Sunday 29 December 2013

Celebrating Cindy's birthday at The Disgruntled Chef, 26B Dempsey Road, Singapore



Awesome patatas bravas with merguez and roasted tomato aioli dip. Outstanding.




The thick cut fries served with the steamed mussels with merguez & white wine were pretty tasty too!




Baby spinach salad with grilled eggplant and marinated egg was a group favourite.



Baked bone marrow stuffed with braised oxtail, persillade & sourdough toast.


Deconstructed cheesecake ...


lemon tart and the espresso profiteroles below completed a wonderful meal.


Thanks Jothie!

Saturday 28 December 2013

Celebrating Gerry and Lay Kuan's birthdays at Artichoke, 161 Middle Road, Sculpture Square, Singapore



Mezze platter (hummus, chickpea tahini dip, baba ganoush, beetroot tzatziki, muhammara, labneh, sardine on tomato relish, and olives, served with buttered grilled turkish bread)


Lamb intercostals, Lay Kuan and my favourite dish. Two more skewers please!


Fried cauliflower, the Spudette's and Jothie's favourite dish.


Grilled haloumi served with baby tomatoes


Grilled prawns cooked in green chilli harissa cream ... more-ish sauce worth licking the cast iron pan.


Local mushroom pizza. Sounds modest, tastes awesome.


Smoked chicken. Unbelievably intense yet smooth flavour imparted by the sugar cane and cherry branches smoked with it. Totally "wat".


Christmas ham compliments of the chef. Thank you Bjorn!


Harira



The birthday girls with their salted caramel sticky date pudding and apple crumble in the foreground. Happiness for the Spudette. Back for more soon!! Thank for a lovely, amazingly delicious evening Bjorn and your team at Artichoke!!!



Lay Kuan dreaming of lamb......



Wednesday 25 December 2013

Christmas repast with Mahita and Michael



Roasted Brastagi and sweet potatoes


Mahita's special stuffing slow cooked over 6 hours. One of the spudette's favourite things.


Dark and white roast turkey served with gravy on the side.


Super sweet roasted pumpkin.


Roasted squash.


Brussel sprouts with a sprinkle of Turkish chestnuts - thank you Gerry.


Baby spinach and pomegranate salad. 


My first tentative foray to the table - I was back three more times!


Take a bow chef!!


Saturday 21 December 2013

Dinner @ Olga's


Duck confit from Toulouse. Thank you Jacques How.



The glorious by product from the confit, duck fat. O used it to fry huge wedges of potatoes. Incredible ... she is my new culinary hero.


And she is so super gorgeous, inside and out.





Thursday 19 December 2013

Back in Singapore with some of the best local fare



Curry with potatoes and flat noodles @ Good Morning Nanyang Cafe at Far East Plaza








Popiah from My Cozy Corner, Coronation Shopping Centre, 587 Bukit Timah Road, #02-02, Singapore



Popiah from Kopitiam, ground floor, main building, NUH

and




Meat lovers spinach wrap from the local Starbucks @ NUHS Medical Centre


Spagetti Arrabiatta, Peperoni @ Greenwood