Aglio Olio topped with eggs

I guess what makes creating a home made pasta so appealing is that you can always add in ingredients that make you happy. Now I'm not too sure if anybody has had eggs together with their pasta before but I like mine this way at times.

I made my usual olive oil base aglio olio spaghetti cooked with sliced onions & minced garlic bits, sliced sausages/bacon & mixed it all up with my Italian herbs seasoning, but topped it all up with some chopped hard boiled eggs with a dash of ground pepper.

What you end up with is a fiery concoction of fragrant spices balanced by the calmness of the hard boiled eggs. Is it interesting enough for you to try it in your home? :)

Mayo's Wasabi Flakes Aglio Olio Pasta

I am a huge fan of aglio olio pasta but most times I feel that I need an extra dimension of spiciness to the dish. Along with chopped red dried chilli, I have also mixed in a generous amount of wasabi flakes & chopped garlic topped off with olive oil. Add in some sliced bacon & diced mushrooms & voila, a healthy meal with added bite!

For the side dish, I gathered some assorted vegetables like broccoli, mushrooms, garlic & red chilli & stir fried them together with some oyster sauce as it's gravy. Must not neglect your greens!

Mayo's ramen & pasta

What you see before you is a box of instant handmade ramen that I had bought from the ramen museum in Japan. Unlike most instant noodles where you can keep it for several months, this had to be consumed within 3 weeks from it's manufactured date. Thumbs up to quality control from the Japanese.

This is the exact same noodles that I had ordered when I was at their ramen stall/shop.

Instructions for a perfect authentic Japanese ramen noodle soup.

This was the brochure that I had taken from the ramen museum. It features all the different ramen stalls within the museum serving the best & famous shops from all over Japan.

This is my version of the delicious char siew ramen that I ate. Instead of the char siew (sliced pork), I used bacon slices which I pan seared to a light crispy texture with the meat well done. Top the dish off with some fried chopped garlic & chives & a serving of soft boiled egg cut in half.

I also made another dish of scallop pasta with sliced sausages mixed with wasabi flakes. With a seemingly European dish, the taste took a Asian twist when the wasabi hits you & leave you teary eyed. Food awakening is what I call it. :) Try it at home yourself & you'll fall in love with it.

Mayo's brunch #5

This time round, I didn't feel like having a full meal for my lunch today but I also wanted to sample lots of small dishes that I have not made for some time. The result is a plateful of bite size side dishes with spicy wasabi aglio olio pasta for the main staple. Enjoy. :)




Clockwise from the top: Lightly toasted wasabi mayo filling Butter bread, assorted vegetables - peas/corn/carrots/butter, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, wasabi flakes pasta, chicken nuggets, wasabi mayonnaise (center)

Spicy wasabi Aglio Olio Pasta

Wasabi flakes from Japan

Mayo's aglio olio

Felt like having some Italian food today so I grabbed whatever I could from my humble fridge & set about whipping up my own concoction of Bacon Aglio Olio Mayo style. Instead of the usual sauce based pasta, I made mine slightly different adding just a dash of olive oil & a handful of mozarella cheese & herbs/spices. The end product was a rather dry & crispy texture but nonetheless tasty.

Organic Cafe Xperience

Decided to eat a little healthier today with my friends. We visited this organic cafe and to our surprise, the menu had local laksa, Hainanese chicken rice etc! In the end, we ordered something different (see pix below) which tasted rather delicious :)

238 Thomson Road #01-53 Velocity @ Novena Square. Operating Hours: daily 11am-9.30pm

My aloe vera drink

clockwise from top left: seafood pasta in tomato sauce, grilled chicken with wheat noodles, seafood aglio olio and codfish with brown rice.
PS: we also ordered a side order of buffalo wings which was much smaller in size than regular non-organic buffalo wings