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Mixed vegetables fish porridge

Decided to cook this broccoli, carrot, potato and Sutchi fillet porridge for breakfast.

Soak the rice with a tablespoon of black sesame oil.

Thereafter, add in cubed carrots, potatoes and broccoli before starting to cook using the rice cooker.

As for the Sutchi fillet, I soaked it in diluted white vinegar solution for 15 mins before slicing it up and rinsing under running tap water.

Marinated it with a tablespoon of Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce, a teaspoon of rice wine and a tablespoon of Taikoo ginger red sugar (new found treasure at AMK Hub NTUC Xtra).

When the porridge is halfway into its 1 hour cooking cycle, I added the fish slices in.

The porridge turned out to be quite nice n a twinge of sweetness without having to add in additional seasoning.

Best thing is that HE didn't complain that the porridge is bland which I took it as a major achievement as HE is always complaining that I don't add enough seasoning.

Whenever that happens, it just pisses me off haha.

Less salt is for the sake of YOUR health u know !!!

Pizza Hut 1-for-1 Weekday Deal

There is this 1-for-1 promotion for Standard Chartered Bank card holders.

Quite tempting especially on weekday dinners when I am lazy to cook.

Visit here for more information.

Sutchi fillet in Chinese style

Bought lots of Sutchi fillets (8 pieces to be exact) as it was on sale. Have to seek HIS consent before buying just to be on the safe side (if the picky eater don't want to eat this, I will die lo).

Read online that these Sutchi fillets tends to taste fishy so I always soak them with a super diluted solution of white vinegar before cooking. So far so good.

Have tried pan frying it, cooking it in fish and chips style and also in fish soup.

Today, I tried steaming it with HuaDiaoChiew (a type of Chinese wine), sea salt, pepper and also fermented black beans. Turned out to be very appetizing.

Review of Udon King @ AMK Hub

So happen to see this article on 我报 introducing the various fusion cuisine offered by Udon King. We were there last Fri for dinner.

One of the dishes we ordered was the right most item in the second row done in chicken style. The sauce was kinda sour (even for someone like me who take sour stuff quite well). Was not able to taste any tinges of butter at all. In addition, the chicken was abit tough.

HE tried this chicken cutlet thing with egg and it was quite salty.

The way they pack customers into confining spaces is also quite irritating. We got to keep shuffling the table whenever new customers are being shown to their seats or when any of our 'neighbors' are leaving their seats. Suggest that you visit the restaurant in larger groups to get those booth seats.

Service was quite bad too. Their service staff have no knowledge of the table numbers and kept delivering wrong items to various tables. Feels so uncomfortable due to the limited space and got to keep an eye on them as the wrong orders appear randomly in front of you and we got to keep correcting them.

Last straw came when the cashier lost HIS credit card after payment was made. She was not able to find it and was requested that we wait at 1 side while she serve the next customer. Was totally pissed off la... In the end, she found the card on the floor. Personally, I feel that the cashier is a very important person in the business context. The business owner should have put in some effort to train them up.

Hello Kitty promotion at Cosmed, Taiwan

Received these 2 Hello Kitties - the Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood which comes as a set after spending a bomb at Cosmed, Taiwan.

Was super happy and lucky to get these 2 (out of a total of 6 selections) as they are packed in boxes and I wasn't able to pick and choose.

Even though I am not a Hello Kitty fan but this set somehow just appeal to me and is somehow symbolic of our relationship (HIM as Big Bad Wolf and me as Little Red Riding Hood).

There are 2 other sets available: the Frog Prince and Little Princess as well as the Peter Pan and Little Fairy.