something old..something new

restaurant one six b has lately been in a little of an experimental mode....pak law's been getting inspiration from programs off the asian food channel as well as off the cze char stalls around the bedok house....resulting in a new pasta dish with a nice chinese twist.

before i dive into wowing about the dish, i have to set the record straight that whilst the idea stemmed from pak law, the man on the ground behind the pasta was sous and pasta chef ben. pak law was inspired by the salted egg crabs that we had at a nearby corner cze char joint and thought it would be a good idea to try the sauce with pasta. after only one experiment, ben managed to get the sauce quite authentic yet managing to get it to sync harmoniously with the pasta. not overly creamy but still maintaining the hint of the traditional salted egg, the dish (done al dente of course) had flavours of heh bee, salted egg, a dash of chilli and slight bitterness of the rocket. switching to fettucine and adding a bit more garlic, the pasta was served up last weekend and was very well received by the regulars of one six b! on top of that all, pak law roasted up an outstanding piece of pork belly and pork meat....crispy crackling and all!

with auntie ta going to the usa for a full month, she decided to spoil us all (and clear her fridge at the same time!*grin*) with two awesome desserts.. a creme brulee, which was a new thing auntie was trying, and my all time favourite, crumble! this girl is not exactly a big fan of brulee, finding it a tad to rich and sometime overly custardy...but auntie ta's version was light with a hint of vanilla and had the smoothest consistency. topped with the burnt sugar top, i immediately told her that her brulee was as good as that i had at kudeta bali! pity g was still away...if not, i'm sure he'd be quite blown away!

the crumble this time had a nice variation...auntie ta put together dried fruit this time and easily half a bottle of chardonnay into her crumble, resulting in a fruitcake like filling under the awesome crumble. really nice alternative to the usual apple or berry type crumbles and really put me in the mood for the coming holidays! she made so much that we had left overs after dinner..but it was all good. i polished off the rest the next evening for dessert and the following day at lunch! yum!