About a boy

Happy 17th birthday.
We miss you so.

china series (iii)

a 7th century temple in suzhou or nanqing, I can't remember

sticky rice was used to hold the stones together

the real colours

china series (ii)

just like in the old days,

in suzhou

china series (i)

plum trees in nanqing, china



here's a close up

thanks, d!

violet eyes (sing to the tune of hungry eyes from dirty dancing)

Your Eyes Should Be Violet

Your eyes reflect: Mystery and allure What's hidden behind your eyes: A quiet passion

What Color Should Your Eyes Be?

oh wow... really?

random

2 evil things:

1. potatoes... roasted, scalloped, in curries, whatever.
2. cupcakes... that word brings into mind thick, sickeningly sweet, heavy pink frosting. sends chills down my spine. next time you offer me a cupcake, tell me it's a muffin.

birthdays birthdays birthdays

chicken tikka thingy on a hot plate

dessert!

pistachio ice-cream made with creamy goat's milk

valedictory dinner

the appetizer:
chilled jellyfish & chicken julienne with marinated carrots, "san choy bao" with roasted pine-nuts, crispy fried vermicelli & mustard seed soy dressing

main course:
harissa spiced lamb loin with chickpea & potato puree, sauteéd green beans, red wine jus & warm tomato relish

walking ad?

i think it's an excellent motto for the cold cuts section

this one's for you, moonface!

hit it!

Australian Open 2005
love the way the sunlight is focused only on the court

thanks, isaac!

proudly solitary

somewhere along the beach somewhere in malaysia

(photo taken a few years back)

food porn (cass 2005)

for my 1st ever solo cooking adventure (i've always only helped to stir & that too with close supervision), i chose to try my hand at...

teppanyaki inspired basil fried rice with eggs, prawns & truckloads of garlic (no kidding, my friends were staring at me with saucer sized eyes)

the recipe:

• sauté lots of chopped garlic till it's brown
• add cold pre-cooked rice, stir & mix well
• stir in eggs (make sure each grain of rice is nicely coated)
• splash fish sauce according to taste
• stir in prawns (mum's advice: put prawns on 1 side of the pan 1st, separate from rice, then mix everything up when the prawns are slightly cooked)
• sprinkle dried basil bits or add basil paste (to taste) & stir
• serve!

more kimchi - this time it's stir fried with sliced pork

the recipe:

• sauté chopped garlic & sliced pork (seasoned with pepper, soy sauce)
• add kimchi
• stir until kimchi gravy has evaporated a little
• serve!

p.s: "food porn" - coined by dear ol' blur cass... she admitted that she drools over pictures of food when those cravings or hunger pangs hit. =)

it's finally here!

clear blue skies, the warm weather...
the green green grass of uni

thanks again, isaac!

IH

possibly my favourite picture of IH
love the way the sunlight is softly filtered through the trees

thanks isaac!

smokin'

sue's tonkatsu udon (i think it's 'tonkatsu'); anyway it's udon topped with sliced crumbed pork chop

the pan pacific series (vi)

ah... the luxury of not having to make the bed yourself

the pan pacific series (v)

wooden bridge at the entrance of the teppanyaki restaurant, very romantic lighting


main entrance

the pan pacific series (iv)

teppanyaki chef at work

the pan pacific series (iii)

teppanyaki at the singapore pan pacific hotel

(not exactly perfectly aligned in the center but oh well...)

the pan pacific series (ii)

corridors of different floors that seem to crisscross at perfect angles

the pan pacific series (i)

flower bush by the japanese styled garden lamp on the 4th floor of the singapore pan pacific hotel

'tis the season to be jolly

it's that time of the year again
some adore it, some hate it
yes, ladies and gentlemen, the durian

meiyi, this is yours.

and yet another inverse rainbow

taken from the 24th floor
does it look like this rainbow actually ends somewhere? (see the white building with vertical lines in the middle)
a pot of gold, perhaps?

thanks dada!

this time, it's thai

sue's pad thai specially made on my request (pad thai is like spicy fried flat noodles with prawns, bean sprouts, chillies, eggs and usually tossed with chopped peanuts) but this one was without the peanuts 'cause i just can't stand them =)

the recipe:

• buy pad thai sauce
• follow instructions on packet / bottle
  
  

dada's kar phow / spicy minced pork with basil leaves, also cooked specially for me... i even had my own private plate of this!
isn't it just bursting out of the page with it's mouth-watering juicy goodness? (click on picture for full effect)


the recipe

• marinate minced pork with light soy sauce (to taste)
• meanwhile, heat oil and add chopped fresh chillies and garlic
• sauté until fragrant
• add pork then stir in thick soy sauce, fish sauce and sugar (to taste)
• add basil leaves, stir some more
• remove from heat once basil leaves are 'wilted'

isolated tower

high up in the tower
far from civilization
where the lift not breaking down on a regular basis is considered odd
where you can get lost on a floor even though it's all just one big cylinder
and in its underground maze

- thanks chris c.!

korean relish... and a kimchi overdose

one of the clearer pictures (the lighting was just terrible, the other photos were just blurs of red & orange)
this is the beef bulgogi.
yeah, go ahead. drool.

from the top:

• that's half of me
• fried kimchi (kimchi + sliced pork) topped with sunny side up egg on steamed rice
• side dishes anti-clockwise from top left - sesame oil seasoned cucumber slices, some sweet chilli zucchini with onion thing, more kimchi only this one is cold and finally some omelette slices
• and the beef bulgogi.

not in the picture: kimchi chigae / hotpot (yes, more kimchi) and the rice that comes with the bulgogi and... (non-food) 'gorgeous moonface'

quote of the day: "hurry up and take the picture, before i finish it"
-moonface-
p.s: this said just under 2 minutes after the food arrived

photos courtesy of ah boo a.k.a moonface

and i stumbled upon a food blog

nice looking blog with good pictures of good food here
one of my favourite sites to visit whenever those hunger pangs and cravings attack

finally, a chocolate post... sort of

chocolate recipes, myths... All About Chocolate (from Chocolate: The Exhibition) has it all

heavenly, yummy, melt in your mouth, whatever you call it...

apricot with mascarpone cheese stuffing

note the glistening, oh-so-sweet apricot texture

creamy fill your mouth sweet & sour-ish/ thick yoghurt-like cheese on the inside... sweet, slightly rough yet soft apricot on the outside...

illuminating tables

table set up for charity function café international (of which i was in charge of its table decorations committee)
*sniff sniff*
i'm so proud of my 'babies' - after all the sleepless nights of ironing table runners, brainstorming, cutting, ordering little 'minions' around and stressing out etc... my 'babies' turned out perfect, all 26 tables...



the oriental lantern lamp-in-the-middle-of-the-table-at-the-jazz-bar theme with oriental style chinese screen doors inspired menus

pictured is the entrée: tandoori shrimp wrapped in vietnamese rice paper roll on chillied asparagus with a side shot of thick mango lassi.



everything was handmade from scratch, by the way



the gramaphone theme with its LD case/ jazz inspired menus

pictures courtesy of vongvong

craving for...

cloudless skies, hot sunny days...

- © boo

sand art perhaps?

in the palm of his hand

thanks vongvong... =)

sunset. lone swan.

- © boo

reflections upon a mirror of fire
of lone silhouttes, shadows of reality
or maybe like liquid dreams aspire
consume the dreaming entity
- vongvong 2005

an almost double rainbow?

south lawn in uni

- © boo


p.s: i learnt that this is an 'inverse rainbow' - happens in all rainbows but very rarely seen.
thanks vongvong!

where?

No... it's not London

thanks chris c.!

city buzz

yup... busy busy busy
note the whooshing-by of the cars & them humans... =)
the city at night!

p.s: used my friend's shoulder to stabilize the camera, so please excuse the angle... just coincidentally artistic looking. =p