www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Recently, I went back to Benkei Japanese Cuisine for the Japanese food. Mr. Richard Neo greeted me when he saw me. I asked how his business has been since we last met. He said business is good and he shared there were more people coming after I wrote an article and published it on my blog.  Here is the link: http://gforce-guru.blogspot.sg/2012/08/benkei-japanese-cuisine-oishi.html Many who has followed my blog or those who spoke to me more often knew of my frequent lamentation on the quality of food when you eat out these days. Almost every food court sells the same food. It has been too commercial and higher rents and costs means more expensive food. In the old days, each hawker made their own ingredients and even sweat the small stuffs like shallots. Today everything from the "chee cheong fun", shallots, chilli, etc. are from factories. For expediency, they cook and prepare the food in advance and heat them up when you order. This is a crime for the food police. I ...

Do you experience this problem sometimes? It is meal time, you go to a food place, walk around and you just don't know what to eat. The food are very much the same despite the variety. In part, it is due to commercialisation of simple hawker food fare to the quality and standard of taste. At times, I asked if we are running out of ideas. So in a dilemma, it is better the devil you know then the devil you don't. It was my mum who introduced and made me French toast. Bread soaked in egg then fried = French toast. You can add cinnamon, spread it with maple syrup, brown sugar or kaya. My wife helps me with it these days. The other day, a boy was asking the auntie at the coffee shop why his French toast has no kaya. The auntie replied: "Aiyoh! Ah boy, don't you know? We are saving Gaia!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jt6TJomo8g Walking around on a hot and humid day gives us a dress rehearsal of the fury of hell. You can hallucinate about being in the N...