Food Type: Chinese Category

1. The thing about creating expectations is that the possibility of falling is greater. Before Din Tai Fung (DTF) came to our shores (Singapore always gets to taste everything first), everytime we ate xiao long bao (XLB), someone would comment that the XLB at DTF was better.  Then the girls would throw themselves to the ground, ranting […]

They serve chinese tea just like in the bak kut teh (BKT) shops in Klang. An assortment of tea sachets is presented, badly colour coded with writings in a language I can barely read let alone understand.  Pick a card, any card.  Thankfully, there are some familiar romanised words and I reach for my usual favourite.  There […]

Taking the lead from Kenny Mah’s blog with his lyrical rendition of breakfast with his better looking half, I am inclined to share my experience with you, because breakfast with the one you love is the best feeling in the world. The breakfast ritual which we practice dates a-a-a-l-l-l-l the way back to 2002 when we […]

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Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.

Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.