i’ve nothing good to say but here’s the pictures i owe from cincin and also tonight’s dinner which was potato and leek soup topped with crispy(charred) bacon and then for mains, spaghetti meatballs. this was all brought about the unprecedented cold that i’m experiencing right now
and douglas
feel free to just come here and experience air conditioning that you cannot turn off. and for ppl who categorize me as ‘person who rants when it’s too hot or too cold’ i swear there is only one season i can tolerate which is autumn because it’s like sunny but not hot like summer and its breezy and doesn’t rain or snow or as windy as winter/spring should be
boy i hate this weather
till then the pictures!
as you walk in, the kitchen is on your left 
bar right up in front and reception on your right. atmostphere was very cosy as it was windy and raining every other second outside.
reception at the bottom/ gallery seating at the top!
some of their table settings
outdoor view towards the port/harbour
from their autumn special $22.50 lunch
soup du jour
minestrone
(pls refer to old post since i cbf to go find the links)
entree
(not part of the lunch deal but we like our bruschetta)
our mains
poached chicken
Seafood marinara styled spaghetti
shopping at federation
they were having clearance sales and well i figured while waiting for my guest i’d take pictures of their interesting walls. too bad bf and i didn’t make it back for their cheap asssssss hoodies..warm too!!!
___________ dinner tonight ______________
potato and leek soup that i made from scratch and whisked manually since i forgot we didn’t have a bloody blender (need to buy new knives and blender/food processor for xmas)
so guess to make soup, we all know we need stock
and you guys would’ve known my MO right now
yeap. just make the vege stock
this time i threw in the onion n potato skins, dying carrot and random leaves from the leek
(bottom part not the top cos it cannot be eaten) and also the mushroom stalks and half an onion…(i diced the rest of onions for spaghetti sauce and for meatball mix. all separated)
all right on another pot
i was boiling pasta and potatoes because kill two bird with one stone lar!
don’t forget that with spaghetti, you need to mix it after draining with either oil or butter or margarine so that it wouldn’t stick to each other else…..you would need to cut pieces to eat it -__-”
diced veges
cebolla rojas
stalkless – almost dying – mushroom
this
to this
and if you don’t know
this is what a leek looks like
which i then chopped into this
but as i said before,only this part can be eaten because the top part is just plain nasty
alright
last but not least, you need to set aside some chopped parsley
( i need to buy that special chopper)
and if you not gonna use the rest, try to prolong it cos it’s dam expensive aye
bloody $1 for a rubbished/pitiful stalk like that
so like you do flowers, chop off the stalks diagonally and leave it in a cup of water
make sure to start using it within the next few days before it completely dies -_-
then become waste of money
ok
so fry bacon on free stove top
then while boiling and frying
mix up the meatball mix
mince
carrot
onion
1 egg to hold them down
some flour to strengthen it
parsley
mix them well and roll them into balls and chuck them into oven for 10 mins
(cos i dun have frier lar)
roll that into
sorry but i didn’t roll it properly and well u can see uneven parsley stuck out.
and on the last free stove top
hahahaha melt butter on a frying pan (remember it is easy to burn butter so lift the pan up aye if it’s too hot? unless you like bitter stuff go ahead my friend)
then fry your leak and then salt n pepper it to taste
btw i didn’t wash the pan aye after i fried the bacon i just added butter and the leek
then i added a bit of stock which was boiling on the other stove top
then later just combined everything in the stock pot and added the potatoes in and then if you got blender, great
blend everything up when the soups hot and boiling
and if you don’t, get a potato masher la…
since i didn’t have any -___-”
i had to whisk the dam thing myself…#@^%$&*&@%#
to make it look like this
or close enough
add cream in if you like but i only did a teeny weeeny bit
later i mixed in parsley and served with grated cheese
ok while that was going on
pasta time
make your own sauce and then add in meatballs
and serve
bon apetite!
btw no recipe like a proper one cos
meatballs is the chinese meatball way my mom makes them
there those meat pattis but i didn’t pan fry ar
and i added parsley in instead of chestnuts and shrimp!
as for the soup,
everyone here knows how to make it
i just saw the chef cook so i thought i’d give it a try
that’s why you guys would’ve noticed my presentation is shit cos everything i cook
first time leh
and well if you guys can find a recipe, great
follow theirs is better cos got measurement
mine is just anyhow -____-
