122. Food Diary 2025 - July to Dec 2025

Tuesday, July 01, 2025

122. Food Diary 2025 - July to Dec 2025

FOOD DIARY- July to Dec 2025

What we ate in July to Dec 2025

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DISHES i cooked...

- itek sioh or duck sioh (first time cooking this!)

- petai with homemade sambal (first time cooking this!)

- prawns with fried brinjals and long beans

- prawns - many dishes

- squid - sotong with salt and pepper

- squid - sotong with sambal

- ginger chicken with black sauce

- ayam soto

- garlic chicken

- roast chicken

- masala chicken with paste from indian auntie at 628 amk

- oxtail tomato stew/soup (25 dec)

- sirloin steak (25 dec)

- grilled pork ribs with mustard and HP/Steak sauce (26 dec)

- pork stew (tomato, bolognese stew) with spaghetti

- pork with bamboo shoots - kuah lada

- sukiyaki pork

- minced pork

- soups - lotus root, bak kut teh, fish soup

- eggs - omelette - with koo chye, minced pork, etc

- rojak - pineapples, cucumber, yu cha kueh, century egg, turnips

- century egg and cucumber salad - with lao gan ma chilli sauce

- porridge with miso

- ngoh hiang

- laksa and sayur lodeh

- porridge

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FISH DISHES

- teochew fish soup,

- assam fish - mama's style (first time cooking this!)

- fish curry,

- kuah lada ikan pari or stingray

- steamed fish - HK style, teochew style

- fried fish coated with rice flour, plain flour and corn flour,

- fried fish with butter, mustard, lemon sauce,

- fish head with taucheo chilli garlic and sour plum sauce,

- fried whitebait (dried neng her or whitebait),

- fish slices seasoned for steamboat

FRESH FISH i bought for cooking...

- red grouper

- red snapper (ang guei or ang zhor)

- chinese pomfret & other pomfret

- threadfin or ikan kurau

- batang

- stingray

- greasy grouper

- salmon

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VEGGIES i cooked...

- petai -1st time!

- garlic stems

- celery

- koo chye

- su chye

- spinach with 3 eggs

- broccoli and cauliflower

- brinjals and ladysfingers

- cabbage with tung hoon

- green veggies - eg kang kong, kai lan, chye sim, spinach

- mang kuang turnip and bamboo shoots (popiah ar)

- rojak

- century egg with cucumber salad

- cucumber salad with japanese sushi vinegar mix

- potato salad

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30 Oct 2025

6 Nov 2025

13 Nov 2025

20 Nov 2025

PERANAKAN cooking class

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2025/10/124-peranakan-cuisine-cooking-classes.html

- udang nanas assam pedas

- sambal fried rice with prawns and eggs

- butterfly blue pea honey lemon drink

- butterfly blue pea rice with coconut oil, serai and limau purut

- chap chye (horrible)

- nonya ngoh hiang

- ayam kapitan (had to readjust ingredients)

- ayam buah keluak

- ayam pong teh

- kueh ko sui

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23 Aug 2025

FRENCH cooking class

https://jt-food.blogspot.com/2025/08/123-french-cuisine-cooking-class-ite.html

MENU x2 Sets

SOUP

Pistou Soup (Basil Pesto Soup)

Crème Dubarry (Cauliflower Cream Soup)

SALAD

Nicoise Salad (Tuna, Anchovies, Olives)

Frizee Salad with Vinaigrette Dressing

MAIN / ENTREE

Steak Au Poivre (Steak with Pepper) with Roasted Baby Potatoes

Duck a l'orange with Lentils

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CHRISTMAS treats

18 Dec 2025

- potato salad

- cucumber salad with japanese seasoned sushi vinegar

lim tzur didi ordered a lot of food! (scroll down for more)

24 Dec 2025

- sirloin steak

- mash potatoes

- boiled broccoli

- cucumber salad

25 Dec 2025

- oven grilled pork ribs

- oxtail & golden coin tomato stew (braised the day before)

- potato shepherd's pie with egg mayo

- spaghetti with tomatoes and broccoli stems

- boiled string beans

- garlic bread

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food diary pics below!

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DECEMBER 2025

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31 Dec 2025 & 1 Jan 2026

ko ko cooked loh gai yik!

we had the stew for new year's eve dinner and new year day lunch

gravy

- fry garlic then add water and sauces below:

- hoisin sauce

- oyster sauce

- red fermented beancurd

then add everything else in the stew....

- chicken wings

- sio bak

- fish maw

- pork skin

- cuttlefish

- hard boiled eggs

- tofu fishcake

- fishball

- tau pok

- kangkong and iceberg lettuce

30 Dec 2025

ITEK SIOH - DUCK SIOH

29 Dec 2025

tummy still not too good.

at NEX with jannah.

had yuen kee dumplings and noodles at food court
and dim sum, porridge at canton paradize.

after eating we walked around ntuc and bought blueberries, golden kiwi, duck legs x2, minced pork and pork collar shabu shabu. wanted to make a duck sioh or itek sioh.

for dinner, cooked sukiyaki pork with garlic stems,

and grilled a frozen otah.

also blended the sioh gravy to marinade the duck legs
(bought 2 duck legs, $4 each duck leg)

marinated the duck legs and bamboo shoots overnight.

gonna slow oven bake the duck legs tomorrow!

28 Dec 2025

still had stomach pain so went ttsh A&E.

lunch at ttsh food court 2pm+ - had kiam chye soup with pig organs - nice!

went home and knocked out from the pain killer given at A&E...

woke up and cooked prawns with garlic. andcelery. very yummy!

and heated up jannah's pork patties and cabbage.

27 Dec 2025

still sick

lunch - cooked porridge with ginger and celery.

ate with chicken from chicken rice stall

dinner - jannah cooked, i'm still sick :(

- minced pork patties

- fried cabbage

- fried eggs

26 Dec 2025

lunch after sending christen to airport

changi village - sambal petai with prawns and fried egg

dinner - jannah cooked

bad bad painful tummy ache (upper, central abdomen)

- sukiyaki pork

- fried eggs

- leftover brinjals with assam and oyster sauce

25 Dec 2025

Merry Christmas!

- oven grilled pork ribs

- oxtail & golden coin tomato stew (braised the day before)

- potato shepherd's pie with egg mayo

- spaghetti with tomatoes and broccoli stems

- boiled string beans

- garlic bread

24 Dec 2025

lunch/brunch

- yong tau foo at 628 market

home cooked christmas dinner

- sirloin steak

- mash potatoes

- boiled broccoli

- cucumber salad

23 Dec 2025

quick dinner

- fried eggs

- minced pork with garlic stem and string beans

21 Dec 2025

simple dinner - yum for me Lol

- sukiyaki pork

- fried celery

- koo chye egg omelette

20 Dec 2025

- fish head curry - nice but spicy!

- roasted pumpkin

- toasted french loaf bread

18 Dec 2025

lunch - leftovers and egg sandwich

dinner at lim tzur didi's home

made potato and cucumber salad with toasted sesame seeds

we had

- roast beef ribs

- chicken pie

- roast chicken and chestnut stuffing

- sausages

- ham

- roasted veggies

17 Dec 2025

628 amk market

i ate yong tau foo because i wanted the fried yam LOL

16 Dec 2025

- stir fried chicken breast

- fried yam

- fried tempe

- yam in a stew - no pics

15 Dec 2025

dinner - leftover assam fish head

lunch - bishan j8 - dumplings and beef noodles

14 Dec 2025

brunch - bcm at cheng san market

dinner

- pumpkin rice with lap cheong from hk,

- ginger chicken with cordeceps and dried mushrooms

- broccoli and carrots stir fry (added some pumpkin too!)

13 Dec 2025

bought a huge red snapper fish head on 5 Dec 2025 from ntuc.

RECIPE - ASSAM FISH

Mama's recipe (from my Lao Ma)

made assam fish, based on what i think is mama's recipe LOL

boil:

- turmeric x6-8 pcs

- assam skin x5-6 pcs

- onions x1 big

- garlic 2 cloves

- red and green big chillies - 1 each

- lemongrass x2

- limau purut x6 leaves

season:

- fish sauce,

- salt,

- sugar,

- ikan bilis powder/cube

add:

- fish (clean/rub with salt, a bit of water - till slippery)

- tomatoes

- ladysfingers

- fried brinjals and long beans (fry with salt and garlic)

- fried shallots - bawang goreng

7 Dec 2025

lunch

- prawns with veggies - celery, garlic stems, cauliflower, leeks

- sotong with crispy tau guah, onions, garlic and chilli

- leftover tau yu bak

- archar

dinner

- ikan kurau with butter lemon sauce and veggies

THREADFIN with BUTTER MUSTARD LEMON GRAVY and VEGGIES

- ikan kurau - coated with rice/corn flour and pan fried

- cauliflower, garlic stems, celery fried with garlic, salt, pepper and butter

- butter, mustard, lemon sauce using leftover flour to thicken

Recipe - Pan Fried Fish with Butter Gravy

1. mix rice flour, corn flour, plain flour, salt and white pepper to coat fish

2. coat fish and pan fry till light golden, finish cooking in oven

3. add garlic and veggies - stirfry, finish with a spoonful of butter, season with salt, set aside

4. add butter to pan and melt butter

5. add flour mix and then stock, water or milk to make a roux

6. add mustard, lemon, salt, black pepper, sugar/honey if needed and stir till gravy is thick

7. add chopped fresh parsley and set aside gravy for fish and veggies

8. serve hot!

6 Dec 2025

lunch - casuarina - fish head with bitter gourd and beef hor fun

dinner - cooked pork 2 ways - tau yu bak and pepper pork bamboo shoots

4 Dec 2025

lunch with jac

- chicken rice at T1

- dim sum at crystal jade

we had porridge, steamed pork ribs, siew mai, carrot cake, fried dumplings.

1st $20 at normal price,
dim sum at 50% after 1st $20 spent

then went to ntuc to buy fish, pork and veggies

bought red snapper head!

1 Dec and 2 Dec 2025

sweet green shine muscat grapes from south korea $10.95

bought these grapes for vern (visit him in sgh ICU)

and fruits for us too!

fruits bought (very happy)

- green shine muscat grapes $10.95/box

- blueberries - 4 punnets for $7.95

- golden kiwi - 2 packs for $10.95

waterway for lunch

lam's noodle with salt baked chicken $8

1 Dec 2025

home cooked food!

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NOVEMBER 2025

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some food have yet to be downloaded from iphone!

28 Nov 2025

ntuc shopping - fish section

26 Nov 2025

lunch - albert street market

chye peng $4.80, 4 veggie dishes

- tau guah with veg, scrambled eggs, brinjals, mui chye

grilled my steamed ngoh hiang for aidan, christen and daddy

(steamed 25 Nov 2025)

26 Nov 2025

dinner - claypot tofu at casuarina - shared with jannah

25 Nov 2025

- rolled and steamed ngoh hiang

- fried long beans, brinjal, prawns and eggs

- made century egg and cucumber salad - aidan says like restaurant dish Lol

ngoh hiang steamed 25 Nov, grilled on 26 Nov 2025

24 Nov 2025

leftover assam fish is soooo good!

fish is soft, skin so gelatinous!

23 Nov 2025 Sunday

cooked 2 types of fish, prawns and veggies!

- greasy grouper HK style and

- red snapper (ang guei or ang zhor) -

steam hk style for one piece and for other 2-3 pieces, made assam fish mama's style

pan fried prawns with long beans and brinjals

seasoned with garlic, salt and pepper

Assam Turmeric Fish

mama used to tell me about her assam fish recipe but i didn't write it down when i could :(

she said it's lao ma's recipe (lao ma is peranakan).

this recipe is supposed to be very simple. mama says it has only 4 key ingredients (excluding the fish, salt, sugar and any other seasoning).

i only can be sure that this dish has turmeric and assam LOLOL.
can't remember the other 2 ingredients :(
but i'm sure it's quite basic.

tried a recipe today.

Recipe: Assam Turmeric Fish

ingredients:

1. fish - i used red snapper tail today
(NTUC was selling the red snapper at @$10/kg)

2. aromatics:
- fresh turmeric - pounded

- assam paste x1-2 tbsp

- assam skin x4-5 pcs

- lemongrass x3-4

- limau purut leaves

- red and green chillies

- black pepper x1-2 tsp

- onions x1

- garlic x1

3. veggies

- tomatoes x1 big

- ladysfingers x5 - cut into pieces

- brinjal - fried and season with salt

- long beans - fried and season with salt

Cooking

1. in a pot, add water and all the aromatics

2. boil for 15-20min

3. season with salt, fish sauce, sugar, coconut cream/milk

4. add fish and veggies

5. serve hot with steamed jasmine rice

Reference:

i managed to find a simple assam fish dish online, cooked by a grandma in malaysia. i think this recipe is the closest to mama's recipe.

Source: https://youtu.be/l2kv30GEjUo?si=gSy3-N-HXJXkmcuX

22 Nov 2025

fishball noodles from bendeemer market

(they sell out by 11am!)

21 Nov 2025

- cabbage and celery stir fry

- egg tofu and omelette

- pongteh, fried rice and kueh ko sui from peranakan class

- masala chicken from tekka

20 Nov 2025

after my last peranakan class,

went to tekka to eat fish soup!

19 Nov 2025

chicken rice from smith street chinatown - not bad!

brunch at fatty ox - beef brisket noodles

18 Nov 2025

16 Nov 2025

13 Nov and 15 Nov 2025

11 Nov and 12 Nov 2025

6 Nov, 7 Nov, 9 Nov 2025

6 Nov 2025

5 Nov 2025

4 Nov 2025

porridge buffet with AJ friends!

2 Nov 2025

Ayam Soto (sadly, no photos!)

only took pic of the soto sambal Lol

1 Nov 2025

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OCTOBER 2025

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31 Oct 2025

chong boon's bcm is one of my fav!

29-30 Oct 2025 - veggie binge!

30 Oct 2025

craving for popiah ar

celery for fibre (good for tummy and guts!)

pumpkin for sweet treats

29 Oct 2025

leftover minced pork

craving for koo chye omelette

and rojak - homemade

28 Oct 2025

minced pork

koo chye omelette

plain omelette for daddy and aidan Lol

popiah ar - turnips, carrots and bamboo shoots

29 Oct 2025

minced pork

craving for koo chye omelette

and rojak - homemade

28 Oct 2025

minced pork

koo chye omelette

plain omelette for daddy and aidan Lol

popiah ar - turnips, carrots and bamboo shoots

27 Oct 2025

lunch at work

- free momolato choc dairy free ice cream

- chye peng $4.40 for 3 veg -
tau guah with pig skin and veg, fried kailan, egg,
chicken curry gravy and sambal belachan

dinner

- fried batang with black sauce,

- omelette and celery

at work today

we had free ice cream by Momolato

choc lactose free ice cream - very very nice!

and my packed chye peng lunch $4.40

26 Oct 2025

prawn noodles at tekka market

25 Oct 2025

lunch with jannah

- taste of thailand zhi char at midview sin ming

- dessert at serangoon gardens

23 Oct 2025

lunch - cooked spinach with salted and century eggs.

cake shop was closed so we baked a cake for christen...

dinner

found a new place to eat at amk!

western from 608 amk

think we're celebrating christen's birthday early....

22 Oct 2025

leftovers with some onion turmeric gravy - so yum!

21 Oct 2025

20 Oct 2025

19 Oct 2025

18 Oct 2025

17 Oct 2025

teochew porridge at ghim moh - very nice and not expensive

16 Oct 2025

15 Oct 2025

14 Oct 2025

13 Oct 2025

steamboat

11-12 Oct 2025

10 Oct 2025

i tried to cook western style chicken chop at home...

kids didn't quite like the sauce Lol

8 Oct 2025

red grouper head!

wow... and it's expensive too

also bought some cara cara oranges that looks quite red...

6 Oct 2025

5 Oct 2025

3 Oct & 4 Oct 2025

koko's birthday - so eat, eat, eat!!

3 oct dinner & dessert - serangoon gardens

4 oct lunch at restaurant fiz

2 Oct 2025

prawn noodles at tekka market - so good!

made agak agak jelly with pandan and coconut - not bad hehe

1 Oct 2025

smoked duck spaghetti (fried noodles LOL)

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SEPTEMBER 2025

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30 Sep 2025

29 Sep 2025

28 Sep 2025

26 Sep 2025

24 Sep 2025

21 Sep 2025

20 Sep 2025

i've learnt to clean prawns with salt and sugar, then panfry them at high heat. prawns tastes a lot better now that i know how to cook and clean them!

very home cooked meal...

roast chicken, prawns, eggs, garlic stems

20 Sep 2025

18 Sep 2025

pork stew with tomato, bolognese style

and spaghetti

17 Sep 2025

16 Sep 2025

first time cooking masala chicken

bought spice mix from indian auntie at 628 amk market

the masala was very close to the dish sold at the shops and restaurants!

14 Sep 2025

13 Sep 2025

chinatown smith street - enjoyed thai food!

thai salad with fish, sotong, prawns and fried egg

12 Sep 2025

11 Sep 2025

10 Sep 2025

9 Sep 2025

8 Sep 2025

7 Sep 2025

4 & 5 Sep 2025

cooked simple meal

- ginger chicken with black sauce

- lotus root soup with chicken feet

- sambal with petai and sotong

jamie bought some fresh petai from jb malaysia

and i cooked them with some homemade sambal.

Petai Sambal - tbc

- hae bi

- dried red chilli paste

- fresh chillies

- onions and garlic

- tomato ketchup

- fresh tomatoes

- lemongrass

- limau purut

- ikan bilis powder or cube

- lime juice

- salt and sugar to balance flavours

ginger chicken with black sauce

lotus root soup with chicken feet

3 Sep 2025

1 Sep 2025

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AUGUST 2025

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31 Aug 2925

29 Aug 2025

27 Aug 2025

26 Aug 2025

25 Aug 2025

22 Aug 2025

20 Aug 2025

18 Aug 2025

17 Aug 2025

16 Aug 2025

15 Aug 2025

14 Aug 2025

11 Aug 2025

10 Aug 2025

9 Aug 2025

cooked at home

8 Sep 2025

tabao

7 Aug 2025

6 Aug 2025

4 Aug 2025

3 Aug 2025

2 Aug 2025

1 Aug 2025

smith street, chinatown food centre

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JULY 2025

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30 July 2025

29 July 2025

28 July 2025

27 July 2025

24 July 2025

23 July 2025

22 July 2025

21 July 2025

19 July 2025

18 July 2025

17 July 2025

15 July 2025

13 July 2025

10-12 July 2025

bought masala rempah from indian lady at 628 amk market and cooked my own masala chicken! tastes very similar to the ones at the shops and restaurants!