Night Owls Chatterboxes Part XVIII
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wah my dinner is soo filling..
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I only got to eat bak gua when I go over to my parents'!
This year, the Bee Chun Hiang bak gua was yucks! It was too tough and pretty unpalatable!
Bleah! So expensive some more! 
By contrast, this box of 'satay bak gua' that my mom's colleague gave her was sooooo delicious and tasty!
We're no longer going to buy Bee Chun Hiang during the CNY period. -
Mmmmm yesterday i cooked a HUGE HUGE HUGE pot of shanghainese rice cake soup.... and even though I told them was 'lunch', they had it already...and could only take tasting portions....so I am stuck with eating it.. today.. and tommorrow... and....
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dun have, can't even smell bak kwa at all...Originally posted by the Bear:but you got in the house?
i don't -
who got zian nian gao??
mamma gonna zian it tomorrow -
shro-cat.. throw away
and hey.. around CNY, a lot of things suddenly become mundo expensive while quality drops dramatically...
i'm still tickled that people line up hours and hours for Lim Chee Guan stuff.. get ripped off at $48 a kilo, and get ripped off because they outright cheat you by giving you less than the weight you paid for..
i'm paying $2 more per kilo for the bacon version
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Buy croco bak kwaOriginally posted by Rhonda:I only got to eat bak gua when I go over to my parents'!
This year, the Bee Chun Hiang bak gua was yucks! It was too tough and pretty unpalatable! Bleah! So expensive some more!
By contrast, this box of 'satay bak gua' that my mom's colleague gave her was sooooo delicious and tasty!
We're no longer going to buy Bee Chun Hiang during the CNY period.
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actually, i won't mind having some of that soup.. never had it before
and you can give to cult leader also.. she's looking for stuff to eat -
Is this even possible in Singapore?Originally posted by sbst275:Maybe go around the island, to places never been to to unwind myself -
yes!! there's actually still one kampung surviving in singapore not in pulau ubin one.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Is this even possible in Singapore?
man, did u know that??? -
yes..
just that a lot of jaded and cynical people repeat that "everywhere is boring" until people believe it to be
i loved farmart.. however, few people go there coz it's probably not sterile and air-conditioned.. and if it was, it would be "boring and far away"
there are so many places to go.. but few want to even hear about it...
alas...Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Is this even possible in Singapore? -
Cool! Does this kampung offer guided tours?Originally posted by The man who was death:yes!! there's actually still one kampung surviving in singapore not in pulau ubin one.
man, did u know that???
Seriously, are there any efforts afoot by the SG govt. to preserve a kampung or two for posterity? -
Cannot throw lah. It's my blood sweat soup. I'm a leftover connoisseur. Actually hurhhur hubby's complaining but I can eat the same thing for days and wont be tired of it one..Originally posted by the Bear:shro-cat.. throw away
and hey.. around CNY, a lot of things suddenly become mundo expensive while quality drops dramatically...
i'm still tickled that people line up hours and hours for Lim Chee Guan stuff.. get ripped off at $48 a kilo, and get ripped off because they outright cheat you by giving you less than the weight you paid for..
i'm paying $2 more per kilo for the bacon version
You never tried shanghainese rice cake before? Easy to cook la. But must soak the rice cake overnight or else u break your teeth on them.
My Ah Ma buys KIM HOCK GUAN one.. I think it's pretty nice. i used to buy from this other shop down keong Saik road... know the lady boss.. they make their own bak kwa IN the shop.. very nice people too but since being estranged from my ex-co... cannot bring myself to go to chinatown liao. -
they're gonna tear down this one last remaining kampung too.....so sadOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:Cool! Does this kampung offer guided tours?
Seriously, are there any efforts afoot by the SG govt. to preserve a kampung or two for posterity?
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Yeah! Beary beary hungry!!Originally posted by the Bear:actually, i won't mind having some of that soup.. never had it before
and you can give to cult leader also.. she's looking for stuff to eat -
Has bak gua prices dropped to pre-CNY levels yet?
If so, I wanna go and purchase some! Hopefully, the quality and price will be back to normal! -
Hey Bear.........Bear.............Bear ah.................
I got my report card!!!! I PASSED!!!!!
Hubby said the chai poh omelette "not bad". Well, not bad means good, right???
Anyways, I chop the chai poh, get the wok smoking hot and didn't press on the egg so it turned out fluffy. It's the BEST I've dish up, anyways although I can't say, the taste is great. An improvement, for sure. Thanks for the tips. Now, I can invite friends over for Teochew porridge on a Sunday lunch.
And........good evening Owls...............and good morning MG and Fatum. -
Last time, grandma would jian the nian gao. And then, my mom did it. But for the past three years, cause my parents flew off on holiday during the CNY period, we didn't get any nian gao at all!Originally posted by The man who was death:who got zian nian gao??
mamma gonna zian it tomorrow Kinda miss it! -
Never tounched West Coast Park at leastOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:Is this even possible in Singapore?
To think now it faces PSA's PPT
Used to be a beach -
-blinks- 2 kampongs. Kampong Melayu and the chinese Kampong. Ubin still have got village headman even.. though I think now position pass down to his daughter liao. Humm.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Cool! Does this kampung offer guided tours?
Seriously, are there any efforts afoot by the SG govt. to preserve a kampung or two for posterity?
No tours that I can think of. To preserve a kampung, you need to find someone who want to live that way for posterity too. Old folks can stay but what about their kids? It's probably fun for you and me to stay in a kampong a couple of days but... to stay there long term with centipedes and etc.. is no fun.
i do know of a couple though who used to live on mainland and when they were both retrenched, decided to move over to ubin and stay in a friend's empty houset to live kampong style, and selling drinks etc to tourists and visitors.But it aint easy. -
There are lots of places I'd love to visit but can't because I don't have a car.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Is this even possible in Singapore?
I really hated it when they tore down that Colbar place in Portsdown Road!
There are whimsical places all over the island... hopefully, the govt will leave them unscathed! -
Buangkok still has 1 kampung
As for Ubin, it is slowly dying as well -
hrhurhur i think to make the egg real fluffy.. u supposed to beat it until lots of small air bubbles come out... lotsa lotsa lotsaaaaOriginally posted by littlestream:Hey Bear.........Bear.............Bear ah.................
Anyways, I chop the chai poh, get the wok smoking hot and didn't press on the egg so it turned out fluffy. It's the BEST I've dish up, anyways although I can't say, the taste is great. An improvement, for sure. Thanks for the tips. Now, I can invite friends over for Teochew porridge on a Sunday lunch. -
That restaurant area is now part of a flyoverOriginally posted by Rhonda:There are lots of places I'd love to visit but can't because I don't have a car.
I really hated it when they tore down that Colbar place in Portsdown Road!
There are whimsical places all over the island... hopefully, the govt will leave them unscathed! -
Hello, littlestream! Congratulations on passing your Chai Porh Nng test!