Fish Essence.

I am now still in recovery process from surgery, and I was recommended to have more fish from several peoples.
And also this.

fish essence.

This essence is traditional one is from Sneak head, the fish that I was told to eat more for better wound recovery.

I tried the taste, it is like Name-take (Japanese condiment, sweet simmered Enoki mushroom).
Not bad. I now become very traditional chinese like that...Taking bird's nest, Lin Zhi and this. hahaha.

Hope I can recover without any problem.

Europian style?

Rehabilitation, we walk walk around the river valley and one corner, I found very cute bird cage hunger.

It was like resting corner kind of dome shape, it's motif is bird feather.

I found it very olden days style and like it so much =)

Nowadays a lot of things in Singapore became too modern style and kind of miss older style.

From top to bottom, every design is feather =D so cute and nice!!

Limoncello.

We bought a coupon for dining at Limoncello sometime ago and realized that the coupon is expiring soon.
So we make our foot towards Limoncello quickly.

We ordered Margarita pizza, Spaghetti al cartoccio as main.
Pizza was wood fired, thin crusted and quite nice and big size (14inch).
Al cartoccio is the dish that Shiu-chan wanted to have for long time.
It tasted great, tomato based sauce well infused by seafood juice, with rough texture spaghetti.
very rich in taste with generous mix and volume of seafood.

He loved the cartoccio very much.

Both Pizza and pasta were just nice for sharing, we are almost happily full but not to forget, we still have Limoncello cake as dessert.

Cake was almond cake, I couldn't feel any limoncello in it though its worm and juicy texture cake was nice, again it was big portion.

We found that Limoncello is nice to go with friends to share.
Price is very reasonable =)

Limoncello Pizza Grill & Bar
95 Robertson Quay, Rivergate #01-19/20
www.limoncello.sg

Waited for 2 2/1yrs...

My good friend's house is finally move in condition.
We visited to their house, it was long waited =)

My friend was staying with family-in-law for a couple of years,
I really respect her for being able to stay with family-in-law for so long.
She never complaint, maybe she has, but keep in her own not like me anyhow speak out.

I am really happy for her for settling to their own nest.

furthermore, there is a very spectacular view from their house!
got huge balcony too!! =D
Even can see our house =P

We look forward to visit them more often soon!!!=D

Summer X'mas 2012.

This year's Takashimaya's tall X'mas tree also nice!
Here comes a tropical Christmas season in Singapore again =)

Animal Doughnut

I just coincidentally passed by the doughnut shop, but then that cute Mr. frog caught my eyes.


Woooo.....

I failed to resist not buying them...


Their doughnut are made from organic or natural ingredients.
Only sales cake doughnuts and those are chewy and nice =)

This was my first experience with Floresta.

Regular Cake.

This is what I must have once I returned to hometown.

Y's Tei's special Matcha mousse!!
Each of us bought one cake and share share eat together.
Enjoying the family time =)

Wine & Sweets.

Friends came over to my place to visit me.
They always help us when we are in trouble.

Shiu-chan was pretty stressed by taking care of me, do cooking, do house chores, etc recently but had chit chat, drink wine and snacking with them, he seems he could refresh himself.

I was so glad to see it and also thankful to them =)

@yu brought me some magazines to read during my home nursing.
She shared some stories when she was in hospital a few years back..

It was nice time with them.

Hope to see them again soon after my full recovery.

macaroon from Canele. Since the patissier is French, I should try their cake soon!

Taste of Love & Care.

I was so down by the appendicitis, Shiu-chan was giving me so much cares.

Today he cooked pork ball porridge and pumpkin miso soup for me.
He is really good in cooking porridge =)

Miso soup was the one that my mum cooked and since then shiu-chan loves to put pumpkin in it.


Thank you, my dear.
Your meals are not only tasty but also tasty + full of your love and care.

Inflight meal.

SQ's inflight meal is really impressively improved!!

Previously, Shiu-chan always complaint that their inflight meal is not tasty at all.
Nowadays he always says tasty.

This time round also the same, tasty.
He tried Japanese meal, it was Chicken Nanban (Nanban is sour sweet thick source).
He was so satisfied with it.

I ordered their seafood meal (Special meal), as I usually order raw vegetarian meal and gets Shiu-chan's complaint..haha.

Their seafood meal was also tasty. maybe I should try another time =)

Scallop salad, cream source fish, prawn and pasta, fruits.

Appenditicis.

OH YES.

It was all the sudden.

on the 13th middle of the night, around 3 am,
I woke up by sudden sharp pain on my tummy.
the pain was terrible that how I tried to take it.

I flew back to Singapore on the same day, luckily the pain was much eased and slept well on that day.
Today, I went to see the doctor as still localized pain remains.

I thought maybe just taking medical leave by this pain.

After the doctor examined, he told me, "your symptoms is like appendicitis".

I was referred to the surgeon, I rushed down to the hospital.
Then got CT for diagnostic test, later confirm that I got appendicitis.

by the evening, I was arranged to go for appendicectomy.
All the sudden, I got operation, later I woke up again, there was no more appendix with me and I got 3 surgical wounds.

Everything was very fast and I've never thought that I got appendicitis.
Doctor told me and Shiu-chan that if it was a few hours later, my appendix is gonna be ruptured.

Shiu-chan was that so worried that I went for operation.

My life was saved by the lucks and doctors.
Thank you very much for them...=(

3 small surgical wounds, this is because operation was done by laparoscopic surgery.

Stone sweets.

This cake, I bought from the shop located in Hakata station.
Their cakes are all this square shape, I selected Matcha cake.

Inside the cake is layer of sponge cake, mousse, cream.

Not bad! maybe I should try again next time!! =D

Bad luck.

I visited to shrine for Bad luck year prayer.
This prayer, I should supposed to do in the beginning of the year.

I am in the year of very bad luck.
This bad luck started from last year, this year is very very bad luck year for ladies.
next year will be post bad-luck year and that is still bad luck.


This year, it was quite somethings happened around me including my own matter.
I am not a superstitious but still, do this makes my feeling much better.

I received 2 amulets. Hope this will help to keep bad luck away for this year and next year.

Hot Spring.

I haven't been to Onsen for quite some time, and I missed soaking feeling so much.
My mum brought us to the good onsen spot.

The place is called 'Yu No Yama (湯ノ山)', well know for onsen healing.
Found by Koubou Daishi (弘法大師) in 1700's.

Behind the existing onsen facility, there is still a few hundred years ago's onsen facility.


This onsen is cold onsen and drinkable.
It was too good soaking till I soak too much.

I am still a Japanese, miss hot bath and soaking bath =P

Super fresh.

Next door neighbor shared catch of the day, her son went fishing from 3 am in the morning.
She gave us 7 horse mackerel.


They are so fresh, of course, eyes are never become cloudy, not only that, body shines rainbow colour!!
Honestly speaking, it was my first time seeing such very clearly see the rainbow body horse mackerel!!

Well, it is super fresh, I thought of making sashimi but I just opened stomach, salt it and simply grilled.
The fishes were so tender texture and tasty =)

Mee Sua

I was asked to ask my mum to cook Mee Sua for me with 2 eggs, So I asked about it to my mum.

Mee Sua is almost same as Soumen (そうめん), I thought of using Soumen but I decided to buy Mee Sua and bring it back to Japan.

My mum prepared delicious and precious Kelp soup stock for me, the kelp was bought more than 20 years ago and she forgot about the kelp. It developed real "Ajinomoto", umami in its body.

It supposed to be a normal easy cooking, however, the delicious kelp soup stock and bonito soup stock made the simple Mee Sua into very traditional Japanese good soup noodle.

Thanks mum! =)


In the evening, I cooked Bak Kut Teh for mum,
I bought the herbal Bak Kut Teh mix back, bought Pork ribs and big garlic.
Whoa, this garlic, just a one glove, costed 200 yen...

Follow the instruction, simmered them for about 2 hours under small fire.

We had it for a part of dinner.
Surprisingly, it supposed herbal but still very peppery but the taste was great.
Shiu-chan dared to say it is his best Bak Kut Teh he ever had.

Actually, I wanted to cook very herbal type like Shiu-chan's mum cooks as I really love herbal Bak Kut Teh than the peppery one.

Anyway, my mum also enjoyed the soup =)

M&M.

@ Changi Airport T3 transit mall.

Somehow found it so cute...=)

Well, we are going back to Japan, this trip will be the last trip back in year 2012.

This year, we went back 6 times...it was rather bit tiring...and that's why, my pocket always have a huge hole...hahaha.

Rosemary.

We found rosemary pot on sale in the outdoor environment.
have western herb is one of Shiu-chan's dream.
We quickly decided to get one pot.


Wish this grow healthily =)

Thai Express.

We sometimes like to eat Thai food, and sometimes suddenly feel like having Thai food.

We went Thai Express for comfort craving feeling.

Their food tasted not bad. But maybe a bit steep pricing.

Passed!!

Yeah! finally I got driving license!!!


From now, I must make sure road safety and drive safely all on my own responsibility.

I will drive if I got chance to drive in Singapore,
I will drive if my mum let me drive in Japan. haha =P

Tonic Soup.

After start TCM, I also start changing my diet seriously.
I started to boil Chinese herbal soup often.

It is pretty interesting to know and boil soups, with Shiu-chan's advice.

I got to understand that those Chinese herbs has its unique properties, I think any herbs are same. Whichever is western, Indian or Japanese.


I think I am more into Chinese soup now.

ROM!!

One of Shiu-chan's old friend is getting ROM after a few years of dating.
She is also my oldest Shiu-chan's friend I know =)

Very congratulation to them and happy ROM!! =D

Assam Laksa.

Laksa is what we commonly see in Singapore Laksa.
But there is another Laksa originated(Perhaps) from Penang.


The thing is so much different from Singapore's what they say Laksa.
There is no coconut milk and no prawns or claims. but flaked fish.

Take its spicy assam soup with mint leave make you feel spicy yet refreshing.


I heard the Penang one is smells like a vomit.....Really????

Instant Chicken Rice.

I bought Chicken Rice mix for my friends previously but we have not try using it to cook and try by our self yet.

We thought we should try if not maybe not nice how?


The mix is simple one, we just add mix, rice, water and chicken, then press rice cooker start button only.

We used chicken fillet to cook it, the mix was quite nice and we also enjoyed the chicken rice =)

Just only regret that this mix does not come with grated ginger, chili sauce and dark soya sauce.
(It is almost impossible to get chicken rice chili and dark soya sauce in Japan)