What Food do you think you will miss most........
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Practice makes perfectOriginally posted by Rhonda:Elindra, you're going to be my favourite guest cum food smuggler! hehehehe!!
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Hmm... really a potential business opportunity to be explored!Originally posted by the Bear:not sure how it is now... but the total lack of economical asian food which is not total crap was a business opening waiting to be exploited...
and when i say "economical" i mean about A$6 for a small plastic tub of crappy fried rice and a side of "beef in black bean sauce"
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but you gotta figure out something... the "dim sims" which the locals eat there is like dogfood but they still order and eat it.. with a lot of soy sauce!
so, gotta account for local taste
i kinda miss souvlaki... -
please don't smuggle food and stuff like that?
especially to places where there are strict quarantine protocols..
to you, it could be just a spice or something.. if let into the environment, it could pretty well wreck it...
case in study: cane toads in Queensland...Originally posted by elindra:Practice makes perfect -
Well, it depends on the food. Anyway, usually if you declare for your own consumption they are fine with itOriginally posted by the Bear:please don't smuggle food and stuff like that?
especially to places where there are strict quarantine protocols..
to you, it could be just a spice or something.. if let into the environment, it could pretty well wreck it...
case in study: cane toads in Queensland... Unless it is stuff like soybeans etc. They are very strict about that.
Anyway, cane toads are not a kind of spice
Maybe if you are talking about animal smuggling I'll agree or bringing in amounts of unprocessed foods -
well, who knows... just like what we're doing now with chickens and eggs..
processed or not, they go into the bin...
and i get a some people arguing and threatening me about it...
oh well.. oh.. and go easy on the poppy seed bagels over there.. they're delicious but will cause you to fail a drug test
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Well I thought AVA have already raised the ban from a number of plants that export processed chicken meat to Singapore. The notice should be lying around in my office stillOriginally posted by the Bear:well, who knows... just like what we're doing now with chickens and eggs..
processed or not, they go into the bin...
and i get a some people arguing and threatening me about it...
oh well.. oh.. and go easy on the poppy seed bagels over there.. they're delicious but will cause you to fail a drug test -
nobody reads the article... just the title
the ban on individuals carrying poultry products stays...
even when we show them that, we get yelled at sometimes.. but most of the time, the people are kinda apologetic...Originally posted by elindra:Well I thought AVA have already raised the ban from a number of plants that export processed chicken meat to Singapore. The notice should be lying around in my office still -
i can live without fancy food,
what i miss most is the convenience of kopitiams and hawker centres.
it's a chore to have to think of what to prepare for every meal.
and the nearest, good asian makan place is 30-minute drive away,
you cannot waste 2 hours for every lunch/dinner break.
and yah, they are expensive too.
i can get fish and chips or burgers at the corner store,
but to eat that everyday I would rather die
so, to my mee-kia auntie, prata uncle and lor-mee ah soh,
I miss you so very much -
laksa, chicken rice, char kway teow are the 3 most loved hawker food.
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you should have married an hainanese, then you won't be w/o ur chicken food whatever place you decided to stay.Originally posted by elindra:If you were to migrate from Singapore?
This question just popped up over lunch so I thought why not turn it into a post
For me, it has to be Singapore Chicken Rice. I eat this horribly fattening food often enough especially when I can't decide what to eat Strangely, I never get sick of it. -
macam all hainanese know how to cook chicken like that...Originally posted by kops21:you should have married an hainanese, then you won't be w/o ur chicken food whatever place you decided to stay.
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then Rhonda how? which dialect group should he marry?Originally posted by kops21:you should have married an hainanese, then you won't be w/o ur chicken food whatever place you decided to stay.
a chinese chef maybe.... -
Elindra, if you can't smuggle in the pastes and what-not, pas de problem! (No Problem!) I guess I can find the spices and other ingredients needed in the Asian markets and stores here. I can learn to cook the dishes from scratch!
I can already cook various kinds of rempah and sambals. So, I guess when I move to Melbourne, it shall be a culinary journey of sorts too! Maybe, should start some website on my life there, including the all-important section on FOOD!
Gedanken, you and Sasha had better be prepared to be my culinary guinea pigs! -
Aiyah... how could I have forgotten the desserts?!
There's the humble Ice Kachang, Chendol / Durian Chendol, Jelly Cocktail (Wan Tao Long)...
And then there's the hot stuff, the Red Bean Soup, the Green Bean Soup, the Dao Suan, the Bubor Cha Cha (which I won't miss THAT much but anyways...).
Like I said, I shall DIE a slow and painful death! -
when i lived there a decade ago, we could get all those desserts and stuff easily..
so not a problem whatsoever -
Hmm... who are we talking about here, dragg? Who's the 'he'? A tad confused.Originally posted by dragg:then Rhonda how? which dialect group should he marry?
a chinese chef maybe....
Well, whoever 'he' is, I'd say, don't marry - better that he flirt with all the girls who are good at cooking the various dishes so he can increase his culinary 'repertoire'! -
How about stuff like :Originally posted by the Bear:when i lived there a decade ago, we could get all those desserts and stuff easily..
so not a problem whatsoever
- Star Anise
- Cardamon
- Candlenuts
- Belachan
- Hae Bi (Dried Shrimps)
- Kiam Hee
- Dried Cuttlefish
- Dried Scallops
- Assam
- Pandan Leaves
- Gula Melaka
Hmm... can't think of anything else at the moment. When you were there, were these things easy to get hold of? -
hard to find: candlenuts, belachan, assam (the packaged version.. you may be able to get fresh ones), pandan leaves
the others, i've seen either in the supermarkets or in the asian shops.. i think maybe ged will be a better person to ask.. it's been a decade for me!Originally posted by Rhonda:How about stuff like :
- Star Anise
- Cardamon
- Candlenuts
- Belachan
- Hae Bi (Dried Shrimps)
- Kiam Hee
- Dried Cuttlefish
- Dried Scallops
- Assam
- Pandan Leaves
- Gula Melaka
Hmm... can't think of anything else at the moment. When you were there, were these things easy to get hold of? -
Traditional Kuehs.
eg. Ang Gu Kueh, Ma Ko Kueh, Chwee Kueh, Soon Kueh, Peng Kueh & You Cha Kueh.... -
damn.. sudden craving for chwee kueh...
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Oooh! I love my kueh kueh's too!Originally posted by Camellias4me:Traditional Kuehs.
eg. Ang Gu Kueh, Ma Ko Kueh, Chwee Kueh, Soon Kueh, Peng Kueh & You Cha Kueh.... I think I have collected recipes for all the kueh's you've mentioned. Now, to put them into practice... in desperate times! -
basket, you all making me drool.
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i like chwee kueh too, especially the tiong bahru stall.
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i like too.Originally posted by dragg:i like chwee kueh too, especially the tiong bahru stall.
Bedok Central one also nice.