Food
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First Day of 2025
Happy New Year! On the first day of 2025, Kei and Indi woke up hungry and rode their bikes to Alexandra Village. The prize: Xiang Jiang Soya Sauce Chicken noodles and wanton. A good way to start the year.
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Pachamanca Lunch with Family
Lunch cooked by the earth itself. We went to a village near Chinchero in Peru, at 3,800 m above sea level, to try pachamanca, a traditional Andean dish baked with hot stones in an earthen oven called a huatia. The…
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The Greatest Invention: Banana Guard
My neighbor Ioana Vaetoru-Fox bought me a Banana Guard from New Zealand. It’s hard. It’s big. It’s almost manly! I used to hate bringing a banana in my bag because it would end up looking like Gerber’s mashed banana (literally!).…
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Following Bourdain: Eating Shark Head
I just got a chance to watch the recording of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations Singapore Episode last week. As usual, Bourdain visits nondescript, hidden, non-touristy places which are frequented by the locals with the sole goal to enjoy good food.…
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What is your indulgence?
It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got — Sheryl Crow We’ve not really written much thing into our blog because we’ve been busy with different stuff. Busy Reading and Other Activities Although I have completed my…
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Botak Jones Cajun Guano
I think God punished me yesterday for going to Botak Jones three times within one week. Just when I was about to finish my cajun meal with Eddy and Alex (both are from the Lau clan but unrelated to Andy…
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Abu Dhabi 41° Celcius
This month will be another travelling month for our family. Rani and Noe flew to Jakarta last week and tomorrow they will fly to Surabaya while I travel back from Abu Dhabi to Singapore. The day after I will…
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Cocoa with Chili for Flu
I’m currently down with bad flu. Somehow the germs from Jakarta flood got into me. This is a kind of flu that confined me in my bed with a laptop, a really sore throat, headache and fever. I’m trying to…
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Fresh Delivery
Thanks for Henry Bexx for his efforts in delivering five siomay and five batagor Riri! Totally delicious!
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Friends on Land, Friends on Water
Yesterday was a busy Sunday for our family. At 8:45am Noe took his regular lesson at Marsden Swim School. Unlike him, he was not too happy in the water yesterday. Maybe because he did not have enough breakfast and there…
