Homemade Chinese - style Tacos

Braised pulled pork with chinese bao and coriander, that's the chinese-style tacos that has replaced popiah in our regular meals. I love those fluffy white buns that can be deep fried or eaten on its own.

I wanted to say the coriander makes all the difference, but the pickles add a really fresh high to this dish.

Dinner with family @ Kopitiam Swissotel, its same-same-but-different foods.

The same sweet & nutty sauce is used in Rojak & Tauhu Telur. The veges inside the rojak are chopped finely and the deep fried tauhu is very crunchy.

Salted egg calamari is actually squid meatballs.

Nice Indian spices inside the fishhead curry.

Lean meat used in the satay, full of flavor with no oily fat.

Big plump juicy oysters.

Goreng pisang really hit the spot for dessert, all its missing is cinnamon dust.

Homemade Pen Cai (Bowl of Prosperity)

My mom usually makes this dish but this time around I decided to try it out on my own.

Meat : Pork, Scallops, Abalone

Vegetables : Mushroom, Bamboo Shoots, Daikon, Winter Melon, Preserved Lettuce, Broccoli

Soup : 3 types of Chinese Herbs, Chicken stock, Oyster Sauce, Hua Tiao

A lot of prep work goes in before cooking this dish, soaking/chopping/peeling. I bought only one of each type of gourd to put in, as it turns out its enough for 2 pots of pencai.

The pork belly was pre-sliced, making my life easier. Each item has to be cooked individually then assembled into a cooking pot to be simmered on low heat for an hour. Served hot with rice. 

Drinks, Instant Noodles, Chips...

I spent my ang pow money on re-stocking my pantry with essentials like soft drinks, coffee, instant noodles, chips and prepped food. All delivered directly to my place. That's 50kg of rice, usually it comes in a gunny sack but at the supermarkets its 2x25kg packets.

Fresh box of 35 macarons, I've seen this in the frozen section of the supermarket before but this is really extravagant coz I only buy 1 or 2 at a time.

2x500gm ribs in tomato and black pepper sauce, one cooked and one frozen from BBQ Chef.

8 packets of Muar Otah in classic fish that tastes the best, but they also sell it in clam/squid/prawn. The same place sells chinese style buns (mantou) and fresh fruit mochi. This time around its durian and mango.

3x200gm cans of Kelly luncheon meats in premium flavors of truffle and iberico ham. Had to try these even though the classic spam is still the best.

6x40gm packets of Jim Beam potato crisps. I always want to order more crisps but its not always available for delivery, they have to pack it loosely in cardboard boxes so it doesn't get crushed.

More local coffee and I also got the UCC percolator versions that is placed on top of the coffee cup.

24 slim cans of Coca-Cola and 5x12 Korean mini cans of drinks that are supposed to be fruit juice but there is cinnamon punch (Sujeonggwa) and rice punch (Sikhye).

Most of the instant noodles I ordered are Konjac noodles that is like jelly but not really. In cup version (regular price $10 each, discounted price $5 each) and in packet version (regular price $5 each, discounted price $2 each).

I also got one each of Kim's instant noodles. Everyone keeps telling me this is the premium noodles that is QQ and tasty on its own so the seasonings provided in the packet are very light in taste for cooks to add their own toppings & soup in a restaurant setting.

Expired Post on the last festive season

Eating rice dumplings even though its not mid-autumn festival, now that its sold year-round I can have it anytime. In traditional stewed pork filling or a sweeter Singaporean nyonya version.

I waited until after CNY to show off the stuff I got over Christmas, Birthday and New Years. It's mostly ang pows and I spent all the money re-stocking my pantry with drinks, potato chips and instant noodles.

I wrapped advent calendars last Christmas for my family. It's one book of scrapbooking paper. Each sheet folds into one box. 25 items @$2 from Daiso is $50, making it within budget.

I had a jelly cake for my birthday and I recommend flat sheet cakes anytime, easy to cut/serve/store.

 We catered Thai food from Soi 47 @ Toa Payoh, it's 2 of everything on the menu. The green curry is made from soymilk and the tomyum is actually very traditional non-red colour. Someone brought additional roast meats that is always appreciated.