CHAI BOEY 菜尾 - MUSTARD GREENS STEW

Chai Boey, a sour spicy mustard greens stew with that awesome succulent roasted pork, my in-law and helper do love it very much. An easy dish to cook which can be sufficiently served for a whole family dinner. Every house shall has own recipe for chai boey, all is about our mother or granny. A traditional home-cooked dish has made flood of childhood memories. 

SESAME CHICKEN RICE 麻油鸡饭 - FOR KID

Ryder prefer to eat rice than porridge, so what kind of rice to cook is always my question. It can't be salty, can't be oily, can't be tasteless. Also, it must be step-less for me, a working-mother who only rest in weekend. With leftover of chicken broth in fridge, can just easily get this sesame chicken rice done, such a great sesame fragrant of rice, Ryder and hubby had finished it all. 

PORK FLOSS RECIPE

Never had sufficient dishes for my kid, Ryder has became very fussy in chowing since 1.5 years old, should be as same as some mommies' little one. Ideas of food never stopped. If your kid like to chow porridge or rice, pork floss is one of the best ingredient too add into. Should anyone could not consume pork meat, you can replace it with chicken breast as well.

DINE AL FRESCO - THE BARK CAFE

After couple of weeks of confinement due to corona virus outbreak issue, is time to get myself and family a good Sunday lunch. Instead of going to indoor restaurant in shopping mall, an outdoor al fresco cafe restaurant will be a better option. 

Location ★★★★★

Atmosphere ★★★★★

Food ★★★☆☆

Service ★★★★★

Price ★★☆☆☆

STIR FRIED TOMATO EGG - FOR 2 YEARS OLD BABY

Ryder is much more fussy in choosing his foods, he will splits out if the food is not as tasty as he like. Everything must be fresh and tasty enough. I usually cook for him in only Sunday, which is my non-working day plus my helper is on day-off. For lunch, usually just one dish with plain rice, to be well served for this little beloved one.

JALAN TUA KONG LAU LIM MEE POK - BEDOK ROAD

No one can ever resists from having a delicious Bak Chor Mee, a typical local noodle which Singaporean can have it during breakfast, lunch or dinner. Although Bak Chor Mee is being selling everywhere in Singapore, but to go back to the authentic one will be a great deal for yourself. Look at how charming is this Jalan Tua Kong Lau Lim Bak Chor Mee which located at Bedok Road.

Location ★★★☆☆

Atmosphere ★★★☆☆

Food ★★★★☆

Service ★★★★☆

Price ★★★★☆

WANG DAE BAK - KOREAN BBQ

Wang Dae Bak is so well known and high-reviewed Korean BBQ restaurant in Singapore central area. The one I went is 98 Amoy Street branch. Grade as:

Location ★★☆☆☆

Atmosphere ★★☆☆☆

Food ★★★☆☆ 

Service ★★★☆☆

Price ★★☆☆☆

LILO PREMIUM IKAN BILIS POWDER - PERFECT BABY FOOD

Always only best stuff we want to give to our beloved little one, what does really matter is their daily intake. When food is so much important to them, human being usually make it tasteless which they may thought taste lighter means healthier.
Indeed those heavy condiment salt and soy sauce are certainly a no-no, thus mommy used to boil natural ingredient to make the soup/dish/porridge be more concentrate and tasty. But this method consumes more time, more electricity and gas usage.

LONG PHUNG VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT - JOO CHIAT ROAD

No one should ever get fed up with Vietnamese foods. Instead of local Singapore wok fried style of food, traditional common Vietnamese foods used to be slightly lighter than ours but not tasteless. That is not impossible to enjoy a good Vietnamese meal in Singapore nowadays, this Long Phung should be one of the best in east Singapore area.

Long Phung is not that highly exposed well-known restaurant in Singapore but at least it always get full seated in the restaurant shop especially during dinner hours. I personally visited twice and got these photos taken from different timing.

LONDON & YORK FOODS - NON TOURISTIC

Good foods hunting never stops wherever whenever. Proudly claim that these foods discoveries completed without researching was done in prior. I used to do research for recommended foods in advance before travelling but not for England nor any other country that I will be travelling in next. 

Reason being, the food/restaurant recommendation for tourist in Google is always not authentic, with crowd of tourists, long queue and higher price. You will never feel local even when you are in other people country. Change your travel style, check in your Hotel and browse around that area for better food places. Got the name of restaurant and then Google it for review checking. 

Let's see these discoveries I had completed in both London and York, they were with almost/totally no tourist over there, much lesser crowd! 

CLINTON STREET BAKERY

It is never too late to share dessert though I was having it half a year ago. If you are fed up with traditional ordinary desserts like pancake with vanilla ice cream, waffle with chocolate dip, banana boat etc, take a look at these served in Clinton Street Bakery.

Not that difficult to discover a good restaurant/cafe, just google the keyword and you will receive more than enough of recommendation with real consumer reviews. And that was how I got to know this Clinton Street Bakery, with nearly full score of comments.

When you google about this Clinton Street Bakery, you will definitely see boom of photos and recommendation of their signature blueberry pancake and chicken & waffle.

DONGDAEMUN JAJANGMYEON @ DONG HUA CHINESE RESTAURANT (东大门东华饭店)

If I were asked about the top favorite food I ate in Korea, this authentic jajangmyeon (jajang noodle) will definitely be the one. I ain't a light taste food lover, and if you are same as me then this jajangmyeon must could be one of your favorite food.

MAXIM'S PALACE DIM SUM 美心皇宫点心 - HONG KONG

Brighten up your entire day with Hong Kong local dim-sum in a grand palace style restaurant. Palatable breakfast plus awesome Hong Kong harbor sea view, that shall be a new experience added in your Hong Kong vacation. 

FU KEE RESTAURANT 富记粥品 - HONG KONG

Fed up to commonly get porridge with youtiao? Here you go. 

Fu Kee restaurant in Hong Kong, serve you more than 20 options of mixed porridge. Based on Hong Kong authentic trait, you are able to taste your favorite porridge with roast goose! 

YAT LOK ROAST GOOSE 一樂燒鵝 - HONG KONG

A Hong Kong trip deem imperfect if without tasted the Hong Kong roast goose. The delicacy roast goose is rare to be seen in Singapore. Hong Kong roast goose meal was the cuisine that I tasted most repeatedly. I pen herewith a recommended roast goose restaurant which is located at Hong Kong central area, a famous food district. I actually used to experience staffs' furiousness in many restaurants/food stalls in Hong Kong but I was okay with it, that is their own culture without malice. Thus, Yat Lok restaurant had surprised me with their polite service attitude, and I would confirm that Yat Lok restaurant was the only one that has obtained my own strong satisfaction. 

Hong Kong - Tsim Chai Kee Wonton Noodle

During my latest Hong Kong trip in Jan 2017, I had discovered few more restaurants which are well-known to tourists. To pen about my conclusion after tasted based on own opinion. Some were really delicious but some weren't. I was thinking to commend all together in a blog post or separately, so I decided to blog it separately as well. Wonton noodle is famous local food in Hong Kong, it almost can be seen in every local restaurant. Refer to this Tsim Chai Kee is well-known to tourists, you can search many information about it on Google. But regret to say, it had deeply disappointed me.

Wicked Grill At Tanjong Katong Road

Updated on 23 February 2018: Google stated this restaurant permanently closed



It has been quiet a long time since the last time I discovered a good restaurant in Singapore. And the thing I am going to pen to share was so fantastic. I were astonished to know all the prices were that low in this fresh-opened western food restaurant Wicked Grill ! And I bet everyone would know how will that cost if take a proper meal in a western restaurant in Singapore, for instance, a plate of fish and chips costs $19++, a plate of seafood aglio olio will cost $18++, a side dish (fish fillet/french fried) usually costs at least $5.9++, and a can of soft drink will costs $3.5 something. Therefore, I guess a western meal for 2 person will usually cost approximately $50-$70. 

2016 In Review

Always be grateful for your today, that might be what others were craving for but couldn't reach to. Be thankful; Be filial; Be lovely; Be whatever you knew is legally right to be. At least two decades we have been lived through. With making the same wishes for a new coming year but never achieved. Is because have no planning, no effort and no dream. As you knew that nothing gained with no pain.

I cannot believe December is going to over. It seemed to fly by so quickly this month and I am not looking forward to end my holiday/my Christmas. I would be find with another few more December. With only one day left in year 2016, I thought it would be appropriate to look back at some of my favorite memories this year.

A Whirlwind Journey, Jeju Province

Korea’s Hawaii. A Tropical Paradise “Very Famous in Korea.” All those adjectives, and more have been used to describe Jeju no matter who or when it has come up in conversation since we’ve been here. Obviously curious to see what this tropical utopia is all about, I decided to take few days to down to this island off the southern coast of Korea. I spent three days there, was temporarily leaving away from the hustle and bustle city, Seoul. I landing at Seoul the day before and spent one night over there. Had put our main luggage at hotel (Royal Hotel Seoul) before heading to Gimpo international Airport owing to there is no luggage check in allowance with the plane that I was going to take (JejuAir). 

Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong MyeongDong | 明洞姜虎东烤肉

It will never to get bored with Korean cuisine. Korean style barbecue is so well-known nowadays. Korean barbecue restaurants are opened everywhere in Singapore, and of course it can be found at almost every corner in Korea. You will never feel how great to having a barbecue meal in Korea until you did, especially is during winter season. Kang Ho Dong BBQ is one of the famous BBQ restaurant in Seoul, specialised with their thick juicy texture of meat and baked eggs. I am not a beef consumer, pork is my only favourite choice for barbecue.