You are truly a one man global warming surge... a capital job, sir! :-D
Have you ever been to WA Michael? You should try some blue manna crab from the estuaries around Perth and the South West. They are absolutely deluxe stir fried in a chilli sauce Singapore style.
Damn, I haven't been crabbing for ages.
Kudos to TWG for showing you a fine time. Sounds cheap too. If I ever go to the land of Oz then I suspect a lay-over in Singapore might just be in order.
If I'd known Michael already had crab for lunch, I'd have treated him to some other kind of dinner! :P
Buddha Jumps Over The Wall, perhaps, or even Shark's Fin soup!
TWG
Well if this glorious weather we have been having in the last week is down to you Michael,
profuse thanks!
There has been a bit of this "Meeting up" of the commentariat lately. Paul Marks, my wife and I walked the dog on Porthcawl beach last Sunday. Plenty of crabs in evidence, but nobody cooking them alas.
I've had shark fin soup Wobbly, but Buddha jumps over the wall sounds interesting. What is that?
I definitly need new glasses. I misread the title of this post as:
"A bloated but sincere thank you"
Buddha Jumos Over the Wall, or in hanyu pinyin, Fo Tiao Qiang, is a traditional chinese restaurant dish prepared with many herbs, and very, very tasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha_jumps_over_the_wall(Link)
It's actually quite common in chinese restaurants nowadays. I'm pretty sure England has restaurants serving this.
Thanks Wobbly.
Next time I'm in my local chinese, Taos, down the hill,
I will ask for it.
Bah! Singaporean food is for pikers! Expensive, some more small portions, some more copy all the recipes from their neighbours. ;)
Now, if you were to come down to Malaysia, I could show you all a really good time. Steamboat buffet dinner time at RM20. Which is ridiculously cheap. Korean BBQ dinnertime at RM42. Japanese buffet at RM55-60. Bearing in mind that 1 SGD ~ 2.4 MYR (thereabouts).
Global Warming? Hah! try Weapons of Mass Destruction! (if you can survive the massive quantities of food without letting go of some chemical warfare, then I'll treat you lot to durians - they should really be called devilfruit, and possession is illegal in most hotel establishments)
But yeah, crabs. A shout out to TWG, my neighbour from the Fine City (possession with intent to distribute chewing-gum, SGD500). Next time, treat him to Kam Heong (otherwise make sure your chilli crabs come with the buns) and some Tiger. Or Singha .
Gregory: I actually did go to Malaysia (Penang) as well. Certainly the food is wonderful there as well, and it is indeed cheaper than Singapore. Singapore is hardly expensive by London standards though.
And as for the other stuff, I think I do more or less get the point.
Michael, I had never heard of Durians before now either.
Given that there is no fine penalty on your picture,
what happens?
If caught in possession,do they take you to a piece of waste ground and explode you like unaccompanied luggage?
Nah, they just take the durians away from you. I suspect whoever removes the durians (hoteliers, train station staff etc) would take it to a corner...
And proceed to quickly destroy the evidence by dumping it through their mouths. :P
Seriously, durians are incredibly good, but they also leave a stench that many people cannot bear, which is why they're banned from any air-conditioned areas. The only way they can be present is if they are tightly wrapped to prevent the aromas from leaking out.
TWG
TWG: I was very happy to have crab twice in the same day, as I don't get the opportunity very often. Britain is not known for its seafood, alas. One sometimes does get good prawns and scallops on the Dorset/Devon/Cornwall coast, but I haven't had crab there.
Now, then, let us not obscure certain facts about the King of Fruits (Durian, Satan's choice - if this was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, I suspect we would all still be there in Eden).
1. The durian is so-called because it is covered with spikes (duri, in vernacular). And these are no pretend-spikes, oh no, these spikes can be used as caltrops. And they are very large fruit. Very large. The size of your head, and maybe more.
2. The durian tree grows some 10-20 metres tall (maybe more), and the fruit grows right at the top. If you happen to be underneath when it falls, it will brain you. Literally.
3. The pong from the durian is indescribable, and can only be compared negatively to hydrogen sulfide. We won't need to waterboard anybody; just put them in a room filled with opened but uneaten, ripe durian.
4. Of course, durian is an acquired taste. The flesh is very meaty (and by meaty I mean it's like eating a chunk of steak), and once you're hooked, you won't stop at one. You know the torture method listed above? It won't matter when the victim likes durian or not. However, I have not yet acquired the taste. ;)
Now, don't let me dissuade you from eating it. But it is a fact that some guests from Oxford (St Epps) at my church went out to buy this notorious fruit. 10 minutes later they were at my house, faces green, begging my Dad to take it off their hands. Funniest thing ever.
Mr Jennings: which I find really interesting. Because I would have thought that being an island, you could get your seafood needs just like that.
I really should be working. :)