Garlic Cheddar Cheesy Scones

Whenever I visit the bakery for lunch, I will keep a lookout for savoury scones, so cheese scones are my favourites at bakeries. These days, being of a certain age, my taste buds have changed such that I no longer fancy sweet desserts or cakes and I need savoury bites alongside my coffee and/or tea. 

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Three Cup Chicken (三杯鸡)

This dish is crazy delicious. The hub and boy polished them off very quickly once it was served. I was surprised it tasted so yummy delicious and finger licking. Wasn’t expecting myself to like it so much as well.

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The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change

I got this book written by Charles Duhigg while waiting to board the plane at the airport in Bali back to Singapore. Didn’t have anything else to do, and it was possibly something I needed to read to push myself a little bit more at that point in time. So here goes.

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Simple Pan-Fried Salmon With Teriyaki Sauce

 

As a household, we love to eat salmon. My favourite will definitely have to be salmon sashimi, but sashimi has got to be a treat for that once-in-a-while occasion only. Pan-fried or roasted salmon isn’t cheap either, though the price is slightly more economical given it doesn’t have to be fresh fresh. We can have just salmon alongside our rice or noodles and happily come to an end of our meal.

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Classic Korean Bibim Guksu (비빔국수)

This recipe of bibim guksu originates from Korea, and is a noodle dish that is especially popular during summer because it’s made with chilled cold noodles. It uses thin wheat flour noodles to prepare, and has a sweet and savoury sauce that you mix in to eat with. The sauce combines guchujang, sugar, sesame oil and rice vinegar, so has a hint of sourness in it as well.

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