Fusion Bak Kut Teh With Wheat Soba

Here’s a home-cooked bak kut teh for those of you who love soup-based dishes. The Songfa brand bak kut teh mix packs a punch – you can drink many bowls of it and not get greasy or sick of it. This take on bak kut teh fuses both Chinese and Japanese flavours. It uses wheat soba noodles for dipping into the bak kut teh, much like how the Japanese uses the same noodles to dip into the sauce before sluriping the noodles up. It’s a brand new experience, but flavours are kept traditional and authentic. 

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Jogging Around Parks In Singapore

Top: Coastal breakwater 4; Bottom: Jogging track along the park perimeter

Here’s another attempt at trying out new places to do my morning jogs in Singapore.

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Easy Herby Potato Mash

September school holidays is over. The boy and I had a great time going for outings in Singapore. It’s amazing how many things there are to do in Singapore alone, so there’s no real need to travel overseas at all. Plus, it didn’t rain much at all throughout the week. The rain kind of held out until a rainpour finally happened on Friday and Saturday. Otherwise, it was bright and sunny all week long. Nice! 

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Eurasian Caldu Pescador (Fisherman’s Stew)

Caldu Pescador originates from the Kristang community of Malacca in Malaysia, with roots from the Portuguese Empire which conquered Malacca in the early sixteenth century.  It is also known as the fisherman’s soup, prepared by fishermen using their daily catch. You can prepare it using your favourite seafood (shell fish, prawns, fish fillets) and make it into your own pot of favourite stew based on your individual preferences. I love mine with the simpler ingredients (less shell fish please) as I want to savour the soup and its burst of flavours from the base ingredients. 

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Thai Kway Teow With Simple Yet Addictively Rich Stock

This bowl of Thai kway teow soup is to die for. I was actually not expecting it to turn out to be anything special or fantastic, just a simple, homecooked pot of stock with kway teow, that’s all. But when I saw how the bowls were emptied out at the dining table very quickly, I was secretly pleased. This simple bowl of noodles proved to be much more than it looks to be.

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