The Hungry Bunny

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 ...

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...

진실은: 남편과 미용실 약속에 동행했기 때문에 (그는 바디 왁싱를 받고 있었어요😜) 이 인도네시아 레스토랑을 발견했어요 (남편은 한국 남자의 모든 스테레오🙊: 남편이 나보다 준비하는데 시간이 더 걸리고 거울 앞에서 더 많은 시간을 있어😂).   ================================================   I would never have discovered Dancing Fish if I hadn't fortuitously been on the top floor of Tangs Plaza. Tucked away in a hidden corner of the cavernous department store, Dancing Fish occupies the space previously tenanted by Island Cafe . The inconvenient locale was probably well and good for the latter, (i believe) because of its affiliation to the heritage department store, but Dancing Fish is unaffiliated to Tangs, so I can only hope their rent reflects how little foot traffic they likely attract. I mean, it's such an obscure cranny of Tangs , I'd never have known it was there if I hadn't been standing right in front of its indistinct entrance.  It's a shame really, as the lack of foot traffic can't possibly divine longevity in the current recession, because the food...

J'adore le plus la cuisine des hawker centres. C'est ce qui distingue uniquement la cuisine Singapourienne. Bien qu'il puisse parfois sembler que je ne mange pas souvent dans les hawker centres (parce que ce blog ne présente pas souvent les hawker centres, et en fait, beaucoup de mes collègues me demandent si je mange jamais dans les hawker centres), la cuisine des hawker centres constitue une grande partie de mes repas. C'est la cuisine qui me manque le plus quand je suis à l'étranger. Pas de la haute gastronomie. C'est "le soul food" de Singapour: rustique, authentique, super bon et pas du tout cher. Nulle part ailleurs dans le monde on pourrait manger aussi délicieusement, dans un environnement relativement propre, pour moins de 10 dollars, sauf dans mon bien-aimé Singapour. Cependant, le fait est, même si je mange souvent de la cuisine des hawker centres, je ne mange pas souvent dans les hawker centres. Au lieu, j'emporte fréquemment de la ...

You know how I only visit restaurants after they've passed the 1-year mark? It's really to allow for the passage of time to weed out the duds, coz if restaurants can't survive the first year of business, they were probably crummy anyway. And even if they're good, it sucks when they get wound up at the end of the day. Ultimately, I just don't see the point of visiting new restaurants until they've been time-tested. Also, I give the restaurants time to allow them to really find their footing, iron out the kinks, make the necessary adjustments and refinements. So what you get when a restaurant is newly launched usually turns out a different, more stable and sustainable, creature after about a year. This was no more evident when we visited hipster joint du jour, The Coconut Club recently, with Izzy & Ivano. They'd dined there when the restaurant was just opened, and weren't all that impressed. But 10 months in, the food's noticeably refined. For...

I'd read about this "legendary power mee rebus" somewhere in Ang Mo Kio so we drove out to the North one mid-afternoon to see if it was indeed "legendary". Eating at off-peak times has its benefits, as there was no queue when we popped by the stall. Then again, the lack of a queue could be due to the fact that the food at Rahim Muslim Food was disappointingly insipid. The Bee Hoon Soto Extra Special ($5.50) lacked depth, both in the chicken stock base and the tumeric spice rempah. It was so watered down it was akin to drinking lightly spiced yellow water. The supplement of the chicken thigh, while huge in portion, was tasteless as well. We drowned this in the black sauced sambal just to get some kick. The Mee Rebus Extra Special ($5.50) was an extra let-down. The noodles were missing that punchy spice and robust heat, even after stirring in the green chillis, added sambal, and the peanut sauce ladled over the dish. Also, the blended-to-oblivion, almost...

We chanced upon Tok Tok when we were in the bowels of 313 Somerset. A casual eatery serving Indonesian soups and stews, its warung in Orchard is the offshoot of its wildly successful mothership at Ann Siang Hill. Efficiently low-frills, it's entirely self-serviced, and you order, pay, and collect your dishes at the counter. A sure sign of authenticity, Tok Tok has 3 different sambals, to cater to every whim and taste. A must-try, the Soto Madura ($8.80) was the best rendition of the Javanese staple I've ever had outside of the Indonesian archipelago. The tumeric-seasoned broth was bold and heady, and rich in depth of flavour steeped from the beef bones. Copious lashings of fried shallots, a hard-boiled egg and fork-tender brisket lent heft. The Soto Ayam ($7.80), which accompanying rice was switched out for glass vermicelli, was delicate yet robust. A nourishing homey bowl of soup that hit squarely on the comfort button. The Sop Buntut ($9.50), sumptuous with lus...

Adam Road Food Centre may be famous for its delicious nasi lemak peddlers, but the humble little hawker center has a bunch of other stalls worthy of a visit. Warong Pak Sapari The Mee Soto ($3.50) is one of the very best on the island, with a clear broth rich, heady and spicy all at once. Studded with shredded chicken chunks and beansprouts, this is a must-try. A tip is to drizzle that black sauce-chilli blend and swirl it in for an added kick. Apparently, their mee rebus is quite legendary as well, but alas, they'd sold out for the day when we popped by for dinner. 01-09 Adam's Indian Rojak We don't eat Indian rojak very often, but Adam's Indian Rojak ($3 minimum order) sure is tempting. Items are thickly coated with a flour batter and deep-fried to perfection. A robust punchy sauce, redolent of nuts and sugar, lends a lively tone to the fried mains. A must-order is the tempe, which boasts beautifully nutty overtones. 01-05 Ibrahim Mee Stall ...