Whenever we have lunch meetings in the office, chances are high that we'd be eating those delivered-to-your-doorstep fast-food pizzas ... you know which ones I mean. Those are not exactly my favourite kinda food. And that's why I usually avoid eating pizzas out of the office environment, if I can help it. Unless of course, if it's pizzas freshly made in an Italian restaurant... you know, those hand-made thin crusted types baked in firewood ovens. Yeah, call me a pizza snob, if you will... but … [Read more...]
No Signboard Seafood
Where is your favourite Chilli Crabs place in Singapore? There has been so much hoo-ha recently over CNN’s Top 50 Most Delicious Food in the World and this so-called almost-national Singaporean dish ranked 35th in that list. The East Coast Seafood Centre houses numerous restaurants along the stretch facing the sea. Restaurants with names like “The Red House”, “Long Beach”, “Jumbo” were enjoying brisk business that evening we were there. My friend C declared that “No Signboard” is the … [Read more...]
E&O Search for AFC’s Next Celebrity Chef
I love reality tv shows, particularly the culinary kind. My 2 top favourites are "Masterchef Australia" and "Top Chef" and I try not to miss a single episode of those... and even if I did, there are always repeats! So, imagine my excitement when I learned that the Asian Food Channel (AFC), in collaboration with the Eastern & Oriental Bhd group (E&O) will be bringing us its first-ever reality television series called the “E&O Search for AFC’s Next Celebrity Chef”. Joining AFC … [Read more...]
HK Food Trail: Pt.4 – Shatin Pigeons
I am still paying penance for this meal. We had this sin-laden meal for supper. I'm not sure about the name of this place (it's written in Chinese) - the locals refer to it as "Foh Tharn" (literally translated as "charcoal"!) but the cab driver knew it well enough and deposited us right in front of this hawker centre-like place. There are about 6-7 stalls located in that row... and I was told all of them serve the same kinda dishes, more or less. Of course the main attraction here is there … [Read more...]
Cremonini, Don Pomodoro, Idahoan: Great Food Delights for you!
Euro-Atlantic Sdn Bhd recently launched Cremonini Olive Oil, Don Pomodoro Pasta sauce from Italy and Idahoan Dehydrated Potato from the USA at a dinner in Social@KL, GTower, Kuala Lumpur. Bottom right corner: Adrian Ung demonstrated how easy it was to reconstitute the Idahoan Dehydrated Potato! Cremonini Olive Oil is produced in Italy in a time-honoured tradition that dates back more than 50 years. Casa Cremonini was started in Oliveti near Bologna in Italy, by Guiseppe Cremonini , who … [Read more...]
What’s Dish @ Dua Annexe dishing up next?
DISH - Delicious Ingredients Steak House. The dining section of Dish is just behind Delicious Ingredients - unpretentious modern simple set-up, a perfect foil for the fine dishes they serve. You don't need to dress up yet the food served here is of "fine dining" concept. Quite unorthodox. In Dish, it's All About The Beef. And they have a certain philosophy about their Beef, too... like how thick the steak should be cut? Take a look... Having been established in that "embassy … [Read more...]
328 Katong Laksa
We made a short trip down south to Singapore a couple of weekends ago. It was almost a "Touch & Go" trip... we were there to watch the Lion King musical (which was totally so enjoyable!) and the rest of the time was just to eat and shop. As we were staying with my good friend CH who graciously hosted us at her lovely condo in Amber Gardens, we just had to walk over to East Coast Road where a few of Singapore's famous Katong Laksa outlets were located. It was a 12-minute walk from the … [Read more...]
Tang Shifu @ 1-Utama
Being a bit under the weather recently, I'm glad I chanced upon this restaurant located in the New Wing of 1 Utama. The name "Tang Shifu" translates directly to "Soup Master", so it doesn't take much to decipher that this restaurant's forte lies in its nutritious and nourishing soups. Their food philosophy rests very much on using the freshest and highest quality ingredients with no preservatives. Lots of Chinese herbs are used and they all help in balancing the yin and yang of our bodily needs. … [Read more...]
Catching up in Vietnam Kitchen
The conversation started on Yahoo Chat... it went something like this: "Hey Woman, how are you? Where have you been la??" "I'm fine, have just been busy. Busy with BB lor!" "BB??" (I was thinking Blackberry, wtf?!) "Ya, baby - she's already 3 months old!" "OMG! When did you have a baby??" "Err... since, like 3 months ago?!" See... this is what happens when you don't keep in touch with your friends for over a year. Well, the last time I saw her, she wasn't preggers, ok. And that was … [Read more...]
Italian Film Festival 2011
Did you know that it’s been 150 years since 8 states, independent of one another, each with its own administration, laws and interests came together as one in the Italian nation? It was on March 17 1861 that unification of Italy was proclaimed. Since then Italy has gone from strength to strength on many fronts – politically and economically – and become a founding member of the European Union. The Embassy of Italy will be celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Unity of Italy with the … [Read more...]
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