I have a very non-traditional recipe for spaghetti bolognese. My recipe uses minced pork instead of beef. This recipe feeds 4 to 5. Ingredients for sauce 1 can of sun-dried tomatoes, alternative is 3 large tomatoes 1 yellow onion 1 carrot 3-4 cloves garlic tomato ketchup Lea & Perrins worchestershire sauce herbs – oregano, basil, […]

My very unscientific recipe for pork ribs in taucu (fermented soy beans in salt) and plum sauce. I made this without taste testing, as I am still recovering from chicken pox, and cannot eat any soy-based products. Ingredients: 2-3 strips of pork ribs, cut in pieces 2 tbsp taucu 1 tbsp sugar garlic, 5-6 cloves […]

I have a big rice cooker (hand-me-down from my grandma) and I always find it a hassle to cook rice for two people  in it. Half a bowl of rice sticks to the bottom of it, or the rice dries out too quickly. Then one day I found out that I can cook rice in […]

Some time ago, I attempted to make Ondeh ondeh, a snack made from glutinous rice flour and gula melaka. Ingredients:  250 g glutinous rice flour 200 ml pandan Juice 150 g gula Melaka, chopped 100 g grated coconut A pinch of salt To make pandan juice: First, cut pandan leaves, about 10 strips into small […]

Most might find idling at home for 2 weeks an idea to salivate over. Not when you are riddled with itchy pockmarks all over your torso, face and scalp. You can’t scratch them, they’ll scar. Stupid chicken pox. I hate you. The little bastards started to appear on Friday. Had a big one right in […]

It’s only available in the US, but I managed to get my furry paws on a Nook Color for US$199, with shipping costs & a separately-purchased holder, it came up to S$300. It’s heavier than your standard paperback, but it’s slimmer, and I have nearly 600 titles in it to choose from. After I Auto-Nootered […]

Have not had dinner with bro & his wifey for quite a while, although we see each other every day. Went to one of his favourite haunt, a small restaurant in a park next to the beach. They served standard fare like steaks, chops, pastas and german sausages. Highlight of the night: Draught Hoegaarden at […]

For 2 weeks at the end of August and early September, FurryHubby & FurryMaisy embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe, specifically, to England, France, & Netherlands. We took lots of useless pictures, ate lots of bread, washed clothes in hotel sinks every other night, and looked at more paintings that we thought was humanly […]

Hubby and I rarely sit down together for a nice dinner in a restaurant. Our meals usually come from food courts prepared by mainland Chinese cook and wait staff. Once on a while, we get sick of bak chor mee or chicken rice. That’s when we will hunt for food seldom eaten or new dining […]

I talked about the need for a bookshelf in my last post. Well, yesterday, hubby and I decided to buy the darned bookcase and ferry it across the causeway no matter what. So off to IKEA we went. Seems like 1/4 of Singaporeans were at IKEA; all payment counters were at least 5 deep, with […]