Home of Unclepanda: 15 Nov 2008

What a day? I was so tired that I slept till 1030am. My wife has to deliberately wake me up cos she is hungry. Sigh...... I need to get up despite the need to rest. Soon, we are on our way to Long House @ Upper Thomson Rd.

We ordered our favourite dishes and waited patiently for the arrival of our brunch!!!

Fried Radish Cake (Commonly known as Carrot Cake)

Prawn Noodle

Fish Porridge

After brunch, we bought some Pisang Goreng (Commonly known as Goreng Pisang) back home. Worked through the afternoon and felt terribly hungry at 4.30pm. We then drove over to Compasspoint and had KFC for dinner. After our meal, we went over to Best Denki to do some shopping. I was again looking at the digital camera hoping to find something for Adel that fit her budget. Sorry..... I still find SONY T300 the best value for money going at SGD 499.00.

So, this part of my blog is dedicated to Adeline in the search for her dream digital camera. My recommendation is still SONY T300. I got one and never regretted it. I can vouch for SONY with my head on the chopping board!!! Here are some information that you may be interested.

Now this colour match your nick - Red is Hot!!!

You-Tube Presentation of this camera!!!

These are some links to this camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012303sonyt300.asp
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1889188

At 6.00pm, I met up with Chen Lim to pass him some work and thereafter, we went for coffee at 7.00pm. Came home at 8.00pm and continue to do some work. Then at around 9.00pm, my wife requested for Fried Rice. She got this urge after watching a TVB Series. Her wish is my command. I asked that she take out all the necessary stuff and leave them on the preparation bench.

Oh yes, if you think she is cooking, then you are wrong. This time, she requested for me to cook. Well, it has been a long time since I last cooked. But nevertheless, the skill should still be there for a simple fried rice. So, if you want to try doing my way, please following these steps:

Ingredients

1. Garlic
2. Cooked Rice
3. 2 Eggs
4. Cooking Oil
5. Sesame Oil
6. Salt
7. Oyster Sause
8. Optional: Crab Stick, Prawns, Carrot, Peas, Corn, Luncheon Meat Cubes

First, you place the wok on heat (not too hot) and put some cooking oil onto it. Wait for a minute and when the wok is hot, place the garlic into the wok. Immediately, you will get to smell the strong garlic fragrance and when the garlic shows a golden shine, you will place all your optional items into the wok and stir fry with the garlic. Dun wait until the garlic turn brown, then you dish will have a bitter taste.

Doing so, will allow the main ingredient to pick up the nice fragrance of garlic. If the optional items are tasteless (prawn, carrot, peas, corns), it will be good to place some salt so that the final dish will have a more complete taste.

Stir fry for 2 - 3 minutes and you shall now increase the heat. Place the rice into the wok.

It will be wise to now place some salt onto the rice and continue to stir fry. Adding salt now will allow the rice to acquire the taste from within even after you coat the rice with egg in the next step. Stir fry for another 3 minutes, you can now add the egg. Make sure you continue to stir fry and get the egg to mix well with the rice.

Again, place some salt over the rice as the rice is now covered with a layer to egg. You need to make that layer tasty too. Stir fry for another 3 minutes and the rice should be well separated with only some small chunks stick together with the egg.

Lower the temperature and proceed to the final step. Add some oyster sause to enhance the taste and add a brown coat to the rice. Use some sesame oil to bring up the frangrance and to add a little shine to the dish for better presentation. Stir fry for another 2 minutes and food is ready to be served.