CNY Feasting 2014

Lunar New Year is a time for Big Eating. Some food eg Raw Fish Salad (YuSheng), Treasure Pot (Poon Choy) & some Plants eg ! P u s s y Willow, Mandarin Oranges are available during this season only. Restaurants are very busy.

For my family usually we dine out for Reunion Dinner but these 2 years we dine in due to my 87 years old mum's health condition. Lots of preparation, from thinking of the menu, marketing, cooking, eating & cleaning. Fun.

Tried 3 new Beer: Leo by Thai Singha,  Dester from Korea, & Suntory from Japan offered by my relative. Although the bottle of Suntory was 5.5% alcohol contents but felt to be as mild as the other 2 of 5%. All 3 tasted fine & not expensive.

We missed the Suckling Pig & Poon Choy coz of very high price this year. Roast Pork, Chicken & Duck were as good. 

 Nice Green

 Coffee Shop's Salmon Yu Sheng, we added Chilean Abalone

 New Steamboat & Grill Set

 Tiger Prawns were Cheap

 On 2nd Day, Yu Sheng from Wo Peng Restaurant, Macpherson Shop. Fried Fish Skin was Good.

 Light Lunch of Yong Tau Foo from coffee shop on 3rd Day

Nice Bee Cheng Hiang Ba-Kua. Don't know how much it costed & how long the Relative queued!

 Beautiful !@#$%^&* Willows 

Lunar 7th Day is the official Eat YuSheng Day to symbolise All Man's Birthday (Ren Ri). And the important first 15th Day, also known as Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on 14/2 which is Western Valentine's Day. Look forward to Amour YuSheng. After that many restaurants will stop selling the Raw Fish Salad dish.

Today, Feb 7, Lunar 8th Day: CNY Lunch with a VG Bachelor pal of over 30 years, Mr Lee! went to his fav mall, 112 Katong. after went round the whole building searching for food, ended at XIAO LA JIAO (Little Chilli) on level 3. it's a Si Chuan restaurant. Cosy, Economical, Patient & Friendly Staff.

A Malaysian Born Supervisor offered to Photo Us

 Clams w Silk Melon, Ma Po Tofu, Stir-fried Beef w Mushrooms, Sweet Corn Rice

Gui-Lin Jelly w Honey

 Mango Sago w Pomelo

Tasty Food enough for 4. with snack, 3 bowls of rice, unlimited Chinese Tea, & tax, the total bill was less than $60. Service was Polite, Good & Attentive. We will Return.  

Lunar 10th, feb 9: one of my fav cantonese cny dish, Dried Oyster & Black Moss. It symbolises Good Happening & Prosperity! This's home-cooked. Lots of work. Yummy!

 

Enjoy your New Year & have a Fabulous Horse Year!

$1.00 Durian

looking at the solid golden fruits you might think that it'll cost a bomb! probably at least $10 a kg! is it D24, XO?

 $1.00 for 1 whole fruit! YES, it's True! a stall at blk 352 ubi ave 1 sold this unnamed King of Fruits.

although it's small in size, only slightly bigger than the cane-ball (sepak txxxx), each piece has many fruits in it.

all the 10 pieces are of the same great Quality, Creamy, Thick, Slightly Bitter, Strong Aromatic Smell! it's Truly Treasure!

husk or shell forms a flower! amazing! bought it by chance. the strong smell from miles caught my attention & interest. so the next time give cheap durian a chance.

my D24, planted a few years ago, after eating it, just for fun threw the seeds in a pot. interestingly it grows!
 

 my XO, history same as above.

 since the $1 Durian was so Nice, decided to plant it.

perhaps 1 day i'll enjoy Great Fruits!

Happy Eating, 2/11/13, 6.55pm.

Moon Cake 13

it's again Mid-Autumn time. Moon Cake, Lantern, & Moon Fairy. Hotels, Restaurants & Cake Shops busy period. most malls have many moon cake stalls including those by hotels.

in recent years, Packaging or Moon Cake Box has become a highlight. many of these boxes are so nice & well created that you'll keep. 

1st take a look at Yan Ting Restaurant of St Regis. this award winning establishment again comes out with very Creative Box. ate their Single Yolk, Double Yolks, LOtus & White version & Mixed Nuts. Thumb Up of course

new taste is always welcome. another award winning restaurant, Hua Ting of Orchard Hotel's Snow Skin Sweet Potato Paste is simply Marvellous! she keeps the box simple.

i always believe if you eat Hi-End moon cake, your Gods & Ancestors must too! so every year i get the Best Vegetarian Moon Cake for My Buddha & Ancestors from Wo Peng Restaurant owned by HK Platinum Master Chef Julian Tam. it's Baked with White Lotus Paste & Black Sesame. they also have other fabulous favours. 

lastly is the Very Traditional Piglet Mooncake. cantonese call it Chu-Chai-Peng. just flour made into Pig shape & put in Pig Case. Delight for Kids & those Young at Heart!

 

Beer & Ribs

Tsingtao is probably the Best China Beer! it's imported into S'pore around the 70s with a different packaging. its Stout was short-lived due to reason best known to the authority. a friend who'd just returned from Guangzhou mentioned that they're various types of Tsingtao Beer over there.

Nice Roast Pork Ribs from Cold Storage, Otah from the popular Ubi Bejing Duck, & homecooked Veg blended very well with Tsingtao!

on the same day the bottle i bought from Cold Storage parkway parade mall costed $5.25 whereas the one from Fairprice marine parade costed $4.95! eventually decided to buy 2 bottles coz realised that my young man was at home, perhaps he wanted a beer too! not forgetting that he finished a Draught in Bangkok in 3 mins!

Happy Friday, 2/8/13. 7.45pm.

Soup Kambing Kaki

on the signet of this 24 hours big indian muslim restaurant at blk 304 ubi ave 1 wrote Soup Kambing Kaki. casually it means Goat Leg Soup. to be exact maybe it's the lower Shank. whatever, local will know this very popular Soup Kambing or Mutton Soup dish. usually other than the meat, other parts are involved too eg brain, eyes, tongue, leg etc.

once a week i'll try to eat kambing soup from this store. it's better than the famous one in Upper Boon Keng Road or Eunos hawker centre. very good on a cold night or if you're suffering from coldness.

each good stall will have its own secret recipe but Pepper is one vip ingredient. thus you can expect it to be Hot & Spicy. i prefer to put the food on the plate for easier bite with my hands.

the soup from this stall isn't oily. commonly in other shops you can see the fatty layer! for $4.50 it's certainly Worth It! the soup is aromatic & thick but not oily. strictly shank with tender flesh! after the good food, have a cup of hot Tea-0, will make your delicious meal perfect!

Yummy Nasi Lemak

A Surprise Find! $2.50  Nasi Lemak with Chicken  Wing, Egg, Ikan Bilis, Nuts, Shiok Shiok Chilli Sauce & Cucumber. Fresh, Tasty & Economical! Blk 305 Ubi Ave 1 Coffee Shop. Wide Choice of Other Mixed too. Yummy! Sedap!

Jack's Place

Jack's Place a steakhouse estd in 1966 by a local hainanese. It's Singapore's Proud. A must try place! My virgin visit when i was a teenager. Had the first whole Turkey from her Orchard Road outlet in the 80s. Today my family & I went to the Parkway Parade branch to so-call celebrate pre-Father's Day.

As usual the Q was long but my early reservation helped. This outlet is small outside but big inside. Service was good. 5 of us had NZ Ribeye Steak, Fish & Chips, Sambal Prawns, Chicken Chop, Slipper Lobster with Cod, Soft Drinks was 1 for 1. Tasty & Big Serving. All in near $90 only.