Gastronomic Ruminations

Chinese New Year starts tomorrow. It’s the time of the year again to Lo Hei Yu Sheng 捞起魚生, the prosperity salad that is tossed for luck. This year’s CNY atmosphere seems even more subdued than last year as a slow economy and uncertain job environment is prompting many Singaporeans to tighten their belts. Shopkeepers have been complaining [...]

This Chinese New Year, you might like to try Plaza Brasserie’s Prosperity Buffet Feast for a change from traditional Chinese lunches or dinners. Fruity Yu Sheng Image reproduced with permission from PARKROYAL   I was recently invited to a tasting at Plaza Brasserie at PARKROYAL on Beach Road  where I was pleasantly surprised to discover [...]

Savour traditional dishes and new creations this Chinese New Year at Yan Ting, an award-winning Cantonese restaurant located on Level 1U of St. Regis Singapore. I was recently invited to a tasting of Yan Ting’s Chinese New Year specials. Available from 1 to 24 February 2013, Yan Ting presents ten hedonistic set menus in addition to an [...]

Have you bought your Chinese New Year goodies yet? PrimaDéli sent me some samples recently as an introduction to their selection of Chinese New Year goodies. Pillow Pineapple Tarts @ S$14.80 per tin (left) & Fortune Pineapple Tarts  @ S$1.60 each (right) Image reproduced with permission from PrimaDéli   For many Singaporeans, Chinese New Year [...]

Chinese New Year starts on 10 February, have you made your feasting plans yet? From 21 January to 24 February, Park Palace at Grand Park City Hall presents “Golden Treasures of Prosperity“. I was invited to a preview of their offering. Golden Shunde Yu Sheng @ S$88++ In Singapore, no Chinese New Year celebration is complete without [...]

Is it just my imagination or does the Outram and Bukit Merah area seem to have quite a few famous Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 stores?   I’ve been eating so much Ang Ku Kueh in the past few weeks. I think its because I’ve been passing 2 stores (Ji Xiang and Lim Lam Hong) en route to and from [...]

I couldn’t help noticing another Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 store on my way home from regular therapy sessions at Singapore General Hospital so I stopped by to pick some up. Box of Ang Ku Kueh from Lim Lam Hong (Peanut – Red, Sweet Potato – Pink, Durian – Yellow &  Salted Bean – Grey) Ang Ku [...]

I have been passing the famous Ang Ku Kueh 紅龜粿 store at Everton Park countless times in the past few months on my way to the Singapore General Hospital for therapy. Ang Ku Kueh is the Hokkien name for a steamed glutinous rice flour cake stuffed with a sweet filling. “Ang” means “red”,  while “Ku” refers [...]

I was fortunate to have been invited by Lim Chee Guan to their Grand Opening Reception at Ion Orchard. Finally, there’s an outlet in the heart of Orchard Road, which is far more accessible than the existing outlets in Chinatown. I hope this also means that the queues will be more bearable during Chinese New [...]

By sheer coincidence, we arrived at the same time as the Lion Dance Troupe so we got to watch the performance before settling down for lunch at New Majestic Restaurant.Hmm, I’d never seen the oranges being arranged in a pomelo before as most local lion dance troupes peel some Mandarin Oranges and then arrange the [...]