Baguette – The Viet Inspired Deli

ABBEY: We were looking for a place to eat in Vivo City mall and we found this, Baguette, a Viet-inspired deli. I tried their grilled pork rice-noodle bowl. The taste is a mix of sweet, sour and mild hot. The pork is tender and moist. I also tried their signature drink Soda Chanh (lime juice, soda and syrup). Whole dinner cost only less than 15sgd.

WILL: Its my birthday and we choose to go spend it in our home. Hmmm, I am from office doing a two hour overtime. My gosh, our stomach is grumbling we need some small munchies just to stop the starving. Haha. We sat here at Baguette and ordered some sub vietnamese style. 
      The taste? Incredible! Definitely a viet-sub! A nice alternative to a usual western-american breads. :) 
      It costs not more than a $5. You can reach them at VivoCity Mall near Sephora. 

Tukneneng

Quail eggs - hard boiled
3 tablespoon cornstarch
1 cup flour
1/4 cup annatto seeds (atsuete)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
Cooking oil for deep frying

Sauce:
Vinegar
Cucumber (sliced)
Red pepper
Salt and pepper

Remove the eggshells and dredge it into the cornstarch. For the batter, dilute 1 cup of hot water into the annatto seeds. Mix flour, salt and pepper in a bowl. Pour the liquid in the flour-salt-pepper mixture. Put the eggs in the batter.

Heat the oil and once hot deep fry the eggs.
Remove and serve with your favorite sauce.

VERDICT:
WILL: Eventually, I am missing every small thing that was taken for granted when I am in the Philippines and food is not an exemption. 
      I miss street foods and I miss tukneneng. This is quail egg rolled on a flour then fried. The best part? When it was soaked in a vinegar with garlic, onion and cucumber. 
      Thanks abbey for preparing this. :)

Ginataang Mais

1 1/2 cups of glutinous rice (malagkit)
2 pieces sweetcorn
4-236ml coconut milk
3/4 cup granulated sugar

Mix the rice and coconut milk in a pot. Stir it for the rice not to settle in the bottom of the pot and get burned. Put the corn kernel once the rice is cooked. After a couple of minutes put the the sugar. Once dissolved, turn off the heat and serve.

VERDICT

WILL: Hello holiday! Hello to longer hours of sleep! Hello to food cravings. Hehe. I saw to one of my cousins facebook post that they have a ginataang mais, hurriedly I asked Abbey to cook one for me, then Abbey went home from work with the plastics of ingredients. Delicous! Its like I am back in the Philippines. Thanks Abbey :)