CNY 2012 Lunch

We celebrated CNY (Chinese New Year) with my cousins and their kids yesterday.









Besides these, my chef also cooked red bean soup with lotus seeds and mandarin orange peel.

Chicken Bolognese Pasta

I must confess I'm a "noodles" person. Yes, I love noodles, especially pasta!

Chicken Bolognese Pasta

Tried this chicken bolognese pasta at my company's canteen... It's cheap ($3) and nice. :)

What's your favourite food and where can you find it at the most affordable price?

The Pontian Cafe @ BPP

The Pontian Cafe @ BPP

Located at the Bukit Panjang Plaza (BPP), this Pontian Cafe sells chewy and springy Wanton Mee! Besides this, there is a generous serving of ingredients - char siew (BBQ meat), 6 wanton (fried & boiled) and veges.

Pontian Wanton Mee (Dry)

The Pontian Cafe
#01-21 Bukit Panjang Plaza
1 Jelebu Road (S) 677743

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food

Located at Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1, this vegetarian stall sells a number of yummy vegetarian dishes.

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food

One of my favourite dishes is their vegetarian Lor Mee which has a generous serving of ingredients!

Vegetarian Lor Mee

We have tried vegetarian chicken rice from a few stalls and this ("Vegetarian Fragrance Rice") is the best! The rice is cooked with ginger juice and the ingredients include vegetarian chicken drumstick, cucumbers and Chinese parsley. Two slices of vegetarian duck meat (placed besides the cucmbers) are also included.

"Vegetarian Fragrance Rice"

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food
Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1
#01-195 Singapore 600347

SGD2 meals @ Kopitiam BPJ CC

Located at the Bukit Panjang Community Club, this Kopitiam is currently having promotion. Yong Tau Foo (5 items + bee hoon/noodles/rice), fish ball noodles, laksa, chicken rice and char siew rice are priced at SGD2.00 only.

Yong Tau Foo stall

Kopitiam Bukit Panjang CC
No. 8 Pending Road #01-03
Bukit Panjang Community Club
Singapore 678295


More about Yong Tau Foo:
Yong Tau Foo @ Food More
Yong Tau Foo

Stir-Fried Longevity Noodles

Longevity Noodles

Many Chinese love to eat these noodles, which according to them represent longevity. They usually eat them on their birthdays.

Stir-Fried Longevity Noodles

My chef stir-fried the longevity noodles with minced crab meat, char siew (BBQ pork), egg, Chinese leeks, carrot and Cai Sim. Looks yummy right? Do you want some? ;p

Yong Tau Foo @ Food More

Yong Tau Foo Stall @ Food More (Ten Mile Junction)

Come across this nice Yong Tau Foo stall at the Food More outlet located at Ten Mile Junction. Operated by Sheng Shiong Supermarket, Food More has a number of stalls selling cheaper meals as compared to those available at other food courts.

At this Yong Tau Foo stall, each piece of Yong Tau Foo item costs SGD0.40. A typical bowl of Yong Tau Foo (with 5 items & rice/noodles/bee hoon) costs SGD2.50 only, which is cheaper than other stalls in most food courts.

Price List

A variety of Yong Tau Foo items are available at this stall and two of my favourites are the deep fried yam rolls and the big (diameter ~ 6cm) button mushrooms.

Yong Tau Foo Items

Deep Fried Yam Rolls

Here is what I had for my lunch:

Yong Tau Foo with Thick Bee Hoon

What's a pity! The big button mushrooms were out of stock then. :( Hope they're available next time when i visit again.




风车酿豆腐
Food More @ Ten Mile Junction
1 Woodlands Road (S) 677899

Tomato-based Spaghetti with Creamy Cheese

I love spaghetti, esp. those tomato-based ones with creamy cheese!

Guan Yin's Birthday

Today is Guan Yin's (Goddess of Mercy; 观音) birthday. According to the Chinese culture, Guan Yin's birthday is celebrated on the 19th day of the 2nd, 6th and 9th lunar months.

This year, the first Guan Yin's birthday celebration falls on 15 March 2009 (or the 19th day of 2nd lunar month). To celebrate her birthday, many buddhists offer longevity buns (寿桃) to Guan Yin. Besides longevity buns (with lotus seed paste), some buddhists also offer huat kuehs ("prosperity cake"; 发糕) and mee sua (wheat vermicelli; 面线).

Longevity Buns (red), Huat Kueh (orange) & Mee Sua (white)

More pictures of longevity buns:

Fish Ball Noodles

The signboard for this stall selling fish ball noodles, etc really caught my attention when I passed by it. The name of the stall 爱麺子 which sounds like 爱面子, literally means face-saving when translated into English! However, what it really means is "a liking (爱) for noodles made from wheat (麺)". ;p

Fish Ball Noodles

Priced at SGD2.50 per bowl of fish ball noodles, the stall gives a generous serving of noodles (mee pok) and ingredients.

爱麺子
Block 145 Teck Whye Avenue
Singapore 680145

Ajisen Ramen

My friend and I had an early Christmas celebration last week and we had our lunch at Ajisen Ramen. These are what we had...

1. Spicy Cha Shu Ramen


2. White Fish with Sauce


3. Pumpkin Croquette

I especially like the Pumpkin Croquette which is sweet and has a rich pumpkin taste. I regretted ordering the spicy Cha Shu Ramen since after tasting the soup, I realised it is too spicy for me. ;p

Vegetarian Noodles

The 2 red ingredients are vegetarian BBQ pork or Char Siew (叉烧).

Laksa Lemak Tuna Noodles

Inspired by the creativity in Tigerfish's Tom Yam, Tom Yum Noodles, i decided to explore using canned tuna to cook noodles. I picked up Ayam Brand's Laksa Lemak Tuna and also bought some other ingredients like instant noodles, prawns, fish cake and broccoli from the supermarket.




Directions:
1. Boil ~ 300ml of water and then put in the instant noodles and cook for ~ 2 min.

2. Add in the fish cake slices and then slowly add in the Laksa Lemak Tuna and cook for ~ 2 min.

3. Add in the prawns and broccoli which were cooked separately and then serve.