Well , a bit simpler here , comparing 2 lunches .. time consuming preparation Peranakan & hawker centre fare


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Pork buah keluak
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Ngoh Hiang , sayur lodeh and otak
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Wanton mee & soup from the market hawker centre ( US$4 )
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Durian 😉


After abstaining for ages , had durian .. cannot recall which type , the real connoisseurs can tell just by looking not even by tasting .
Cannot believe I forgot photos of desserts including the refreshing chendol .

breakfast... leftover pizza, peach yogurt, and mixed greens with shredded mozzarella and raspberry vinaigrette

Toast with butter and apple jelly.

Breakfast: bacon sandwich in an English muffin, oj, iced coffee with chocolate almond milk

Lunch: salami sandwich on oatmeal bread with garlic pickles and spicy garlic mustard, ginger ale, leftover chopped salad.

Dinner: at the Brick & Barrel tonight, probably blackened mahi-mahi & draft beer

Happy hour yesterday late afternoon that turned into dinner at the Yard House Costa Mesa with libations:
Carnivore Pizza
Tuna nachos
burgers and salads

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lunch... dim sum with stuff like har gau + shiumai

blueberry pancakes - my first time both making and eating them at home. So happier!!! Eventually I’ll stop using box pancake mixes and I’ll ask for pancake guidance lol
Trader Joe’s chocolate croissant - warm from oven - warm is still best. Much better than the $5.50 from Arsicault which just isn’t oven warm. I’m not going to make croissants. I took a bakery tour / class in Paris in 2007 and loved that morning and I’m still not going to make my own.


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lol I love everybody’s posts and I get great ideas and sweet inspiration like the Babs song. Swoon

BTW, Trader Joe has a dill pickle mustard which I have tried and it is very good. They also have a Pale Ale mustard but I haven't tried that one yet.

Breakfast: BLT on toasted sourdough and with farmer's market fresh beefsteak tomato. Whoever invented the BLT is my hero.

We found a dill pickle mustard we loved at Publix sometime this year and of course it has since disappeared. We also enjoy the line of Sierra Nevada mustards which naturally are made with beer. We are both mustard fans but not on the same level of some I have known. I once went to a meeting at someone’s house. When I went to the refrigerator for something, I discovered shelves of mustard, possibly 50 or more jars. I can’t help but feel some of that was eventually wasted.


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I’m about to run out of this one and don’t remember where I bought it.

Two o’clock brunch. My plan was to do Mexican spiced rice stuffed peppers, but I couldn’t decide how to do them and ultimately took the easiest path by toaster oven roasting the chicken and vegetables at the same time.


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Eggs and tomato fried in EVO and served with toasted pretzel for breakfast (yesterday)

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Amazon has it in and packs. Walmart has two and six packs (sorry, the links for the Walmart pages got corrupted when posting, but it's more expensive than at Amazon).

Poutine lunch! We drove to the Laurentiens to see the fall colors and stopped for a bite. My Quebecer husband is a purist and will order so-called authentic poutine in the states only to complain about everything that's wrong with it, but he was happy with this one!

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Stonestown mall, San Francisco ca
matcha soft serve

old lobster port, Redwood City ca
naked lobster roll with fries & slaw
clam chowder


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Columbus Georgia. Red Robin. Hamburger with whiskey river bbq sauce and onion straws. Unlimited steak fries. I tried ordering the grilled chicken version and they are out of grilled chicken due to supplier shortages.