Hot & Cold
written at Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The weather has been pretty cooling lately so Andrew and I decided to head down to Bugis for some hotpot madness. You can call it a Chinese fondue, it is less commonly known as that. People in the Szechuan province of China have been eating this for centuries, it is perfect to have a hotpot meal in freezing cold temperatures.
It is not called hotpot for nothing, the pot is divided into 2 sections with each section containing a soup of your choice. We had a relatively plain and dull looking pork broth soup on one section, and on the other this chilli bomb solution from hell, it was as red as hot coals. I'm not kidding you, the number of chillies and peppercorns floating around in that section paralleled the lilly pads you would find in your local pond.
Drinking from this hellish vessel is like consuming doom incarnate in the form of a broth as it too consumes you from the inside in a form of a nightmarish stomach ache.
Hungry men we were, helping ourselves to the various ingredients before settling down to cooking our food in the hotpot. 10 minutes into the meal, our bodies reacted to the sheer heat and spice of the lava red hell broth. It was fun nonetheless, I have not eaten a steamboat or hotpot for quite awhile.
We then headed to Beach Rd to have some home-made ice cream. For those who have been to Island Creamery or Udders, this is another shop to look out for! The shop is called Tom's Palette and they too sell very exotic and interesting flavours!
I had 2 flavours, salty caramel cheese cake and lavender. The description on this blog will probably make it sound delicious, and may you know that even greater delights may be had for a measly $4.40.
Cheers Andrew for bringing me around. Looking forward to sushi fever on Friday!
Hot & Cold
written at Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The weather has been pretty cooling lately so Andrew and I decided to head down to Bugis for some hotpot madness. You can call it a Chinese fondue, it is less commonly known as that. People in the Szechuan province of China have been eating this for centuries, it is perfect to have a hotpot meal in freezing cold temperatures.
It is not called hotpot for nothing, the pot is divided into 2 sections with each section containing a soup of your choice. We had a relatively plain and dull looking pork broth soup on one section, and on the other this chilli bomb solution from hell, it was as red as hot coals. I'm not kidding you, the number of chillies and peppercorns floating around in that section paralleled the lilly pads you would find in your local pond.
Drinking from this hellish vessel is like consuming doom incarnate in the form of a broth as it too consumes you from the inside in a form of a nightmarish stomach ache.
Hungry men we were, helping ourselves to the various ingredients before settling down to cooking our food in the hotpot. 10 minutes into the meal, our bodies reacted to the sheer heat and spice of the lava red hell broth. It was fun nonetheless, I have not eaten a steamboat or hotpot for quite awhile.
We then headed to Beach Rd to have some home-made ice cream. For those who have been to Island Creamery or Udders, this is another shop to look out for! The shop is called Tom's Palette and they too sell very exotic and interesting flavours!
I had 2 flavours, salty caramel cheese cake and lavender. The description on this blog will probably make it sound delicious, and may you know that even greater delights may be had for a measly $4.40.
Cheers Andrew for bringing me around. Looking forward to sushi fever on Friday!
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