18 March

Nutella + bread+ chopped nuts + cococereal in milk = wholesome lazy sunday brunches


nutella + spoon + chocolate melk = sinful lazy sunday treats

:D

UniquelySingaporeRecipes - Rojak

Ingredients
1 small cucumber, cut into wedges
2 slices pineapple, cut into wedges
½ small bangkwang (turnip), peeled and cut into wedges
1 cup bean sprouts, blanched
A bunch kangkong (water convolvulous), blanched (It's ok if dun have this)
2 pei tan (century eggs), peeled and quartered (It's ok if dun have this)
½ ju her (cured cuttlefish), cut into pieces (It's ok if dun have this)
1-2 fried yu tiao (Chinese dough sticks)
2-3 taupok (fried bean curds) (It's ok if dun have this)

Dressing
2 heaped tbs black bean paste(I used sweet black/seafood sauce to replace it)
Hot water to soften(It's ok if dun have this)
2-3 red chilli, pounded (or use 1 tbs bottled sambal olek)(It's ok if dun have this)
1-2 tbs sugar or to taste
Assam (tamarind) water using 1 tbs tamarind paste and ¼ cup water
Juice from 1 lime/lemon
½ cup roasted peanuts, chopped finely
Tip of a bunga kantan (pink ginger bud), grated finely(It's ok if dun have this)

Method
In a bowl, soften the black prawn paste first with a few spoonful of hot water. Add chilli, assam water, sugar and lime juice to the softened prawn paste, stirring all the while to blend into a thick sauce. Finally, add the chopped nuts and bunga kantan, Taste to adjust seasoning. There should be a balance of salty, sour and sweet.

Cut the cucumber, pineapple and bangkwang into bite-sized wedges. Blanch the bean sprouts and kangkong in a pot of boiling water or microwave then on high for two minutes. Place yu tiao and taupok in an oven on low 100 ° C heat for 10 minutes to make them crispy. (I roasted my youtiao over the stove) Cut into small pieces.

Assemble the salad by placing the vegetables into a bowl, followed by the pei tan and ju her. Top with crispy yu tiao and taupok. Dress with peanut and black bean paste, mix well and serve.

Taken from cookbook titled “Singapore Heritage Food” by Sylvia Tan

yw, hope this helps (:

Fried fish soup! Yumms!;D

Inspired by my success with rojak and the leftovers from the overly salty fried fish snack i ate in the afternoon... i made Fried Fish Soup! OMG. still cant believe i managed to do that! ^_______^ Remember I dreamt about eating a very expensive $10 fried fish soup one day.. but even then it was worth it. ever since, i had that craving. Just wished I had shaoxing jiu, XO and ginger with me. (:

LAYS Paprika is evil.

3 giant packets in 3 days.. not a good sign.


surely this will lead to my downfall

Lentepositivo: Spring induced positive vibes!

12 March
Zonneschijn (Sunshine)- Thanks to Spring - must have done some magic on us because the group all decided to abandon our laptops and go outdoors to do some reading. Sun, glorious, sun. We found some other groups sitting on the grass to do their group discussion.


Marc finding little flowers and a dry spot to sit

Marc stringed these in a bunch..hey yanwei i tink its the same flower u saw!(:

My 3 Hunky groupmates. lol. Auke, Jeffery, Marc (Front to Back)
We were uncomfortable on the benches, couldnt find a dry spot on the grass, so we went to sit on a bridge across a little river instead.


P.s/Lentepositivo: Spring induced positive vibes! was something i kop from Dom.. i love the way it sounds! (:

So far so goede

its been a while since i updated anything - unstable net at home is rather a put off.

1 month and a half into living in nl.. life is getting better.

so this is what i have been doing...

#1 Went clubbing again to see how isit really like(the time i went during carnaval doesnt count)
#2 Ate at neighbour's house enjoying her yummy instant lasagna and garlic bread(i made green bean soup!)
#3 Shopping(again) in city centre at H& M, Zara and other shops after school by myself. Bought new clothes there and at my local street.
#4 got myself a school sports centre card at 44 euros..which entitles me to join any lessons (tink california fitness but more range)..so far went for salsa..its alright cuz its alot of ppl in a big gym class..so u can look silly.. next im so gonna try out capoeira..
#5 Tried to learn some simple dutch(i can count 1 to 8) and said "He's a dick." in dutch.(Got tricked by evil groupmates)
#6 Went for international students' potluck dinner where we had to make our traditional dishes


i made rojak! im surprised and proud of myself! i found youtiao!!!

...eating...

some waffle thing i found n i peng in my hsemate's toaster, almost tastes like those waffle u find in sg cake shops, usually packed for teatime snack for school

giant salads for weekend brunches


Group dinners on saturday nights(usually something sinful-its instant pizza this time round)

Nightmare on Steenstraat

11 March 2007
Tonight, Noah's Ark made 3 Steenstraaters crazy. lol.