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ABBEY:  Two paintings or one?  Labelling and exhibiting as 'Earlier version of Monalisa', the ownership is as mysterious as the woman in the canvass. Singapore is the first leg of the exhibiton and we're glad that we got a chance for the tour of the lady.  For 20sgd, each guest will be given a tablet along with headphones to have a guided tour. It explains the meticulous process the painting went to state its claim. From physical inspection, history, x-rays, symmetry up into the number of pixels, the two artworks have huge similarities. Even experts and critics were baffled by it.  For me it won't matter if there will be two paintings. It would just add  a number more for the iconic works of Master Leonardo. WILL:  Have a second painting of Mona Lisa?! That question intrigued me and furiously requested Abbey to have a date with me at the The Old Parliament House. But because of tight schedule, we passed the idea week ...

Ingredients: Chicken wings/boneless thigh/drumsticks Shitake mushrooms (soaked in warm water then cut into quarters) Potato starch Dried chili peppers (seeds removed and cut into strips) Sesame seed Soy sauce Vinegar Sugar Garlic (minced) Ginger (minced) 1. Put the chicken and mushrooms in a bowl and mix with ginger, salt and pepper. Set aside. 2. Mix potato starch with water and let it settle in the bottom of the bowl and then discard the water. This will serve as your batter. 3. Coat the chicken and mushrooms with the starch and deep fry them. And then double fry. This will make the chicken and mushrooms very crunchy. 4. For the sauce, fry garlic and dried chili peppers. Then put 1/4 cup soy sauce, 1 tablespoon vinegar and 2 tablespoon sugar. 5. Once the mixture form bubbles, toss the chicken and mushroom and mix it until all of them are covered in sauce. 6. Top it with sesame seed and serve with hot rice. VERDICT WILL:  I am big fan of Maangchi. Being th...

Ingredients: lean meat pork/beef (cut into strips) shitake mushrooms (soaked in warm water then cut into thin strips) 3-4 cloves garlic (minced) brown sugar soy sauce sesame oil toasted sesame seed 1 large egg (yolk-beaten) spinach (washed and drained) dangmyeon (sweet potato starch noodles) 2-3 green onions (cut into 2-inch long pieces) medium onion (sliced thinly) 1 medium carrot (cut into matchstick size) 1 medium red bell pepper (cut into strips) ground black pepper 1. Marinate pork/beef and mushrooms with minced garlic, a teaspoon of sugar, salt and pepper, 2 teaspoon of soy sauce and a teaspoon of sesame oil. 2. Boil 4-5 cups water in a pot. Once done, put the spinach and let it be cooked for 1-2 minutes. 3. Put the spinach in a strainer and wash in running water to stop it from cooking. 4. Give it a chop or two and then put it in a big bowl. Drizzle with sesame oil, black pepper and pinch of salt. 5. On the same pot, put the sweet potato starch noodles and ...

ABBEY: Maybe it is in-born or maybe since I'm on the choir in early days, I want to practice spand showcase my talent on singing. So we decided to have another session at KTV (across Haw Par Villa MRT).  For 7SGD via iMOB SMRT offer, you can sing all you want for three hours and have a free flow of drinks. The room is smaller compared to the one in Bugis but still we have the same fun. Just go to the list and pick the songs you like, or songs that you know only parts or words of them. S ing your heart out. No one will "boo" you. WILL:  Holiday mood never ends on 25th December. Ha! We love singing!!! iMob released a very affordable 3-hour KTV with unlimited drinks for only $7. In luck, our nurse friend said that she is on off that Sunday. With no hesitation, we bought the ticket and booked our desired time.  A bit frustrated of the place because it is too small for a group of 4. No way we can dance on that space. Hihi! No one can stop our merriment-makin...

ABBEY: From time to time, we experience homesickness. Good thing there's Skype to have a video call with your loved ones. Food? Well you can buy ingredients and cook them yourself at home. But how about specialty like lechon?  Lechon SG opened their branch at Clementi ( a block away from Clementi MRT). When we heard the news, we promised to visit it and satisfy our cravings. I can say we're not disappointed as Kuya Glenn gave us 200 grams more of the kilo we ordered. It costs 45SGD for a kilo of lechon with 4 two-servings of rice. Match it with Mang Tomas lechon sauce and you're done.  A stick of isaw (pig intestine) costs 1 sgd.  They also have branch in 1 Rochor road. Advance ordering can be done online as well. Wow! You can visit their Facebook page for more updates. WILL:  After our breathtaking 3-hour concert at a KTV, we headed at Lechon SG by bus 175. Alighted at Clementi Mall and walked around 200meters to Blk 450.  We sat and wait...

Ingredients: 1/4 kilo of pork (lean meat) 5-7 pcs of medium-sized shitake mushrooms (soaked for 1 hour) 2 cups of potato starch (dissolved in water) 1 tsp ginger (chopped finely) 1 egg (egg white only) Sauce: 1 medium-sized cucumber (sliced thinly) 2-3 rings of canned pineapple (cut into quarters) 1 medium-sized carrot 1 small apple (sliced thinly) 1 small onion (sliced thinly) 3-4 pcs woodear mushrooms (soaked and chopped) 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp wiphite vinegar 1 tsp soy sauce 3 cups water 2 tbsp potato starch (dissolved in water) 1. Slice the pork thinly and dry marinate it with ginger, salt and pepper. Put in fridge. 2. Have the dissolved potato starch settled at the bottom of the mixture for an hour and a half. 3. Cut shitake mushrooms in quarters. Put some salt, pepper and potato starch powder. 4. Mix two tbsp of potato starch on the pork. 5. Once the starch is settled at the bottom of water-starch mixture remove the water and m...

ABBEY: First things first, this restaurant is only open after office hours; so no breakfast or lunch being served. We learned this the hard way. Not checking their operating hours, we headed to have lunch after our physical exam. Lo and behold, they're close.  Second, be there early else you have to queue. No reservations. Chicken Up is located at 48 Tanjong Pagar Road and they are serving Korean cuisine. As the name itself, they focus on poultry. They have their chicken buffet for only S$25.  We tried fried Soya chicken wings. This is very flavorful, delicious and finger-lickin' good. I enjoyed eating this with a cup of hot white rice. We also tried the normal fried chicken and hot ones. They look exactly the same. But once you take bite, then you'll be looking for water if you pick the spicy piece. This is also the case with their chicken stew.  The glass noodles item is recommended. It is like Pinoy sotanghon but with thicker soy sauce-based sauce and more mush...