Posted in FOOD, CHINA, NEW YORK on December 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 30th Dec 2007:
Sunday Times 30 Dec 2007
A Kung Fu Casino Christmas
by Colin Goh
So the Wife came home last week from her Shaolin class, and asked if we could host a Christmas party for the monks.
“They’re very poor thing, lah,” she explained. “They’re so young, new to […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA, SINGAPORE, BRITAIN on December 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 2 December 2007:
Sunday Times 2 Dec 2007
Betrayed by my darling Maling
by Colin Goh
It now seems like every week, some made-in-China product is being recalled or banned for reasons of toxicity or unsafe manufacture. So far it hadn’t really affected me: dog food, Thomas the Tank Engine […]
Posted in FILM, Colin's Blog, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK on October 20th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published by the Sunday Times on 21 October 2007:
Sunday Times 21 Oct 2007
A Tale of Twisted Tongues in Taiwan
by Colin Goh
The Wife and I are in Taipei, where tonight, our film, Singapore Dreaming, will be having its Taiwanese premiere at the Women Make Waves Film Festival, ahead of a commercial theatrical release […]
Posted in FOOD, CHINA, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on July 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 29 July 2007:
Sunday Times 29 July 2007
Aliens amongst the Asians
by Colin Goh
Two weeks ago, the Wife and I moved from Brooklyn to Flushing, in New York City’s borough of Queens.
Flushing is perhaps best known to the rest of the world as the site of the US […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on March 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
So Ong Sor Fern, the redoubtable arts and movie reviewer of the Straits Times (who thought Curse of the Golden Flower and the Banquet were good movies - oh well, I guess everyone’s entitled to his or her own opinion), emails me with a bunch of questions for a April 1st piece she’s doing on […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA, SINGAPORE, FAMILY on March 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
Just some snaps from this year’s Chinese New Year makan!
On the first day, we had a small cookout at our place in Brooklyn with some old friends and some new ones. In honour of the Year of the Pig, the menu was a Trio of Ter: tau yew bak (belly pork, eggs and soya bean […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s a tip for you Singaporeans looking for some new F&B fad to import into Singapore.
Two years ago, Yen and I, accompanied by our good buddies Eddie and George, trekked up to Corona in Queens to experience Pollo Campero, the Guatemalan Fried Chicken chain that had all of New York in a frenzy, especially […]
Posted in FILM, WRITING, Colin's Blog, Yen Yen's blog, FOOD, CHINA, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 4th, 2007 3 Comments »
Happy New Year, everyone!
A view of the Times Square New Year fireworks from our friends Chris and Julie’s roof. Silhouetted against the fireworks is 55 Central Park West, aka ‘Spook Central’ in the Ghostbusters movie.
Slightly belated greetings to our far-flung friends and family: we know it’s a tad impersonal to have directed you to […]
Posted in FILM, Colin's Blog, CHINA, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on December 16th, 2006 No Comments »
The following essay was published in the 17th December 2006 edition of the Sunday Times. We’re looking for advice on whether to move to Beijing, so please feel free to post your thoughts! More on that in a future post :
Sunday Times 17 December 2006
Trying to Fathom the Fatherland
by Colin Goh
“So how?” asked […]
Posted in WRITING, Colin's Blog, FOOD, CHINA on December 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
The Chinese sure like their lamb! Here we are at our umpteenth lamb hotpot during our visit. And American portions have nothing on Chinese portions!
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 2 December 2006:
Sunday Times 2 Dec 2006
Whining about Dining in Beijing
by Colin Goh
The Wife and I are still in […]
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