Fried Udon from C Nai

C Nai Cafe's Seafood Fried Udon

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. Fantastic. Initially I was a little apprehensive at paying for such a small portion, but the noodles were so good, I wouldn't mind paying for another portion some other time.

Prawn Noodles from C Nai

C Nai Cafe's HK Prawn Noodles

The Prawn noodles are good! Inconsistent however. I had it twice on separate occasions and the second time was a tad too salty. A bowl of prawn noodles, I'd travel to have.

Sambal Stingray

• patti of stingray for 6 pax
• 1 tbsp sugar for marinate
  
• 2 tbsp light sauce for marinate
  
• 2 tbsp lemon juice for marinate
• 1 finely chopped chilli padi with seeds removed
• 1 big onion chopped
• 6 tbsp oil
• 8 tbsp sambal belachan
• 5 tbsp lemon juice more
  

In an aluminium foil-made tray, marinate fish and leave it wrapped in its marinate for half an hour. Heat pan of 6 tbsp of oil and place fish in the heated oil. Flipping the fish, let it cook on each side for about 2-3 mins. Then spread 1 tbsp sambal belachan on each side, with a generous sprinkle of chopped onion & chopped chilli padi. Fry the fish for another 12-15mins, flipping each sambal/onion-covered side every 2-3 mins. Add the rest of the sambal belachan and lemon juice as you flip and cook. Make sure fish has no pink or translucent flesh left, and is well-covered in the sambal mix. Enjoy the aroma.. Lift into dish and spoon the sambal mix over. Garnish with nice sprig of lime leaves and serve (with an optional fresh lime, cut in half).

If you have a grilling plate, you can choose to grill the stingray! If you have a barbecue, place the fish with all its other ingredients in its aluminum foil-tray, wrap up and barbecue!

Tempura Prawn-Olive stuffed Eggs

Makes 8 halves

Brown some chopped onions & garlic in a tsp of oil, and add 6 boiled & chopped prawns, stirring 4 tbsps of soba sauce and mixing well. Chop 4 olives and add to the pan.

Bring 4 eggs to the boil and turn the fire off, leaving the pot of eggs in water covered for another 9 minutes. Remove the eggs and dunk them in cold water, to make the flesh detach from the shell easily. De-shell and cut eggs in half. Remove the egg yolks.

Add 1 egg yolk to the mixture in the pan with the prawns and mix well. Spoon the mixture into the hollows of the cooked egg whites and cover them in tempura flour mixed with water (thick enough to dribble).

Deep-fry the flour-covered eggs till golden brown and serve immediately.

Steamed Red Garoupa with Light Soy Sauce

with compliments of Women's Weekly magazine

• 600g whole red garoupa
• shredded spring onions and sliced red chilli for garnishing

Sauce (mix)

• 2 tbsp light soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1/2 tbsp dark soy sauce
• 1/2 tbsp maggi seasoning
• 1/2 tbsp sugar
• 6 tbsp water

Place 2 or 3 chopsticks over heatproof dish and place fish over the chopsticks, lying flat and suspended from the bottom of the dish. Place the dish in a steamer of vigorously boiling water, for 5-7 mins. The freshness of fish is relative to the decreasing time needed for cooking. Once fish is cooked, pour sauce over. You can heat 2 tsps of oil till very hot, and pour over fish for extra fragrance and smoothness on the palate. Garnish.

TomYam yum

Tom Yum Seafood Soup

Little bro finished his rice real quick with the tasty soup, downing a bottle of cold water as he went along. It's also the last dinner Jessica's having with us before she goes home in a few hours. Jermelene will be here later tonight. And I get to teach her how to cook. While I'm away, grandma'll have the honors next week. Splendid! I hope Jerm's dishes'll start tasting of granny's.

Ham & Shrimp Pasta

I finally tried tossing up the pasta.

On Tuesday when I awoke, it was the first thing on my mind. Dinner for Adam.
I was going to go for my flight, come back, toss the salad and pack him pasta for dinner.

So I did. I touched down back in SIN, went downstairs to the cold storage at terminal 2, saw the doctor for a horrid throat infection, and carried my black pepper ham, olive oil, pitted black olives, ground black pepper and bacon bits home. I only wished the olives came in a bottle instead of a can.

I needed to prepare something I could eat without needing to re-heat.

It made me happy, when he tucked away at dinner and wanted to continue eating even when the class break was over. "Never mind," he said, grinning, "I'm gonna just continue to eat. I'm very hungry."


Ham & Shrimp pasta
(makes enough for 3)
. I like using Fusilli (1/2 bag)

• 4 slices black pepper ham cut into strips
• boiled chicken fillet shreded
  
• 1 & 1/2 handful japanese shrimps (that are slightly translucent when cooked - uber sweet)
• bacon bits to add texture
• lettuce (vege is good, eat more) some suggestions - purple Radiccio lettuce
• ground black pepper (i heap it, my mom thinks it over-powers)
• fish sauce to taste
• 1 tsp sambal blachan
• 2 slices diced roasted tomatoes
  
• 5 pitted olives, sliced (mom: "go easy on the olives")
• smoked salmon would have been a nice addition
• generous amount of olive oil

- croutons
Croutons - Combine garlic, oil, salt, and bread cubes in a bowl. Mix until cubes are coated evenly. Spread the coated cubes onto a baking sheet and bake until the croutons are golden. This should take about 10 minutes.

Next thing I'm going to try. Clam Pasta.
On my shopping list: Food containers to "ta-bao" more dinners for Adam and beloved friends who might not have time for dinner before class.

I wanted to photograph it, but couldn't find an appropriate time to.

Great places to buy nice lunch boxes:

1. Sheng Shiong @ West Coast
2. Upp Cross St along the Food Centre L1 (I'll take note of the exact location and blk no. the next time I get a chance to go again)
   

Seafood Pasta

Crab meat

Prawns

Raw salmon

Bezel

Lettuce

Grapefruit (juice)

Black pepper

Chilli

Pasta

Steamed Fish and Potatoes

Steamed fish -scored (using milk)

First basket of steamed veges, potatoes and beans

Marinate fish with vanilla beans, pod, lemon juice, olive oil

Place fish on lemon or bay leaves

Clear Prawn Noodles

Shallots, oil + garlic

Large prawns

Boiling Water to cover

Remove prawns

Put in bean sprouts, cabbage, Chinese leaves, pepper

Pinch of salt

Yellow noodles/chu mifen

Tomatoes

Tau pok

Add prawns