September 2, 2007: Last month's Tokusen Bentoo (Special Bentoo) turned out unimpressive. The adjective for it is bland. There was the cold udon, sashimi, the beef stew -with no beef cubes or potatoes in it, an uninteresting simmered dish of pumpkin garnished with boiled shrimps, agedashi tofu and unagi don. It's summer - the season for unagi which is believed to be energy-supplying, a property to combat the summer heat which can rise beyond 40 degrees. The record summer temperature in Japan to date is 40. 8 degree Celcius in 1938. My only favorite in the set was agedashi tofu.
I am glad there's a sprinkle of creativity and generosity for this month's bentoo. Meats and veggies are varied- and surely more elaborately prepared.
The hamburg is not exactly my fave because I've made a return to the 'more-veg-less-meat' diet after my platecount has reached the normal; but the mushrooms surrounding it was nevertheless tempting. The colorfully presented hiyayako was the most welcoming and the tastier sashimi and roe this month make the bentoo a treat.
The cubed eggplant enclosed by a beautifully carved wall of skin, picqued with sansho herb, came indeed as a surprise.
A final countdown to those outrageous scones at Raffles Hotel for our four-o'clock tea. It'd probably be the last time for these moist cakes, unless we'd be willing to go by the subway and avoid the maddening traffic downtown in the vicinity of Raffles Hotel.
I suppose it's fair if I say "I am fortunate to be in Singapore because I have the best of many worlds!" Seriously I'd have to watch out or I'll break my bathroom scale soon.
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