Day 11 Dinner: 1715-1915 Spaghetti no. 3 aglio olio with mackeral and anchovies Roasted eggplants, zucchini and tomatoes Angela: Spaghetti aglio olio and soul music with a bottle of Chimay, guess it kinda melted our worry of news about trains going on strike on the day we're scheduled to return to Singapore. Our gustatory experiment is growing more intense by the day. After checking out the Japanese manga artist Jiro Taniguchi's "The Solitary Gourmand," I'm inspired to exp

Day 10 Dinner 1720-1910 Porridge Thai styled omelette Stir fried pork slices with Chinese cabbage in Myanmar tea leaves Edwin: Comfort food. Everyone has one for different situations, be it falling ill, homesick, heartbroken, stressed, tired. What food can do to relieve emotional tension is amazing. Little life hacks, homemade remedies. Mimie : Omelette was a bit burnt. That reminded me of the first time I made omelette when I was 9 years old. It was for my mum. She went home

Dinner: 23 Nov 2014 Singapore chicken curry: sauce packs, chicken thighs, carrots, potato, egg plant, leeks, red chilli, coconut milk, garlic, and a small can of anchovies (to intensify flavor). Stir-fried mixed vegetables: Cauliflowers, French beans, Leeks, Mushrooms, sweet yellow and red capsicums with black pepper sauce. Steamed Thai jasmine rice Baked rice pudding (bought from outdoor farmer market) for dessert Belgium beers Sparkling wines and chocolates from the guests

22/11/14 Dinner 1905-2145 Rice pilaf Stir fried potato with carrots Broccoli with mackerel Angela: Left-over rice from yesterday turned into rice pilaf with the preserved tea-leaf spice from Myanmar. What culinary intelligence that preserved vegetables and spices are invented and passed down through the ages. New potatoes and skinny carrots cooked soft in some unknown herbs (a cache came with the bag of potatoes with no information). After dinner we have sweet grapefruits

Dinner 1905-2140 Stir fried chicken with White button mushrooms with a dash of teriyaki sauce Oven baked French bean with fennel, onions and leek with preserved Chinese olives. Angela: on the subject of rice: two days ago we began to develop this rice-eaters narratives where I asked the three dancers to connect to their gustatory memory about rice. Three different anecdotes related through their own mother tongues are now emerging through the colorful tonality and the specif

Dinner 1827-2004hrs Roasted eggplant, paprika, fennel, potato with Chipolita sausages. Tagliatelle with spicy tomato based sauce. Angela: we had a after rehearsal drinking session with Irene K and dancers in a tiny local bar. It was fun to share and get to know each other in a more relax occasion. Edwin has invited them for a Sat dinner (makes you wonder what Monsieur Ed-Win is planning to whip up?! Hmm....) The sharing of cooking dinner so far has yielded interesting move

19/11/14 - Day out in Bruges! Lunch at La' Dentellière : 1340-1500hrs Mussels in white wine Mussels in beer and cream Fries with mayonnaise Scampi with garlic herbs Cheese croquette Angela: The resort seaport: It was the perfect lunch: mussels cooked in two different wine and beer sauces, French fries w mayonnaise, appetizer of garlic prawns n cheese croquets. And of course draft local Brugges beers. After lunch we strolled over to a serene hermitic compound set up long ago b

18/11/14 Dinner 1810hrs - 2100hrs Green Curry with chicken, potatoes, and leek Stir fried French beans with white button mushrooms Jasmine rice Angela: Who'd have thought an innocent curry meal triggered off the fire alarms three times in a row! Last night's dinner was an exciting culinary display of furious smoke and steam and cracking spices jumping in the pot! We can still smell the pungent spices early this morning lingering in the corridor. What would our landlady say?

17/11/14 Dinner 1700hrs - 2010hrs Baked black pepper chicken with roasted capsicums, paprika, carotts and mushrooms and garlic Blanched celery with sea salt, peppercorn and a dash of teriyaki sauce with Thai Jasmine Rice Angela: funny how the subject of the use of hand-made food came up after dinner. We all lamented how the skillful hands that used to make dumplings and other desserts have lost their memory in our instant culture days. Where have the hands that remember an

16/11/2014 Dinner 1715hrs - 1830hrs Vermicelli with chicken soup Sautéed white button mushrooms and zucchini with Burmese tea leaves Blanched broccoli drizzled with teriyaki sauce Angela: I thought to save the instant behoons for emergency. But supermarket here closed on Sunday and we were totally unprepared for that. So emergency it is and out comes with the instant beehoon packs! Edwin: Oriental cuisine accompanied with sultry jazz music fit for the lounge. How uncomfortab