My first published article on Technorati

This morning I woke up to an email from Technorati. It was to tell me that they have published my submission for a piece of writing I came up with yesterday.

To see it, just follow the link below. Admittedly, it is very exciting to see this being posted on a major site and quite a first for me!

The article basically is a little more backstory on myself and on food blogging, kind of an extended piece on my original introduction here. Go check it out.

Article first published as From Blackberries to Strawberries on Technorati.

Aromatic Broth of Asparagus with Caviar

Going thru my posts, I realised that I don't have many soup recipes. And over the weekend, whilst cooking for the family with a degustation menu, I decided to whip up this new broth.

I like it for the very distinctive taste of asparagus mixed with a nice broth base, made out of onions and leeks.

Fergburger - The Best Burger I Ever Had

Carl's Junior, MOS, Burger King ... you name it. Nothing beats New Zealand's Fergburger. I found it in Queenstown, NZ last year.

It was packed the evening I was recommended there, and the choices were certainly mouth-watering.

Little Lamby, Sweet Bambi, Mr Big Stuff and of course, the Fergburger! Seeing I was not gonna be back NZ for some time, I went for the big one ... Mr Big Stuff!

Micro Breakfast Amuse Bouche

This is kind of a spin-off from my gourmet breakfast post which I did before.

In essence, this is to create a mouthful of morning goodness in a spoonful, to be effectively used as a mouth amuser.

To prepare, just use the same components for the gourmet breakfast. Make a portion of scrambled eggs enough for 2 persons.

Project Food Blog 2010

If you have noticed on the right sidebar, there's an image of me participating in the 1st Annual Project Food Blog, hosted by Foodbuzz.

The aim is to find the best food blogger out there as voted by a panel of judges, which includes Food and Wine's editor-in-chief, Dana Cowin.

Dana has been most recently involved in the latest season of Top Chef as one of the guest judges and has a very significant repute in the food and culinary industry.

Gao Feng Minced Pork Noodles

Gao Feng Minced Pork Mee Stall

Living near Bishan, it's only a stone's throw away from Upper Thomson, a place I frequent.

We happened to be heading to the Kampong Chicken stall, but after alighting from the bus, this stall happened to caught our attention, so decided to give it a shot instead.

Saw that the abalone bak choh mee was only 3 dollars, which sounded more than reasonable.

Fragrant Seafood and Leek Congee

For once, I will let Pauline take the spotlight as this is mostly her recipe. It came about largely due to a time (not so long ago) when I was too ill to cook.

Out of my desperation for congee, and the only grains we had in the house was actually risotto rice, she concocted this out of what was available in our fridge.

To begin, chopped some bacon and brown them in a pan until the flavors arise. Season some sliced thread fin fish (you can use other similar white fish) with salt, pepper, chinese wine and sesame oil and lightly fry them in the same pan with the bacon and remove, set aside.

Old Hong Kong Kitchen

Old Hong Kong Kitchen

This, being the first of my eatery reviews, thought it best to focus on places that Pauline and I do like, and would be focusing on places that might not be that well known to folks.

Well, Old HK may not necessarily be unknown, but it is tucked away in one hidden corner of Novena Square 2, and we ourselves, had found it by accident one night.

We had gone back again this time with the deliberate intention to blog and feature as my maiden review.