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Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans

Posted in: Food @ 2008-10-27

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Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans

Serves 2 to 4 as part of a multi-course meal

3 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
1/2 pound green beans - rinsed, dried, and chopped to 2-inch lengths
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 pieces ginger, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Sichuan preserved vegetable (mustard root) - rinsed, shredded, and finely chopped
1/2 tablespoon dried shrimp, chopped
5 or 6 dried red chillis
1/2 tablespoon chilli bean sauce
1 to 2 drops sesame oii
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt, or salt to taste

Heat oil in a wok until just beginning to smoke. Add green beans and stir-fry, keeping the beans constantly moving, for about 5 minutes, or until the outsides begin to blister and the beans are wilted. Remove and set aside to drain on kitchen towels.

Remove all but 1 tablespoon of oil. Add garlic, ginger, preserved vegetable, dried shrimp, and red chillis; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Return beans to the wok, and add chilli bean sauce and sesame oil. Add sugar and stir until well-combined. Salt to taste. Dish out onto serving plate and serve while hot.

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Shanghai Vegetable Rice * YUMMY*

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Ok my recent blog is my food obsession. I've eaten this dish, Shanghai Vegetable rice in HK. Highly recommended by my colleague. So far, those i had ordered in SG, cannot never surpass the one I had in HK :(

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Shanghai Vegetable Rice

4 cups long-grain uncooked rice (serves 4-6)
4-6 chinese sausages, cut into 1 cm chunks
1 kg 'pak choi' cut into 2 cm lengths
1/2 bulb garlic, chopped fine
1 chicken stock cube or home-made stock
1 1/2 t. salt

1. Fry the sausages till lightly browned. Remove. You can use the oil that has seeped out from the sausages (saturated animal oil but fragrant!) or use veg oil, then fry the garlic 30 seconds, add the veg and 1/2 t. (teaspoon) salt and fry till veg is reduced to half, or wilted. Remove.
2. Wash the rice, add stock/water upto level 2 1/2, top it with any water that has seeped out from the veg. (Remember that the veg will give out more water as it cooks and you don't want a soft mess, but you also don't want rice that's too hard or uncooked in the middle). Add the sausages, remaining 1 t. salt and crumble the stock cube (if using) over the rice. Stir and set it to cook.
3. Let rice cook till it is almost done boiling. Add the veg; do not stir. Quickly close the lid and let the cooking continue.
4. When the rice is done, press the cook button again to let it cook a while longer.
5. Before serving, stir the rice well to mix everything together.

Note: If concerned about the lard in the sausages, reduce the sausages to half and make up with lean diced pork marinated with salt and white pepper. My MIL now omits the sausages altogether and uses pork or chicken, for health reasons. By the way, Shanghainese food is known to be the oiliest (not getting back at my MIL; its a fact) among all Chinese food so don't scrimp on the oil when cooking this. In fact, the traditional way to cook this dish is to fry the uncooked rice in oil before boiling it but really its extra work plus extra oil. In my pic the rice is too soft; blame it on my helper, Vero!

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Fatty Cheong’s Char Siew Recipe

Posted in: Food @ 2008-10-26
Fatty Cheong's Char Siew Recipe:
1 kg Pork Collar (if you like it juicy) or Pork Shoulder (if you like it leaner)
500g Sugar
300g Oyster Sauce
300g Bean Paste (Dou Jiang)
200ml Soya Sauce
3 teaspoon Rice Wine
2 teaspoon Black Soya Sauce
2 teaspoon Red Colouring
Mix all the ingredients together to make the marinade then use it to marinade the meat for at least an hour or even better if you can marinade it overnight.
Roast in a moderately hot oven for half and hour, turning and basting the meat till it is cooked and slightly charred.



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Chocolate Lava Cake

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Uncategorized @ 2008-10-07

I'm so gonna bake it!!!

 

large eggs
1 extra large egg yolk
5 tbl butter
3 tbl sugar
3.5 oz. dark chocolate (this is one standard chocolate bar)
3 tbl flour
2 tsp cocoa powder
*Bake at 425 F, in water bath for 15 mins.

 

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Mother of all communications

Posted in: Life @ 2008-09-23

A to B. B to C. C to B. B to A. 

Why can't A go to C and C go to A?

Ok guess A & C has no brain of communication or understanding of sentences constructed by either A or C.

That's why B is needed in the eco-system right. Damn it Damn it!

Guess what am I? Who am I? I'm confused too. Damn It! Damn It!



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Miss Maxim 2008 (SINGAPORE)

Posted in: Party @ 2008-09-02


MAXIM Party @ The Arena!!!


The So-called entertainment before the party starts. I thought the dancers were hotter than the contestants.


She looks like Hebe from SHE. Where's Jay?


Don't the dancers look better than her?


I don't mean to be a pervert. But seriously the photoshoots are whole damn liars. Check her boobs out. Spotted by my male colleague. Men :p


So skinny hor *envy*


Chio Bus


The highlight of the event! The cute MC! 


kinky! Blindfolded Girls


back view 


more babes … She's the winner right?

SPG babe (see below)

Thats' it, folks!

We left halfway. We ain't there for some silly boys playing some silly games. Kinda draggy in the mid. Left the guests wondering….that's it? Common!

THE END! 

 




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What is hyperventilation?

Posted in: Health, Life @ 2008-08-29

My Hubby send me this:

What is hyperventilation?

Hyperventilation is over-breathing, i.e. breathing more than is necessary to meet the body's requirements.

Over-breathing is a perfectly normal reaction to any stressful situation. Generally, when this event has passed, breathing will return to a normal rate.

Sometimes, as a result of prolonged stress or a physical trigger, a continual pattern of over-breathing can occur, whereby the breathing pattern does not return to a normal level.

How do I know if I am over-breathing?

You may be aware of some or all of the symptoms. Here are some of the most commonly experienced.

  • Frequent yawning and sighing –> Oh yes!
  • Feeling breathless after relatively minor exercise –> Oh yes!
  • Difficulty co-ordinating breathing and talking and/or eating. –> Ermmm …
  • Pins and needles in hands/arms/around mouth –> F! Yes!
  • Palpitations –> Agghhhh! Yes!
  • Feeling permanently exhausted and unable to concentrate for no apparent reason –> Big F! Yes!
  • Muscular aches and tension around the neck/shoulders/jaw –> Double F! Yes!
  • Bloated feeling in the stomach –>
  • Light-headedness –> DIE!

 

Oh FISH! AM I? DO I?

 




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