This is the last bowl of food many of us had for 2008. We were at the Watch Night service in church, and this was served to us for a break at around 10:30 PM.
It's a bowl of porridge with lots of toppings. Shredded chicken, fried anchovies, century egg, salted egg and parsley.
Thanks to the two sisters, Mrs Ang and Mrs Tan (they are really sisters whose face are so alike) who faithfully prepare this for us year after year. It's delicious!
A very Blessed Christmas to all!
Buying presents is one of the toughest thing for me. I find it very difficult to find the correct presents for people. But sis and I found this for our brother. He loves chilli sauce.
We saw this Hot Sauce Store at Suntec City (in front of Carrefour) and thought this will be the perfect gift for him.
Of all the different sauces, we bought him this because our brother's name is on it! :-)
If you are game for it, you can pop by the store and try out their sauces.
It's killing!
The Hot Sauce Store
Kiosk outside Carrefour
Suntec City.
I came back on Monday night and the first meal I had was Bak Chor Mee! haha... Dad, Mum, Sis had Kuay Teow Terng (Soup). Almost two weeks away, we really miss the food from home.
We ate at Basement 2 of Terminal 3, at the Kopitiam food court. There was posters like this stuck on the tables.
Something struck us. If you notice around the whole food court, 95% of people do not like to eat with trays! One of the reasons is that they smell and its usually wet and oily.
We thought we would return the trays to the return point after taking out our bowls of food. We happen to sit in the middle of the food court, walking around (about 20 steps), we could not spot the return point. It was only after when we were leaving and walked to the end that we notice the return points. Oh well...
So, do you clear your trays? We do at our workplace's canteens. They have multiple return points and usually the trays are dry and clean.
Oh man... I am being brainwashed by these ads. Saw the first ad last week, the second ad, I took it few weeks earlier. Instant noodles the healthier choice. Hmmmm. It sounds too good right?
no guilt!
I have not bought Maggi noodles for years now. I only like 2 brands and one flavour from each brand. The Koka Tom Yam Instant Rice Noodles and Indomie's Mi Goreng.
Out of curiosity, which brand of instant noodles do you like? I am sure everyone eats instant noodles. :-p
You most probably have eaten this steam cake before. I had it on Friday at Din Tai Fung as one of the dishes. 
With yeast cakes like this can rise to be tall and fluffy. With this risen cake, it reminds me of Easter. Easter is all about the Risen Saviour that Christians believe.
Curious to find out about what Christians believe? Whether you are a Christian or not, I would like to invite you to come for an Introduction class to find out more about studying the Bible. I mentioned two days ago about Bible Study Fellowship (BSF). If you happen to be 18-35 years old, there's a BSF Young Adults class at Tanjong Pagar, hosted in a church opposite Amoy Street Food Centre called Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church. Come along for the Introduction Class next Thursday, 3 April at 7:25 PM.
You can have a meal at the Amoy Street Food Centre too :-)
Blessed Easter to all.
This is a loaf of warm soft bread from Prego @ The Fairmount. I for one love this bread and love to dip it with the tangy tomato based dip they have or if you are like my sister, dip it in olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Have you heard about the Bread of Life?
In the Bible, in John 6:35 says:
"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty."
You can see all the photos of food in this blog, it looks delicious, but can it satisfy your soul? You will get hungry again in a few hours after eating. Food feeds your body but does it feed your soul?
This Good Friday / Easter Sunday weekend, why not consider how you can feed your soul?
This link hopefully might be useful to you.
Ever wondered what Good Friday is all about?
I had a colleague asked me just a few days ago what is Good Friday and Easter about. Is it about chocolate bunnies and easter eggs? Have you bought your chocolates? she asked.
No, it isn't. It is about Jesus Christ being crucified on the cross on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday, he resurrected. How is it possible you ask?
There are many people you can ask. Your Christian friends might be able to answer you. You can also decide to walk into a church this weekend.
If you think attending church is something that you are not ready at the moment, maybe you want to consider attending Bible Study groups that helps you understand the Bible that Christians believe is the Word of God.
I am part of this group call Bible Study Fellowship. It is an international group of people who meet together to find out more about God. If you are interested, you can join one group that is nearer to where you live. You can visit www.bsfinternational.org to search for the class nearest to you.
Have a Good Friday.
Just like the many Chinese Shops that will be closed during this Lunar New Year Period, there will be no posting for the next few days. Not sure when we will 'kai zhang' again. haha...
Keropok Man is already on out of the country since Saturday.
Momo is also out of the country with her parents. Hopefully she gets her booking at Tetsuya's. :-)
Wishing all Chinese readers a Very Blessed and Prosperous Lunar New Year. May all the food you eat won't not add a single gram to your weight!
This is a virtual photo gift for you this Lunar New Year.
Two cans of abalone for you, with a can of Imperial Sharks Fin Soup.
(if you want the real one, head down to the nearest supermarket. it comes in a gift pack! the above was a gift to someone. i just had to take a photo of it. haha..)
Have a wonderful reunion dinner tonight.
Not something very spectacular, but have to eat light before feasting for Christmas and New Year.
Just duck porridge from the Food Center opposite the former Ginza Plaza. (When it reopens again, it will be called West Coast Plaza)
I am away from Singapore until after the Christmas holidays. Postings might be slow.
If Momo is free, she will be posting on my behalf.
Have a Blessed Christmas!
You have seen the tree in a previous post.
Here's the close up of the fruit.
It's the smooth skin species. Ok, not so smooth, with a bit of blemish. But it's not the ones that we usually get from the shops, which are wrinkled species.
Take a look at this website at Purdue University. Lots of info!
Do you like these? I was at company's family day at Sentosa, and there was just free flow of these stuff. haha..
Well, we had many servings of popcorns but we just could not even finish a little bit of the pinky stuff. just too sweet!
Talking about popcorns, you like the sweet ones or the salty ones?
Is green leaves all you see? Look again!
Can you spot the avocados? There are so many of it too!
I have always seen this tree, but it was only last week that I know it's an Avocado Tree!
I am so so sua ku. haha...
Anyone wants to guess where this tree was spotted? :-)
With so many places serving half boil eggs? What is your way of making sure it is just nice?
Old kopitiam sells it, the new hippy toast joints sells it, this photos are taken from still popular Hong Kong Cafes in Singapore.
Are you able to take a look at the egg above and tell if it is hard boiled or half boiled?
Experts out there, let us know! :-p
I have been tagged by two bloggers:
- Daryl of Authentic Malaysian Cuisine & Local Delicacies
- Shilpa of Flog & Rosbif
I finally found some time to answer the meme. Think they tagged me more than 1 week ago!
Bite 1.
Other than keropok.com, I own a few other domain names. I love to squat on domain names, but I think I have grown so attached to ALL of them, I might never sell it any of it. When I bought it in 2003, I was hoping someone would pay me at least USD5000 for it. haha... Wishful thinking eh...
Bite 2.
I go for a full blood test every year, (except last year), the latest being last Monday. They will take 3 tubes of your blood and check everything possible. LOL. So far, it's been OK. I have a BMI of 22.1. Shall not bore you all with other details of results. I am now waiting for my latest test results. Hope they come out soon! (and favourable too)
Bite 3.
I am one of the 2 guys who is in my Wednesday afternoon lunch time Cardiofusion class of around 15. We do aerobics, boxercises. Surprised? With all the food, no choice, have to exercise! I walk around with a pedometer at times, and exercise with a heart-rate monitor. This guy is mad ah? LOL....
Bite 4.
I almost always have ice cream in my freezer. It's either boxes with individual sticks or tubs of ice cream. But I only eat 1 scoop (yes only 1) or 1 stick at a time. It's in case I have visitors and I can serve them something. My colleagues certainly knows this very well!
Bite 5.
I failed my ABSRM Grade 8 Pianoforte exams around 15 years ago. (by a few marks, sob sob sob, i still remember...)
I think there's no one else to tag. Every flogger I know seems to have been tagged!
I bought this ice tray from Ikea a few days ago. This is how the ice looks like!
Like it?
