Still having a lot of fun cooking...

Date: 06/07/2020 (Mon)

Dirty jokes aside, PapaVoo and I quite like his humble and unpretentious character.

Keyboard warriors are losers, they dare not even reveal their face.

This day, I was in a mood to give that loser a virtual slap.

For Darren and Luis.  The monkeys can "complain" too much toppings, don't know how to eat, what the.....

You are looking at shabu pork katsu udon.  They ate until mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm...

Dinner was stir fried venison, good but there's still room for improvement.

PapaVoo bought romaine lettuce which was dying, I had no choice but to do a quick stir.

And eggs were forever welcomed.

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Date: 07/07/2020 (Tues)

Darren is extremely picky though he can't cook, it's difficult not to improve to please his taste buds.  He complained omelette not enough cheese.

Hokkaido snow pork steak which I mistaken it as a beef steak until I saw the label.

Made ang mo style pork chop with ample time (apple thyme) lolxx....

Cafe standard, it's delicious, the combination was refreshing and was wiped off the plate within mins.

Foie gras with rainbow veg and apple & mango sauce.

Tasted as good as it looked, someone mistaken this as a restaurant dish, I was so happy de.

This dish was done under 10 mins, incredible.  Gonna cost at least $50 to dine, while home cooked by me was less than $10 and the taste was no difference from restaurants.

This was my apple & mango sauce, I am a genius lolxx...

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Date: 08/07/2020 (Wed)

Cooked egg prata to go with coffee, watching Hell's Kitchen.

Ang mo loves to talk so much.  They don't computerise their kitchen orders, they talked and screamed while cooking, not sure the amount of saliva went onto the food.  Not able to concentrate on cooking cos they had to talk so much (they called it communicate), simple 10yo can do pan fried and oven bake often over or under cooked, laugh die me.

Marinating lamb skewers hoping to replicate the taste from China. 

Cumin seeds were difficult to work with, I think cumin powder would be a better option.

The meat became tough and were surprisingly bland despite of the pepper and salt added.  I ran out of chilli powder which contributed to the failure as well.  Nevertheless, this experience will help me to improve.  We ate them all anyway lolxx...

Luis wanted to lodge a police report against Acer, I advised him to let the school teacher to take necessary actions instead.

  What happened was, after collecting money from about 45 students between 1 to 2 months, Acer had no response to emails or calls, it seemed they had no intention to honor delivery.  But delivery was made the very next day after a very harsh email was send by the school.  It's a disappointing and bad experience with a established big company like this, haiz....

Almost everywhere is infested and I am too kiasi to step out of the house.

Recently addicted to this Match 3D game, I need eye drops lolxx...

Dogs being dogs...

Date: 04/06/2020 (Sat)

Importing as long as there's profit....

Not going to say too much to invite unwanted trouble.

Brunch with brioche buns which we fondly call it BB5 after it's sales code.

You are looking at aribiki pork collagen hot dogs, NZ striploin with teriyaki sauce and egg mayo.  PapaVoo's colleague joined order and we had plenty of fun.  The office gals bought the hot dogs too.  Our taste buds are totally spoiled now, how to go back to local products now.....

Watch SHC LIVE (again) while cooking dinner.

First time dealing with banana leaves.  I use the "warm over fire" method.  Probably didn't warm enough and the leave crack.  I soaked the leaves in boiling water and this was a better method.

Da-ta!  Sambal seabass fillet and sotong with missing limes.

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Date: 05/06/2020 (Sun)

PapaVoo's colleague gave us this.

It would be perfect if the portion of the otah were more generous, other than that the buns were so super soft sia!

As I had mentioned, I am beginning to feel bored.  We headed out to Jewel, almost wanted to U-turn when we saw the almost full car park, haiz....

It was bustling the way it was before COVID.  Ppl wear masks, but social distance sometimes yes, most times no.  The scanning outside each stores is just a waste of time.

Went Mark's & Spencer to take a look at the pricing of air flown products.

Cravings for roast duck but Dian Xiao Er was closed, we conveniently swing to next door Four Season's Restaurant.

You are looking at ice lemon tea.

Tom Yum Seafood Soup, nice but too little ingredients.

I hate dory fish but the cornflake coat was really nice.

I never like tomatoes with eggs but this rocks with wok hei.

Lemon grass chicken chops which reminded me my stash of lemon grass powder from Siem Reap.

After dinner we went for dessert.  The ice cream was norm but the biscuit was too good to stop at one piece.  We sat at the shop to eat this and attracted more than 10 passerby lolxx.....

Everybody saw us eating and created a long queue at the cashier, didn't know to laugh or cry. 

So we had to queue to get this box of yummy, so yummy...

If we kena from this Jewel trip, then it must be god's will cos I so long never step out of the house already sia.   Haiz... anyway, won't be stepping out of the house after this risky trip.  Moreover Tampines is having increase number of cases, it's worst than 2 months ago, life is so ruined.  I can't even go Tampines center now, I told my kids not to also.  Too bad the rest of the nation behaves like dogs, do what the owner instructs.  The owner screw up big time but dogs being dogs knows nothing about COVID, only knows loyalty and wants to have fun, loving their run and fetch even if the bone is poisoned.

What are the chances of having a mask-free Christmas?

Nothing much to show other then food

Date: 02/07/2020 (Thurs)

Home alone in noon.  Made kimchi fried rice for myself, lip smacking yummy.

 When the kids came back, I made them mua chee as snack.  Now it's as easy as frying an egg.

Laugh at Yishun and Jurong lah, Tampines is getting worst.

I am starting to feel bored but how to go out like this?

Ta bao dinner from Wang Yuan.  Bento with fish soup was too much liao.

Very comforting to eat, felt nice to take a break from cooking.

Not watching any drama at the moment, scrolling up and down FB instead nowadays.



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Date: 03/06/2020 (Fri)

Brunch for Luis, with left over braised pork belly from last night.

Bernice came, I made beef poke bowls.  Actually made onsen eggs but were all under cooked so went into the microwave to cook slightly.  Will try again

NZ striploin was perfect tender pink with yakiniku sauce.

My cooking skills have improved so much with these 3 months, thanks to COVID, CB lolxx...

Cherish cooking at home while it last...

Date: 30/06/2020 (Tues)

Clearing the last 4 packets of stir fried udon from the fridge.

My overgrown kids love it with black pepper beef patties.

Told PapaVoo to buy back some spring onions.  He came back with a huge bunch of it which I thought was leek from far, laugh die me.

FRESH tiger grouper and seabass for only $38 from Wang Lei.

His dirty jokes aside, these were really really fresh!  I gave the seabass to my sis.

Could tell the freshness from the eyes and the slime on the fish.

And it's as fat as me.

I had to slit the body for easy steaming.  Just look at how thick the flesh was. 

Luckily can fit into the steamer. 

I always prefer to do steam in Hong Kong style.

Insane delicious, would be easily $60 over at restaurants.  Good thing that I knows how to cook.

I better cherish my cooking days, if I go back to work, I won't be cooking as much already.

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Date: 01/07/2020 (Wed)

Pizza bought from SHC, it's cheaper by half compared to supermarkets.

Luis finally gone to school, so this was for Darren's brunch.

Since the oven had done the above, I made a drink with green apples and lemon grass.

So so only leh.

I was very excited over this for dinner.

 They were cooked.

Some people will eeeeerrr.... cooked and frozen not fresh.  Na bei if fresh I'll cry.  I went to see the videos for cleaning these little lobsters, can die de, need to scrub with toothbrush you know!

So once thaw they were in the wok.

The only secret I have to heavenly mala is - ADD BEER.

I made 2 chicken chops with the air fryer and bitter gourd soup with eggs to balance with the mala.

Sibei good, I won't be eating this outside.  The flavor is so invincible that I think I out win some restaurants, cos using beer as a ingredient is probably too costly.

The dinner took me 2hrs lolxx...

We left with a mountain of shells, heehee... HAPPY.

Continue eating like a queen, a fat queen

Date: 28/06/2020 (Sun)

This is the same as previously "Wear mask only when not feeling well".

I will totally avoid places with confirm cases.  How the hell you know who the COVID fellow contacted with?  If he contacted with a employee working in the mall, then you go to the cursed mall, happy talking with that employee.... "hor say" liao.  Your life is in your hands, you decide what is safe for yourself and not the gov.

Golden moments came earlier than expected.  It's a surprise cake for my kid sis.

She kept asking what cake I gotten but I refused to tell her, heeheehee...  One cake they selling $98 and 2 for $128, so I LL bought 2.

It's very frosted so I left it in the chiller.  The other one kept in freezer, we slowly eat over the month.

I made brunch for myself.  Cos my hubby wakes up early even during weekends.  Like typical uncle, he likes going to the market in morning and at the same time buy breakfast for the children.  I always ask him not to buy mine cos I am forever trying to clear fridge.

This time trying to clear the baguette.

After early breakfast, they became hungry during mid noon, so I made breakfast for them lolxx...

Everything from SHC except for egg.

After that went to my kid sis's place to celebrate her birthday.

My bro-in-law bought durians from KLOOK.

I pan seared foie gras.  One piece for my birthday sis, the other piece for my bro in law.

Just in case they don't like it, hubby and I could have them, so I didn't wanna risk make 4pcs.

It was so great that they loved it!

Mark Gordon Ramsay's words: "Frying foie gras is as easy as frying an egg."

The galaxy durian cake was DELICIOUS!

We continued our durian feast.

Brought home with me kimbala cos niece no time to play, heehee...

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Date: 29/06/2020 (Mon)

Cooked rice on stove for Luis and myself.

No burns and faster than my stupid rice cooker.

Trying to clear the left over roast chicken, adding oyster sauce and tofu.

The color kinda blended together, looks pale but was delicious.

I cleared off the salad, by blanching them slightly.

I actually send this to my kid sis who was still using those small rolls of cling wrap with metal cutter.

It's better to have a plastic cutter, it really makes wrapping so much easier.

Dinner made easy with kid sis's braised pot.  I made sardine and further clear off the last pieces of breaded oysters.  The twister prawns are going to stay for sometime cos really to big pack.