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Skriven 2009-03-17 07:32:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Carol Shenkenberger
Ärende: TRIP 150  90317
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 -=> Quoting Carol Shenkenberger to Glen Jamieson <=-

    
 >  CS> Ah, Raffles.  Nice place ;-)  Stayed there a few times.
 > 
 > You actually _stayed_ there?!  Wow!  I have seen the place a few times,
 > but could never afford to even buy drinks there, even supposing I was
 > allowed in to gawp at the likes of MLoo and his well-heeled friends.

 CS> Hehehe Yes, though only once at the true original one with the long
 CS> bar. The other times, across the street at the newer 'raffles' which is
 CS> less pricey. 
 CS> On a ship at sea it's almost impossible to spend anything, so my 'fun
 CS> money' would pile up and when we hit a port, I would enjoy it with
 CS> things I normally could never afford.

Yes, of course.  Sailors on shore leave are always welcome in many of
the establishments which exist to cater for their entertainment.  (G)
I did an survey of some of those places in Mitchell St, Darwin, 3 weeks
ago, assisted by the other Carol.  Kitty O'Shea's was too smoky for us,
but the gin and tonics in the Monsoon bar were judged the best.
 
 > After traipsing around that ever-changing city I always retired back to
 > my cheap Southeast Asia hotel in the Bugis area.  Even that has gone up
 > in price; last time it had gone up to Sing$100 (say, US$50) a night for
 > the two of us, but it now includes a buffet breakfast.

 CS> I've done the cheap too, but not as often.  A lady alone is a bit
 CS> wiser to upscale the accomodations for safety reasons as you might
 CS> guess.  If I had lots of buddies in the same place, I didnt worry too
 CS> much about it though. 

Singapore is one of the safest cities I have visited, even at the level
that I usually live at.  Some other places, like Manila or Los Angeles,
down-scaling would not be recommended for a lady travelling alone.

 > For our $3 tickets we were given a conducted tour of the place.  It
 > even had a complete kitchen set up in Chinese Nonya style.

 CS> Whaaa!  I wanna go back and see that!

When your feet get too itchy to allow you to stay at home any longer,
Singapore would be a good place to return to, with family.  All you
need is time and money.  (Ha!)

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Singapore Chilli Crab
 Categories: Mains, Seafoods, Singaporean, Asia-se, Charmaine
      Yield: 3 servings
 
      2 md Crabs
    125 ml Peanut oil
      2 ts Finely grated ginger
      1 ts Finely chopped garlic
      3    Red chillies; seed/chop
      3 tb Tomato ketchup
      3 tb Hot chilli sauce
      1 tb Sugar
      1 tb Light soy sauce
      1 ts Salt
 
  Scrub away any mossy patches on the crabs, Remove hard top shell,
  stomach bag and fibrous tissue. Chop each crab in 2 or 4, depending
  on size.
  
  Heat a wok and add oil. When hot fry the crab pieces until they change
  colour, turning them so they cook on all sides. Remove to a plate.
  Turn heat low and fry the ginger, garlic and chillies, stirring
  constantly, until they are soft and smell fragrant bu do not let them
  brown. Add the tomato ketchup, chilli sauce, sugar, soy sauce and
  salt. Bring to the boil, then return crabs to the wok and simmer in
  the sauce for 3 minutes. If sauce reduces too much add a very little
  water. Serve with rice.
  
  From: CHARMAINE SOLOMON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASIAN FOOD By: CHARMAINE
  SOLOMON, with NINA SOLOMON IBSN 0 85561 688 1 Scanned/Edited by:
  KEVIN JCJD SYMONS, MARCH 2005
 
MMMMM
 

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