Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, NEW YORK on January 13th, 2008 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 13 Jan 2007:
Sunday Times 13 Jan 2007
Henry and The Keropok of Death
by Colin Goh
Those of you who are pantang about the Year of the Rat might want to skip this column.
New York City is famous for its rats. According to some statistics, there are between 6 […]
Posted in Colin's Blog, FOOD, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on January 6th, 2008 1 Comment »
So enough of you have messaged me about my Facebook status update concerning my attempt at making durian pengat, which effectively derailed my New Year’s resolution to lose weight. So here’s a photo:
I’m not sure why I’m on a nyonya dessert-making binge at the moment… two weeks ago, I made tau suan, and I’m now […]
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 Colin's Blog, FOOD, Singapore Dreaming, SINGAPORE, TRAVEL, JAPAN on November 18th, 2007 No Comments »
The following was published in the Sunday Times on 18 November 2007:
Sunday Times 18 November 2007
Maid in Japan
by Colin Goh
“A what café?” I said to my friend Ichi-san while visiting Tokyo three weeks ago. (‘Ichi’ is not his real name. To avoid potential embarrassment, I’ve had to fudge certain bits to protect the identities of […]
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 FILM, Colin's Blog, FOOD, Singapore Dreaming, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE on May 6th, 2007 No Comments »
The following piece was published in the 6 May 2007 edition of the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times 6 May 2007
Home (Away from Home)
by Colin Goh
It was one of those ‘buy 4D’ moments when my editor emailed to say that my column should follow this week’s ‘New Immigrant’ theme.
Because coincidentally, the Wife and I had a new […]
Posted in FOOD, NEW YORK on March 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
So I’ve been seeing red velvet cakes everywhere recently, but resisted picking one up because, oh, I’m told I need to resist anything I might possibly enjoy.
But after reading the recent New York Times story on it, I knew I had to try some, especially when I’m living near one of America’s top red velvet […]
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, NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, FAMILY on February 10th, 2007 No Comments »
The following piece was published in the Sunday Times on 11 February 2007. Thanks to all my friends who contributed their comfort foods. The title is a play on Ruth Reichl’s “Comfort Me With Apples”. Apples? Gimme a burger anytime!
Sunday Times 11 February 2007
Comfort Me with Burgers
by Colin Goh
Next Sunday will mark […]
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