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Father's Day 2010

This is my menu for Father's Day this weekend. We recently went to Jaan Par Andre for lunch, on the very last day that Andre Chiang was there. While my food is light years removed, this menu is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Andre's magic, especially the dessert.

Appetiser
SUPER SLAW
Julienne of cabbage with peanut butter dressing


Main Event
WALDORF IN A BUN
Pork ribeye burger, recommended with blue cheese mayonnaise and pear slices


or


BEDDAR CHEDDAR BEEFY BURGER
Cheddar-stuffed Rosemary Beef Burger, recommended with garlic aioli


or


FILET-O-FISH, ALL GROWN UP
Grilled fishcakes, recommended with tartar sauce


Accompaniments: sauteed mushrooms, grilled onions, eggs sunny side up


Dessert
SAGO GULA MELAKA
Sago Gula Melaka version 2010

Of all the dishes mentioned above, only the dessert (assuming it's successful) will push the envelope. We've all had sago gula melaka with the wobbly semi-solid sago and the delicious gula melaka and coconut cream sauce. My version (hopefully!) is an inversion, where the gula melaka and coconut becomes the solid and the sago the liquid. So, I'm going to make a log consisting of a layer of coconut ice cream and a layer of gula melaka ice cream and drizzle sticky sloppy sago just before serving.

FINGERS CROSSED!
Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird: Father's Day 2010...

Forbidden Sandwich...

I have just gotta try THIS!

It sounds like a artery-clogging, fat-inducing meat fest but it looks really tasty!Just looking at it is making me drool (and put on 2 kg spontaneously!)...

To paraphrase Homer, "Mmmmm. Forbidden sandwich.... *gurgle*"
Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird: Forbidden Sandwich...

Thanks to pblossom, who's too lazy to go directly to my blog, I discovered how to auto-post onto LJ. It's not 100% automated, but it sure beats retyping the entire entry :)

So now, my TWO friends on LJ get to read whatever junk I've written on THE blog. Enjoy!

Healthy Lifestyle, Anyone?
As part of my 2010 goals I decided to give healthy living a try. I thought I'd try to wake up earlier, get in some exercise before going to work, get more sleep and eat healthier.

3 months into 2010 and my batting average's hovering around .500. Thanks to a new boss, I'm waking up earlier to get to work on time. (Sigh. Getting stuck in rush-hour traffic is NO FUN. But nooooo. I have to be in on time.) And because I have to get to work on time, there goes the option of getting some exercise in before going to work, because I'll be damned if I have to wake up before the sun rises.

I'm also eating healthier by giving up my traditional curry-puff-and-kopi work breakfast. This used to be a workday staple, but now I've switched to muesli and/or granola instead, depending on which one is on sale. It's rabbit food, no doubt, but it's tasty and I get more fibre into my diet as well... I'm still sticking to the kopis and kopi-o's though - some things, like TV channels and lucky socks, should NEVER be changed!

As for sleep, well, that's irregular. All in all, I'd say I'm getting more sleep than before, but not on a nightly basis. Over Good Friday I slept 15 hours, and that was a good Friday indeed! Of course, the nights before I averaged about 4 hours each, thanks to the perils of late-night cable and a TV that's right in front of my bed. Still, the black rings under my eyes are now a lightish-brown so I'd say I'm having some success here.

Most importantly, I've started exercising. My sis dragged us all to this PowerPlate class over at Dempsey and it's tougher than I thought it would be. Pretty good fun though, and two days after the session my arms are still achey. I love the muscle-achey feeling; it's a feel-good pain!

Next up, to get my ass back to softball training AND to finally break 90 on the golf course. Stay tuned! :D

Assorted Ravings of the Slightly-Weird: Healthy Lifestyle, Anyone?

Got caught napping, just as the new boss walked in.

OOPS.

Good thing I had my hood up and a report on my desk, so that to the world it just looked that I was reading very intently. Teehee :)

There's a good chance that I have to fly to India next week. And get this: it'll be a one-day turnaround just to meet one company! 8 hours roundtrip just to meet one person is a bit too much, I think. And, the meeting will get done by lunchtime but the flight back isn't till midnight so basically I'm going to have to while away 10 hours alone.

EGADS.

I hope I don't have to go...

And, should I go on a 10-day dive trip during results season?? Decisions, decisions...

... since I posted here. Work's the same, I guess, so not much of a reason to post. Boring.

I think I need a vacation. Lying on the beach, with a mojito, a good book, and some garlic bread. For some reason I'm suddenly craving garlic bread :)

It's not even February and I'm onto my 2nd work trip of the year. Egads. Right now I'm in Beijing, watching the Aussie open final. Federer's up 2 sets to love and he's just broken Gonzalez to take a lead in the 3rd set. The weather's nice and cold and I get to break out my winter clothing.

Wheehee.

48 more weeks to go. Whereever did the first 4 weeks go?!

This is what I call hitting the ground running. It's 11am and I haven't had breakfast, I haven't had my morning cuppa, I haven't had time to go to the loo and I haven't had time to go to the pantry to get a cup of water.

GRRR. Mondays weren't meant to be like this.

Work kicks off again, after coming to a nice lull in December. For the next 4 weeks I will be out of town most of the time, visiting 4 different countries and spending lots of time in hotel rooms. Woohoo. I can't wait.

NOT.