Cavalock and The Weeklong Dinner Dash

We dined out three times this week! From healthy dishes at Muji to artery-clogging BBQ beef at our fav Japanese yakiniku joint Wa Don-Don over at Duxton Hill. I guess seeing what everyone has just gone through with the semi-Lockdown, we aren't the only couple on the island to go a little overboard with the whole dining-out thing this week. No apologies for pigging out!

Now we got this generous gift from the Baker-at-Home's Japanese friend in Tokyo last month, it's a box of instant traditional Japanese soup by Kagafu Fumuro-Ya. But the cool thing is it comes in a wafer cube that you crack open before pouring the hot water, and releasing all colourful ingredients and flavour. We like the Miso and Dashi flavours. It's things like these that really make us miss our trips to Japan. 

 

Cavalock and The Lockdown Takeout Tryouts

Like most folks, I been hitting Golden Mile and Amoy food centres in the afternoon to pack lunch back for the Baker-at-Home but once-in-a-while we break the fine china out for some delivery dinners. We really enjoyed our first visit to Miznon couple months back so we figured why out again. Got the really juicy Abu Kebab, great if you like lamb and beef. A little pricy at $24 but definitely worth every bite. Pity they don't have their popular artichoke on their delivery menu.

We were also extremely fortunate to savour dinners from Mustard Seed on not one but two occasions. The dinner on the right column was what we had at the end of May. Really liked the squid kerabu that's tossed with lime, belachan and fresh calamansi juice. The second dinner on the left column was last weekend and its bento box presentation reminded the Baker-at-Home of airline food. Hah! Not bad overall but I kinda preferred the first dinner. 

I told myself I was gonna learn a new solo boardgame Rurik during this current lockdown but I just never got to it. It's an area control war game based on the Rurik dynasty back around AD 850 in Eastern Europe. Played the multiplayer game with my friends sometime back, really liked it but wanted to learn the solo rules cos you know, ...er... lockdown. Didn't get to it cos I bought this! Kragnos, the latest giant miniature from Warhammer: Age of Sigmar! Right now I'm still painting him and hope to be done once dining out is allowed.

Cavalock and Olive Oyl Oil Overdue

Fingers crossed, still another week to go for our mini-lockdown. I gotta admit, I haven't been as productive as I was during the last major lockdown bout a year ago. No more gym and no home workouts either. I did managed to get some painting done and the two visitors per home rule meant I got to play some tabletop games with the guys. 

But the Baker-at-Home was certainly busy in the kitchen. From top to bottom, she made some Takikomi Gohan with Kinmedai, that was amazing. Some homemade Japanese red bean paste, no preservatives and not as sweet as the ones you find in the stores. And that there beef don is still one of the best I have ever had. Well, we did our fair share of takeaway meals too and me trekking to army market hawker centre was an almost daily lunchtime affair.

Was at the usual Japanese grocery stores couple weeks ago and spotted these interesting items. New Japanese beer and ... wait for it... Olive Oyl's Olive Oil! I can't believe it took them that long come up with this! Popeye's girlfriend was created more than 100 years ago in 1919 and NOW then someone in Japan decided to make olive oil out of it?!?