Back from the USA
We're back from our travels to Hawaii, Texas and Virginia.
Forget chilli crab! Keng Eng Kee Seafood, Singapore
"Sorry, girls! I'm not taking you out for chilli crab. This is much better!"
Single dish: Pinoy breakfast
As soon as I spotted the Pinoy Breakfast on the menu among the bacon, egg and toast variations, I had to order it.
St Michael 6003, Highgate
Last year, Jac and I experienced Jackson’s legendary degustation dinner several months before the restaurant’s eventual closure with the retirement of chef-owner Neal Jackson. The space has been taken over by chefs Scott O’Sullivan (Red Cabbage, South Perth) and Stuart (Petit Mort, Shenton Park), and given a new look and life as S…
Ruby’s 7th birthday
We celebrated my niece Ruby’s 7th birthday recently with afternoon tea with family and friends. Ruby’s mum Angela made sausage rolls which she served with homemade tomato sauce, and she baked mini apple pies, serving them warm from the oven. The kids’ Nanna made coconut and raspberry slice. Jac and I made fruit shish kebabs. [&hel…
Singapore – ice cream wafer
In Singapore, ice cream sellers are strategically positioned to take advantage of foot traffic – next to MRT (train) stations, outside temples and schools, on street corners, touristy spots like Chinatown, Clarke Quay and Orchard Road. The mobile carts are usually run by weather-beaten, elderly ice cream uncles who rarely crack a smile. The i…
The Sarapan and Victoria Park’s house of pop-up restaurants
Remember this address: 1 Leonard Street, Victoria Park.
The Merrywell breakfast
Crunchy and deep-fried, buttery and caramelised, sprinkled with sugar, doused with syrup, lunch and diet killers.