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On our previous grocery runs to Don Don Donki in Orchard Central, we walked past the large coolers that housed the many trays of takeaway sushi but didn’t buy any. This time, we choose one tray each and brought them home for dinner.

Surfer dudes make the best seafood BBQ

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Travel

March 24, 2021September 3, 2023 Alvin Lee

We were glad that the walk back to the hotel was relatively long, as it gave us time to slowly digest the huge meal. The next time we’re back in Kaohsiung, we will definitely return.

Until then, at least we can enjoy the livestreams that they put out regularly on Facebook. Nothing much happens during those sessions, but it’s strangely calming to watch a surfer dude patiently cook seafood over red hot coals for one and a half hours.

Rojak from the heartlands of Singapore

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March 20, 2021July 13, 2022 Alvin Lee

Abdhus Salam is a second generation Indian rojak hawker with a stall named after him.

DeLonghi KG89 Grinder dosage distribution

It’s a slippery slope once you get started

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March 17, 2021July 23, 2023 Alvin Lee

My new coffee timer scale has exposed one flaw of my otherwise trusty and reliable electric burr grinder — widely inconsistent amount of coffee grounds, ranging from -8.4% to +12.1% from an average of 29.3 gm across 24 samples.

Dialing in our pour over coffee brewing variables (Mark II)

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March 13, 2021February 20, 2022 Alvin Lee

Continuing on my journey down the rabbit hole, I opened a new bag of Mt Whitney Organic Ethiopia Guji. Previously, I used the Tetsu 4-6 V60 pour technique but this time, I wanted to keep things simple and decided to use the Hoffmann instead.

Sometimes all you need is some deep-fried pork

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March 10, 2021August 28, 2024 Alvin Lee 3 comments

My plate of negi miso rosu arrived with the pork drenched in thick black miso and topped with a big handful of roughly chopped leeks. It seems like a waste to drown the fried pork in sauce, but the meat was hearty enough to stand up to the miso, especially with the well-distributed pockets of fat that come with a good cut of rosu.

Rachel bakes delicious cupcakes

Food

March 6, 2021June 17, 2022 Alvin Lee

The Lychee Rose cupcake was unmistakably rose-scented in a dreamy and delicate way. The lychee filling was chunky and paired well with the rest of the ingredients. Of all the cupcakes we had that day, this was easily my favourite.

Dialing in our pour over coffee brewing variables (Mark I)

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March 3, 2021April 27, 2022 Alvin Lee

It’s been about a month since my timer scale arrived, marking the start of my journey down the pour over coffee rabbit hole. Using single-origin Guatemala beans from Mt Whitney Coffee Roasters, I’ve been making our morning V60 brew by adjusting three variables: (i) filter material, (ii) coffee/water ratio, (iii) grind size and keeping track of our individual tasting scores.

Seven vegetables for the seventh day of Chinese New Year

Seven vegetables on the seventh day of the Chinese New Year

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February 27, 2021February 20, 2022 Alvin Lee

The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is known as 人日. It’s traditional to have lo hei (捞鱼生) on that day, but for Teochew people, it’s also the day that they cook seven vegetables (七样菜 or 七样羹).