Ikea Hotdogs and Commonwealth dessert

J and i often have the same craving. On the top of our list is the Hotdog buns from Ikea. They were simple ( the way we like our food ) yet tasty. At $1.90 per set with a small drink, this is a wonderful snack to go.

J like her's with a little mustard and tomato sauce whereas i like mine with loads of mustard sauce. Yum Yum...















The bowl above is a new found dessert for J. She seldom have hot local desserts ( stuffs like Orh-Bi-Bey, Bo-Bo-Cha-Cha, Dao-Suan, Green Bean Soup or Red Bean Soup are no-nos ) .However she does like the "Da-Mai" at Commonwealth Drive. This was the same store that i used to patronise during my secondary school days. I used to have this dessert after school with Sue and Aaron and after so many years, i still crave for a bowl of warm "da-Mai". Soul food to me!~!~!

The previous market cum hawker centre was torn down and rebuilt a couple of years back. Luckily the aunty still continues to sell her wonderful "Da-mai" at the commonwealth drive store on the 2nd level facing the provison shops. WE can have 4 to 6 bowls of this dessert everytime we are there. Yum Yum!~!~ This dessert is extremely Old-School so i dun think many youth these days will appreciate this kind of dessert!~!~!~!~!~

Wonder if anyone knows how to make "Da-Mai" and is willling to share the reciepe with us.... Help required!~!~ Thanks in advance.

Holland Drive's XO Siced Fish Noodle Soup

You know how small Singapore is and at times we really have no idea where to go. So J and I started to explore places to eat. Cannot remember when we started having meals at this Holland Drive coffeshop store but i guess for J, it was love at 1st bite. She simply adores the shrimp paste chicken and the extremely fresh and thick fish cubes.

Basically it's up a very simple Fish Bee Hoon Soup except for the fact that you can have XO in the soup. The serving is quite reasonable, considering dear and i are huge eaters. We always order the XO Sliced Fish Bee Hoon and a serving of Deep Fried Shrimp Paste Chicken. Excellent!~!~!~!

The Fish Slices were extremely fresh and sweet. However dear said the fish could be cut a bit smaller. Hmmm i always say to dear, bigger pieces more "Hao Mai". Lolz.

















As you can see in the picture above, after scouping out 2 bowls full of the fresh and juicy chunks of fish and bee hoon and veg, we've still a huge serving left in the bowl!~!~!~! Jiat Buay liao? With me and J around, nothing cannot be finished. :) ( See the size of the fish chunks in there? )
















This is what's left after helping myself to 2 full bowls of the been hoon after J had 1. So this was actually J's share. Wah seh... my "Kou Siu" coming out liao. Okie that's it, I'm having dinner there later with J!~!~!~!
















This is the "Har Jiong Kai" or Deep Fried Shrimp-Paste Chicken. Only one word to discribe it; Delicious . The chicken parts were fried to a tip-top crisp and the coating on the chicken matches the chicken very well. It sort of wrapped all the wonderful juices of the chicken inside it. And the skin...aiyoyo... very sinful..very good.....

BaB-Noodles @ Millenium Walk

J and I loves this restaurant. The food is good, reasonable priced and we loves the atmosphere there. Tucked away from the busy streets, Bab offers a menu of Korean-Japanese-Chinese Fusion food. We always order the Ice-Cold Red-Date tea everytime we're there.

Bab-Noodle was the place where we first held hands. Kind of a interesting twist to it. Subsquently we often make our way down to Bab if we're nearby or have a sudden bolt of Bav-craving.


J and myself fell in love with the Fried Oysters on the menu the very first time we tried. A plate of 4s cost $4.50 if u order the Don-sets. But that night we tried them, the oysters were very a tad too dry. A must try if u like deep fried food.

I usually have the Dons. This was what i had that night. Chicken Teriayaki Don.




And this is what J had. The Fried Salmon Set. The serving was huge i would say. Squeezing the lemon juice on top of the pieces of crispy fried salmon, using the chopsticks to break the the salmon apart.. wooo.. buay tahanz liao...

Mooncake Festival

This post is on the dinner we had at my place for the Mooncake Festival. I'm Hokkien so the food served at these festivals were mostly Hokkien style, cook by our in-house chef, my mum. J and myself enjoyed the food very much.

Hokkien style Fried Meatballs and Fried Prawns in batter














This is sort of a family dish which my mum will cook for every festive occasions from Chinese New Year to birthdays to simple potluck to Mooncake Festivals to Hungry Ghost Festivals to my grandparents death anniversaries... But i kindof had to avoid eating prawns to lower the puric acidlevel in my blood. But meatballs.... J and i adores them!~!~! Dip them into the sweet black sauce and pop them into the mouth.... Hmmm i think my birthday is coming again...wahahahaha



Simple and delicious stir fried kailan in oyster sauce














This is by far the most simply-done up dish on the table that night. I love how mum cooks this dish. Usually the veg she cooked appears and tasted as if they had been serving in Iraq and Afganistan. But that day, the kailan were done up very beautifully with a slight hint of garlic, with every bite oozing out the delectable oyster sauce... One more bowl of rice!~!~!~




Hokkien Style Fried Yee-Mian with lots of seafood














Now this is the interesting part. J and myself weren't a great fan of Yee-Mian but the one we had was quite okie!~!~! Actually i jus love the sotongs and fishcakes and the yellow/orange thingy inside the noodle dish.... But i was kind of disappointed that mum didn't cooked the all-time Hokkien favourite, the Tang-Hoon. It is actually a simple stir fry Tang-Hoon ( like bee hoon ) dish. Anyway it's great to see J enjoys the dinner. ;)





Roast Duck ( my fav!~!~!~~!!~)














I believe the dish on the left needs no introduction. It's my favourite Roast Duck!~!~! i have come to a conclusion: Roast Duck plays a major role in my life. When i'm happy, i eat them, when i'm sad i eat them.. To J : Pls dun take my roast duck away from me okie... :lol:

Which part of the roast duck do u prefer? i love the neck and the breast.... Not much a duck-thigh person i guess. Plus i know J's also a huge Roast Duck fan. She just hates to admit it ;)


There were also Pig's Stomach soup with lots of button mushrooms in a hot and peppery soup base. ( Mum put the pepper balls on the over-drive that night ), Steam fish and what else let me think... There were other dishes but we couldn't press the button on the camera no more. It's feasting time~!~~!
















After dinner we went outside to play with Dylan. We lighted candles ( lots of it like me and my sibblings used to do every year on Mooncake Festival ) and of course good old papper laterns.

Mum asked J if she wanted to have eggs. Can also see J's blur face from the door. It turns out that the "eggs" were made from agar-agar. The yoke part was orange based jelly while the egg white was made out of condensed milk.

JD's simple tuna sandwich

J and i loves tuna mayonnaise. When i was working in my previous company, i sort of picked up masking tuna mayonnaise from my friendly "aunty" colleagues. We often made sandwiches, desserts, cupcakes, salads... Learnt abit here and there. Like to share J and mine fav tuna mayonnaise recipe.

The Casts :

• 1 can of tuna in brine;
• mayonnaise;
• grated parmesan cheese;
• 1 big and fresh white onion, chopped finely;
• salt and pepper to taste;
• 1 teaspoon of butter;
• 1 whole cucumber, grated ala 'yu-sheng' style;
• 1 whole tomatoe, preferrably of a reasonable size and firm;
• 1 freshly baked baguette from Delifrance ( only $0.95 ) ;

The making of :

• Mix the tuna with the chopped onion, add abt 3 to 4 tablespoon-full of mayonnaise to a can of tuna ( mix well and marsh up the tuna properly );
• Sparingly add the grated parmesan cheese into the mixture;
• Next, mix in the soften butter into the above mixture;
• Optional - may add the grated lemon skin for that extra touch of freshness;
• Slice the baguette rite in the middle, length-wise. Lay down a thin layer of butter;
• Spread the tuna mayonnaise on the baguette ;
• Add the cucumber and tomatos on top of the tuna mixture;
• Lastly, cut the baguette into quarters and serve with a warm/ cold glass of tea ( teh ) ;

The photos :

Virgin post

Spoke to J about setting up my own food blog for quite some time. Finally decides to start a serious food blog after being a food-porn voyeur for such a long time. Well today's the day i give birth to "EaT FaT FaT" to celebrate our ( J and mine ) love for food.

J's the lady in my life. She never fails to brighten up my day each and everyday. Cracks a mean joke at times, demonstrates thats she could be mean, very mean, at times, but i love her all the same. Constantly complains about how we should change our lifestyle to one of a healthy one, and yet on the other hand stuffs food down my throat.

"EaT FaT FaT" was the name i chose for this blog. I love J very much, and i want her to eat fat fat... i mean girls do look a lot nicer with a bit more weight. So dear, here's to the begining of a new chapter to our makan-journey... Let the mum-mum begin!~!~!~!

love and hugs
damien