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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