#crispy

Recently, colleague did a group buy for Mr Baguette’s mini baguette buns with over 12 types of lava filling. I tagged along and ordered two each of Adzuki Lava, Tiramisu Lava and Cheese Lava which cost S$12.50 + 5% service charge.

Received the snacks still warm to touch and immediately sliced the Adzuki Lava into halves to share it with my mum. As you can see, the matcha lava is still molten enough to flow out which make eating it kind of messy. One way to lessen the mess is to not share and just devoured the whole bun yourself. :D And that created another issue, the lava is just too rich and creamy that consuming one is enough to cause the jelak (cloying) effect stopping you from reaching out for the next piece. :(

Toasted the other two pieces over the weekend for about 10 minutes, just enough to warm up the exterior but not cause the lava to be viscous. The Tiramisu Lava has a light coffee and cocoa flavours with a section of coffee soaked lady finger buried in the cream/cheese filling. The snack seems to lack the familiar profile of the classic coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. Could it be that I can’t taste the mascarpone cheese as the cream seems to overpowered my tastebuds or the use of Marsala wine if at all.

TheCheese Lava considering that it is made from four types of cheese, lack the cheese flavours and is unnecessarily sweet. It would be nice to have that stringy cheese effect or cubes of cheese mixed in with the cream/cheese filling for another layer of texture. Both my colleague and I are disappointed with the way this item was crafted.

As echoed by some of my colleagues whom had eaten the baguette buns, it is just too Overly Cloying Creamy as the chef concentrated on presenting the flowing lava effect but neglected about the overall taste and texture. Beside, as acknowledged by some of us, flowing filling makes eating it a messy process.

Some pictures from Mr Baguette

From the hole in the wall economy rice stall in Chong Pang Food Centre, came this pack of Cai Png(菜饭). I always love their gorgeous and delicious fried chicken drumstick which is still warm and crispy. Also in the box are earthy stewed mushrooms and an over easy egg.

Mum frequently buy the Pork & Shrimp Dumpling SoupfromChoo Chiang Roasted Meat Noodle House(珠江烧腊面家). I love sinking my teeth into the firm and plump dumplings filled with seasoned minced pork and crunchy shrimps. Yum, so satisfying…

Mum asked me to settle my own dinner outside so I bought back McDonald’sHokkaido Salmon Feast (S$10.90). The set came with a Hokkaido Salmon Burger, medium Fries, Chocolate Pie and a regular Jasmine Green Tea drink.

If I had to choose between this seasonal Hokkaido Salmon Burger and the Filet-O-Fish, it will definitely be the former. The crispy panko-crusted patty made with Hokkaido salmon is topped with white cabbage, sliced onions and roasted sesame mayonnaise sandwiched between a black and white sesame seeds bun. This is an upgraded version of the classic Filet-O-Fish and a delish one.

For dessert, it is molten Chocolate Pie. The crispy warm pocket is filled with gooey lava of milk chocolate which is rich but not too sweet. When this item was first launched a few years ago in Singapore, it went out of stock in last than a couple of weeks.

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Packed home a bowl of YoutiaoRojak (S$3) from Dough Culture(小麥家) at the basement of Sun Plaza. Despite the price increase, the container is only half full and they are also stingy with the prawn paste dressing. :( Since I had a slice of pineapple sitting in the fridge, might as well slice it up and add to the dish. The tangy sweet pineapples and crispy youtiao coated in savoury sweet sauce made for a yummy before dinner snack.

Next morning, I popped this small Chicken Pie into the oven to reheat while I poured myself the less sweet milk tea mum bought for me. Like it bigger cousin, this single person serving of pie also comes with half a hard boiled egg along with the flavourful potato and chicken meats.

Sis bought home a big and a small Chicken PiefromChicken Pie Kitchen (formerly Don’s Pie & Cake). With a new operating location and a rebranded name, the price of their chicken pies had gone up too. The personal sized one now cost S$6.30, up from S$5 while the large pie was S$24 but is now selling at S$28.80.

As seen from the photo, there are six humps on the top crust of the large Chicken Pie. These are the six halves of hard boiled eggs which also marked how you would slice it up. Inside it are creamy and chunky potato with cubes of flavourful tender chicken meat all enclosed in a crispy and buttery pastry shell.

It’sDinner Time and here are what I had for the evening meal. After slicing the bitter gourd into thin slices, mum seasoned it liberally with salt, leaving the mixture to stand for a while before washing away the excess salt. Here she stir-fried it with eggs, prawns and minced pork. Three pieces of fried hand shaped fishcakes; one of each of us.

I normally shown you the chopped up Fried Boneless Chicken Cutlets so here are the uncut dish. Mum buy these deboned whole chicken legs, marinate them for a few hours in the fridge. After that she dust the meat with sweet potato flour and deep fry it. She will also prepare a ketchup based sauce, made with adding a little sugar and water to dilute it for drizzling over the fried chicken.

I trick my dehydrated body into drinking water by putting ice in it because then it feels like I’m drinking Crispy Water™ and that’s just so much better than regular water

Waffle-Iron Hash Browns

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pvnthv:

Crispy.

Yea I don’t think I would have survived getting dragged through the desert like Blondie.

☀️☠️☀️

The last handful of Thrantober 2021

Inktober Day 28- It was bad enough for the Count he woke up too early, but then tripping down the stairs, and having his minion forget to close the curtains left things charred and crispy!