Celebrating our friend ‘ s birthday .. 2 per table for dining out so works out better at home as 2 visitors allowed per day


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Ngoh hiang with black sweet sauce
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Indonesian prawn curry
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Fried beef hor fun / kway teow
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Sweet & sour red garoupa with cucumber , pineapple ..
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Fried rice
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Fried pork which came with the fried rice
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Home cooked sayur lodeh
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Pandan inti cake
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Kueh salat
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Gula Melaka cake
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Cheese bingka kueh
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Basque burnt cheesecake

Dishes were either home cooked / made or bought from a “ zichar “ coffee shop . Cakes / kueh are from Chalkfarm ( some left to enjoy slowly ) .

AS, up in the air

fish with quinoa and vegetables
green salad

A butter cookie was served for dessert and I took it home


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early dinner today will be pork & veggie dumplings... and most likely a bowl of corn flakes :)

any dippers for the dumplings?

other than the broth that they sit in... nope! I like it that way, at least with these dumplings!

Prime rib, medium rare with salted baked potato at Miller’s Ale House.

Turkey taco night

ORD bakery desserts - chocolate croissant, chocolate chip cookies
AS butter cookie dessert


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dinner will be dim sum... mostly har gau + shiu mai + wor tip

So dumplings, dumplings and pot stickers. :) You forgot to tell us how many. :p

The number you've been eating lately can't be healthy. <speaking as he pulls out a carton of broth to boil some dumplings himself>

"only" 25 this time :D

That seems kinda low for you. 😂

Yeah, I didn't bat as high this time... I find the shiu mai to be really filling/dense compared to the others.
But, I did have a bowl of corn flakes for dessert. :D

Out of curiosity, fish or pork? I find the pork tend to taste better but a lot of the food courts here like to sell the fish type.

Next you'll graduate to frosted-flakes.

Always pork :)

Never frosted flakes. :p

Carne Azada with loads of sliced onions, rice, beans, pico de gallo, corn tortillas.

Roast chicken
purple rice
broccoli
corn

pumpkin pie - Curbside Creamery


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I love Frosted Flakes. They’re greatttttt!!!!!!

the corn tortillas are great for cholesterol. Corn ftw!

I just find them too sweet... I don't mind a little sweetness but I just find it too much! :)

Celebrating a senior family member ‘ s milestone birthday - with only 2 visitors a day , etc restrictions
With home cooked requisite noodles for a birthday - we prepared 2 types 😉 ..
The poh piah was a lovely gift - lovingly prepared by violinist family friend and former SSO ( Singapore Symphony Orchestra ) concert master ❣️

May add more photos later .

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Fried crispy noodles / crispy yee mee from Pontian
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Mee goreng ( ‘ usual ‘ yellow noodles used )
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Nonya chap chye
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Poh piah fillings
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Poh piah skins
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Using the infamous “ good morning “ towels to keep poh piah “ skins “ moist
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A done poh piah
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Mango cake - one of few cakes - gifts from octogenarian / nonagenarian friends
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FLO - Fudge Lovers Only - cake by Lana .. ooh ..
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Chocolate fudge cake - Lana
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French cheese selection from Les Amis


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The cheeses came like this

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Also Muscat grapes , etc , tarts from Tarte
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Ice cream - one of 3 flavours chosen ; chestnut ( marron ) , hazelnut and pistachio
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Chef ‘ s Sebastien ' s Signature Tarte Aux Pommes , think overdid with one to spare 😉
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A generous quarter slice


2 types of chilli sauces were prepared , one with garlic

dinner later will be stromboli pizza
and maybe a bowl of corn flakes ;)

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Pork stew redux. I added a little hot sauce just to tart it up a bit.

Hot sausage with onions and peppers.

That’s all I could smell at the winery this afternoon. Nothing makes me hungrier than the aroma of frying onions and peppers.

Badly improvised chicken kuthu roti.

Got some roti prata from above mentioned south indian take-out joint. Rough chopped, added some diced red onion, some chopped hot peppers (not sure what the species name is but they have some kick) and mixed in some HK-style scrambled eggs as well as just mixing egg into the thing and then tossed in some shredded leftover popeye's chicken, skin and all. Added some coconut curry sauce (more curry, less coconut) and then stirred it until it appeared "dry enough"

Tasted interesting... next time I'll have to add a bit of indian curry to the mix and see if I can find the proper peppers they use here. That and use a bigger wok (no flat-top).

Fried chicken thigh, quinoa salad, sauteed spinach w/butter.

It was delicious.

Leftover pizza slice from my spouse’s school meeting

chocolate chip cookie from ORD bakery stall (Wednesday)

Forgot to mention the fillings / ingredients of the poh piah includes bamboo shoots , crispy flat fish / sole bits , crushed peanuts , eggs ( omelette strips or mashed hard boiled ) , turnip minced pork , etc stew , lettuce , prawns , ..

Yes , we had delicious leftovers for meals after !
Also primarily Indian below

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Crispy prata with fish curry , Indian rojak and gravy / sauces


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Fishballs , variety of fishcakes include spicy otak
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Putu mayam , with coconut and sugar


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Just look at the centre of FLO - the “ molten “ fudge centre !!

Couldn't pass up fresh ahi tuna from a local market, made better with the monthly $15 off AMEX dining promo.

While reading this, I had a flashback to Tsukiji market... I was last there a few years before it closed. I remember having fresh sushi that morning for breakfast!

Turkey burgers on a Wonder bun with aged havarti, cole slaw and pineapple chunks on the side.

Not quite that. But if you're going to buy tuna and cook it rare, quality matters.

Steak, broccoli, and mashed potatoes.

$15? I only get a monthly $10 off with Amex.

I get $20. :D

Grilled brats with kraut and German potato salad. Leftover scotcheroos for dessert.

AMEX Plat.

eric’s chinese, San Francisco carryout
Veggie egg rolls
onion pancake

white rice
moo shoo vegetables
orange beef
Shanghai chicken (with green bonito flakes)
spicy smoked bean curd

definitely a treat when only having it every 2-3 weeks! Yum.

I get $10 on DL and $5 for HiltonHonors cards. They both end 12/31/21. Weird promo, total waste for Amex. Which Amex owner doesn’t buy food outside of a grocer?

$5 monthly Amex credit is for the no annual fee Hilton cards. If you pay the $95 or whatever a year, you get $10 a month.

I always thought it was a Filipino tradition about noodles on your Birthday, but see it may be an Asian culture thing. However, per my wife's family it is supposed to be "long noodles for long life." That is why we always have Pancit Canton, vs. Pancit Guisado on birthdays. The noodles pictured above are very short and would not be eaten on a birthday or else be considered a short life span ahead,

Last night it was Tom Kine's grilled and roasted venison filet, with beetroots. It's accompanied by an incredibly rich shallot, tomato and garlic sauce, all quite delicious. I decided to drink my last bottle of Ch Brown Lamartine 2010 with it - its 23 predecessors have been not great but this tasted fantastic with the venison, and then it was an unhappy combination with the brie and pecorino cheese afterwards.