December 2010
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Singapore Eating, Day 2
Breakfast at the Malay market:
^ Dosa (fermented Indian pancake, this version’s stuffed with a potato curry).
^ Roti paratha.
^ Egg paratha.
^ Apong (a Nonya-style pancakewith coconut and coloured sugar.
^ Rose drink! (the pink one) I’ve missed you.. even if I can only ever manage several sips.
^ Nasi padang.
^ Fresh market.
^ Fresh tumeric.
^ Fishies.
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Singapore Eating, Day 1
It was a rough start to the eating process, with my flight rendering me and my appetite a little worse for wear.. but after a shower, power nap and a little walkabout the Joo Chiat area, I was all ready for a good feastin’!
Joo Chiat is a pretty (literally) historical area, abundant with fantastic eateries. Typically after a long flight, I feel like a bowl of pho. And it so happens Joo...
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Stilton-stuffed, Parma ham-wrapped chicken breast
^ .. on a bed of tenderstem broccoli with buttery Charlotte potatoes.
Seared with a sprig of thyme for a minute on each side and then baked for 15-ish minutes.
Tasty, but next time I think I’ll flatten out the chicken breast so that I can encase the Cropwell Bishop better — too much ooze.
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Dinner: Butter bean soup with savoy cabbage
^ … and lil toast soldiers! Got this recipe from January’s Waitrose Kitchen, but had a can of butter beans kicking around in the kitchen so we just used that instead of the prescribed borlotti beans.
Cooking a la J.
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Dinner: What to do with leftover turkey?
Make a pie!
^ The pie with an attempted pastry rose.
^ Camera one…
^ … camera two. Gratuitous shot of oozy sauce.
^ Forgot about taking a picture of the whole turkey when we had it last week, but here’s the ensemble cast..
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Mid-afternoon snacking
^ Crackers + Cropwell Bishop Stilton.
Delicate and doesn’t smack you in the side of the face. Lovely.
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Munich Eating
One weekend. So many sausages. And much mulled wine.
^ Frühstück goodness at the amazing Ludwig Kaiser Pension.
^ I’ve banned myself from Nutella until March 1 2011, so this didn’t help.
^ Sausage.. the first of many.
^ Crispy-skinned, artery-clogging goosey deliciousness.
^ Underwhelming pork in underwhelming light.
^ Absolutely stunningly delicious organic...
