It's already past 12am here, and officially: World vegan day!
Happy vegan day to everyone!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween @ Pauline's Lair
Happy Halloween!
After a more than a month without my PC at home, I am finally able to get it back on halloween and blog on all the things I want to blog for the past month. Hopefully I have enough time! We'll start with Halloween today at Pauline's Lair.
Place was dim and so didn't manage to get good pictures of everyone with my motion-insensitive camera. Managed to get some of the food though while it sits quietly waiting to be devoured.
Pauline's puke salad + special sauce.
Now... Pauline shared with us the secret recipe used to make the sauce, which she learnt from a cooking class. I am so amazed that someone can actually think of this combination of ingredients for the sauce.
You need: Lemon juice, soy powder (mixed with a little water), tomato sauce.
Throw them all together and mix mix mix (you can add some sugar if the soy powder isn't sweetened).
That's all. No specific amount of ingredients to be used, you can vary the amount used according to your preference. Use it like you use a vegan thousand island.
Next up, Neil brought vegan fritters (or vegan "insects" for a halloween twist)...
and samosas...
Vegan laksa by Fang Qi's mum... very tasty!
Halimah's vegan halloween cake - with a partially buried witch, two ghosts and lots of pumpkin.. Yumyum!
And some non-alcoholic drink for the underage courtesy of Rachel and Kau Wee.
After a more than a month without my PC at home, I am finally able to get it back on halloween and blog on all the things I want to blog for the past month. Hopefully I have enough time! We'll start with Halloween today at Pauline's Lair.
Place was dim and so didn't manage to get good pictures of everyone with my motion-insensitive camera. Managed to get some of the food though while it sits quietly waiting to be devoured.
Pauline's puke salad + special sauce.
Now... Pauline shared with us the secret recipe used to make the sauce, which she learnt from a cooking class. I am so amazed that someone can actually think of this combination of ingredients for the sauce.
You need: Lemon juice, soy powder (mixed with a little water), tomato sauce.
Throw them all together and mix mix mix (you can add some sugar if the soy powder isn't sweetened).
That's all. No specific amount of ingredients to be used, you can vary the amount used according to your preference. Use it like you use a vegan thousand island.
Next up, Neil brought vegan fritters (or vegan "insects" for a halloween twist)...
and samosas...
Vegan laksa by Fang Qi's mum... very tasty!
Halimah's vegan halloween cake - with a partially buried witch, two ghosts and lots of pumpkin.. Yumyum!
And some non-alcoholic drink for the underage courtesy of Rachel and Kau Wee.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The cove
I wanted to write this review sometime back, but my computer was giving me problems. Anyway, The cove movie is still showing in SG GV cinemas so do go and watch while it's still on.
The cove is about the yearly killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, and how one man decided to stop it. With his team under the persue of the Jap govt to prevent this annual hunt from being publicised, they managed to sneak in the cove one night and placed hidden and underwater cameras to record the killing of the dolphins. This whole "espionage" mission is made into a documentary-movie - The Cove, and it is a really enlightening video about how the greed for money and dolphin shows can contribute to this yearly massacre.
To check out how you can help the dolphins click here.
The cove is about the yearly killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, and how one man decided to stop it. With his team under the persue of the Jap govt to prevent this annual hunt from being publicised, they managed to sneak in the cove one night and placed hidden and underwater cameras to record the killing of the dolphins. This whole "espionage" mission is made into a documentary-movie - The Cove, and it is a really enlightening video about how the greed for money and dolphin shows can contribute to this yearly massacre.
To check out how you can help the dolphins click here.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Cow kneels to saviour
Below is a picture taken in 2008 in Sri Lanka. The monk in the picture saved those cows from slaughter. And after he saved their lives, this was what one grateful cow did.
I think this is more than sufficient to show that animals do not just behave instinctively, have no emotion, and are meant to be meat and milk machines to serve us. No doubt some people do not even have gratitude like this cow.
I think this is more than sufficient to show that animals do not just behave instinctively, have no emotion, and are meant to be meat and milk machines to serve us. No doubt some people do not even have gratitude like this cow.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Shojin Ryori at Enso Kitchen
Last sunday I joined some of my friends for a shojin ryori lunch. In Singapore, only Enso kitchen offers shojin ryori at the premises of GOTO japanese restaurant on sunday, lunch time. Reservation is required.
For more information of Shojin Ryori cuisine click here.
The ambience of GOTO japanese restaurant is quiet and cosy, with japanese ornaments sitting on the shelves.
You will settle down to a cup of green tea first and can have a nice chat before the "starter" is served.
The starter is known as the king of shojin ryori - "Tofu" that is not made with soybeans - and instead arrowroot imported from japan and sesame. It is served with sauce and a dash of japan-imported wasabi. Our local wasabi sold in supermarts contain milk, chef Danny said.
We got to try the "late summer" set meal as Japan is experiencing that season now. At Enso kitchen, the set meals change every month.
A close up at the Summer set...
Soft sticky rice with sesame.
Salty "Salad" with cucumber, carrot, seaweed, and a piece of sweet tomato. Leaves a very familiar japanese food taste on your tastebuds.
Red miso soup with a piece of konnyaku, bits of carrot and shiitake mushroom. It tastes like miso + a little marmite to me.
Pumpkin with peanut sauce. This is one dish I like. Pumpkin tastes fresh and sweet, blending well with the sweet and salty peanut sauce, yum!
Teriyaki tofu. This taste rather normal to me, but for people who don't have access to ready made tofu, it would probably be nice. The tofu is rather tough on the outside. What is interesting is the few strands of veggies on top of the tofu, I thought it was some normal vegetable, but it's not! It has the kind of hot taste like wasabi.
Eggplant with ginger paste. The ginger used is organic so that it won't taste as strong as non-organic ginger. This is also one of the dishes me and my friends like, salty and slightly hot.
We also had dessert - rock melon and mochi. The mochi is the best I've ever eaten. Soft and "melty".
The total price of the meal would be around $50 inclusive of GST.
For more information of Shojin Ryori cuisine click here.
The ambience of GOTO japanese restaurant is quiet and cosy, with japanese ornaments sitting on the shelves.
You will settle down to a cup of green tea first and can have a nice chat before the "starter" is served.
The starter is known as the king of shojin ryori - "Tofu" that is not made with soybeans - and instead arrowroot imported from japan and sesame. It is served with sauce and a dash of japan-imported wasabi. Our local wasabi sold in supermarts contain milk, chef Danny said.
We got to try the "late summer" set meal as Japan is experiencing that season now. At Enso kitchen, the set meals change every month.
A close up at the Summer set...
Soft sticky rice with sesame.
Salty "Salad" with cucumber, carrot, seaweed, and a piece of sweet tomato. Leaves a very familiar japanese food taste on your tastebuds.
Red miso soup with a piece of konnyaku, bits of carrot and shiitake mushroom. It tastes like miso + a little marmite to me.
Pumpkin with peanut sauce. This is one dish I like. Pumpkin tastes fresh and sweet, blending well with the sweet and salty peanut sauce, yum!
Teriyaki tofu. This taste rather normal to me, but for people who don't have access to ready made tofu, it would probably be nice. The tofu is rather tough on the outside. What is interesting is the few strands of veggies on top of the tofu, I thought it was some normal vegetable, but it's not! It has the kind of hot taste like wasabi.
Eggplant with ginger paste. The ginger used is organic so that it won't taste as strong as non-organic ginger. This is also one of the dishes me and my friends like, salty and slightly hot.
We also had dessert - rock melon and mochi. The mochi is the best I've ever eaten. Soft and "melty".
The total price of the meal would be around $50 inclusive of GST.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
The Bio Da Versity Code
We are all intricately related in the web of life. Destroying others is to slowly destroy ourselves.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Vegan birthday cake
The birthday dinner was pre-planned, so I decide to secretly order a black forest cake for my mum's birthday. She never had a cake and candles for her birthday before, so it was a pleasant surprise.
This was ordered from Halimah from Kalavira. Here's her website. http://kalavira.com/
Here's a slice of the cake.
Today the 10th library book sale is on and you get to buy books from the library for $2 each. The crowd was really greedy for the books and people were just shoving here and there. However, if you love cooking or are looking for vegetarian cookbooks, you must attend this sale, plenty of vegetarian cookbooks to choose from if you go early, here are just a fistful.
This sale is on till tomorrow at expo hall 6A, 930am - 800pm)
This was ordered from Halimah from Kalavira. Here's her website. http://kalavira.com/
Here's a slice of the cake.
Today the 10th library book sale is on and you get to buy books from the library for $2 each. The crowd was really greedy for the books and people were just shoving here and there. However, if you love cooking or are looking for vegetarian cookbooks, you must attend this sale, plenty of vegetarian cookbooks to choose from if you go early, here are just a fistful.
This sale is on till tomorrow at expo hall 6A, 930am - 800pm)
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