Sumptuous Sundays: Cafe Mediterranean

Posted on February 12, 2012 by kaoko

Sumptuous Sunday: Cafe Mediterranean

Side sampler from Cafe Med – Baba Ganoush, Tzatziki, Hummus and Tabbouleh
Sumptuous Sundays is a weekly photo series that showcases food. No words, only pictures. Just a little something to start the week right.
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Chasing Tonkatsu at Tampopo

Posted on February 10, 2012 by kaoko

Tonkatsu is something that Pad adores. It’s probably the one Japanese dish he won’t be able to live without. Just mentioning the word makes his face light up like a kid being let out of school during the day before summer break. That’s primarily the reason why we found ourselves seated in Tampopo, a Japanese restaurant the first day of our most recent vacation in Singapore.

Tampopo - 5 Layer Tonkatsu Moriawase

Gotta taste them all!

We had no plans to eat at Tampopo. It was just one of the many restaurants that our friend Rabbit suggested when we decided to stop for lunch. When she mentioned all sorts of tonkatsu though, our fate was sealed and all other restaurants dropped out of contention.
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Cheesy-fying the French Toast

Posted on February 8, 2012 by kaoko

“French toast. I want french toast.” That’s what Pad demanded upon waking up. Breakfast food at 5 in the afternoon, I guess that’s one of the quirks about working the night shift. Still, I wasn’t quite in the mood for something sweet, so while I made him a couple of the usual, I decided to experiment with my own serving by adding cheese. ‘GENIUS!’ I bet you’re thinking. Hell yeah!

Cheese French Toast

OHAI there, French Toast. I hope we can be friends.

This isn’t a big production experiment. I just went about making the usual french toast, scrambling eggs and milk with a few drops of vanilla. I take a few slices of loaf bread, dip them lightly in the mix then set them on a sizzling griddle that’s generously greased with butter. Butter, not margarine. Just yummy, evil, lovely butter.
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