Holidays and Food

9 days of holidays, sprinkled with work to do, deadlines and meetings, a 4hr briefing, more deadlines in the email and more work to do, not to mention the backlog of work which i swept under the carpet and consultations. Not to forget the projected work yet to come my way. Ignorance/Avoidance is bliss. Haiya, can ignore everything but how to ignore a desperate sms "Ms __ can i see you on__". So life goes on, work goes on, the pleasure of my job goes on.*Y*

Since I cant leave the country, I have been on a food tour. Armed with Makansutra, SS and I went around to agree/disagree with his chopsticks.

Mon 31 Oct
I made Peng Kuih! For the very first time in my life. Watching the triangular pink kuih fall out from its mould was like wow. Peng kuih is a Teochew kuih filled with glutinous rice (some fill it with other stuff). Mil taught me how to make it. Its fun. For the "pi" or skin, she used a mixture of rice flour (mostly) and some plain flour and hot boiling water. A tiny bit of tapioca flour as well. She made the terrifically yummi filling of glutinous rice with fragrant mushrooms, flavoured with shallot oil. Coole.

Tues 1 Nov Happy Festival of Lights!
We decided to head down to Chinatown again for the Loh Mi Fun. But it was sold out! So we tried other things. As usual, I was on the hunt for the best porridge in Chinatown. Chinatown food complex

Joe's Pork Porridge 02-69
Food: Porridge, was similar to Tian Tian, smooth, not creamy and very "drink this and get well soon patient's kind of porridge" not my idea of the best porridge in town.
Rating: 5.8/10
Return: NO

Jiu Ji 02-157
Food: Very similar to the Tiong Bahru Porridge. Creamy and very very smooth. It has this machine in the shop which kinda grinds it smooth. Its damn good porridge. But somehow i feel Hwah Yuen in Tiong Bahru is more fragrant.
Rating: 8/10
Return: YES! the best porridge so far in Chinatown.

You know, very few of the food recommended in the Makansutra book is from food courts.

Wed 2 Nov
Mil and I went to Lor Ah Soo Market. Its only temp, nothing much. Then we went to Kovan Food Centre for breakfast. They have pretty good stuff. Carrot cake not bad but the Serangoon Ave 2 one is still the BEST!

Lunch: I made the bak chor with pickle, fried pomfret with sugar and lemon and chicken soup with coconut, cereal prawn and vegetables. Mil joined us.

Went out the town. Walked from 330pm to 830pm. We had dinner at Food Republic at Wisma the new food court. Its a really neat concept. It had all the old, traditional stuff in the traditional style. It has all the really good food in one place. Thye Fong is famous for the fried Hokkien Mee on banana leaves. The dim sum from Fortune Restaurant was good but ex. They has this thick bread toast thingy. I think it started from the same boss as Breadtalk. Anyway, I love the food court! 3 thumbs up!

So much for food.

Here's some pics of my kitchen