Saturday, December 11, 2010
BRUNCH MENU
BRUNCH MENU
Sunday only
Starting 10am till 6pm
Bread will be served all day
Crispy bacon| eggs any style|black trompette mushroom|
12.00
2 eggs| poached or scrambled | ikura| parmesan cream| baby turnips| black trompette mushroom
12.00
2 eggs “poached 69 degrees”| parmesan cheese| black pepper air sponge| soy bubbles
7.50
tomato soup| croque monsieur of pork saussisson
9.50
tuna carpaccio| wasabi mayo| lime| rocket| black olives
14.50
Smoked salmon| poached egg| avocado| hollandaise
15.00
steak n eggs| artichokes| parmesan cheese
18.00
roasted quail | bacon| beetroot n apple salad
18.00
DESSERTS
cappuccino crème brulee| kahlua bubbles| choc
8.00
French toast| caramelized banana| fresh cream
Palm sugar
10.00
CHEESE
VACHERIN MONT D’ OR| YUZU JELLY| GUAVA
10.00
Friday, December 10, 2010
Tom Waits -'Come On Up To The House'.wmv
I saw Tom waits on somebody's favorite list on face book.. I recognise Tom not because I am a fan or a fan of country gospel but I introduced to the music of Tom Waits when I was living in Philedelphia back when I was in Uni. I needed a job then n was looking in the papers...I remember this very well..I came across this ad that says ... "Able to lift 25kg sacks". I called in..asked for an interview. He person who answered gave me the address n directions to get there. I got on my bike...rode down to be interviewed..I got there, n was pretty surprised...Wat stood in front of me was a big Wind Mill..I tot to myself...WAT!!! I parked my bike..went thru the door n was even further surprised. In it was a bakery. I saw all kinds of pies...many pies!! I asked for the person i spoke to. I was met by this gentlemen named Dave. Dave was the chief baker of this place...the only baker I found out n needed help.
I got the job n turned up the next day.
The kitchen was in the basement of the windmill. I will never forget this place...I love it. It had a three deck rotating oven. Dave made everything himself...n he slowly tot me my duties...I made root bear, pretzels, n of course, PIES!!! Not just any pie...they called it Shoo Fly Pie. I only later on realized that the name was given by the Amish Folks cus they would bake a pie , made it extra sweet just so that it would attract the house flies away from the house. But this pie- the shoo fly pie wasn't just any ordinary pie... Look up the recipe if u can.. pie crust n maple syrup...thats all the ingredients in the recipe. But to makes a really good shoo fly pie takes awhile to achieve. So there I was...in the middle of East America, in the middle of winter, working in a bakery that sat under a big wind mill, and more interestingly, working for an Amish Family. If u don't already know...the Amish are a sub-group of the mennonite church n they believe in simple living, they all dress the same plainly, mostly in black, have long beards, n they do not employ modern technology. Everything was made by hand. Wow!!! now that I think back...this was my first experience in a kitchen n even more interesting, the Amish were actually Artisan in a way...
Back to Dave n Tom Waits...
Dave listened to Tom Waits all day long. I didnt quite get the music at first but there was this one song - COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE..that caught my attention, n I'll tell u more n why this song caught my attention later on.
The 25kg turned out to be 25kg sacks of flour. :-) Everytime I see a 25kg sack of flour being delivered to the kitchen or I see one lying around, it'll remind me of Philly, Dave the Baker, Tom Waits, 25kg sack of flour, Shoo Fly Pies, Ally Cat, n DUTCH HAVEN.
check out the pictures :
I got the job n turned up the next day.
The kitchen was in the basement of the windmill. I will never forget this place...I love it. It had a three deck rotating oven. Dave made everything himself...n he slowly tot me my duties...I made root bear, pretzels, n of course, PIES!!! Not just any pie...they called it Shoo Fly Pie. I only later on realized that the name was given by the Amish Folks cus they would bake a pie , made it extra sweet just so that it would attract the house flies away from the house. But this pie- the shoo fly pie wasn't just any ordinary pie... Look up the recipe if u can.. pie crust n maple syrup...thats all the ingredients in the recipe. But to makes a really good shoo fly pie takes awhile to achieve. So there I was...in the middle of East America, in the middle of winter, working in a bakery that sat under a big wind mill, and more interestingly, working for an Amish Family. If u don't already know...the Amish are a sub-group of the mennonite church n they believe in simple living, they all dress the same plainly, mostly in black, have long beards, n they do not employ modern technology. Everything was made by hand. Wow!!! now that I think back...this was my first experience in a kitchen n even more interesting, the Amish were actually Artisan in a way...
Back to Dave n Tom Waits...
Dave listened to Tom Waits all day long. I didnt quite get the music at first but there was this one song - COME ON UP TO THE HOUSE..that caught my attention, n I'll tell u more n why this song caught my attention later on.
The 25kg turned out to be 25kg sacks of flour. :-) Everytime I see a 25kg sack of flour being delivered to the kitchen or I see one lying around, it'll remind me of Philly, Dave the Baker, Tom Waits, 25kg sack of flour, Shoo Fly Pies, Ally Cat, n DUTCH HAVEN.
check out the pictures :
I tried recreating the shoo fly pie recipe but It just didnt turn out as nice as it did when i was making it in philly. It must be the flour or maple syrup. I'll post some pics of my attempt next time.
Anyway...that was the beginning of my culinary journey. It wasn't all french. Thanks for being dead broke n jobless at that time, thanks for Ally bringing me to Lancaster Philly, thank you Dave, thank you Toms for taking me thru the day everyday. Thank you Dutch Haven.
and here's the song I listened to every single day.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
"CHA KIA" CHINESE CLOGS
went shopping for refills for my siphon the other day n was looking for a parking spot for Tris. Came upon these clogs which brings back tons of memories. I lived wit my great grandma at balestier rd for awhile when I was just a toddler like Tris. Wat I remember most about my Grandma was that she wud take me to the hawker center downstairs for milk tea everymorning..I remember the ritual of drinking tea from her. She wud order the usual soft boiled eggs with her tea n the way she drank it ..she wud pour her into the saucer that came wit the cup n she wud slurp her tea that way. n then she'd crank her eggs n slurp it just like she wud her tea, and she'd finish off by pouring the remaining tea into the saucer cleaning off the egg bits that remained. til this day, this is how I'd have my tea n egg breakfast. :-) I like going to Keong Siak, the corner coffee shop just across from Ember ..I 've never eaten at Ember though. The other thing that brought back memories of Great GrandMa was the chinese clogs she used to wear. We had this big flower pot in the bathroom n it had this dragon flying around it n this is where we drew water from for our baths. Those clogs I remember cuz I wud put them on n had my bath wit them.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
NEW MENU ALA CARTE
MENU ALA CARTE
MONDAYS TO WEDNESDAYS ONLY
6:30PM TO 1030PM
STARTERS
BRITTANY SARDINES| PARSLEY CRUMB| BALSAMIC
18.00
OX TONGUE| HAZELNUT | PAN FRIED BREAD| aioli
12.00
PAN FRIED FOIE GRAS| YUZU| APPLES & GUAVA
26.00
CARPACCIO ALBACORE TUNA| BLACK OLIVE POWDER| WATERCRESS| TUNA| MAYO| LIME VINAIGRETTE| BEETS| WHITE MUSHROOMS RAW
13.00
HEIRLOOM TOMATO SOUP| CROQUE MONSIEUR PORK SAUSSISSON
10.00
MAINS
ALBACORE RED TUNA PAN FRIED| LIME| BLACK OLIVE| DEHYDRATED ONION| HAZELNUT| ROMAINE|
25.00
ANGUS RIBEYE 200GRAMS| LEEKS N BABY PEPPERS| CRISPY ARTICHOKE
32.00
LAMB RACK| YOGURT| BLACK OLIVE CRUST| STEAMED AUBERGINE| HAZELNUT SOIL
30.00
KUROBUTA PORK TENDERLOIN| PORKSAUSSISSON ON TOAST| CHARRED LEEKS
22.00
DESSERT
CAPPUCINO CRÈME BRULEE| CHOC SOIL| LEMON| MILK FOAM| CHOC SPONGE
10.00
CHEESE
CHEESE DU JOUR| NUTS| GUAVA| YUZU JELLY
12.00
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