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The finger sandwiches were a keeper! Thin Tomato and Cucumber slices, Chunky Crabmeat, Hard-boiled Eggs with mayonnaise and Smoked Salmon with Cream Cheese and Dill.

The meat has to be marinated in advance at least 4 hours ahead, preferably overnight.

Biryani making

Bah Kut Teh

Used to be boiled peanuts but now it’s longan topping. The lady said they stopped serving the peanut toppings 7 months ago.

Prawn Pasta

Asian Kueh Kueh (Snacks).

The dish is almost ready for serving.

Because I am always busy clicking away and not eating. My dear friend put something on my bowl before the goodies are gone.

Chinese Chives in Crystal Skin.

From left bottom: egg tart, plain sweet dough with some almond flakes, luncheon meat roll, chocolate cupcake with rainbow sprinkles.

you’ve got it – Peking Duck!

Keep adding coconut milk until the desired consistency. Remember, it’s a ladle at a time. Let the curry simmer until oil exudes and rises to the top. Stir every now and then to prevent scorching at the bottom of pot.

Toasts were served with the Baked Brie.

Chinese Buns (mantou) – S$5.

The various colours and textures of Bibimbap 비빔밥 make not only for a delicious meal but also an incredibly pretty dish.

How did this become a Foo Chow cuisine??? My friend knew I love squid and so he ordered a quid dish but it turned out to be calamari rings served with Thai sweet chilli sauce… What a bummer!

An aunty (not my aunty, remember?) served us our orders.

Water Cakes – Chwee Kueh.

Ah yes! Chinese Tea! We ordered Cha Wang (Tea King) aka Tea King Monkey Chief, Tea King Monkey King, Tea King Monkey Tea.

Scallop and Prawn dim sum.

Chicken Roulade cut into coins, placed with the seam side down on a bed of sliced caramelised onions.

Carrots Cake.

Braised meat, egg and mushrooms.

And if making a sandwich is too much on a weekend, order in a Pizza and…

Assam Fish

Sambal Quail Eggs

Foo Chow Noodles.

Squid Ink Paella.

Chinese Broccoli.

Biryani making

Our simple dinner.

Penang Char Kway Teow.

Coming to a boil soon…

Breakfast my mom may not approve.

French Madaleines. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a distinctive shell-like shape acquired from being baked in pans with shell-shaped depressions.

A small bowl of braising gravy from the pork or duck is usually given in a Teochew Muay 潮州糜 meal.

Radish Flower carved by Zaza.

My Mother’s Day Dinner – Squid Ink Paella.

Waffles with Pandan Flavour.

Scallops

When eating Dong Po Rou – choose those with the thickest creamiest fatty layers.

Would you pay S$3 for your Mind, Body and Soul’s satisfaction?

Peanut Ice Cream.

Cookie!

Pai Kuat Wong literally translated into Rib King, usually from pork.

Have you had your cuppa?

Fresh Seafood

Scones

Sweet Potato Porridge

This is a new dish on Nan Bei Restaurant’s menu. New dishes were created based on customers’ demand for more variety.

Appetisers Section offered 7 dishes.

Isn’t this a pretty sight?

Roast Chicken.

Beef Stew

Pawn Tofu.

Steamed Garoupa.

Roast Pork Belly.

Fluffy Omelet with tiny pearls of Oysters in hotplate Malaysian style.

Tyng’s and my vote goes to this dish.

Simply Bread.

Meng’s order – Yong Tau Foo Noodles. S$3.

Shoulder of Pork with Pasta

Xiao Long Bao has become a norm when it comes to dim sum.

Tony and I do not spray oil or puff cigarette smoke on the food we present to you! What you see is what you get 😉

Caramel Toffee Chocolate Cake

One for you and one for me.

4-5 minutes soft-boiled eggs.

black pepper crabs

Waffles

How does it taste like? We’ve eaten brie countless times but never had it baked.

Lobster in Superior Stock.

Pork and Prawn dim sum.

Pork dim sum.

A toast to ALL Mothers!

Cold Tofu with Meat Floss

Thai Luncheon.

We usually have Honey Baked Chicken, Seafood Fried Rice or Abalone Rice and one more usually a vegetable dish when we have individual servings of whole braised fins.

Economic Beehoon.

Garnished with Chinese celery, crispy fried shallots, chopped raw green chillies, hardboiled eggs and half a lime.

Head & Tail.

Kueh Pie Tee

The Fish Curry had a thick consistency. The spices were aromatic. I only wished it were more chilli hot. That’s my personal preference as I have said before, I like very spicy stuff.

Tuna Baguette

Okay, chill yo”… The meaning of QQ in visual form!

Marshmallows

Taiwanese Small Eats 台灣小吃

Crispy rice at the bottom of pan. The prawns were succulent almost crunchy. The suid was cooked just right. The clams were a little too tiny. Overall, I enjoyed the paella.

Life is short, eat dessert first.

Scones

Yumz…

Coffee is my favourite drink. My brother, Nic, made me one today. No, not this one. He’s not a coffee barista!

Remember my motto? Fat is flavour!

Dong Po Rou

Hokkien Mee in Malaysia is braised with black soy sauce. It is a Must Eat when in Malaysia!

Sharksfin Xiao Long Bao – regular XLB with a few strands of sharksfin and the price shot up!

French Fries with Truffle Oil.

Cheese Martabak.

Cheese Board.

Onion Rings.

Cappuccino.

Thosai or Dosa(i) தோசை – is a fermented crepe or pancake made from rice batter and black lentils. It is indigenous to and is a staple dish in the southern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as well as being popular in Sri Lanka and Singapore.

Chef cooking Wild Boar Stew in Desaru, Malaysia.

Beef Cubes were slightly over-cooked but very tasty. I loved the Puff Pastry!

Lana used Tanh Hoon instead of Kway Teow as a special treat for me. Using her own homemade Pad Thai Sauce recipe, cooked with chopped sweet radish and served with banana flowers and scallions, the authentic way to eat Pad Thai.

Bosnian Sausages.

Velvety soft smooth whites with runny yolks.

Tang Yuan – Ah Bo Ling

Shaoxing Wine Chicken

Onde Onde

Marinating Crispy Chicken Wings.

Lor Mee (Braised Noodles) are usually eaten with black vinegar.

Flying Paratha

And if you’re a big eater like me, then one plate is never enough right? What other food have I got there?

Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup – I think there’s half a chix in there.

Sambal Prawns

Bittergourd scrambled with Eggs.

Fried Fish Maw with Crabmeat – Fish maws are sold dried in two forms: deep-fried or non-deep dried. Deep-fried fish maws (in this dish) are puffy, light and looked like a yellow tubular loofah sponge.

Squid Ink Paella.

Singapore Mee Goreng.

Curry Chicken

What’s your cuppa?

Monkey King Chinese Tea

Chicken Biryani marinade

Sweet Potato Porridge – bottomless refill.

Garlic and Chilli La La.

XLB or Xiao Long Bao

They start to heat up your orders over charcoals – a rare sight in Singapore.

Hailam (Hainanese – a Chinese dialect group) kopi.

So the Fish Curry did not sting my tongue and in quest for hotter food, Kim ordered Mutton Curry.

CNY Cake – Nian Gao

once steamed to the perfect temperature, this uncle will deliver them to your table 🙂

Stewed Nappa Cabbage

Birthday lunch at Hunky Dory Melbourne.

Stir-fried Dried Beancurd with Green Peppers – S$10.

Grass Jelly with Mixed Fruits.

Cappuccino

Banana Bread Ingredients

Ginger Dipping Sauce.

Hokkien High Tea.

Typical traditional Singaporean breakfast of soft-boiled eggs and kopi.

Squid

BlackBall Singapore

The twine made this looked like a gift parcel. So this one for’s you 😀

Waffles.

Steamed Jasmine Rice

The buns are soft and the charsiew filling not overly sweet as most Charsiew Bao are. Good choice.

French Toasts

Devon Scones and Cornwall Clotted Cream.

BlackBalls Signature dessert with milk.

Pork Terrine and Smoked Salmon. P had 3 rounds of salmon.

Pig’s Trotters with Ginger and Vinegar 猪脚姜醋

Prawns with Mungbean Noodles.

Mousse

Why to steam Chinese Tapas, of course!

Luohon Zai – vegetable rolled in beanskin wrap.

Have you tasted Hainanese Mutton Soup before?

Once the skin has turned golden and crisp, turn the duck breasts over to sear the other side.

Next, P grumbled that there’s no saucer for the soy sauce that was stored in a teapot next to the sushi station. ALso, chopsticks were not offered.

Nian Gao

The mutton was very tender. I did not have to struggle when chewing and swallowing the meat.

Plain porridge with boiled peanuts are normally eaten with plain fried economic beehoon but I couldn’t find any that day so I settled for Chicken Congee with Alkaline Squid and Century Egg instead.

Curry Tuna and 12 Grain Loaf with Flaxseed.

Pork Ribs (Pai Kuat Wong) – crisp outside and tender inside. The sauce had just the right amount of sour and sweet taste.

Mackerel Fish Curry on a bed of Basmati Biryani Rice.

Fried Beansprouts with Salted Fish.

Red Duck Curry and Brown Rice.

Strawberries ready ti be dunk in chcolate

Mushroom sauce in the making.

This special item “da li wan” had one whole page by itself on the menu and is limited to one per person at S$2 each.

Let’s take a closer look.

An extra order of Foo Chow Fishballs and Rou Yan Soup.

Tomyum Soup

Cookie Pops

That is mine 😀

I actually did it. Yay! I used to have very long nails and could pull the tab for fear of breaking them nails.

Sharksfin Soup.

Yam cake.

Moshi Moshi Dessert & Tea, Johor Bahru. Black Sesame Sorbet with Red Beans and Grass Jelly.

Yumilicious Fried Fish Noodle Soup.

Lana sliced the meat into even thickness.

I like the clear salty broth. The layers of beanskin provides texture to this dish.

I was thinking since I’m at it (taking pictures) anyway, perhaps I should learn some composition.

Eat them with a dash of pepper and a drizzle of dark soy.

Coffee break.

Economical Bee Hoon is actually rice vermicelli fried with light and dark soy along with some beanshoots (bean sprouts aka taugeh).

Another piece of Zaza’s work.

Kampong Chicken.

Voila! Chicken Roulade by Sam Poh.

Get up close…

Beef Rendang

Get even closer!

According to TCM, the nutritional value of Abalone (Dried Abalone is prized): 1. rich in protein: there are many nutrients such as calcium, iron, iodine and vitamin A; 2. its nutritional value is extremely high and rich in globulin; abalone is believed to contain ingredients such as essential metabolites which can destroy cancer cells; 3. abalone is yin-nourishing, calming liver and solid renal, adrenal gland secretion can be adjusted, have the effect of bi-directional regulation of blood pressure; 4. it has the effect of regulating menstruation, treating menstruation disorders, moisturizing internal dryness as well as constipation.

The skin of the chicken is yellow because the chicken was boiled in tumeric water.

Char Bee Hoon

Spicy Chicken – S$18.

The chef was so nice! He said it would be better for our photography if he didn’t cook the fish first, lol…

Salmon from Queen Victoria Market, Malbourne, Australia.

Carrot cake – shredded radish cake.

Can you guess what we had for lunch last Friday?

Morning Glory or Kangkong as we called locally stir-fried with Sambal and Cuttlefish.

Braised Peanuts.

Elegant High Tea at Brasserie Les Saveurs St. Regis Hotel, Singapore.

Prawn with Salted Egg Yolk.

Tony updating with more pictures of his Dong Po Rou collection.

Kimbab

Delicious, succulent and creamy.

Big Breakfast.

The minute you enter this kung fu themed restaurant, the waitresses will alarm you with their loud greetings calling you “da xia” which means big heroes.