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Dijon Wholegrain Mustard

by jamminglady @ 29. May 2006 - 14:14:16

I never used to like mustard. It just has a funny taste. Not until I try Dijon wholegrain mustard. I too didn't know Dijon is a famous brand for mustard.

Look up Dijon here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijon

Some background on mustard:

Prepared mustard is generally made from powdered mustard, seasonings, and a liquid such as water, vinegar, wine, or beer. American-style mustard is milder and made from white seed, flavored with sugar, vinegar, and tumeric. European and Chinese mustards are made from brown seeds are are zestier and more flavorful. Dijon mustard is made with brown or black seeds. Chinese mustards are usually the hottest and most pungent

How to store: Unopened,: Store in a cool dark place about 2 years. Opened: Refrigerate

Matches well with: avocado, beef, beets, cabbage, chicken, crab, fish, lamb, pork, rabbit, salmon, sauerkraut, sausages, steaks, vinaigrette

That's for prepared mustard. The wholegrain mustard gives you another different sensation altogether. It's like having grounded black pepper together with mustard, but it's mustard seeds not black pepper. I think it tastes good with grounded black pepper.

Honey with wholegrain mustard + grounded black pepper.. geez. I'm drooling again. Here's the wholegrain mustard. The photo is a little blur cos I took it too close.

Dijon wholegrain mustard

Well, I wanted to make myself a hotdog.. so I bought a few stuff to make my mustard hotdog.

Dijon wholegrain mustard hotdog

Here you go.. the bread, the mustard and the dog :P

hotdog bread

READY TO BITE! AUMMM!

hotdog bread wrap


 
 

Delicious Braised Pork Rice from Lai Lai

by jamminglady @ 29. May 2006 - 12:21:43

This is a well-known cafe for beef noodles. However, I'm not going to touch on beef noodles. Their braised pork rice is my favourite. Even the thought of it is YUMMY.

This is located at Liang Seah Street near Bugis in Singapore. Not that hard to find. Just walk to the exit near the Mos Burger in Bugis Junction. Cross the road and you will Liang Seah.

This day I was alone out there.. forgot why. So I decided to have a good meal. I took some pictures for some to see if you don't know.

This is Liang Seah Street:

Liang Seah Street Sign

Liang Seah Street Night. It has a few pubs along this way. Quite a few night eating/drinking spots.

Liang Seah Street Night

And here I reach the Cafe! It's a small cafe. 2 storeys. Opens up till 3am. Great food here if you are a non-vegetarian. :P

Lai Lai Cafe

The hot stuff here is the beef noodles, soup or dry. Their soup taste herbal. Beef is soft and it's a great sensation in the mouth.

My favourite is the Braised Pork Rice. It's a normal dish which can be done at home. But the taste is really just rice with the pickles and the pork and its sauce! Soft pork meat that churns well with the sauced rice in your mouth. Forget about calories for the moment. I simply drool with the thought of it.

Braised Pork Rice

Simply delicious. Eating alone is not that fun...so the food must at least make a difference. hehe. Well, great food must be accompanied by great dessert. Just opposite this cafe, is a cute traditional dessert stall. Both these 2 stalls are taiwanese.

Welcome to Ah Chew Dessert.

Ah Chew Dessert

If you know chinese desserts, here has the variety with QUALITY. Hot desserts are as usual. It's very difficult to find quality cold desserts especially when ice is in the picture. Sometimes the ice dilutes the taste. However, Ah Chew knows how to make it.

I've tried the mango sago, honey dew sago and many more. All are good.
This time I'm trying the chilled papaya with milk. I wonder how it would taste like. It's so great...

Served in a traditional pot:
chilled papaya with milk pot

chilled papaya with milk

The taste is even better. If you think it's gonna be thick condensed milk... you are very wrong. It's fresh milk with a taste of papaya. Wonderful.. you cannot imagine till you taste it.

Hello, I'm back! Finding my space..

by jamminglady @ 29. May 2006 - 11:03:12

Finally, after so long I've not written anything!!! That's amazing. Besides drowning in work, I have no other reasons for it.

Everyday I got to stay late in the office, blah blah blah.. Well, that won't be for long. How can I let my future be drowned in the office... :P

Anyway, these few days I still did relax. Going clubbing, pubbing and dinner gatherings and movie going. Still managed to do all these at night times. At the same time, looking for a new room for myself is another thing which I wanted. It's been so hard!

Hard to make a decision to find what I want.

Why I wanted a room/house?
- Own freedom to the way I want to do my own housework and private time with lesser control over me.
- Own space to decorate to what I want.
- Better time to reach my office, allows me to have more sleep.
- I can invite friends for wine and dine or beering. :yes:

Location criteria
- Either the East district near East Coast or Central area
- Near the MRT or have buses to both town and workplace.

Basic Room/House criteria
- Preferably, with my own attached bathroom.
- Broadband available.
- No owner or owner is frequently not around.
- Ladies only :)

Well, not that hard yah? haha.. just that how much I'm going to pay! It's just only going to be my weekdays stay. I'll still be back to my house for family bonding.

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