Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Jun 2nd, 2009
I love dimsum. So it was an immediate “yes” when Leslie asked if I was game for a dimsum marathon session! For their May/June 2009 issue, Cuisine & Wine Asia magazine has a feature article on dimsum. 5 food bloggers, or “food paparazzi” as coined by feature writer Jackson Sim, served as tasters for 6 [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese, Fun Stuff on Apr 5th, 2009
After visiting Jaime La Nourriture’s lovely blog, I’m now very inspired to blog in Chinese too! Problem is, I haven’t written in Chinese for more than 10 years. It’ll be good practice to brush up on my very rusty Chinese, heh! Ok, here goes…… 星期六了，我和老公都没特别节目。我又不想煮晚饭，于是我们便到惹兰红山中心吃晚餐和逛超市。 老公：哎，我们真uncool! 星期六晚上没去cheong，却跑来这种只有uncle／auntie来的地方！ 我：有什么办法？我们以“升级”做uncle／auntie了！ Translated: It’s Saturday. Hubby and I had no [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Apr 4th, 2009
Remember how much I was raving about Putien? Heh, I couldn’t get it out of my head, so when I was at Vivocity this week for some shopping, I had to return to Putien! As I was alone, and wasn’t very hungry, I didn’t order any noodles or rice. Since I love duck and yam, [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Mar 28th, 2009
After the previous night’s not-so-satisfying dinner, tonight’s dinner was like manna from heaven! Well, ok, maybe exaggerating a little, but we really enjoyed every dish we ate! Putien makes their own tofu. Fresh, firm but super smooth, the tofu was divine! The tasty brown gravy was of the right consistency: not too thick but sticky [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Feb 3rd, 2009
This place really doesn’t need any more endorsement; it’s filled to full capacity nearly all the time, so much so that they have a queue number system! It was only 12pm on Saturday, and already, the restaurant was full. But we didn’t mind waiting as we were first in the queue.
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Oct 16th, 2008
My love for the roast meats here goes way back to when it used to be at the now-demolished Outram Park HDB estate. I remember my mom ordering a whole roast duck for special occasions. Now, it does a roaring business at the refurbished Chinatown Complex. A minimum 10-minute wait during lunch or dinner is [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Oct 2nd, 2008
Please pardon the slightly grainy and off-color photos! The result of dim lighting plus neglecting to fiddle with the camera settings (too hungry!), they don’t do full justice to the food. I’ve been wanting to check out this famous dish for ages, but somehow have not gotten around to doing so. Well, I’m glad we [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Chinese on Sep 4th, 2008
This stall was a serendipitous find that’s surprisingly good! We were here to grab a quick meal and were wondering what to eat when I spied some tables having these irresistible-looking fried wantons and Ipoh hor fun. My hunch was right! The golden, crispy wantons were delicious! Instead of minced pork, they were stuffed with [...]
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