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Victoria Street Wholesale Centre

Good dishes start with good ingredients, and for dried goods and basics like onions and garlic, I like to get mine from the wholesale centre.

Spoons

Pretty spoons, from Takashimaya.

SWEETcorn

Had this corn for lunch today. It is extremely sweet and tender. Imported from Japan and available at Isetan supermarket, it is also hideously expensive (~S$5 per pc, ouch!). You would not want to use it in a chicken and sweetcorn soup. I zapped it in the microwave for 2 minutes and it was ready to eat.

Oranges

Learnt something new from my colleagues: To select sweet oranges, look at the indentation at the bottom. The bigger it is, the sweeter the fruit.

Reminds me of something similar. When choosing bittergourd, I always look for the ones with shallow grooves, as they tend to be less bitter.

Rose Apple

Just finished a Rose Apple. Isetan was selling them 4 to a pack.

It is a brilliant red colour, and longer than the more common pink and green jambu. Very sweet, juicy with mimimal hard fibre.