepherd's pie (with almost no salt) hahaha

dinner - remainder food from lunch

17 June 2024 Mon

mummy's bday so we went to the niche

(we left aidan behind by accident haha)

lunch - chinatown

had steamed fish, pork and papaya salad

dinner - steamed the pomfret teochew style

and heated up all the leftovers

below: hwi ching's dinner

turmeric salmon fish

Recipe - Steamed Pomfret Teochew Style

- you'll need a very fresh pomfret for steaming 

chinese silver pomfret (斗鲳, or dao chior her) - 

the best pomfret is the one with roundish fins/tail and body shape

today i used a 500g fish (steam for around 10min)

ref: https://ieatishootipost.sg/singapore-fish-files-pomfrets-and-pompanos/

other ingredients:

- sliced kiam chye 2-3 tbsp (soaked till less salty)

- sour plum x3. - seeds removed

- sliced ginger x10 pieces (add more if using young ginger)

(place ginger in fish belly and with other ingredients on the plate)

- sliced tomatoes x1 medium to large

- sliced red chillis x1 big

- sliced chinese mushrooms x4 - softened after soaking in hot water

- light soya and sprinkle of salt

- white pepper

- fried crispy garlic and shallots

- option: pork lard (raw)

garnish with fresh spring onions and coriander

dips:

- orange oil or kek yu

- sng mi chou

- tau cheo and chillipadi

for explanations or commentary, refer to this video...

https://youtu.be/-o_wshYvV_Q?si=d6lKTFb-sNjI4BWu

take note - 

she uses wine and sesame oil and pours hot oil after steaming

but teochew steamed fish is more PLAIN or  cheng/qing/清,

don't use wine, sesame oil and hot oil!

just use salt, light soya sauce and white pepper)

16 June 2024 Sun

breakfast - 628 amk market

had a red bean pancake, some fried carrot cake and soya bean drink

bought 1kg tiger prawns (HUGE!!) for $18

so excited to cook those prawns!

lunch -  with christen

leftover stew with rice

dinner - cooked

(daddy went to eat buffet at the singapore swimming club)

- prawns with assam

- steamed ginger paste chicken - 2 giant boneless leg

- fried cauliflower

15 June 2024 Sat

lunch - sengkang hospital

beef pho with kuay teow and plenty of spinach - nice!

dinner - aidan used his $50 grab voucher 

to get western food from collins

squid tentacles with chips

pork chop, pork ribs and sausage with salad and pasta

aidan ordered chicken chop

14 June 2024 Fri

lunch -  (no pics) cooked/prepared

cucumber, honey cherry tomatoes and

chicken stew with potatoes, carrots, corn, onions and tomatoes - so yum!!

for aidan, christen and jannah and me

dinner - aston's salad buffet

13 June 2024 Thu

late morning - minced garlic, ginger paste and chillis

cooked the ginger paste and chillis with tomatoes

have yet to use these

lunch - made salad and cooked in a small metal pot...

minced chicken with tung hoon - so good!

added tung hoon last m inute because i had a lot of gravy LOL

whole pot was eaten up by me, aidan and jannah

pics not too great though

dinner - jalan kayu for indian food

very nice :D

dinner - jalan kayu for indian food

very nice :D

12 June 2024 Wed

lunch - woodleigh for grouper fish soup

dinner - roast chicken thighs, fried eggs and baby kailan,

grilled saba fish not nice :(

11 June 2024 Tues

brunch - rempah sgh (no pics)

dropped the CPF medisave form

tabao lontong, mee siam, kueh salat and pandan chifforn cake

the lontong and mee siam so so... 

but the kuehs very very nice!

dinner - cooked something simple

- fried eggs

- chicken thigh with salt and pepper

- mixed veggies with mushrooms and beancurd skin

- leftover corn soup - added chicken bones

10 June 2024 Mon

lunch - nex - japanese set lunch!

jannah had chicken egg rice and i had pork katsu don

we found lunch kinda too sweet :/

dinner - steamboat - soup 

(aidan didn't want skiyaki)

9 June 2024 Sun

lunch - ah or teochew restaurant

- crayfish chilli

- leatherjacket fish tau xi style with bittergourd

- hae chor or ngo hiang

- su chye

- braised tofu 

- fried mee suah

- yam paste - or nee

dinner - sukiyaki at home

- chicken, pork, beef, fish balls

- carrots, chinese cabbage, button mushrooms

- udon and soft tofu

below: lunch - teochew

below: dinner - sukiyaki

8 June 2024 Sat

breakfast - leftover chicken, mushrooms and rice

lunch - (very late 3.30pm+) western at amk hub

dinner - fried rice and salad

7 June 2024 Fri

breakfast - dry mee siam with tea - nice!

lunch - chiffon cake - nice!

dinner - mee pok bak chor mee - chai chee branch at OCH - yuck

6 June 2024 Thu

brought jannah to kkh and then to sgh a&e

we had milo before going 

and then didn't get to eat till 2+pm 

- just kaya butter toast... 

and then didn't get to eat till 11+pm - kuay chap

(jannah didn't eat for 2 days)

kuay chap $5.60

- pig skin

- fish cake

- tau guah

- kim chye

- 1 bowl kueh

5 June 2024 Wed

brunch - ayam soto and soya bean drink (628 amk)

tea - white carrot cake

dinner - cooked

simple steamed chicken with soya sauce,

fried eggs and mushrooms

stir fried leftover chinese and beijing cabbage with enoki mushrooms

Recipe - Simple Steam Chicken

- season chicken with salt, white pepper and chinese shaoxing wine

- fry garlic in pot till fragrant 

- then add water (enough to steam the chicken)

- add seasoning to liquid 

- add light soya sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, salt and white pepper

- add chicken into the pot and cover pot 

- braise with slow/medium fire for about 30-45 min depending on size of chicken

- once chicken is done, add wolfberries and serve hot with steamed rice

4 June 2024 Tues

brunch - 628 amk - had odds and ends Lol

carrot cake, soya bean drink, chicken rice

dinner - whampoa market

had fish head $24 and pork $7 

- ok lah, not great

3 June 2024 Mon

lunch with jannah 

- leftover dumplings, duck, abc soup 

and cabbage with tung hoon

dinner - steamboat (nice!)

with haidilao tomato soup base

- enoki mushrooms

- pork shoulder butt shabu shabu

- fresh chicken x2 thighs

- fishballs, pork and beef balls, sotong balls

- chinese cabbage

- seaweed

- beancurd skin

- udon

2 June 2024 Sun

lunch - cooked

- corn carrot tomato potato soup

- cabbage with mushrooms, black fungus and tung hoon

- grilled smoked duck with fried potatoes

1 June 2024 Sat

lunch & dinner - dumplings and leftovers

leftover salt baked chicken, chye sim & minced pork (no pics)

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MAY 2024

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31 May 2024 Fri

breakfast at 8+am - long queue at lake view beehoon stall

(on the way to se the endocrine specialist)

early dinner - chinatown smith street 

$20 song fish head, rice 80 cents a bowl

30 May 2024 Thu

breakfast - kimchi instant noodles (no pics)

with eggs, oyster mushrooms and chinese cabbage

lunch - cooked

- minced pork 

- fried eggs 

- fried button mushrooms

- leftover soup (just added water, ikan bilis cube and seasoning)

dinner - salt baked

- wings and kampong chicken (only got a very small half LOL)

- fried baby chye sim

this time, i baked the chicken for about 30min 

and then had to steam another 30min to make sure it's cooked

30 May 2024 (cont'd)

dinner - salt baked

- wings and kampong chicken (only got a very small half LOL)

- fried baby chye sim

this time, i baked the chicken for about 30min 

and then had to steam another 30min to make sure it's cooked

30 May 2024

below: Salt baked chicken

1. add pandan, ginger, dang gui, wolfberries 

and red dates on the grease paper

2. place the chicken on top

3. top chicken with pandan, ginger, dang gui,

wolfberries and red dates

4. wrap the chicken with the paper 

and cover with hot coarse salt

5. bake 220 degrees for about 30-45 min,

afterwards you can steam if chicken is still raw

6. serve chicken hot

29 May 2024 Wed

brunch - bahn mi - omg this shop sells good ones!

tea - soon kueh x2 and 1 mushroom pie

dinner - fish maw chinese cabbage soup with fishballs and pork minced balls

below: leftovers - salmon and shabu shabu pork

left: bought bailey's at around 50% off

28 May 2024 Tues

lunch - fishball with dry beehoon at bishan j8

dinner - mee siam, chendol, char kuay teow at amk hub

left: bought 2 papayas at amk hub ntuc

right: receipt - Lol forgot to take a pic of the mee siam

27 May 2024 Mon

lunch - with jannah at peoples park

dinner - salmon fish head & bones with taucheo sauce

lunch

- 鱼香肉丝 shredded pork stir fry

- brinjal with minced meat

below: how to cook 魚香肉絲

27 May 2024

dinner - Salmon fish head and bones with taucheo sauce

Recipe - Salmon fish head and bones with taucheo sauce

1. soak fish in salt water, set aside then add pepper and coat with corn flour

2. fry the fish and set aside to grill till golden

3. cover/ baste fish with a layer of taucheo sauce 

4. grill fish again with taucheo sauce

5. once golden, serve fish hot with fragrant jasmine rice

below: cover/baste fish with taucheo sauce

then grill again till golden/crispy

grill fish - here i used about 200 degrees

above: grill fish with taucheo sauce

below: serve fish hot

26 May 2024 Sun

lunch - sg swimming club - buffet

- mushrooms in brown sauce (vegetarian)

- asparagus with prawns

- fried mee sua with dory fish

- brinjal with minced pork

- pineapple fried rice (vegetarian)

- celery with vegetarian fish (vegetarian)

- lotus root, black bean soup (vegetarian)

- friots and salad (forgot to take pics LOL)

dinner - cooked

- kangkong with oyster sauce

- fried salmon with taucheo sauce (added a squeeze of lime)

- fried shabu shabu pork with scallions

Recipe - Taucheo Sauce

fry below then add some water

- taucheo x1-2 tsp

- garlic x6-7 cloves

- red chilli x4

- green chilli x3

- sour plum, sng bueh x3-4

- juice from fresh small limes x1-2

- sugar x1tsp

- optional: shallots x1-2

- optional - slurry (cornstarch mixed with water)

Recipe - Fish with Taucheo Sauce

1. fry seasoned fish with cornstarch

2. set aside fish on a grilling tray

3. add taucheo sauce

4. grill for 5min, 150-175 degrees or until fish skin is sizzling/crispy

5. serve fish hot

25 May 2024 Sat

brunch - 628 amk market 

- ate fried kuay teow and beehoon

lunch - korean steamboat with the kids!

 

Dinner - sengkang hospital - 

i had beef pho with extra spinach 

- sooo good! (no pics)

below: jannah's lunch on Sun with leftover soup

24 May 2024 Fri

brunch - 628 amk - fried kuey teow, beehoon

bought a chinese pomfret for $12, about 400+g - wow, so fresh!

dinner - can't remember!

23 May 2024 Thu

lunch - leftovers for lunch

went amk ntuc to get ingredients for steamboat

dinner - steamboat & leftover tau yu bak

22 May 2024 Wed

Vesak Day PH 

(unwell with uti uggh)

- spaghetti with tomato gravy

- chicken stew

- miso soup with chinese cabbage

- salt baked chicken

21 May 2024 Tues

lunch - teochew restaurant at bendemeer

( used to be called guan hin)

- crayfish xi chap

- ngo hiang

- su chye

- braised goose

- kong bak and bao

dinner - can't remember Lol 

maybe didn't eat

20 May 2024 Mon

lunch at nex - beehoon fishball noodles

dinner - leftover tau yu bak and salt baked chicken

19 May 2024 Sun

had some seasoned pork and chicken in the fridge 

(i bought them on thursday, must cook today!)

pork shoulder on offer $24 (about 1.15kg)

chicken 1.4kg $12

started to prep and cook quite late, after 10am :(

lunch - cooked

- braised pork shoulders then roasted them

- braised hard boiled eggs

- salt baked chicken (no time to cook through)

- stir fried chinese cabbage with mushrooms, beancurd skin, sesame oil

dinner - cooked

- salt baked chicken

- veggie - baby kai lan and leftover chinese cabbage with beancurd skin

Recipe: Roasted Braised Pork （烤五花肉)

1. soak pork pieces in brine (2-3 days)

brine 

- water to cover pork

- salt 2tbsp 

- baking powder 1-2 tbsp depending on amount of water and pork

- light soya sauce

- shaoxing chinese wine

2. fry aromatics and make gravy for braise pork

(tau yu bak recipe)

3. add pork and water to cover pork, braise

- high heat, boiling for 30min

- covered and low heat for 20min 

4. add roasting basting sauce on braised pork

sauce to baste pork before roasting:

- honey 1 tbsp

- 5 spice powder 1 tbsp

- light soya sauce 1 tbsp

- shaoxing chinese wine 2 tbsp

- oil 4-5 tbsp

- salt and pepper to taste

5. roast pork till golden brown on both sides

serve with braised pork gravy,

braised hard boiled eggs and

garlic chilli and vinegar sauce (sng mi chou)

below: roast the pork on both sides

here i just turned the pork to roast the other side

below: tender pork when cut with a butter knife!

19 May 2024 Sun

a new attempt on salt baked chicken,

using the real big coarse salt

Recipe - Salt Baked Chicken

1. season whole chicken 

with salt, white pepper, shaoxing wine,

leave in the fridge to dry (i left them for 2-3 days)

2. wrap with grease paper

- on the grease paper, 

place ginger, red dates, wolf berries and dang gui 

on the top and bottom of chicken

- add chinese shaoxing wine (about 2-3 tbsp)

- fold paper and wrap, use another paper if needed

3. prepare the pot for baking

- heat up coarse salt by frying in dry pan

- add hot salt at bottom of baking pot

- add wrapped chicken and pandan leaves (don't forget!)

- cover chicken with hot coarse salt

- cover pot with lid or aluminium foil

3kg coarse salt from giant supermarket $1.50

4. bake chicken in the oven - i used the turbo oven, 

200-220 degrees, 60-70 min

1 add pandan leaves from the garden

5. remove chicken from pot and unfold the paper

6. serve chicken hot and with fragrant white steamed rice

this attempt makes chicken a bit dry... 

perhaps i should steam the chicken in a pot with a bit of water

will be yummy i'm sure!

below: Reference Videos

notes from the above video:

link: https://youtu.be/q0fncSRmkmM?si=O5PRPLcajyzyMYvg

Hakka Salt-Baked Chicken is a traditional classic of chicken "baked" in coarse salt. Back when the modern oven was not available, the Hakkas would fry coarse salt and bury the chicken in the smoking hot salt to cook it. These days, this dish is hard to find in Singapore so when I see it on the menu, I make it a point to order it! 

Hakka Salt-Baked Chicken

A whole 1.8-2kg chicken

3kg coarse sea salt 

50g ginger 

50g shallots 

25g garlic

2 tablespoons oil 

2 tablespoons sesame oil 

Salt and sugar to taste 

below: another reference video - a different way to salt-bake a chicken

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18 May 2024 Sat

breakfast - jannah made scrambled eggs - 

had eggs with buttered toast, 

fresh cucumber, tomatoes and fuji apples

kkh scan at 11.30am

lunch - tabao fish soup from 628 amk

dinner - leftover beef and rice

17 May 2024 Fri

lunch - amk central zi char

mapo tofu for me :D

dinner - leftover beef, omelette, pork

16 May 2024 Thu

lunch - tabao 

char siew sio bak roast duck rice from 628 amk

had mee siam at qiji after buying pork and chicken from ntuc

dinner - cooked

- golden coin beef soup and rice

- fried egg omelette

- stiry fried pork shabu shabu with baby kai lan

- cut fresh cucumber

- fried leftover pasta shells with chopped garlic and beef soup

15 May 2024 Wed

kyi kyi cleaned the house 

so i ate leftovers for breakfast & lunch

dinner - steamboat

- chinese cabbage, white crab mushrooms, tomato

- shabu shabu beef

- pork, beef and sotong balls 

- black seaweed

- beancurd skin

14 May 2024 Tues

brunch - seletar mall hans - hor fun!

dinner - cooked

- minced pork with long beans

- fried eggs

- stir fried cabbage

ate with leftover fried whitebait fish 

and macaroni chili sauce

13 May 2024 Mon

lunch - waterway - ah ma noodle 

(promised to bring christen)

dinner - chicken macaroni soup

12 May 2024 Sun

happy mother's day!

lunch - sichuan restaurant at jalan selaseh 

with daddy, ko ko and dio dio

- cold dish - prawn salad, ngo hiang, jellyfish, garlic pork

- fish maw crab soup

- sea cucumber and abalone with duck web feet

- fried cereal prawn

- pork belly with bun

($228++ too ex!)

dinner - rong ji (christen's treat!!) 

with daddy, kristy, christen, jannah

- assam red grouper fish head $38

(claypot fish head and curry fish head sold out!)

- hainanese pork chop (S) $12

(sweet and sour pork sold out!)

- sambal sweet potato leaves (S) $12

- cai poh omelette (L) $12

- veggie soup (luffa gourd kak gueh with egg) $6

- rice $5

- aidan bought some lok lok bites from another stall (nice!)

jannah made me a very cool card!

below: mother's day card

main sketch - jannah

rat - by aidan

my 3 toes and christen's belly button - by christen

11 May 2024 Sat

lunch - leftovers

- leftover chicken rice, batang fish, su chye, omelette with cabbage, spinach ytf soup, chicken pie, curry puff, pizza

dinner 

- assam sotong with black sauce

- fried eggs

- fried minced chicken patties

- lala with nicky's chilli crab sauce

- cooked macaroni chilli with lime

Recipe: Nicky's Chilli Crab Sauce with Lala

1. fry aromatics

aromatics

- red and green chilli

- onions

- garlic

- ginger

- galangal (blue ginger)

- fresh coriander

2. add sauce mix and water/stock if needed

sauce mix:

- tomato ketchup x3 tbsp

- chilli sauce x3 tbsp

- lime juice x1 tbsp

- assam mixed with water x3-4 tbsp

- rice vinegar x1 tbsp

- salt and black pepper

- water + slurry

3. boil prepared lala in the sauce

boil lala in salted/seasoned stock, set aside

4. add beaten eggs x2

5. plate, garnish and serve hot

10 May 2024 Fri

lunch - tabao form 628 amk

chicken rice from new stall called "louis"

- half chicken $14

- crystal chicken feet/claw $5

- chicken rice x3 $3

spinach ytf soup with extra spinach $5.50

nasi padang (forgot to take pics)

- beef rendang (very tender!!)

- sambal goreng

- bergedel

9 May 2024 Thu

lunch - ate leftover su chye and pork belly with jannah

dinner - cooked 

- omelette stuffed with cabbage and onions, 

- batang fish in black sauce and 

- fried dumplings

- leftover su chye

8 May 2024 Wed

lunch - serangoon market 

i had steamed chicken tonic soup for lunch - so fragrant!

daddy had turkish salad with bbq chicken

dinner - cooked

- su chye

- pork belly and ribs with light & dark soya sauce, sugar, oyster sauce

- plain cucumber

- fried whitebait fish with limau purut leaves and garlic

- leftover pork soup

7 May 2024 Tues

lunch - bishan central hawker at carpark level 2

had beef knife cut noodles $8 and dumplings $6- not bad

went kkh expecting to do a biopsy but doc ordered another scan and said that they'll use the scan to do the biopsy. so took the shuttle and mrt to amk.

dinner - amk central zhi char

beef with bittergourd and mapo tofu - v nice!!

6 May 2024 Mon

lunch - christen and me

cooked minced beef with potatoes and carrots

leftover ha cheong gai and ngo hiang

pork rib soup (not ready for lunch)

dinner - all at home + kristy

- pork rib soup

- mushrooms, veggies with beancurd skin

- roast potatoes and carrots

- fried eggs with tung hoon

- leftover beef mince, ha cheong gai and ngo hiang

below: how christen sets the table for ricebowl LOL (wrong!)

5 May 2024 Sun

lunch - singapore swimming club 

dinner -tabao from casuarina zhichar

dim sum 

- pei dan century egg porridge

- carrot cake

- vegetable tofu roll (black fungus stuffing)

others:

- pork ribs (i didn't have this)

- tofu with spinach

- asparagus with xo sauce

- crab fried rice

4 May 2024 Sat

breakfast - kaya butter toast and egg (jannah)

rainy morning!

after driving christen to camp, went ya kun seletar mall for breakfast

then went ntuc and got some mushrooms and sliced pork collar for steamboat!

lunch - steamboat

- pork collar 2 packets $10+ (promo)

- beef balls 

- fish balls

- chinese cabbage

- enoki mushrooms

- white mushrooms

- tomato x1

- beancurd skin

- black seaweed

- tung hoon

ok... so what to cook for dinner? 😫😩

3 May 2024 fri

morning - daddy had to go to the doctor, dr jonathon yeo at chinatown

lunch - steamed song her fish head with taucheo and soup dumplings (chinatown)

dinner - chicken rice 

from smith street chinatown food centre 

(chicken coated in turmeric to make the skin look yellow)

2 May 2024 thu

went out with jac

lunch - giant tampines kuay chap - so so lah

dinner - tabao 

- beef and brinjal from zhi char stall $19

- spinach yong tau foo for aidan $5

- chicken chop $7 with extra chicken +$5 from amk central

no pics

1 May 2024 wed 

labour day public holiday

aidan in JB, so just christen, jannah, daddy and me

lunch - no energy to cook

tabao for christen and jannah

- mapo tofu

- fried hokkien noodles

- mutton briyani

daddy and i went to sengkang hospital

- noodles - very un-memorable LOL

dinner - briyani

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APRIL 2024

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30 April 2024 Tues

lunch - nasi padang form 628amk - no pics

tabao and went ko ko's place to eat

- brinjal, sambal goreng and tempe 

with belacan and ayam lemak gravy

dinner

made sambal goreng with leftover sambal from soto

29 April 2024 Mon

lunch - forced christento go waterway 

we had ah ma noodles - wow, so good! - no pics

came back and snacked on takoyaki and ice cream

dinner - 

kristy's mum's rendang (very good!)

and leftover tau yu bak, rice

28 April 2024 Sun

lunch - ayam soto

today, i made the chilli sambal to go with the soto since i had some leftover chillis lying around and i haven't made this sambal since nanik left. 

recipe: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2023/12/75-soto-ayam-and-bergedel-naniks-recipe.html

28 April 2024

so today, i made the sambal chilli that goes with the ayam soto. it's in the recipe that nanik gave but i've not made it since she left...

 

so, today, i felt like having it again... but made some "adjustments" to the recipe LOL. the original was simply blended/ground fresh red chillis and garlic but i added tomatoes for my version and some green chillis that were lying around...

the "adjusted" chilli sambal turned out really nice!!

Recipe - Chili Sambal 

to accompany the Ayam Soto (Indonesian)

1. grind/blend together:

(i blended these after i made the soto rempah)

- red chilli x6-7

- green chilli x4-5

- garlic x2-3

- tomatoes x2 - cut into cubes

- season with salt, light soya sauce and sugar

- add a bit of lime juice

2. fry the blended mix with oil and limau purut

3. add water or chicken stock or use stock cube, season to taste

4. cook the sambal till the chilli is soft

5. serve with ayam soto (see pics below)

i think i might use this sambal 

for sambal goreng or to fry petai!

27 April 2024 Sat

early morning - sent christen to bedok camp for his guard duty

then went 628 amk market to get tau geh and lime...

breakfast - heated leftover rice and tau yew bak - wow, nice!

jannah had this too before she went out the whole day!

lunch - ikea for the pork collar and spring rolls

dinner - leftover tau yu bak and rice - so good still!!

also had spring rolls and lava cake!

26 April 2024 Fri

breakfast - couldn't get out of bed :/

lunch/dinner - cooked tau yu bak for lunch

- added all the pork

- tau pok

- tau guah

- 12 eggs hard boiled

Tau Yu Bak / Tau Yew Bak

borneo pork 

- shoulder butt @$2.15/100g - $22.40 (just over 1kg)

- twee bak @$1.76/100g - $10.20 (0.58 kg)

25 April 2024 Thu

breakfast - beehoon dry - 

this time, i asked for tomato ketchup and the balance of taste seems better.

lunch - dim sum - jacinta's treat

- with david, ash, benson and leonard

5pm - mee siam at qiji amk hub

went to ntuc to buy chicken and pork to cook during the weekend

chicken 

- 1.4kg $11.40

borneo pork 

- shoulder butt @$2.15/100g - $22.40 (just over 1kg)

- twee bak @$1.76/100g - $10.20 (0.58 kg)

tabao soya sauce chicken for $8.80

but didn't eat till Fri

dinner - aidan tabao tori-Q. always quite nice!

24 April 2024 Wed

breakfast - daddy went hans, seletar mall

he had the scrambled eggs and bacon set.

ate a bit of his food... no appetite

lunch - kuay teow soup with tau geh/beansprouts

using packet chicken stock to cook an egg, chicken breast slices, white muchrooms, spinach and black seaweed - so nice!

dinner - no pics

tabao from casuarina and cooked spinach soup

- ha cheong gai 

- venison with ginger spring onions

23 April 2024 Tues

so much more relaxed today, 

since majority of my work is done!

lunch - ikea

pork collar $14.50

spring rolls x4

siew mai x4

bought for ko ko and dio dio pork collar, chicken wings, spring rolls

tea - soup spoon

beef goulash and clam chowder $9.90

dinner - anyhow cook

mee goreng (tau geh, bean sprouts spoilt uggh)

rice with pig skin and gravy, 

leftover charsiew sio bak, cornbeef and ladysfingers

22 April 2024 Mon

lunch - leftover cornbeef and ladysfingers

then went for module moderation and review meeting 2-6pm

dinner - people's park with daddy

ordered brinjal and beef knife-cut noodles

tabao chicken rice and tomato egg for aidan, kristy and jannah

21 April 2024 Sun

morning - went 628amk market

had fried beehoon and fried egg, veggies for breakfast

lunch

- bought spinach yong tofu soup for aidan and jannah

- and cooked rice

dinner

- grilled the market char siew $5, sio bak $10

- stir fry kang kong and ladysfingers

20 April 2024 Sat

lunch - had no mood or energy to cook😡😩😩

wanted to get chicken rice but nobody wanted to help me get it, so decided to cook... 

BUT BUT BUT... i couldn't get into it.

fried 7 eggs but turned out scrambled and all stuck in my non stick pan :(

fried tofu but the tofu turned out smashed and yucky looking. tasted ok though LOL

fried lotus roots and cauliflower - but because i prepared them like 5 days ago (on mon), i decided to throw those away...

so i gave up cooking!!

good thing kristy brought quite a lot of food 

and her food supplemented the veggies that i cooked!

dinner

slept all afternoon and then felt better 

so, cook something simple for dinner... and fast!! 

coz christen had to book into camp and leave the house at 8+pm!!

- fried rice with garlic, spring onions and egg, with a bit of butter

- fried mushrooms with garlic and butter

- fried cornbeef - so good... been a while since we last ate this!

not sure why everything tasted soooo good! LOL

prepared a lot of greens - kang kong and spinach 

but didn't cook them...

19 April 2024 Fri

rushed to work to finish my marksheets ... stressed LOL

lunch - after i'm done with marking, met jannah for bibimbap!

and afterwards, had my last class for dm3k.

dinner - had dumplings with jannah 

and then crashed and slept when i got home!

18 April 2024 Thu

wk 15 assessment day - out all day for work

breakfast - ham and egg sandwich with jannah at 4 seasons cafe

lunch - malay food - had to rush - quite ex, had omelette, sambal goreng.. abt $6.50

dinner - daddy had lor mee and 

i had the bai nian yong tau hoo $6 so ex.

17 April 2024 Wed

PUB did some road surface works after digging into the road to fix a leaking water pipe. 

breakfast - 

628 amk market had vegetarian beehoon. don't like :(

and then went amk hub

tabao one strawberry kiwi peach custurd pastry from crollo for aidan... looks nice!

lunch - amk central - had satay beehoon

tabao lunch for aidan and kristy

- fried rice, watercress soup, steamed kai lan, mapo tofu

dinner - went to eat charcoal fish steamboat

we originally ordered the large steamboat with grouper but when i said to mix with pomfret all they did was to change the fish to pomfret only.

pomfret charcoal steamboat L $72
"tang or" veggie $4

pork ribs with salted egg $12

rice x5 $5

total around $112, 

after 10% service charge and 9% GST

below: edited video

below: walking from the car (parked along the road) 

to the fish steamboat shop at north bridge road

below: dinner at north bridge road - 

charcoal fish steamboat

below: dessert at shop opposite

16 April 2024 Tues

lunch - waterway for ah ma's noodles

dinner - karaage chicken and tofu with leftover curry veggies

no pics

15 April 2024 Mon

used chicken feet stock 

to make lotus root soup

lunch - tabao from waterway 

- takoyaki from don don donki, 

- ah ma noodles for aidan,

- ah ma meatballs and liver for me

dinner -

- lotus root soup with chicken feet

- karaage chicken and tofu from don don donku

- leftover liver, meatballs

- salt baked chicken from lam's noodles

14 April 2024 Sun

lunch - amk central

had mapo tofu!! so good!!

dinner - sengkang hospital

jannah and i had beef pho. nice and no pics

daddy had steak and pasta

12 April 2024 Sat

so lazy. cooked lunch - no coordination for dishes

cooked what i needed to cook so that it wouldn't spoil LOL

lunch

- fried button mushroom with garlic, tomatoes and butter

- cabbage tomato curry

- dumplings (bought 20 dumplings for $3)

- boiled belly pork and shoulder butt pieces made on wed - cold with oyster sauce

dinner

- kang kong with sambal belacan and dried prawns

- more dumplings

- grilled frozen cod fingers and fish tempura

- leftovers

below: button mushrooms - 1kg $14 ntuc

still look so good even after 1 week in the fridge!

below: wow! mushrooms kept well in the fridge for 1 week and still look so good!!

13 April 2024 Fri

lunch - cooked before rushing to work

- roasted 1/2 chicken (plate too small to fit 2 half chicken)

- steamed the other 1/2 chicken with cordeceps, black fungus and ginger

dinner - leftovers

tau yew bak and chicken from lunch

11 April 2024 Thu

breakfast - beehoon dry from fishball noodle stall

lunch - ham and egg sandwich with tea

dinner - korean instant noodles at fortune centre

tabao some dumplings - ordered 20 pcs x3 packets 

- @$3 each packet with 20 dumplings

no pics

10 April 2024 Wed

hari raya puasa public holiday

lunch -

managed to cook a soup with pork belly,

tau yew bak with hard boiled eggs

stir fried chinese cabbage with oil used to cook the garlic, sugar and spices

dinner -

microwaved leftover rice with the tau yew bak

sooooo good!!

Recipe: Braised Pork, Teochew Style (Tau Yew Bak)
- pork shoulder butt + twee bak
(soaked in salted water and some baking powder)

- garlic cloves x8-10

- shallots x3-5 

- white peppercorn - coursely grounded x1-2 tsp

- cloves x6

- star anise x2 whole

- white and raw sugar >> cook till it turns to caramel

- salt, light and black/dark soya sauce

Recipe: Teochew Chilli Garlic Sauce (Sng Mi Chou) 蒜泥醋

- tau cheo x1/2 tsp

- garlic x5 - chopped

- red chilli x1 - chopped

- sugar x1/4 tsp

- rice vinegar 5-6 tbsp

9 April 2024 Tues

brunch - coffeebean - waffle and scrambled eggs with coffee x2 sets $10

4.30pm snack - leftover rice with chicken patties, fishcakes and tunghoon with cabbage (so good with a squeeze of fresh lime and chillipadi!!) - sorry, ate it all up and no pics!

dinner - daddy tabao from 628 one coffeeshop chye peng stall. not bad

morning - went to amk ntuc... bought below:

(total about $100)

chicken and pork

1 whole chicken (large, 1.4kg) - $11.40

chicken feet x2 pkt - total $3.20

pork shoulder butt 五花肉 (abt 1kg) - $24.66

twee bak (abt 400g) $6.65

pork belly (2 small pieces) $5.60

frozen spare ribs 500g x2 pkt (offer) $9.50 

veggies

corn on the cob 

chinese cabbage

cauliflower

sweet beans/peas

kang kong 

baby potatoes

tomatoes

cucumber

(fresh button mushrooms 1kg - delivery)

spring onions

coriander

chillipadi - red and green

8 April 2024 Mon

lunch - 

leftover chicken with cordyceps and beancurd skin

and small bak chang 

dinner - 

minced chicken patties and 

tung hoon with fishcakes, cabbage and eggs

7 April 2024 Sun

lunch - singapore swimming club - 

jade pheonix chinese restaurant

had too much to eat!

(dinner - leftovers)

jellyfish salad

fried whitebait fish

fried brinjals with pork floss

pork ribs x5 @$15 per person

fried mee pok with prawns

dim sum

century egg porridge

vegetarian dumplings

crispy crab and prawn rolls

fried carrot cake with egg and chai poh

glutinous rice wrapped with lotus leaf

chinese tea

杨梅一字肉骨 $12.80 per person

Baked Pork Rib with Chinese Bayberry

dim sum menu

6 April 2024 Sat

lunch - cooked for kids

- chicken with cordeceps, chinese mushrooms, tau kee

- fried tung hoon with eggs

- fried cabbage

daddy and i went to chu huay lin teochew restaurant for lunch

with adrian, ko ko and dio dio

dinner 

leftovers from lunch and korean dumplings in lao gan ma sauce

below: teochew dishes 

from chu huay lin restaurant

more: https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2024/01/75-teochew-cuisine-my-chinese-heritage.html

Appetiser - 

tastes cold, juicy, sweet, sour, some spice/sng buei flavours

chilled cherry tomatoes marinated with sour plum

冰镇梅汁小番茄

pig trotter terrine 猪脚冻

ngoh hiang with crispy noodles

生炸五⾹枣

Braised Duck with Beancurd 

卤鸭拼豆干

teochew braised duck and tofu with sng mi chou

(must have rice LOL, duck has a little cardamon flavour)

Braised Duck with Beancurd 

卤鸭拼豆干

steamed pomfret teochew style

潮蒸鲳鱼

teochew su chye 蔬菜

menu says - conpoy (dried scallops) braised with 8 vegetarian treasures

干贝八宝蔬

Wok Fried 'Kway Teow' with Diced 'Kai Lan' and Preserved Radish 

菜脯芥兰炒粿条

desserts - oh nee 金瓜福果芋泥 (yam, pumpkin, ginko nuts)
tau suan 福果绿豆爽
and ah bo ling with white fungus 鸭母捻

5 April 2024 fri

lunch - 

chye peng $3.80 for 3 dishes and rice, curry gravy - yummy food stall!

jannah's lunch - bibimbap

dinner - 

dumplings with chilli mix 

kimchi instant noodles

4 April 2024 Thu

lunch - 

tabao malay food $5.80

for fried egg, tempe, sambal goreng, bergedel

dinner - 

jiajiang noodles at a dumpling shop

noodle $4, 

20pcs frozen dumpling takeaway $3

3 April 2024 Wed

jannah's bday but she wasn't home Lol

lunch - sengkang hospital for beef pho with spinach $7

daddy had western

dinner - garlic bread with leftover beef soup and stingray from newton $15

2 April 2024 Tues

dinner - tabao amk central

beef horfun $6

pork with ginger and onions with fried egg and rice $5

salted fish and chicken fried rice $6.50

fried pork with fermented red beancurd $4

western chicken chop with pasta

1 April 2024 Mon

breakfast - had leftovers look super messy!

4.45pm - satay beehoon at amk central $4.50 small plate, nice!

dinner - tabao and leftover beef, grilled and miso chicken

tabao spinach yong tau hu ($10 total)

$4.50 + 50 cents extra spinach x2 serves