#yardlong bean

Fried steaks of Spanish Mackeral (马鲛鱼) or Narrow-Barred Mackeral (Scomberomorus commerson). Locally this popular food fish in Singapore is known as Batang and the flesh used in fish soups and otah.

A Sumptuous Takeaway Lunch of sweet & sour pork cutlet, steamed fillet of fish 🐟 drizzled in fragrant shallot & garlic oil and a spicy stir-fry of long beans with shrimps 🦐 over what else but a bed of fluffy white rice.

Tonight’s Dinner is spicy red snapper, stir-fried long beans (yardlong beans) with prawns and the five-spice braised pork belly & mushroom (五香扣肉) from the afternoon. And rice being our staple food, is always on the plate.

A healthier choice of dishes with velvety soft steamed egg custard, steamed fish fillet with a drizzle of garlic oil and stir-fried long beans (yardlong bean) for Lunch. On a recent medical appointment, my dietitian told me I had to reduce my proteins intake by cutting that piece of fish (or meat) you seen above by half and replace it with more vegetables. :( I like to think more of myself as an omnivore, occasionally turned carnivore. :D But I never once think I should become a rabbit herbivore (vegetarian). To continue eating that portion of proteins, I now exercise regularly and after one month, I managed to reduce my weight by 2kg.

Today Lunch came later than usual as mum went to the hairdresser to get her hairs done. Now, let’s show you the dishes – stir-fried long beans with shrimps 🦐, mala pork slices with lotus root and a piece of steamed fish fillet 🐟. The spicy and savoury gravy from the pork goes so well with the white rice. 🍚

See, I told you that the pot of Stewed Bamboo Shoots can last us for close to a week of eating. Add in a new dish of stir-fried asparagus bean with scallops and prawns and dinner is ready to be served.