Restaurants Beef Cuts CUT: Red Poll 42 Day Dry Aged Grass Fed Beef! There has been quite a bit of discussion about grass-fed vs grain-fed beef in recent years. You hear chefs and food show hosts touting its
Durians - Mao Shan Wang Durians - Black Gold 818 Durians: Black Gold! Fans of bitter sweet durians would be starstruck by the dark greyish green seams of the “Black Gold” durian. This is the stuff durian
Sushi/Sashimi Sushi Files Kanda Wadatsumi: Sea Squirts, Bering Sea Cockles and Coho Salmon Sea Squirt, Ascidian, Sea Pineapple Halocynthia roretzi Japanese: Hoya This post is for the hardcore gastrogeeks. What is a gastrogeek, I hear you ask? Well,
Durian Files Durians S17 The Durian Tree: Honesty is the Best Durian Policy I started writing about durians back in 2008. At the time, I was motivated by the quest for durian knowledge precipitated by the emergence of
Local Fish Files Scombridae Singapore Fish Files: Spanish Mackeral, Spotted King Mackeral and Korean Seerfish Spanish Mackeral, Narrow-Barred Mackeral Scomberomorus commerson Teochew/Hokkien: Batang, , Mandarin 马鲛鱼 (ma jiao yu) Mal Tengiri Batang Links: Fishbase, Identification key The Spanish Mackeral, locally
Local Fish Files Threadfin Singapore Fish Files: Ikan Kurau, Threadfin, Ngoh Her Indian threadfin Leptomelanosoma indicum, Hokkien: Ngor Her, Orh Ngor, Malay: Ikan Kurau The indian threadfin is a highly prized fish in Singapore with prices ranging
Farms and Markets Local Fish Files GAP-FF accreditation of Singapore Fish Farms: Kühlbarra Barramundi In the last year however, I got wind of a local fish farm which was producing Australian Barramundi (That is what the Aussies call them)
Beef Cuts Steaks CUT: Hokkaido Snow Beef is now available in Singapore! CUT: Hokkaido Snow Beef is now available in Singapore! – ieatishootipost This one is for the serious beef lovers. When CUT started selling real Kobe
Prawns - Southern Velvet Prawns - Southern Rough Singapore Prawn Files: The Small Prawns and one very big one! This final post on Singapore prawns deals with all the small shrimps which are frequently overlooked as they are not as impressive as their larger
Prawns - Red Spot Kings Prawns - Western King Singapore Prawn Files: The Sand Prawns – Sua Lor, Greasyback, Jinga, Middle, Western King, Red Spot King Prawns Metapenaeus ensis Greasyback shrimp Sua Lor – Ang Bueh 沙卢 (lit Hut in the sand) – 红尾 (red tail) I first heard of Sua Lor
Hainanese Village FC Local Fish Files The Fishmongers of Lor Ah Soo (Hainanese Village) Wet Market: Will there be Wet Markets in the Future? This stall is closed I have spent the last few months rediscovering the wonders of our local wet market. Like a lot of Singaporeans, I
Prawns - Pacific White Leg Local Fish Files Singapore Prawn Files: Coloured Prawns – White, Black, Yellow, Glass Prawns Fenneropenaeus indicus Common name: Indian White Prawn Local name: Ang Kar Hei 红脚虾 (lit red leg prawn) Ang Kar prawns are one of the most
