Otah sandwich bento

Sis had a craving for the otah from this particular store in Joo Chiat Road. It's my favourite by far. There is the right amount of fish and spice and never fails to leave my tummy burning after consuming 2 pieces. It just has that oomph which I have failed to find in other otahs. The other reason I love this store is that they produce a non-spicy version similar to what we enjoy minus the chilli. It costs 10cents more than the $1 for the normal mackerel ones we like. Experience with most otah stalls is that the non-spicy version is almost always made with fishcakes, thus the princess likes this, although she likes the fishcake ones just as much.

As we were rushing to catch a movie, I decided to make otah sandwiches for everyone, and also as a surprise for sis. :D

Pretty sandwich bento boxes.

Address:

Nam San Fresh Mackerel Otah
267 Joo Chiat Road

Lunch - 7.4.09

There is no significance to the date above. It's just that I have no inspiration to think of a title and that's how I came up with that. :) Had planned to go to PP for a nice, steaming hot, bowl of ban mian. Unfortunately, dear princess wasn't in the mood to go out. Thought it'd be nice to eat out since hubby is working from home today. But on the other hand, thank goodness we didn't, as a thunderstorm arrived soon after I came back from market with the fishball noodles.

Seeing that the menu for today is only ham bun, I decided to feed princess well before she left for school. Bought her bee tai mak which she likes, and added some dried seaweed to the soup. Also got two little pieces of fried fish wanton as a side dish. Yesterday's menu mentioned that they were having nasi lemak, but when she came home, she said they were only given brownie & fruits. :(

For hubby's lunch, I made him a sandwich with the panini bread given by AG. I still have 2 pieces in the fridge to finish up. Didn't realize how big they were, so, greedy me had asked for 6 pieces, but thank goodness they only packed 4. :P

For the filling, I boiled some prawns which I then sliced into half, and together with a boiled egg, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo, I made up the sandwich. In the background are slices of Chinese pear to complete the meal.

Sandwich

This very desperate and lazy person looked in the fridge and came up with this concoction for breakfast. It, being a rather wet (stormy in the early hours) morning, I wanted something hot for breakfast, not cold milk and cereal. With one last slice of bread and a bread end, decided to fry an omelette and sandwiched it with some leftover hae bee hiam, and voila, breakfast! Mmm.. satisfaction. :P

Mango Chicken in Tortilla Wrap

I did it, Daphne. Made it for lunch today. Bought a small bbq chicken from Cold Storage last evening, and shredded it. Am boiling the bones now for stock. Unfortunately, little one didn't like it, even though hubby and I enjoyed it very much. She says it's because it's got mayonnaise in it... Huh? But she eats mayonnaise! Maybe she is a purist. Mango doesn't = mayo? Hehe. So, daddy had her portion. It was lovely, and the mango I had today wasn't super sweet. Was slightly sour. So it balanced the richness from the mayo. I also shredded some carrots and added a stalk of mizuna cos simply lazy to make a salad. A simple, delicious lunch. Thanks for the idea. :)