CoCo's Aglio Olio

This recipe is tried and tested and is currently Cobby's favourite. He claims it's restaurant standard, but the best thing is... it is SO easy to make!


The key is the ingredients so try to get them in the supermarket. Especially the anchovies!



For 2 people, you need:
A handful of spaghetti (about the circumference of a slightly bigger 50cent coin)
3 slices of bacon – cut into small piecesAny type of meat – can prawn or chicken. Or just have it by itself.
3 pieces of anchovies
4 cloves of garlic - chopped (if you are not a garlic fan, you can use less)
1 capsicum – chopped
1 tomato – remove the seeds and chopped
2 small onions – chopped
3 chilli padis – cut into big pieces


1. Add some salt and oil into a pot of water and prepare your ingredients while waiting for it to boil.

2. Put in the spaghetti only when the water boils.

3. Fry the bacon in the pan with some oil. The oil would crisp the bacon faster.

4. When the bacon is just slightly brown, put in all the vegetables and the anchovies.

5. Add a pinch of salt to sweat the onions

6. If you want to add any meat or seafood, now is the time. Stir fry it till it is cooked. The stir fry should be quite moist and oily now.

7. The noodles should be ready now – try eating a strand of the pasta to make sure that it is the right consistency for you. When you are satisfied, drain the noodles and pour it into the pan.

8. Stir fry! Main objective is to coat the pasta with all the ingredients, sauce, oil, everything! Add in another pinch of salt and stir again till it’s incorporated.

9. Always remember to taste your food! If it is bland add more salt. The anchovies and salt should be enough for taste, but generally pasta is very bland and we did not marinate the meat/seafood. So flavour according to your liking.

10. Serve!


Bon Appetite!

Go Halal...

I'm always at a lost when asked to suggest dining places that is Halal-Certified.

So when I saw this article on the Straits Times Classifieds today, I thought it would be good to note down somewhere for easy reference in fututre.

It's a special focus on a few Halal-certified restaurants. I've never been to any of them, so if you have any comments on the below restaurants, do drop me a comment! Thanks


Barbeque Steamboat

Han River Table Barbeque
#04-15
Eastpoint Mall
6789 9555
11.30am – 11.30pm

East Javanese cuisine

Pondok Jawa Timur
#02-66/67
Far East Plaza
6999 8785

The Atrium @ Orchard,
#01-16
60B Orchard Road, (next to Plaza Singapura)
6884 5853
www.pondokjawatimur.com

Indian Muslim Food

Lucky Prata
Lucky Plaza
#01-42/43/44
304 Orchard Road
6235 5223
8.00am – 8.00pm

Japanese

Ramen Ten
Far East Plaza #01-22 - 6238 7983
Jubilee Ang Mo Kio #01-06/07 - 6552 7328
Harbourfront #02-03/04 - 6376 4151
Century Square #01-37 - 6789 7566

Satay

Satay Power
6, 13 & 14
Lau Pat Sat Market,
18 Raffles Quay
Ibrahim – 9746 7841