4 posts tagged “food”
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ari has been watching a lot of cooking show on TV. and yesterday, one of the fish dishes turned out to be quite yummy looking. so, today, he volunteered to cook the fish dish he learned from TV.
pardon the picture. it was hard to take good picture with minimal lighting.
the fish, which is the one of the bottom, was mighty delicious. it was perch fish sauteed with olive oil and scallion. once its done, we poured lemon juice on to of it. the red-black-ish thingy on it is a plum sauce, which was perfect wit the fish. it was served with pasta and salad.
it was soooo easy! we agree that we need to cook this dish again another time. and take better pictures of it… hehe.
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tonight, we met up with Melvyn, Tracy and Zander in Chinatown. and i got to try the Singapore’s delicacies, Fish Head in Asam Sauce.
i first saw this dish when i was still in NYC, watching the Amazing Race. the contestant have to eat the Eye of the fish in order to proceed to the next challenge. i thought, mmm, i gotta try that dish… so, i finally have the chance tonight. i tried the eye (which was only one per dish, they cut the fish-head in half)… it taste like any other fish eyes…. i don’t understand what so special about it. maybe because there is only one eye per dish? or maybe eating eyes are disgusting for certain people? anyways, the asam sauce was excellent. i will definitely order this dish again. it’s yummy.
by the way, i’m still amazed with the picture quality taken with ari’s mobile phone… they definitely don’t look like pictures from camera phone.
we got family visit today! Vio and his parents, Om Deden and Tante Hanny, came by Singapore after a few days of Surgeon Conference in Batam.
we first had lunch at Kandahar Street, having a good yummy Nasi Padang.
surprisingly, my aunt — who is Orang Padang — said that this Nasi Padang is quite authentic. even more authentic than those found in Bandung. wow, that taxi driver really knew what he’s talking about…
after that, we walked to Bras Basah complex to find books. while Vio, Om Deden and Tante Hanny walk in and out of bookstores, ari and i went shopping for canvas printing. we’re planning to print some of our stuff onto canvas and hang them in our house. we came back with name cards, while Vio came back with a bag full of medical books.
after walking around, we took a break at Han’s at the National Library and have some drink.
we didn’t stay there long. we took a bus to go to the Chinatown and hang out there for the rest of the afternoon. my aunt walked around to find glasses, while Vio, ari and i walked around in the Club Street area and took pictures.
around 5:30PM, we took the train to go back to Harbour Front and say goodbye to them as they are to go back to Batam.
ps: reesie, thank you for the tip on photo posting! it works!! yay!
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oops, i still owe the last entry of our trip to jakarta… ari and i are in a crunch-time, finishing up a website for a client. this past week has been nothing but working… this weekend will not be much different. i will try to finish the last entry, though… i’ve started writing the entry, but the photo selection will take a while.
so, in the mean time, i leave you with Baso Tahu.
it’s a selection of steamed things: tofu, potatoes, boiled eggs, etc. the white-ish fluff on top of each pieces is mixture of mostly flour and (i think) a little bit of shrimp/meat/etc. the darker colored ones are Siomay — which i think consist of just that flour + shrimp/meat mixture. the concept is quite similar to dimsum, but each pieces is about 5 times larger than the dimsum pieces. and the taste is soooo different.
the way you eat it is by cutting the pieces into smaller, bite-size chunks. pour the special-made sambal kacang (peanut-chili sauce) on top of it. add sweet soy sauce and squirt some lime. i personally prefer lots and lots of soy sauce and only a bit little sambal kacang.
mix ‘em up well… and eat it while it’s hot.
it’s my favorite food when i was a little kid. i grew up in Bandung, one of the cities in Indonesia. when i was younger, my family became a frequent visitor of a small Chinese restaurant. they sell this Baso Tahu (people in Jakarta called them Siomay Bandung). we couldn’t make them from scratch, so we always have to buy them in that restaurant. and i always wished we could go there everyday and eat their baso tahu…
it’s definitely something i miss in Singapore…
