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Crunchy rice at the bottom of the pot!

Did that yesterday. Lined a casserole pot with lightly-buttered rice on the base and sides, filled it with layers of raw marinated chicken and vegetables, sealed with another layer of rice, then put the lid on and baked on 420 degrees for 15 min, then 350 degrees for 30 to 45 min.

And read some Harold McGee while waiting.

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Instead of buying a salad spinner, I roll up wet salad leaves in a large kitchen towel, hold the 2 ends together and spin it around over my head in the back garden. Gets all the water out, works a treat. Centrifugal force and what not. Although I've come close to twisting my shoulder from over-enthusiasm :) cue taken from jamie Oliver!

I've started to use Serious Eats as an example of good blog and blog writing for training new bloggers at work :) Grats on the usability.

I suggest the Chomp Chomp hawker centre in my hometown Serangoon Gardens. People travel from across Malaysia to eat there!

Fabulous BBQ stingray, Hokkien noodles, prawn noodle soup, Chye Tow Kuay, rojak, everything.

And check out this website http://www.makansutra.com/

Maybe you could but them the guides as a gift?

Chicken thigh fillet steamed with ginger and soy.

My ex sister in law had chilli sauce on EVERYTHING. Even sponge cake.

about 1.5 hours across melbourne, australia for what was reputed to be the best fish and chips in the state. Was well worth it!

Saw this on a TV program in Australia - tests were done on the nutritional content of frozen versus 'fresh'. Frozen won out by far for broccoli. The theory is that the 'fresh' food bought at the supermarket has been sitting there for a while, as opposed to veg which has been frozen, supposedly as soon as it's been harvested.

Apart from that, frozen veg is usually too soggy for my liking.

Peanut butter, nutella, butter, margarine, doritos, any chips, chocolate, cheese, white bread, instant noodles, nibbly nuts, milo, hot chocolate, cookies, refined sugar, refined flour, cream, ice cream...

Sounds like a pretty boring household, eh? :P sighs.

On occasion, I"ll bake for someone and buy a block of butter. Mr Turkiyaki is onto the remnant butter bits like he's been starved for weeks.

Sliced garlic and chopped chilli, sauteed in olive oil, with linguine tossed in at the end. Garnished with chiffonade parsley.

Or a good simple creamless carbonara, ridiculous amounts garlic included!

If Adam and Eve were Chinese... they would've eaten the snake.

/me is Chinese-Singaporean, first heard this from my dad.