what are you eating today?

[passant]

^ good cold weather food right there~

And you'll be gracing us with such a tart (not you) come January time?

hahaha -- perhaps...

[fallen angels]

mom is finally back from her trip, time for some home-made chinese food

[diewhitegirls]

I made a butternut squash and tomato curry soup, with coconut milk and all sorts of other goodies. Went absolutely amazingly with a grilled cheese sandwich. Now I'm making my pumpkin pie, for the first time with fresh pumpkin. It wasn't looking like it would be successful until I threw the pie filling in the blender to smooth it all out. Pie crust is freezing, so I'll throw up some pie pictures later.

[diewhitegirls]

mom is finally back from her trip, time for some home-made chinese food

Can you please ask her the best rice to use for fried rice? I've been using jasmine, but it doesn't seem right. Sushi is entirely too sticky. Hell, ask if she'll give me her fried rice recipe. Mine is ghetto as fuck.

[kpnv]

you need cooked, day old longrain rice.

fried rice was originally devised to clear up on leftovers. so they just used yesterday's rice with whatever was available. if you ate old rice with reheated food, it just wasn't as good. rice seems dead, plus you clearly remember last's night's flavours. but if you fried it all up, tada, its like a new dish and it tastes good.

the old rice serves a real purpose. to fry the rice well, you want well glossed individual grains, coated with egg if you're doing it that way. if your rice is fresh, chances are it has a good amount of moisture on it or worse, steam. you'll prolly get big clumps. if you used shortgrain rice, its way too sticky. if you used 1-3 day old rice, or at least let your rice cool off and dry up a bit, you might get better results.

the other thing to do is to use a really hot wok/pan and toss the rice well. this helps to seperate individual grains better.

[diewhitegirls]

So jasmine is acceptable then? Huzzah.

[jpgm]

passant and morefire....those dishes look great.

[voxpop]

Dinner

Amuse bouche - Tomato gazpacho with basil foam

(R-L) Egg custard with marinated ikura, pan fried sweetbread with green foam curry, foie gras brulee

Slow-cooked ocean trout with potato mousseline and avruga caviar

Bailing mushroom risotto with black truffle

Cappellini with poultry jus and Alba white truffle

Steamed prawn mousse with shiso cosomme

Classic onion soup served in crusty bread loaf

Pepper-crusted Australian venison loin with Brussel sprouts, pumpkin puree and coffee jus

Melted Vacherin Mont d'or with la rette potato and mache salad

(R-L) Baked Araguani chocolate soup with Grand Marnier, chocolate terrine and milk shake

[voxpop]

Warm chocolate cake with vanilla bean ice-cream to finish

[whizkit]

^ wow, what was the damage?

edit: happy birthday!

[voxpop]

^ 195++ SGD (ouch). I was celebrating the birthday of my good friend.

[mis]

^Ballin.

Where Is this? I could have sworn I saw the foie gras brulee being made on TV before

[voxpop]

Iggy's. It's in Singapore...lah.

[mis]

I know lahh. I think jaymee ong did a show where she interviewed a chef at raffles hotel who made foie gras creme brulee, I think its called just desserts. Damn jaymee ong is fine

[englandmj7]

Mash potato (made from actual potato, none of this Smash stuff!), steamed veg, liver and bacon swimming in homemade gravy. Perfect for a winter evening.

Mmm........a good British meal.

Bonus points if you headbutted someone and smashed a pint glass on your face after eating this.

[selective beef]

I know lahh. I think jaymee ong did a show where she interviewed a chef at raffles hotel who made foie gras creme brulee, I think its called just desserts. Damn jaymee ong is fine

word! my friends told me that jaymee ong worked at some bar in southern california. maybe her acting career didn't go so well

[nettiemoore]

[y noT?]

Grilled Pork

Chicken Curry

Lumpiang Hubad - "Naked Eggroll" (lol) - Vegetables, Tofu, with Sweet Garlic Sauce

And of course, all of these are eaten with steamed rice. (not pictured)

[GiZMO]

I ate with spaghetti. My plate looked like 10 day old motorcycle accident.

[plongin]

word! my friends told me that jaymee ong worked at some bar in southern california. maybe her acting career didn't go so well

yeah it actually didn't! closest she ever came to the big screens were cameos in the tv series vegas and the movie pearl habor as a nurse. after that she realised she couldn't crack hollywood, and headed back to asia (singapore)...doing some hosting jobs and small tv roles.

she's still mad fine though. mad mad fine.

[kpnv]

Parsley Crusted Fillet of Beef with Baby Spinach and a shallot and garlic jus.

[passant]

^ good beer, bad pour... >_>

(thanks for the compliments from earlier)

[totally epic]

Mmmm beeer. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fin_du_Monde_(beer)

[munch crunch]

[lllllllllllllll]

i just had a peanut butter and jelly made with this shit,

do not recommend teh consistency of it is weird.

i actually prefer goober over actual pb and jelly... but only on toasted bread. on spongy bread some good old fashioned pb and jelly or pb with banana slices are delectable.

grilled cheese with red pepper hummus sandwich

celery sticks with pb

dolsot bibimbab

saints alp mocha with tapioca

[dryice]

for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

[soepom]

was away in perth.

there were days i ate junk, but i did have a couple of nice meals:

dinner at an irish pub:

some local brews:

one of the best fried fish i've had:

dinner at a jazz pub:

[soepom]

also did a wine cruise/tour along the swan river:

on top of too many glasses of wine, we had:

and also a trip to a chocolate factory, and a nougat factory:

and as if it wasn't indulgent enough, client treated us to a buffet that evening:

[beacons_home]

That fish looks really good!

[TEN CRACK COMMANDMENTZ]

soepom i can never understand how a small girl like you eats what you eat. i couldnt eat what you eat.