Dessert - Homemade White Fungus Soup

Went to look for white fungus as it is said to have good benefits: it is said to be effective in nourishing the lungs, and contains collagen to firm the skin. It is also a mild laxative for constipation patients.

It's nicknamed the "Poor Man's Bird Nest".. :P

So ok.. went to buy it, a few huge fungus for just $2.. :)
Got the idea of cooking it but there is no enough ingredients like gingko nuts, ginseng, lotus nut, longan, rock sugar etc.. So just make do with whatever available at home.. -_-"

First, I soaked the dried white fungus, until it expanded.. then cut them into bite sized..
Then, I boil the chrysanthemum flowers first to get the base of the soup taste, then add wolfberry, red dates..
Put in the sugar and white fungus in and let it boil a little more..
After turning off the fire, I put in rose bud and cover the pan ..

The whole process, from the soaking is quite fast.. about 30-45 min hehe

Here is my first attempt to make it.. Will improve the next time when I have all the ingredients :P

Thoughts - What I am Born To Do Quiz

I haven't been posting anything personal so far, unless you count the places I eat hehehe

So thought this one is quite interesting..
Took this quiz from Facebook, .. sounds like me hahahahaha

Dinner - Fish & Co @ Glass House, near Dhoby Ghaut

Always dined in Fish & Co but didn't have a single entry about it.. so here goes the normal menu that we order .. :)

Interior of the place
Decor
The bar with colourful bottles as a backdrop.. the atmosphere is always vibrant
Utensils and serviette
The tray that they use to put the dishes.. they serve in pans..

The sauces, consisting of tar tar sauce (normally I don't like this sauce as it is has a bit picklish taste.. but I like this tar tar as it is not like that.. :)), chopped garlic and chili sauce

Seafood platter for two! The content is slightly different from seafood platter for one, it is bigger and contains..
Mussels.. :P
Jungle freeze.. consisting of tropical fruits flavour, ice blended into this HUGE glass

Lunch - Ayam Ojolali @ Lucky Plaza

Have been wanting to try this outlet grilled chicken ...

This is the interior look,... very small but busy place

Happy soda.. basically its rose syrup with soda water.. I like this :)
Es Ojolali, similar to happy soda but using plain water and there is coconut slices on it..

Grilled chicken set.. It's very nice.. Have the distinct Indonesian lime and sweet soy sauce BBQ taste on the chicken..
Fried pomfert set.. This is just plainly fried.. to be enjoyed with the side chili and sauce which I forgot to take picture hehehe

Lunch - Lai Lai Noodle @ Bugis

Went to try this Taiwan style outlet in Bugis.. The serviette design very cute..

The menu

Green bubble tea
Eggplant with pork floss

Pork intestine

Side soup and minced salted vege

To be added in the beef bowl

The outcome

The dry version

It is quite nice and the meat is very tender :)

Dinner - Ah Yat Seafood Restaurant @ Shaw Tower

Went to Ah Yat seafood again, this time for the seafood :)

Kang Kong
Sambal Ta Dou

Kong Bao frog ($3.50 each). There is two of them here.. very nice :)

Steam HK style, Pa Tin Fish. This one about 600 gm.. finished quite fast hehe

Fried Man Tou to go with ...

Chili crab of course :)

Black pepper crab.. I personally prefer black pepper crab, but some other people on the table prefer chili crab :)

Cucumber and peking duck sauce

Sliced duck skin.. didn't manage to take the full duck when they show us, before it was sliced hehe

What happens to the duck meat.. cooked into this... have to add $15...

The food comes rather quick, maybe coz the restaurant not so busy

All the 6 of us are so full...

Total Bill: ~$205

Dinner - Chun Yi Pin Steamboat @ Bugis

Been wanting to try this ever-crowded place for BBQ Steamboat :)


This is the table setting ... the stove rather high ..

We choose the BBQ option. There is also steamboat option where you will get 2 types of soup.. Lotsa soup option actually, I choose the herbal chicken soup base. There is spicy and non-spicy. For non-spicy are also fish head soup, milk soup and one more I can't remember.. The spicy one are tom yum, ma la soup etc (read: don't remember) haha

Huge selection of food and there is no limit on the prawn or crabs. The prawn is very fresh.. the meat slices are frozen and we can order the type of meat we want, then the counter person will slice for us.. :)
Huge selection of veges too, which is good :)

I like this place! Not much pics taken as I am busy eating hahahahaha

Total bill: ~$50 (weekend dinner for two)