22/05/09, Friday - My brother and I bought some desserts from Miss Clarity Cafe after our dinner.
Profiteroles (S$5.00 for three) . We were encouraged to buy three as a profiterole costs S$2.00. Those splashes of dark chocolates on top of the choux pastry just makes me wanna eat them fast! I realised that these pastry has to be defrost for a while before one can start eating them because the cold temperature in the fridge will freeze the pastry. Otherwise, one will end up eating the hard pastry and the hard chocolate cream.
Tiramisu (S$4.00). My brother had a sudden craving for Tiramisu and he was deciding between Breadtalk and the rest of the other cake shops islandwide. As I didn't want to travel far, we opted for Miss Clarity Cafe which is nearer to where we stay. Fortunately, they had Tiramisu in their display chiller. As you can see, the Tiramisu is being placed in a cute little square cup with a clear wrap on top of it.
My brother said it was good. As for me, the Profiteroles were good as well.
21/05/09, Thursday - I met up with Zoe in the evening to catch the gala opening of Sutra - the opening core shows of the Singapore Arts Festival 2009. Initially, the show started off insipidly but midway through the show, the tempo begun to pick up. However, it was the music composed by Polish Composer Szymon Brzoska that took my breath away especially towards the end of the breathtaking shadow-boxing finale.
Here is a short snippet of Sutra.
After the show, we headed to Gluttons Bay which is situated next to Esplanade Mall. I ordered a plate of Char Kway Teow (S$4.00) and Zoe ordered a plate of Char Tow Kway (S$4.00).
The place wasn't crowded when we went there and there was even an occasional breeze in amidst of the humid night atmosphere. Sadly, both dishes failed to meet our expectations. I regretted eating my plate of Char Kway Teow. In fact, I think I should have ordered something else from Gluttons Bay. Oh well, I guess I won't be visiting Gluttons Bay for some time.
20/05/09, Wednesday - Dinner: Shokudo@Heeren. Originally, it was supposed to be the gathering of the 5ofus but I guess some of us had conflicting schedules at that point of time, thus, only Ellie, Cheryl and I managed to meet up.
This outlet was a little smaller compared to its other counterparts, hence, the choices of food are dwindled down to the popular items such as the usual Yakitori, Japanese Hotpot, Ramen and Desserts. After browsing through this 'marketplace', I decided to opt for something filling which is the carbohydrates: rice. I ordered Unagi Fried Rice with Egg (S$9.80). The original cost of the fried rice is S$6.80 but I added an omelette which costs me an additional charge of S$3.00.
This is the innard shot of the dish.
The dish wasn't that fantastic but it was still edible.
Apart from that, I also ordered a plate of Plain Rosti (S$4.80) as it has been long time since I touched rosti. The last time I had was my visit to the now-defunct Marche at Suntec City. I split the rosti into four pieces and shared it with Ellie. The potato pancake was a little oily but overall, it was still okay.
Ellie had the Ultra-Thin Crust Seafood Pizza (approx. S$9.80). Previously, we had the Hokkaido - Style Curry Mashed Potato Cheese Pizza which was great.
During our dinner, our dear friend Cheryl played with her new toy, the Luv-U Therapy Ball, a gift from Ellie.
We had a ball of a time (no pun intended!) asking questions like, "Will I have a boyfriend this year?", "Will he look like so-and-so?" or "Will my boyfriend be a British?". But I guess it was this ball that got us bonded together in that dinner.
16 - 17/05/09, Sat & Sun - On Saturday, Yi's mum bought a packet of Nasi Lemak from the famous economical beehoon stall in Yishun. It consists of the coconut rice, ikan bilis and my favourite, Chicken Wing! There was a scoop of lip-smacking sambal chilli at the side of the lunchbox. The sambal chilli is not really hot and spicy, instead it leans towards the sweet side.
On Sunday, we celebrated my brother's birthday and the celebration came early this year as he will be stationed in his camp on his birthday. Well, the celebration was not an elaborated one because my brother prefers a simple birthday celebration. And that consists of only a cake.
This year, he went to buy a Green Tea Cake (S$18.80) from BreadTalk and this shot was taken by my dad.
I ate the cake the next day and I realised that there were red beans littering in between the layers of the green tea cake. The cream tasted good.
Sadly, there isn't a strong hint of green tea which I wanted it very much.
For lunch - Fried Black Noodles with Luncheon Meat and Fishcake.
I attempted to cook a different version of the Malaysian Hokkien Mee where the noodles are usually black and kiam (def: salty) and I managed to do it with a good sigh of relief. I believe cubes of crispy pork lard can be found inside of the black noodles in the Malaysian's version.
Initially, I was pretty lazy to cook my lunch but my mum prompted me to have lunch because she doesn't want me to end up with gastritis. In order to pacify her, I relented by cooking this dish. I threw in stripes of luncheon meat and fishcake into the pan and fried them till fragrance. After that, I pour some water into the pan and allow it to simmer for a while. Once it's done, I placed the flour noodles into the pan and stir it together with the luncheon meat and fishcake. Instead of putting oyster sauce (which is usually done in the Malaysian's version of the Hokkien Mee), I drizzled lots of dark soy sauce. Also, I drizzled some soy sauce and pepper for taste.
Since this was my first attempt, it wasn't too bad. Because of the luncheon meat, the noodles tend to be a little salty. But overall, it's pretty good.
My younger brother showed me something interesting today and then I realised that he bought this cookie that has a shape of a dog bone. He told me it is called Dog Bones Cookie (S$1 for 1 & S$1.80 for 2) from Spinelli Coffee joint.
On top of the cookie, there's a huge sprinkle of coarse sugar. Looks yummy!
On this very special day, I celebrated it with my mum early this morning with New York Cheesecake (S$18 per half kg) from Dino Cake House & Cafe before I head down to church.
Personally, Mother's Day is a wonderful time to cherish and appreciate the selfless love which my mum bestowed us over the past years. My brother and I truly appreciate her kindness and patience. Love ya, mum!
I ate a small slice of the cake and it tasted quite yummy.
For dinner, four aunties from my dad's side came over to visit my mother and at the same time, catching up with one another. My second aunt, who is a brilliant cook, whipped up a storm in the kitchen. Ever since I had a strange craving for deep-fried chicken wings for the past weeks, she took that into consideration and deep-fried many chicken wings to me to gorge. Oh man! And of course, I had about three pieces of those crispy chicken and it was good. What a way to satisfy my cravings! :D
Subsequently, she cooked the main fish which, was the Fish Head Beehoon, and I had a wild time capturing photos and learning how to cook Fish Head Beehoon from her.
First step: Marinate the fish with soy sauce, pepper and garlic. After that, sprinkle some corn flour onto the fish and start coating it. This is to prevent the hot oil from splashing as there might be retaining water from the fish.
Second step: Deep-fried it in a very hot oil. Make sure it sizzles! :D
Third step: After 10 minutes, take out the fish heads and drain them on a paper towel.
Fourth and the last step: Throw in chopped vegetables of your choice and meat into a pot of boiling water. Once the water is boiled, throw in the deep-fried fish heads and allow it to simmer for a while. Drizzle some salt and pepper for taste. Lastly, throw in the noodles of your choice. And tada! It's done.
Well, this is my bowl of Fish Head Beehoon.
My auntie used flour noodles, which is used for Laksa, and she used Wong Bok vegetables to balance out the numerous fish heads which were swimming inside a pool of slightly clear broth. Sadly, there wasn't any taste and we surmised that she forgot to put salt into the broth. True enough, she didn't. But overall, it was still good.
Next time, I will ask her to cook Nasi Lemak and I will probably learn that skill from her. Heh! :)
Profiteroles (S$5.00 for three) . We were encouraged to buy three as a profiterole costs S$2.00. Those splashes of dark chocolates on top of the choux pastry just makes me wanna eat them fast! I realised that these pastry has to be defrost for a while before one can start eating them because the cold temperature in the fridge will freeze the pastry. Otherwise, one will end up eating the hard pastry and the hard chocolate cream.
Tiramisu (S$4.00). My brother had a sudden craving for Tiramisu and he was deciding between Breadtalk and the rest of the other cake shops islandwide. As I didn't want to travel far, we opted for Miss Clarity Cafe which is nearer to where we stay. Fortunately, they had Tiramisu in their display chiller. As you can see, the Tiramisu is being placed in a cute little square cup with a clear wrap on top of it.
My brother said it was good. As for me, the Profiteroles were good as well.
