Friday 29 February 2008

Chinese New Year and Food

今年的农历新年过得很特别,因为奉华姨特地从香港过来陪我们一家人过新年!往年的农历新年都过得有点枯燥乏味,第一,我们在这里没亲戚,第二,这里的新年气氛远远比不上别的华人地区。所以谢谢你阿姨!谢谢你肯过来陪我们!

松發日夜市肉骨


We went to this restaurant on the first day of my aunt’s arrival; it is located right opposite of Central Shopping Mall. We ordered a bowl of 肉骨for everyone, pig trotters, pig intestines, 凤抓 and a plate of vegetables. The肉骨is the very typical Singaporean style of肉骨, heavily seasoned with pepper and garlic. I personally prefer the Malaysian style of肉骨which is more in 药材味. Anyway, the肉骨here taste like any of the肉骨in Singapore. The portion of food given is quite generous and the price is quite reasonably

Food rating: 3/5

Long Beach Restaurant

We had our reunion dinner at Long Beach restaurant, Long Beach has always been famous for their seafood and since it has been a long time since the last time I went there, I was looking forward to the sumptuous meal waiting for me on that day. Long Beach restaurant recently just went through a big renovation, there is no more mood lighting, the restaurant now is really bright and the setting and ambience have totally changed.


捞鱼生, the dish is quite beautiful, haha… But maybe it’s the sauce they put, the dish turns out to be pretty sour, not exactly my liking, though I still like the crispy crispy chips (What are they called? I don’t know.)

捞个风山水起!!!

Deep fried fish, this dish is nice, I like it, the fish is fresh and tender and the soya sauce is really fragrant, the fish is good to eat it with a bowl of rice.

脆皮鸭,我本人觉得比较像雷劈鸭多一点,这道菜弄得有点失败,整只鸭炸得太过头了,鸭肉硬得不得了,吃完一块鸭肉,嘴巴已经累得不得了。

像不像雷劈鸭?

杂菜煲,this dish is not bad, the gravy is really tasty plus there is 金针菇inside, I love 金针菇 that’s why. Haha…


姜葱蟹, this dish is the 主角, it is quite ok, the crab meat is fresh and tender but what I personally feel is that the chef 炒得不够入味, just mediocre standard…


Dessert, Vanilla ice-cream, just your normal ice-cream, but what is interesting is its presentation, below your bowl of desert is a transparent bowl filled with reddish water and dry ice, the effect makes the desert looks really appetizing, though I didn’t finish the whole thing, I was full already! Haha…

The food didn’t really reached my expectation of what it should be, given its famous name, it should have been better. But anyway, really enjoyed the reunion dinner with my family and aunt! That’s more important.

Food rating: 3.5/5

自家萝卜糕

Hehe… 自家的萝卜糕又怎会不好吃呢?哈哈。。。我们自在除夕那一天一起做的,已经很久没弄萝卜糕了,多亏阿姨来了,要不然,我们怎会大费周章的去做呢?哈哈。。。We are lazy bums. 哈哈。。。 这次的萝卜糕呢,其实有几个败笔,第一,太软,第二,料不够多,平时啊,除了香菇和腊肠,我们还会放虾米和干貝,但我爸爸就是懒惰,只放了香菇跟腊肠,第三,我们的萝卜丝太粗了,我的很细,我妈和阿姨偏偏砌得粗粗的,哈哈。。。我本人是喜欢吃细的萝卜丝。虽然如此,但是还是很好吃!Wai Yee Xiaoling 你们说呢?哈哈。。。 (因为她们两位上来我家拜年,有品尝到我家的萝卜糕)以下是制作萝卜糕的过程,但你们单看是瞧不出我们制做萝卜糕的recipe的,啊哈哈。。。开玩笑的啦,我自己也是隐隐约约的知道而已,要我做,我看也不会太成功。哈哈。。。


砌萝卜咯!


Step 1: 砌萝卜


Step 2: 炒配料


Step 3: 搅粉,做糕

Step 4: 把炒好的萝卜丝和配料放进刚刚搅好的粉

Step 5: 然后蒸一到两个小时

Food rating: 4/5

美食街

除夕夜我和我妈和阿姨到了 Bugis 和牛车水逛了逛,太多人了,但之后我还是去 join Xiaoling, Wai Yee, Mei Feng, Shu Mei , Jiaxin, Shu Qin Likuan 去人挤人, 倒数。哈哈。。。很久没去那么拥挤的地方了。去meet 她们之前,我和我妈和阿姨到了牛车水的美食街吃晚餐,我们叫了fried oyster, cai tao gui chao guo tiao. Fried oyster cai tao gui 还真的不错,chao guo tiao 就真的很 mediocre.

Food rating: 3/5

晚餐后,我就去 meet Xiaoling, Wai Yee, Mei Feng, Shu Mei , Jiaxin, Shu Qin Likuan, 和他们逛逛夜市,去人挤人,Mei Feng 是最厉害的,还硬硬挤去买果冻给大家吃,哈哈。。。谢啦。只听到小贩在那儿喊“很笨很笨,八毛钱!!!”Huh? 说什么啊你???大家明明就是听到他在喊这句。。。Uncle 回家练练你的中文发音吧!我猜他因该是在说“果冻,果冻八毛钱!!!”Anyway, 我们有看到放鞭炮的情景,哇!真是热闹!没倒数,太多人了, we lost track of time le, 听到炮竹声才知新年已到。很开心,谢谢大家let me join in the fun!

好多人啊!!!


人挤人~~~

新年快乐!

彩灯装饰,that’s Winnie the Pool.

My aunt’s friend came over to Singapore to join her, so before they came, we went to check-in for them at the hotel, the hotel is those really small ones, can consider as motel also lar, what’s so interesting about this hotel is that the LIFT!!! This is how the lift looks like:



Super old style of lift right!!! Victorian style!!! Those metal gates!!! Oh my. Quite scary and exciting at the same time during my first ride in it, coz really got the ghostly kind of feel, plus that hotel is those small small ones and the landing at each level is very Victorian style also, dim dim dull dull type, ok stop, I am letting my imagination run wild, the rooms are ok, but the beds are too soft, too springy… I wonder how I can sleep well in this hotel.

Allson Hotel Restaurant

After the check-in, we went to Allson Hotel which is next to it only and had lunch. I ordered a medium raw lamb chop but it came as a fully cooked one, never listen properly sia… Nevermind, coz its very delicious! Haha… Maybe I was hungry? Or may it was the gravy? Just find it delicious. Haha… And yes, the orange juice is super fresh!


Food rating: 3.75/5


在此谢谢阿姨来陪我们过年!以后有机会的话,再来哦!

Tuesday 26 February 2008

怀念。。。

沈殿霞 1945 - 2008

一个陪伴观众成长,用了四十多年的时间带给观众无限的欢乐,一个家喻户晓的人物,肥肥,沈殿霞 走了。。。香港又少了一颗星,将来的日子还会有像肥肥一样的人物吗?我想真的很难。。。我们失去的是一个陪伴我们的开心果,往后的日子,观众会因你的离去,少了很多开怀大笑的机会。。。 肥肥的发型,眼镜,胖嘟嘟的身材和那招牌笑容和笑声永远会留在观众心中。。。

明星

当你见到天上星星 可有想起我
可有记得当年我的脸
曾为你更比星星笑得多
当你记起当年往事 你又会如何
可会轻轻凄然叹喟
怀念我在你心中照耀过
我像那银河星星 让你默默爱过
更让那柔柔光辉 为你解痛楚
当你见到光明星星 请你想 想起我
当你见到星河灿烂 求你在心中记住我

我像那银河星星 让你默默爱过
更让那柔柔光辉 为你解痛楚
当你见到光明星星 请你想 想起我
当你见到星河灿烂 求你在心中记住我

Wednesday 20 February 2008

最近在学校的职业展和一位漂亮的新航空姐的一张合照,我可是提起了勇气去问她是否能够和我合照一张的哦,为我这份勇气鼓掌吧,哈哈。。。

Internship has finally ended… 可以说整个过程是有惊无险的。。。很多时候以为会有一些 mission impossible task 时,往往就会无缘无故的不了了之。哈哈。。。所以也不算很辛苦,只是整天做一些 admin task 做到快要发慌了。。。不过一切已完了。现在正在准备 SAT 的考试,已报了名,会在五月考,应该不会和入营时间碰撞吧?每天我都会到教会温习,教会环境够安静,能然我一条心地去温习。现在几乎每天都运动,好高兴自己 fit 了,人瘦了,壮了,真的会比较好看,哈哈。。。穿衣服也比较好看。。。运动也让我整个人refresh 了许多。我看我爱上运动了。哈哈。。。

最近可说是event连连。好高兴能够和弟兄姐妹一起侍奉。首先是为今年的Taiwan trip 筹款。Pei Fern在某某天跟我说:“你能为一个活动做 potato salad 吗?”,哇!我好兴奋。哈哈。。。Anyway, 我们连续两个礼拜作了这个筹款活动,这活动是卖一些我们所做的食物,那两个新期六,我们都必须为新期天的breakfast lunch作准备。很开心呢!一群人为了一个有意义的目标努力,感觉非常的好!

Left: Preparing ingredients for Japanese curry. Right: 好多 potatos 啊!For potato salad 的。

边做边玩。

Played modified version of "Indian Poker", did you realize Likuan was sabo-ed? Haha...

Preparing for egg mayonnaise sandwiches.

我们的menu for first week:

Breakfast Set

Honey French Toast (Vinc in charge)

Sausages

Red Beans


Lunch

Appetizer

Potato Salad (Me in charge)

Main Course

Japanese Curry Rice (Xiaoling in charge! Oishi ne!)

Second week got more food choices. 我们的menu for second week:

Breakfast Set

Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich

Kaya and Butter Toast

Muffins

Cookies

Red Beans

Lunch

Appetizer

Potato Salad

Main Course

Meatball Spaghetti

or

Japanese Curry

Egg Mayonnaise Sandwiches.



Open for sale~~~


This is from the Coca Cola toaster I won at Yoshinoya, it can toast the word "Enjoy" on one side and "Cola" on the other. Cool right???


Cookies


怨女。。。(Mei Feng,别把我杀了!啊哈哈。。。)

第二个礼拜天,因为实在太忙了,很多人只顾着卖食物,忘了吃饭。午餐时间过后,因为还剩下很多食物还没煮,我们就发挥了想象力,弄了几道菜,让CYYAM趁早吃了一个团圆饭。哈哈。。。我这food critic,当然是给足了满分!!!(因为里面一道是自己做的,那里可以扫自己的面子,啊哈哈!)没有啦,因为这一餐是整个CYYAM一起吃的,所以感觉非常的棒。


Kai En 的肉丸杂菜汤,够味!


我的洋葱炒肉丸煎蛋,很有卖相吧?


Xiaoling 的日本咖喱。
Food rating: 5/5!!!


开饭咯!!!团圆饭!


甚少下厨的Ziling成功的煎了一粒蛋,YAY!

当天,也就是3 Feb 2008Jiaxin 的生日,我们在晚餐的时候给了她一个surprise. 买了一个小小的蛋糕,希望她不会介意。




Went to Mos Burger to have dinner.


Preparing our suprise birthday cake underneath the table. Haha...


Heart shaped strawberry cake.



HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIAXIN!