The French Ladle

The french ladle up great soup. Especially onion soup. And right here in Singapore, The French Ladle does just that, and much more.  It might be in the Pandan Valley, not the Loire. However, a meal here is like teleporting to a restaurant in a quaint little french...

Sweet baby peppers and quail eggs

I try to make a list when I go to the market. However, the greatest pleasure comes from things you never planned for. You see something, and you just have to buy it. These sweet baby peppers were the prefect examine. How can you not want them? Each was the prefect hue...

Steak. Four minutes, five tips, six steps.

A steak, seared to perfection in its own fat, beautifully browned spuds (i.e. potatoes), topped with delicious beef “crackling”, served with a red wine sauce. You can do this, in thirty minutes. And you can manage this on a Monday night, to reward yourself...

Drinking frogs and eating chicken – at Paul Bocuse

Paul Bocuse’s signature restaurant, L’Auberge Du Pont de Collonges, Lyon. Awarded its third Michelin Star in 1965,  the restaurant has retained its stars ever since, the longest any restaurant has held this coveted honour. It was for me, the experience of...
This Kelong does not kelong

This Kelong does not kelong

(From Wikipedia and Urban Dictionary). Kelong (sometimes spelt Kellong) 1. a form of offshore platform built predominantly with wood, which can be found in waters off Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. Only a handful remain around Singapore due to rapid...