H and joie de vivre ~ MaiTai in Provence

[robee]

Good evening my foodie buddies.
Nice weather in Singapore today, not too hotz.
We had dinner with the dog friends gang like Jadeite, Nahciat etc (we have a lot in common other than H )

Pot luck and these are the dishes... enjoy


Fried Crispy Baby Squid


Fried You Tiao with Mayonnaise (a fried dough stuffed with fish paste)


Seafood Fried Rice

[robee]

more food to come.
Now I am so full
So if your BBK and EL comes to Sg, you know they will be well treated by robee hahaahah

Seafood Fried Hao Fan (thick rice kway teow)

Craypot toufu with minced pork (spicy)


Prawn Tung Hoon (thin rice vermicelli)

[Diva999]

pamella-Such a pretty cake!
Lutz-Such presentation!
robee-Your killing me hereI want to go to your pot luck!!

[MiaT]

I've been missing in action for a little while and I have much to catch up with here and I know I will be behind for a little while...but Robee - that food looks amazing!

Must go get a snack while catching up here!

[shelbygirl]

Robee, your food pictures always look amazing. Combine that with Pamella's cake and Lutz' tartare, and I'm starving, as usual!

MiaT, welcome back here!

[lilyhermes]

Originally Posted by robee

!LH – first stop, maybe Laduree hahahha I was checking the temperature in paris, it’s like single digit, is my cashmere shawl toasty enough for the neck?

Yep, a first stop at Laduree is probably the best plan, robee. You'll need the energy provided by that sugar rush . . . for Hermes!

Single digits, huh? I think the cashmere GM will be fine around the neck as long as you wear a coat with it, a warm coat! Gloves too, and if you don't have some, I'm sure Hermes can fix you right up.

[lilyhermes]

Originally Posted by VickyB

Hi Guys!!! I’ve bee suffering from such angst about being soooooo behind on the thread that I made myself a promise. If I could go back to where I left off in August before vacation with respect to posted recipes and add everybody’s recipes (Sept- today) to my “J de V “ recipe document then I would free myself of the” being so behind” angst and just jump back in to the pool tonight. Guess what? I did it!!! The J de H recipe doc is now over 51 pages long – now just need to reformat it and add the new pages to binder! YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!

Three cheers for the industrious VickyB!

[robee]

diva, miaT, shelbygirl and LH - u all more than welcome to my potluck gathering... and pls remember to bring along ms BBK and ms EL hahahaah
that is the secret code to enter the party

[annelovepuggy]

robee - yummy !!! You ladies can really cook ! Hope next time see all the doggies too.

[robee]

Good morning my friends in TPF.
It's a nice sunny morning in Singapore, clear blue sky with beautiful white clouds, and pretty windy too.
Went to the wet market early in the morning.
This is one of my favourite past-time (if can afford the time), strolling through the market place, seeing what is offered, and the people.

A little insight into a (my) Singaporean's Life.
Our wet market. It's really wet, think wet and fishy

My favourite vegetable store in Tekka Market has the best variety (both local and imported) that even supermarkets can't beat.


Capsicums, sweet potates, pumkins, zucchinis


Garlic, local vegetables, etc


Potatoes, onions, chinese parsley etc


Look at those mini pretty brinjal


Mutton store

[robee]

And of cos, I have to share my breakfast with the lovely members here.

wait, let's see my purchase from my favourite vege store.
maybe pasta and salad toight

look at the colours of the vegetables, never fail to amaze me. Like a nice colour palette.



Fried carrot cake with egg and sweet sauce, a local favourite.

Glutinous rice, another local favourite

And these are some steamed chinese kways (maybe pastries in your definition)
Salted, sweet and peanut
The crystal clear skin with turnip and carrot filings

[robee]

Originally Posted by annelovepuggy

robee - yummy !!! You ladies can really cook ! Hope next time see all the doggies too.

sounds like a good idea, all the doggies next round

[robee]

Xmas comes early to my part of the world.
Decors are nearly all up in Orchard Road, and I started doing some xmas shopping.
First of all, some chocs for u, enjoy
hmmm.. you think I can bring some choc coins to FSH to buy my H hahahaa

[ari]

Robee all this made me sooo hugry, beutiful pics

[dreamdoll]

robee, you're killing us with all the food and chocs!! Thank you for sharing!

Here's another trip report on Paris (with more on my blog)...

Place de Clichy (Baitgnolles, 17th Arrondissement), is situated where previously there was a passage in a wall surrounding Paris, called “Fermiers Généraux”, which was built from 1785-88. It was built in the second half of the 18th century, more for commercial than for protection reasons. “Fermiers Généraux” was a corporation of “tax farmers” who collected taxes for the monarchy, including on food, beverages, building material etc. brought into the city – activity stopped immediately after the Revolution. The wall was finally demolished around 1860 at the same time as the villages north of the wall – Montmartre, Batignolles finally became part of the City of Paris. The last traces of this wall had disappeared in connection with the opening up of new large streets and boulevards (constructed by Haussmann).

A walking tour of the Arrondissement provides an excellent opportunity to admire the different architecture of buildings from Impressionism all the way till Haussmann.







Beginning at the Place de Clichy, a crazy intersection reminiscent of Times Square with busy traffic intersections and giant cinema billboards, and then heading up the Avenue de Clichy, where artists of the Ecole des Batignolles such as Pissarro, Renoir, and Degas (known today as the Impressionists) used to live and socialize.

Remaining building from Impressionism, where the artists used to buy their paints and other art supplies.