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He casually mentioned that we never tried roasting a whole chicken before, and after he said that I was spurred to take up the challenge!

I found a recipe in Epicurious which uses mainly lemon, honey and tarragon but because we do not have any tarragon, I simply follow the recipe without it!

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Here is the final product! He was amazed! That night he gave the best compliment to my new domesticated self! According to him, “Do you know what is the best compliment to a chef? Not only did her patrons ate it all up and claimed to love it, it is the fact that there are chill sauce and other condiments at the side, the patrons choose not to use it!” Haha! I agree! But I thought it can be a little juicier if I stopped the oven at the last 10 mins! Sorry, I’m a perfectionist!

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For the potato, it is nothing fancy. I simply sliced two russet potatoes, soaked it in salt water, greased the bakeware with butter, laid the potatoes, put some butter and pepper in between potatoes, laid more potatoes and covered it up with cheese and popped it into the oven! Haha. No recipe required.

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Yums! It feels like a home cooked Christmas meal already! If you want to know the recipe we followed from Epicurious, you can click for more!

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Another random post about Italy! I have so many random posts at the back of my head, it’s going to take months to clear! Haha.

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My personal favorite! We found this bakery in Milan!

This Italian pastry named “cornetto” in the Center and South of Italy and “brioche” in the North is a cousin of French Croissant! Unlike the French version which is crispy and buttery, Cornetto / Brioche is softer and comes with fillings! They dolled them up with fruits, nuts, cream, sugar and jam and filled them with puree, cream and chocolate! We have them at every breakfast in the hotels we stayed, you see them in cafes and bakeries and it’s everywhere! Yums!

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I’m blessed to marry a man who can cook and who can cook well! Homemade Pork Patty sandwich with egg! It was yummy and it is worthy of a blog post. HAH.

One of my favourite place in Sydney, their Fish Market. It is not a huge place, but it’s great if you can just pop by for lunch!

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Fresh and oh so yummy!

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Other than their fresh and raw items, they have a huge range of cooked yummy treats too!

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Other than a dozen oysters, these were what we ate at 10am (after breakfast!)

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If you love ice cream like I do, you may want to try the following recipe to make your own homemade ice cream! I pick it up at Udders’ workshop and thought it was really easy! You should bring your kids along or try it with your friends or family! Otherwise, try it yourself with the following steps and make your kids work for their own ice cream! Haha.

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Our company’s SRC organized a Ice cream workshop cum buffet event at Udders and what’s not to like to try making ice cream and eat all you want at a subsidized rate!

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We tried making chocolate ice cream (which you are to choose from Vanilla, Coconut or Chocolate ice cream!)
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For the one month we stayed at our new place, has been a great cook! And I am ashamed to say that he is a better cook than I am. Or rather, he has the natural instinct to cook while I on the other hand, can read recipes (just like I can read maps) and follow closely to it just to cook delicious food!

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So far, he has made numerous breakfast, pastas and marinated awesome meat for our grill-out sessions with our friends!

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Thank you love for all the yummy treats!

Back when I was interning in Shanghai almost 6 years back, I frequent this steamboat place – Xiao Fei Yang - which was really awesome and when we were in Shanghai we went back for it! Yummy! It is a chain store and it is value for money and really good!

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This picture tells a funny story at the restaurant! I ordered Sprite and Steph ordered Orange juice. Their price was a dollar difference and she probably thought it was freshly squeezed juice and hence the price difference. But minutes later, I got my can of Sprite and Steph got her 1.5L orange juice! Never judge a drink via the price in China! Haha. Haha.

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Bollywood Veggies Pte Ltd

100 Neo Tiew Road
Singapore 719026
Tel: (+65) 68985001

In between church and work on Sunday (yes, I work on Sunday), we popped by Bollywood Veggies for lunch. Many people have heard or read about the court case of Bollywood Veggies and how Ivy the owner of Bollywood Veggies shaved her head after winning the court case. But reading about her and seeing her life in action is a world of difference.

We happened to chance upon her giving a group of children a small introduction talk and her sharing about how we should all be warriors (to love and protect) and how a knife in itself is not evil but depends on how you use it. For instance, a knife can be used to save one’s life if you use it to cut a piece of cloth off your clothes to stop someone from blessing excessively or if you need to amputate someone’s finger to save his hand from being stuck in a machine. Cruel as I may have written, but the way she delivered it was inspiring. It is something I would like my future children to hear it too.

At the café, she also hired someone with disabilities, but her disabilities did not stop her from providing excellent service. Her warm wide smile and her constant checking to ensure that we enjoyed our food, truly make her an excellent service professional!

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It was an enjoyable trip minus the heat! The meal was simple yet seemingly home cooked, even though it’s a little pricey for my pocket but it is an experience I very much enjoyed. We each received a keychain after our meal as a souvenir!

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Curry and Jackfruit lemak with brown rice.

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Tempura something.

We even bought some seeds at a little booth and if we succeed in growing these seeds, you will see a new guest blogger our in house gardener! I have a closet gardener! Just wait till he has his hands on our little planter box!

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We had our first and best dinner at Portuguese Settlement!

The Portuguese Settlement is a Kristang community in Ujong Pasir where Kristang are a Malaysian ethnic group with mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry. This community was arose during the Portuguese colonial period. In this area, you can also see many household with a cross at their door!

This place is famous for all sorts of seafood and they had a lot of crayfish and all sorts of shellfish! But with only two of us, it is hard to try all different dishes without bursting our pocket and stomach! Our hotel concierge recommended Stall 1 and it is indeed a popular choice among the patrons there!

Tried their Portuguese style fish which tasted a little like our sambal stingray!

Tried their famous pepper crab! Unlike our local black pepper crab, this tasted like grill/bbq crab tossed lightly with black pepper!

And of course, sambal kang kong is a must in all zhi char eat out. HAHA

Coastes

Coastes
50 Siloso Beach Walk
#01-06 Sentosa
Singapore 099000

T:(65) 6274 9668

At Sentosa, we dropped by Coastes for their thin crust pizza and calamari. With a live band playing at the background, sound of the lapping sea waves and unintentional (spoilt!) dimly lighted  area, it is the romantic moment for a lot of couple. Haha.




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