Little things make me so happy! I was in Orchard Road recently and impulse bought some kimchi from Isetan basement at Shaw Center. The sales lady managed to talk me into upsizing my kimchi purchase and she threw in an extra bag of kimchi “juice”. She went into excruciating detail about how to stew meat … More Kimchi Jiggae
The one thing I love about living in Asia is the wet market. Yes I know that the wet market got a bad name as the epicenter of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak was initially thought to be a wet market. But truly wet markets are amazing places. My go to wet market in Singapore is … More Instant Pot Singapore Bak Kut Teh
Both my kids have diametrically opposite good preferences. Kid#1 can eat curry and loves his bacon and sausages and won’t touch seafood, but kid#1 adores salmon and most seafood and stays away from spicy stuff. Kid#1 also hates monotony and loses interest in food that is repeated too often, but kid#2 can eat the same … More Low Carb Salmon Wellington
I love it when I get surprised by low carb hacks I discover by accident. This week I had lunch with kid#1 at Nanjing Impressions at Plaza Singapura. I felt like having some soup and as usual we scanned the menu for non-carby items. I discovered that they had a dish called heritage duck soup … More Low Carb Braised Duck Noodles
One of my friends recently acquired an Instant Pot. I had a great time doing a demo of making Cantonese braised beef, which is one of my favourite Instant Pot recipes. We had so much fun that we planned for the next Instant Pot demo, and my friends were keen on making (of all things) … More Instant Pot Black Vinegar Braised Pigs Trotters
This week was rough. I was felled by a horrendous bout of food poisoning and the suspect food was homemade kimchi. This was a cautionary tale about doing home fermentation – obviously we grew E. coli rather than benign bacterial species. So anyway the tummy has been rather tender over the past week and no … More Teochew Scallop Porridge
It’s a cool and rainy day in Singapore. We’re into Phase 2 of reopening, which means that restaurants and food courts are open, with dining in groups of 5 is allowed. Strangely enough however, we haven’t been out dining in this season. In fact, we were out mainly to exercise together as a family (and … More Low Carb Bak Chor Mee
So Singapore announced a partial lockdown for Tuesday. What completely confused me was the number of people who went out and congregated in advance of the lockdown! I saw people posting their “last” favorite meals, and inexplicably there was a snaking queue outside IKEA. What furniture you need for a lockdown I have seriously no … More Homemade Bento Bowl
Social distancing measures have been up scaled in Singapore. Thanks to a large number of Singaporeans returning from US, UK and Europe, Singapore is now facing the second wave of Covid19 cases. Which is hard because we were cruising at 10-20 new cases a day for a month and this has jumped to 50-70 new … More Goat Cheese and Zucchini Frittata
I have a problem with watching Korean movies. Most of the time I end up with a deep craving for some kind of ramen or jigae after watching the actors slurping down the food. I recently watched Parasite, Bong Joon Ho’s 4 Oscar winning movie. Most of the time, truth to tell, I catch up … More Low Carb “Ramdon”
Still Feeling Peckish 