Pecans

Straight from my Aunty's tree in QLD. Lucky or unlucky me for not making the trip - almost everyone there were suffering from the effects of winter =p

Beefed up mushroom potage

Very sianz with the daily intake of zhap cai berng so decided to cook something



1 tin mushroom potage ($1.50)
1 pack mixed mushrooms from mycofarm ($4.50) - got 1 portabello, some swiss brown mushroom and button mushroom
200g minced beef ($2.50)
3 cloves garlic

Fry beef in oil
Add garlic
Add sliced up mushrooms
Add potage
Add 1 can of water
stir and boil until mushrooms disintegrate beyond recognition (didn't look after fire - was doing lit search)

Chocolate cake

Receipe sapued from Nigella "SPE" Lawson's show. With a lot of modifications though



1 Cup chopped unsweetened chocolate
1 Cup milk
1 Cup toasted flaked almonds
1 Cup butter
1 Cup Muscadavo sugar
1 Cup chocolate chips
1 Cup self-rising flour
3 eggs
1 tsp Vanilla

Melt chocolate over water
Remove from heat, add butter and melt down
Add milk and stir
Crack eggs and mix with vanilla - add to chocolate mixture
Add sugar
Add almonds
Add chips
Add flour
Leave over night to fluff up flour
Spread over a baking tin lined with baking paper
Bake at 180 degrees C.

Why I like to travel to Malaysia

To get my regular Western junk food fix. My favourite fatty drink

Mango cinnamon rolls using bread pudding dough

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Spread all the good stuff on the dough



Roll up, cut and squeeze into baking tray

Bread pudding cinnamon rolls

200g butter rubbed with sufficient self rising floor to form bredcrumbs texture. Add hand full sugar and 2 pinch of salt.

2 eggs into a cup with 1 capful fake vanilla to kill smell, top up with HL milk to 1 cup

Pour mix and sit over night in fridge

5 x Harumanis mangoes (http://www.knowledgebank.irri.org/cglrc/icraf/mangoBook/Description_of_Mango_Cultivars/Arumanis.htm) peeled and cut into slices then cut across grain - very fragrant

Toast 100g of sliced almonds

Mix muscadavo sugar with cinnamon powder

Roll dough out on floured surface into an even rectangle.

Sprinkle with cinnamon tainted muscadavo sugar and lay pieces of butter followed by mangoes then almonds

Roll and cut into pinwheels

Then line in tray lined with baking paper

Throw into oven 200 celcius for 40 min

Cool and serve - gingerly hor since it has the texture of bread pudding.

Today went out to makan Dimsum buffet

Went out with my pharmacy classmates to celebrate KX and SH's BD during our (or rather my) 4 hrs long lunch break - in between DFD3 and IP.

FE, SL, AL and me actually was thinking of going off to pepper lunch when be bumped into J and JC on the bus. They told us about the lunch, and my group actually had to flip a coin to determine the fate of the afternoon as we felt like we were gatecrashing without the BD gift.

Eventually the coin toss decided dimsum buffet it was. We went to Riverview Restaurant (but no river to see one) at Excelsior-Peninsular Hotel @ SGD$10.50 +++ per person for lunch.

Volume of the food was good but quality-wise, it was palatable for that kind of low low price. I'm a fan of guo tie and xiao long bao, but I must say theirs CMI. Even the vinegar used seemed watered down. One classmate attempted to order some 18 pieces of har gao which never came. The orders may have been mixed up.

The good stuff:
-Porridge
-Sweet and sour pork
-Pepper beef
-Deep fried shrimp dumplings
-Guiling gao (some people may not like the taste of Danggui and it's on the bitter side - limited to 1 bowl per person Sianz0.5)
-Cha shao bao
-Cha shao sou
-Har gao

Farnie thing was the guys at my table like Guiling gao more than the girls! I'm not for vanity but I like the herby taste.

Once again HAPPY BD to KX and SH (long time lab partner)

Today used up the nian gao

Today used up the nian gao. had been sitting and occupying space in the fridge for ages since CNY .

First I got an orr (Purple yam, Yam, cocoyam, watever), the ones they used to make Teochew Orr Ni (slowly scroll down, you won't miss it). Steam, mash and strain to get a paste.

Spread the paste over pieces of sliced nian gao and dip into batter and fry.

You'll end up with a fragrant sweet dessert - gooey in the centre and crispy on the outside.

*sin sin sin*

Varsity Guild gathering todae @chong qin hotpot (Bugis)

Today went out with 6 other members of the guild to Chong Qin Hotpot near Bugis.

WARNING: DUN SIT INSIDE. AIRCON SPOILT!!!

But the food value for money @ $15 a head with 1 jug of lemon juice going at $6 a jug. We had 2 jugs.

The main draw for me must be the 餃子 - curry pok shaped one is meat filled. The machiam any how press one is your 韭菜 - both were good. I think mass produced frozen one but who cares. Good to eat can liaoz.

Very popular with the China International crowd as well - we set about 2 tables from a table of them with 1 Indian guy. They were very loud indeed - likely due to be under the influence - and their Indian khaki looked very sian sianz.

One thing I must say - guild leader eats very disgustingly - guilder rushed for time so boh pianz.



ice ice prawn.

How to kill excess bak kua, your waistline, your sugar level and your cholestrol levels at one go!!!

People kept giving bak kuah (dried preserved pork slices sweetened and salted and dried before being barbarqued over a charcoal pit) - why can't they just give me a fat red packet rather than a big caloric deposit. kekekeke enjoyed it anyway.

Salt - HTN
Sugar - DM II
BBQ - Carcinogenic and can alter the Pk of certain drugs.

Jennifer Aniston like mayonaise and so do I - no time to make and use up home-make mayo so bought my own. Hoped to neutralise the fat and sugar and salt with wholemeal bread - but then still nothing can compare with nutty rye bread - cannot find =.=. Let the sandwich sit around for a while for the bread to absorb some of the mayo and allow the meat to soften slightly before attacking. Enjoy the haven for the time being before you hear the following:



BTW, I've a lecturer who sounds like Russell Peters together the the Canto accent - hint hint: first day of class he said, " Why are you all laughing? I'm not a comedian or something.' LOL? I must admit I'm trained to listen (as opposed to hear) so I can pick out the slightest tinge of accent. I'm not mean or anything but every time I hear that combo accent, Russell Peters autoplayed in my head.