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Mad Baker

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이 홈베이커는 친한 친구의 발견과 페이스북 추천이었어요. 나는 항상 그친구의 음식에 대한 리뷰에 동의하지 않지만 그녀의 부모님은 이 홈베이커의 마카롱을 좋아한다고 말했기 때문에 확신했어요. 그녀의 부모님은 음식에 대해 너무 높은 기준을 가지고 있어서 나는 음식에 대한 그들의 리뷰에 귀를 기울일 것인데.    우와  이 홈베이커 마카롱이 너무 너무 맛있다!!! 😋😋😍 조금 비싸지 만 그만한 격표의 가치가 있어요. 새해에도 뚱뚱해질 것 같아요 😰   ==============   The local F&B landscape is, under the best of ordinary circumstances, already harsh, but Covid-19 lockdowns and the ensuing recession seriously pummeled the restaurant industry. Like I told friends, 2020 was one kind of formidable battering ram. To nobody's surprise but everyone's shock, many notable restaurants were put out of business this year. To be perfectly frank, I wasn't particularly upset at many of the closures (survival is for the fittest after-all), save for Antoinette. I'd loved their pastries and it was my go-to whenever I felt like macarons, La Durée having exited Singapore after a short foray in our city state and Pierre Hermé not looking like it was ever setting up shop on our litt

Hae Bee Sambal Roasted Brussels Sprouts

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Cette recette était inspirée d'un pot de sambal offert par la mère de mes cheres copaines. J'avais vu lnstagram d'Endmorefood et elle avait posté une photo du "sambal" de sa mère et j'avais audacieusement demandé si je pouvais en avoir. Certains m'appelleraient impertinente, mais je choisis de croire que si on ne le demande pas, on ne l'obtiendra jamais 😝😂😂 Donc, si quelqu'un ici souhaite me faire des cadeaux de nourriture, je serai plus qu'heureuse de le recevoir!! 😋   =====================   So, I've recently discovered that in addition to sycophantic pandering, a lack of shame and a thick skin reaps numerous benefits. First revelation was at Salted & Hung where our insolent fawning and unrelenting cajoling netted us delivery-only sandos to supplement our dine-in degustation #yaytocheaptrillsinlife.  And the other day, an outrageous request to partake in a friend's scrumptious-looking dinner over Insta, accompanied by unabash

Dapur Penyet

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그래서 크리스마스는 어땠어요? 내 크리스마스는 너무 대박했어요!! 나는 많이 자고 많이 먹고 많이 마셨어서... 너무 대박!! (하지만 잠을 많이자는 이유는 술을 너무 많이 마셔서 😅) 코로나 때문에 이상한 크리스마스 였지만 아직도 감사 할 게 많아요. 나는 건강하고 사랑하는 사람들은 건강한데 나는 직업이 있고 사랑하는 사람은 직업이있는데 나는 사랑할 사람과 나를 사랑하는 사람이있어요.  무엇보다도 필요한 모든 것이 있어서 매우 감사해.  그리고 이번에는 여러분 모두에게 사랑과 행복을 기원해요. 메리 크리스마스!   ===========================   Tempe is a food I discovered (and consequently fell in love with) fortuitously while on a jaunt to Jakarta to attend a dear girlfriend's wedding. Vin had had two weddings, one on our sunny shores where the couple's based and the other in Jakarta, where they're from, and while I was already due to attend the Singapore one, I really really reallyyyy wanted to witness for myself the OTT grandeur of Jakarta society weddings. It's been said that some Indonesian weddings are such a sight to behold, it makes for a worthwhile bucket list to-do. I'd never have gone to Jakarta otherwise (seriously, does anybody even holiday there!???). So while we were in Jak

Tomato-Kimchi Red Wine Beef Stew

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Alors, comment était ton Noël? Le mien était très chouette!! J'ai beaucoup dormi, trop mangé, trop trop bu (et c'était pourquoi j'ai dormi bcp mdrrr), est resté à la maison pour regarder beaucoup de films de Noël, et aussi ai passé beaucoup de temps avec mes proches, c'était super!!  C'était peut-être un Noël inhabituel (quelque peu étrange) cette année à cause du covid-19 mais j'ai encore beaucoup à être reconnaissant. J'ai ma bonne santé et mes proches sont en bonne santé; j'ai un emploi et mes proches ont tous un emploi rémunéré; j'ai des gens à aimer et mes proches sont en sécurité et heureux; surtout, j'ai assez de tout: une maison confortable et des plats suffisant à manger, et je ne manque de rien. Et vraiment, c'est tout ce dont on a besoin dans la vie, non??  ===========================   This is a spin on the fusion tomato-kimchi braised chicken I made eons ago. When modifying the chicken-based recipe, I tweaked the ingredients to

Madam Fan

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지난주에 우리 결기 9주년기념 이었어요. 세월 참 빠르다! 결혼날 제일 행복하다고 생각했는데 지금은 전보다 더 행복해요. 모두 내 남편 덕분이에요. 여보가 날마다 나를 행복하게 해주기 때문이야. 오늘까지 어떻게 그렇게 행운을 가져왔는지 모르겠어요.  우리는 축하하기 위해 특별한 저녁을 먹으러 나가지 않았어.  우리는 집에서 있었는데 닭고기 감자탕을 같이 요리했어. #소확행 ======================= It's been a crazy December (Christmas cannot arrive soon enough!!) and both andmorefood and I have been buried under an impossible mountain of work. So when our schedules both aligned like the much feted great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn's "Christmas Kiss", we took the opportunity for a little respite from our crushing deadlines, have a languid meal and catch up with one another.  We were mulling lunch venues and I remembered The Big Kahuna waxing lyrical about Madam Fan ; and as his previous recommendation of Dempsey Cookhouse panned out marvelously, I was more than inclined to heed his suggestion. Fans of Hakkasan in London (including andmorefood who remembers having splurged many a year-end bonus at said restaurant during her te

Sama Sama by Tok Tok

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C'était notre neuvième anniversaire de mariage...neuf ans, comme le temps passe vite!! C'est vrai, le temps passe (plus) vite quand on s'amuse. Je pensais que mon mariage serait le plus beau jour de ma vie, mais je me trompais, chaque jour après ça a été plus heureux que la veille. Je suis très très reconnaissant pour l'homme merveilleux qui est mon mari, mon bou, car il me rend heureux tous les jours. À ce jour, je ne sais pas comment j'ai eu tellement de chance. ❤ Pour être parfaitement honnête, je crois que la personne qu'on épouse détermine son avenir, à la fois personnellement et professionnellement: le degré de bonheur ou le succès d'on dépend en grande partie de la personne que l'on épouse. Pour moi, c'est particulièrement vrai. Grâce à mon mariage heureux, ma vie personnelle est aussi heureuse. Et parce que je suis heureuse, tout le temps, je n'ai pas de soucis quand je travaille, et en plus, grâce à l'incroyable soutien que je reçois

Alati Divine Greek Cuisine

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올해 오차드로드의 크리스마스 라이트 업이 너무 예뻐요 😍.  설명 할 수 없지만 오차드로드에서 매년 크리스마스 라이트 업은 항상 나를 행복하게해요. 아마도 크리스마스가 내가 일년 중에서 제일 좋아하는 타임이기 때문인지요. 크리스마스는 항상 나를 기쁨으로 가득 차 있어요.  코로나 때문에 아무도 여행 할 수 없는테 누구도 여행 할 수 없기 때문에 우리의 친한 친구들은 올해 크리스마스와 새해에 싱가포르에있을 겠어요.  우리도군요 😓 우리는 보통 서울에서 크리스마스와 설날을 보내고 축하해요.  그래서 우리는 친한 친구들과 같이 크리스마스와 새해를 축하 하겠는군요. 물론 크리스마스와 새해 파티들은 우리 집에서 있고 최대 5명만 초대받은 사람을 초대해요. 따라서 나는 친구들과 같이 모든 가용성을 구성하는데 아주 바빠요 😅 크리스마스를 너무 열망해요!!    ===========================    We haven't had Greek food in a while, the last being dinner at Mykonos . The Greek had apprised us of another worthwhile Greek restaurant along Amoy Street, and it's been on my To-Eat list since then. We were serendipitously reminded of that when The Husband had a random hankering for baklava (well, not so random because we were watching Charlize Theron's character in 'The Old Guard' indulge in a little piece of baklava, and watching Charlize Theron have a "très très petite mort" over some pastry would, imo