Steamboat in Johor Bahru, Malaysia

Mama's godson drove us to Johor Bahru in Malaysia for some steamboat.
It's supposed to be quite popular
so mama gotta check it out.

It's not too bad and it's sort of fun to do some steamboat ONCE IN A BLUE MOON.
Normally, I like to start eating as soon as the food hits the table.

Lunar New Year's Eve Dinner 2012

For the lunar new year eve dinner, papa presented:
steamed white pomfret, lobster salad, yam ring with mushroom,
bamboo shoot with chicken & pak choi with dried scallops.

Getting ready the Yu Sheng bought from Sushi Tei.
It's a new year chinese salad invented in Singapore. 

Everyone tossed the Yu Sheng and hollered"Loh!" meaning fishing for prosperity.

Oh yes, raddish, porkrib soup
with fishballs, dried cuttlefish, sea cucumber & fish maw. 

My father goes all out crazy about cooking during the lunar new year,
and the rest of the year, he goes into a cooking hibernation.

Opulent Fruit Tarts

Ok, looks more modest when served as a single slice on a large plate.

These fruit tarts are the most opulent I have seen.
They are just stacked and layered fancifully with fruits, cake, pie, cream and other confections.
I see them Fruit Paradise Cafes here and there in Singapore
but never tried any until,
mon ami saw them and had to have a slice.
He has a sweet tooth. (More than me, yes.)

Dim Sum

Fried shrimp dumplings, glutinous rice in lotus leaves & radish cake.

steamed meat buns and siew mai (shrimp and pork balls wrapped in wanton skin)

Shrimp and banana rolls.

Century egg congee

the inside of a glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf.
(it's with chicken and salted duck egg yolk)

Pan fried chive cakes.

Oui! The peking duck! ☺
The head waiter presented us with the duck.
He will then take it away and prepares the dish. 

Voila! Peking duck skin wrapped in thin crepes
and served with fresh cucumbers and barbecue sauce. 好吃！

The duck meat was served later with plum sauce. No waste.

Ok. A little bit of vegetable won't harm anyone.

Custard buns with salted duck egg yolk for dessert.
I ♥ them custard buns.
They are sweet with custard and salty with the yolk.

The inside of a custard bun.
Ok. It may look kind of kinky. I'll give you that.
But rest assured it's GOOD.

My sister treated us to dim sum and peking duck this weekend :)
Gee... peking duck. So good.

Curry Rice

Takashimaya Singapore food court for some tonkatsu and curry rice.

Sushi at Sushi Tei

My favorite, salmon roe on steamy rice. 

Tuna, swordfish and salmon sashimi

Okonomiyaki.
(hey, where's the sweet sauce and mayo??)

Teppanyaki beef

Dragon Roll (with avocado) & Golden Roll (with mango)

Chicken Katsu and Shrimp and vegetable tempura

Ok. Sushi at Sushi Tei isn't the most awesome sushi one can get in Singapore
but it's pretty decent AND affordable.
So it's the place I'll put my lunch money to have some sushi and sashimi.
Mon ami loves their dragon roll.
Ok, cheri. You can have the last piece of the maki.

Xiao Long Bao

Din Tai Fung's cold dish appetizers :)
Crunchy mini cucumber in spicy sauce & Vegetarian delight in vinegar dressing.

Braised beef noodle soup with beef brisket.

Xiao Long Bao. (Steamed pork dumplings)
Gotta be careful. There's scalding meat juice when you bite into one of these!

Din Tai Fung's chefs making fresh Xiao Long Baos.

Din Tai Fung is a 1 michelin star dumpling restaurant from Taiwan.
It has restaurants all over the asia and I heard there's one in L.A.
(Why not in New York???)
There are quite a few Din Tai Fung in Singapore. SO GLAD.
好吃！

Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse

Bienvenue!

Quenelles and a variety of sauces to go with them. 

La Mère Richard.
Their St. Marcellin cheese is the bee's knees.

Hello,  good looking green grocer :)

Poultry with head and feather still in tact.
So you'd know what kind of bird you are having.

Ready made aperitifs

It's France.
It's Lyon.
It's Paul Bocuse's hood.
And Les Halles de Lyon Paul Bocuse is the place to get the dope, if you are a food junkie.