u/gametheorista

Jk, just air fryered salmon with a lemon butter shallot sauce and cai.

Seriously though, Sheng siong is amazing value. We got a whole, chilled, 2.7kg salmon for $38, cleaned and filleted. Head cut nicely into 2, bones in another bag, got 8 of these fillets that will feed quite a lot of people. Think offer ends today, we bought one yesterday, asked a lady buying it about the salmon, then everyone around us bought one and all 6 remaining then it sold out around 5 pm.

Anyone got recommendations for what other fish to buy at Sheng Siong?

Frozen Grass fed Australian, about 1 kg. Salted and rested for about 2 hours in fridge.

Air fryer 130 deg c, 30 minutes, rested 10 minutes, onto hot cast iron for about 4 minutes total, flipping every 30 seconds.

Served with garlic chips and soy truffle sauce. So good. I think tri tip is going to be my cut of choice going forward, price was amazing too, about USD $15/kg - that's 2.2lbs for you Americans.

My local wholesaler sometimes overstock, has to freeze and then clear the frozen at insane prices. 3 months ago got cattle ranchers cut ie Tomahawk without the handle at about USD $22/kg,

Door to door durian guys are coming round with pretty good durian, old tree $15/kg, fair in this sort of glut year and showing up at doorstep.. . Where they scam you is their weighing scale is double, using a gunny sack. 2 small mid size durians was 6.8 kg

I've been buying durians for awhile and my eye power was like bro, that's closer to 3 kg...

Took out my own weighing sale and it was 3.1 kg.

The look on the durian sellers face when he got caught out... By 4kg.

Durian guy is from JB, Ah Wei. Works with an old uncle who goes round knocking on doors.

Anyone else Kena ketok? Or attempted ketok.

It's good durian, but not old tree. Probably grade A MSW from Pahang.

Will be making police report, dont worry. Scam us in JB in MYR, lan lan. Come to SG and scam us, like hallo polis.

Also, tell your ah gong ah ma, nenek, ahtok, that ha and paati about this. They will probably buy the most for family and Kena the worst.

Door to door durian guys are coming round with pretty good durian, old tree $15/kg, fair in this sort of glut year and showing up at doorstep.. . Where they scam you is their weighing scale is double, using a gunny sack. 2 small mid size durians was 6.8 kg

I've been buying durians for awhile and my eye power was like bro, that's closer to 3 kg...

Took out my own weighing sale and it was 3.1 kg.

The look on the durian sellers face when he got caught out... By 4kg.

Durian guy is from JB, Ah Wei. Works with an old uncle who goes round knocking on doors.

Anyone else Kena ketok? Or attempted ketok.

It's good durian, but not old tree. Probably grade A MSW from Pahang.

Will be making police report, dont worry. Scam us in JB in MYR, lan lan. Come to SG and scam us, like hallo polis.

Also, tell your ah gong ah ma, nenek, ahtok, that ha and paati about this. They will probably buy the most for family and Kena the worst.

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Used the recipe I thought I knew dead in my sleep... Abject failure that looks like ass, feeling humbled.

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Turns out when you're half asleep from your afternoon nap, you can mix up salt and sugar. Very salty bread.

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Will show myself out....

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Nonya Zhang, Alkaline Water plain, Alkaline water with red bean and rose jam filling (friends mother grew up in Yunnan).

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Had a session with friends where I prepped the ingredients and they showed up to wrap. Nothing fancy for my first time making it end to end.

Just nonya zhang and kee zhang. My Kee Zhang not enough Kee....

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Not bad for a first try doing it start to finish, first time wrapping in almost 20 years.

Pic 1: OMMA Chicken, Alexandra Village - was not expecting this quality at this price in Singapore - 4.5*\

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Pic 2: Allaudin, Tekka, still dreaming of the rice. Everything was good. Tender, fall apart mutton, rich gravy, crispy light pappads, raita 4.5*

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Pic 3: Hoover Fish Soup Whampoa Market 4.2* old school taste, thick fish slices, generous amount of fish. Top 5

The Han Kee and Piao Ji CBD fish posts inspired me me to visit my favourite fish soup today, to use it as a benchmark while I go hunt for fish soups.

This is my usual fish soup I've been going to for 12+ years, introduced by my Toa Payoh native friend. It's now pretty much the only fish soup I go to, but I am now wondering if there is better fish soup out there.

127 (Lor 1) Toa Payoh Fish Soup: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zT51a3aFAt4zeGzC6

Unfortunately, they only open to early afternoon ie 3 pm, hence my hunt for another back up fish soup hawker.

Those are $10 bowls in the first pic that fed 2 hungry adults and a child, after that is my usual $9 bowl inclusive of fish eggs. They also have fish milt.

I like this fish soup, high quality, very fresh fish (mackarel only), clean, umami soup with a slight tang. Lots of lettuce and seaweed, which is nice. Oyster omelette also good, but I usually don't have enough people to share with.

Stall has been there in Toa Payoh for 60+ years, starting with a father and daughter, who passed it down to their stallhand who run it. Been gatekeeping this hard, but Aunty said business not so good these days, so decided to bite the bullet and share. Sharing is caring, I think.....

Some alternatives I've tried but have not met the mark:

I used to go to the one at Bukit Timah Hawker center but soup got blander, fish slices became fewer and less fresh/quality. Sambal chilli is as fire though.

Lee Kwang Kee teochew restaurant is my 24 hour go to that is acceptable. The amount of sambal selection rocks though.

If anyone has recommendation for fish soup with good, clear broth and very fresh, generous fish slices, please tell me! Fried fish also OK, but preference is fresh sliced mackarel.

Song Kee at Newton, we used to go decades ago but stopped because Newton was too much hassle for seats.

The circuit road was OK, but not that convincing.

The bread talk fish soup from tai Seng is edible if you want a fish soup, but is not great value.

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Made heavy modifications including a tangzhong ( I make 3-5 servings at a go). Here's my recipe for a 500g loaf that tastes very posh Asian bakery. Every bite should get you a nice mouthful of walnut and cranberry

I'm out in the tropics so I dial down hydration and chill/ice stuff a lot.

You may need to add liquid, more yeast and less salt.

Whole-wheat Bread with Cranberries and Walnuts (Tangzhong – Tropical Weather)

First, make tangzhong. Cook until pasty, 65c if you must:

· 20g whole-wheat flour

· 20g bread flour

· 100g milk

Cool completely.

In bread pan, add:

· All cooled tangzhong 140g

· 5g yogurt (1 tsp)

· 5g milk (remaining from 105g)

· 12g olive oil (1 Tbsp)

· 1 small egg + ice to make 75g total

· 70g whole-wheat flour

· 100g high-gluten white flour

· 10g rolled oats (2 Tbsp)

· 4g salt (1¼ tsp) opposite from sugar

· 8g brown sugar (2 tsp)

· 2g instant yeast (⅓ tsp, tropical adjustment, in small well)

Start machine. At beep add:

· 40g dried cranberries

· 30g walnuts

Bake on whole-wheat or basic cycle, 500g loaf, light crust.

No overnight. Stays soft for days. Won't last the night.

H/t u/Lawrencekhoo for his OG recipe

https://www.reddit.com/r/BreadMachines/s/oGhEOD2xvn

Kid has requested a scoop (and a cone maker) and I'm now looking at options.

Scoops:

Spring loaded scoop

Solid metal scoop

Gelato paddle spoons

Cone maker:

Stovetop iron

Machine

Low key obsessed with this since I had it at the Taman Universiti Pasar Malam earlier this week.

Still refining recipe and switching between brown sugar. Palm sugar, gula melaka and coconut/evaporated/condensed milk.

Any home cooks out there up to swop food? I'm in the Queenstown Area.

Just had my friends absolutely delicious Moroccan preserved lemon chicken - I gave her some of my Natto.

Happy to swop Natto, bread, l ruteri yoghurt, kimchi, ice cream, masala mixes, minestrone, kebabs. Also have pandan, Lima purut, curry leaves... Would love basil, mint, rosemary, dill if anyone has some.

Comment what you're willing to swop, will set up a chat.

Pectin (for fibre maxxing experiment), Bread softener (potato flakes and emulsifiers) and Glucono delta lactone (to fake a sour dough taste).

Thought I bought vital wheat gluten, turns out I didn't...

Beans on Toast, but make it as asian as possible.

Ends up being an incredibly smoky, savoury delight.

On a bread machine + ninja creami theory crafting and experimenting mode so laying in supplies, as well as usual coffee beans too.

I usually do spices, cheese (the frozen burrata is great), cream.

The 20% off nearly matches Bake with Yan prices. Where else are you guys getting baking/home cooking supplies from?