100% Home Made

Charcoal Bread with Home Made Custard. My daughter brought this bread to school and her classmates actually asked if if she is eating "burnt" bread. Haha

Charcoal Powder ~

I have finally decided to purchase this Charcoal Powder. It is kind of costly. But considering the benefit of consuming it, this price is acceptable. Below is the photo of the powder and the bread loaf that i have made. Standard bread making steps but I added 1 1/2 teaspoon full of charcoal powder. Learn to love BLACK... haha

Updates!!! I am back

I apologised for having been missing for so so long. But my baking and cooking actives did not stop. The problem of the no updates is due to the fact that I have too many photos in my photo directory and has problem locating them and them upload into my blog. Recently I have thought of a new way to make my photo more accessible. Attached are photo of my recent baking/cooking.


Egg Tart

 

Soba Noodle Salad in Japanese Sesame dressing





Hot Cross Bun during Easter



 

Fruit Salad in  Korean Yuzi







Apple and Cucumber Salad

I  am really not sure what title to give this dish. Maybe it should be called Apple and Cucumber salad in Oriental salad dressing :-)

This is my own creation after looking into the fridge and I found some apple and some calamansi fruit , hence I came out with this dish

We had this Apple and cucumber Salad with Roast Pork (refer to my previous post) and rice for lunch today

What you will need

30 - 40 ml calamansi juice*

10g calamansi skin, cut into fine strips* 

1 small onion, cut into fine strips too  

1/2 cucumber (local/Malaysia) or 1 Japanese cumumber , cut into 2cm x 2cm strips

1 red apple, cut into 2cm x 2cm strips

Seasonings

3 tablespoon of light soya source

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

Method

1. Cut both the cucumber and apple into same size. You can keep the skin of the apple too.This not only

    make the dish look nice, it also will taste better

2. Mix the seasoning and calamansi juice together (you may increase the seasoning according to your

    preference)

3. Put the apple strips , cucumber strips, calamansi skin strips, small onion strips into a large bowl

4. Pour 2 into 3 and toss well. Serve chilled

Note:

calamansi juice can be replaced with lemon juice

calamansi skin can be replaced with lemon peels

Roast Pork 烧肉

Roast Pork  烧肉

Today is a Public Holiday here in Singapore - It's Diwali

Diwali is also known as the festival of lights. A festival celebrated by the Hindus.  I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my Hindus friends Happy Diwali.

Since it is a Public Holiday, I will usually try to cook some special dish. So today the special dish is again one of our favourite Roast Pork  烧肉!!!

The pork will need to be marinade for at least 2 days before cooking.  This will allow the pork to dry and also the pork will be nicely marinaded with all the seasonings.

This is very easy to achieve as I did not cook my roast pork in an oven.

I cooked it in a deep big pot over low fire on a normal gas stove! By using this method, the pork taste juicy and not as dry as the oven cooked.  Also it will save time as you do not have to clean a greasy oven and waste electricity



Prick the skin all over with a sharp skewer




Rub and massage the Dry Rub seasonings on the meat and only salt on the skin



Put the marinated pork in a contain uncovered for at least 2 days to dry

Low fire



Roast Pork on the cooking/roasting



Nice brown colour



Serving by cutting the roast pork to small pieces

What you will need

500g  pork belly
1 tablespoon salt (I used sea salt)

Dry Rub seasonings

1 tablespoon garlic power
1/2 tablespoon five spice powder
1 tablespoon white pepper

Method

1.  Wash and pat dry the meat with kitchen tower
2.  Prick the skin all over with a sharp skewer
3.  Rub only salt on the skin
4.  Rub the Dry Rub Seasonings generously onto the meat until all the meat is well covered, if the seasoning
     is not enough, increase the quantity
5.  Place the pork in a container, uncovered.  Place the container in the fridge and let it dry overnight.  Turn
     the pork a few time to ensure both sides are dry
6.  Use a big deep pot and place it over a gas stove on low fire.  When the pot is heated up, place the meat
      into the pot. Use a pair of tongs to make sure that the meat is really in contact with the pork.
7.   Do not try to turn the pork too soon.  Press on the top side of the pork.  This will make sure that the 
      meat is constantly in contact with the pot.
8.   Turn the meat over to cook the other side when the initial side has turn brown. I took about 12 - 15
       minutes on each side
9.   Remove the pork from the pot and place it on a plate
10. Pour 1 table spoon of olive oil into the pot.  Place the pork back into the pan with the skin down and
      give the skin a quick deep fried for about 1 minute
11. Remove the pork and place it on a plate that is laid with kitchen towers.
12. To serve, cut into smaller pieces.  Roast pork goes well with rice!

Bangkok Jam, Thai Restaurant

Bangkok is the capital of Thailand

It is true that the traffic in Bangkok is really bad! Always jam!

If you are visiting Bangkok, do consider taking the sub-way or stay at a hotel near the shopping malls. This will really cut down your travel time

I miss Bangkok... shopping...food... massage...

I recently had lunch at Bangkok Jam, a Thai Restaurant located in Wheelock place, Singapore

Nice and interest decoration, but to me, the taste of the food is so so only.

Table top

Wall deco

Coasters

Pomelo & Prawn Salad

Tomyum Soup, the serving bowl is nice... the soup is tastless



Phad Thai



Fried Rice

Spaghetti in coconut cream.  The coconut is too MUCH

Fried Tempura Banana

Jiang Nan Chun Chinese Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel

We have some visitors visiting the office.

Thank God for His blessing that I was included in the welcoming dinner for them.

A six course dinner at Jiang Nan Chun, Chinese Restaurant of Four Seasons Hotel Singapore

Below are the photos of the food we eat that evening.

I have included the menu for you to reference what we had eaten that evening  :)

The food and the company were great!



Appetiser





Soup





Dessert