Pork Ball Noodles worth the wait!

Ok Recently i mentioned how much i lurve pork ball noodles (ju-yok-yuen-fun). Well, we stumbled upon this really delicious one at OUG market. The uncle and aunty also sells authentic Hokkien Mee (aka Prawn Noodles) and Penang Otak-otak.

The only problem is ... it's really hot in the morning.

But so worth it!

Potato Salad I

This one is great for a bento. You can prepare it the night before, and for two people, you only need very minimal ingredients. Cheap lor.

1 potato
1 apple
1 Tbs frozen peas
a bit of cucumber (about 1 Tbs, slice medium)
a bit of onion, fresh and chopped (about 1 tsp)
1 stalk coriander/cilantro, chopped (optional)

seasoning
some salt (or scallop flavoured salt)
chicken stock granules (optional, use only if you don't have the scallop salt)
mayonnaise, loads
pepper

1. Blanch peas and boil potato. (This can be done the night before, refrigerate when cooled down.)
2. Use a butter knife to peel potato, then roughly cut into bits about 1 in diameter.
3. Cube apple into bite size pieces, smaller than potato bits.
4. Place peas, potato, apple, cucumber and onions in a bowl. Mix.
5. Add in seasoning, to taste then stir lightly to combine.
6. If you're using the cilantro/coriander, add in now and stir quickly.

Flavouring
It doesn't require much, as long as the mayonnaise covers all the ingredients. Make sure though it isn't too salty and the pepper flavour is not too heavy.

Bento blues

I've decided, in order to save some on the food expenses which have gotten really out of hand lately, to make bento from Monday to Thursday.

Last week's menu was mostly leftovers ...
Tue, curry rice, hardboiled egg, 4A-beans and tomato salad
Wed, rice, tau-yew bak and loads of taufu/taukwa, stirfried cabbage and tomatoes, carrot bites
Thu, salmon spread sandwich, potato salad, crackers, an apple and banana, hot tea

and next week ... we shall see