Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice

Claypot Rice at Smith Street Hawker Cetnre

Lian He Ben Ji Claypot Rice

Lian He Ben Ji Claypot 联合本记 is located at Smith Street Hawker Centre in Chinatown. It occupies 2 stalls #02-198 and #02-19. It opens from 4:30pm to 10:00pm daily (except Thurs - not verified).

I had ordered a S$20 mixed claypot rice with $3 vegetables. The S$20 pot was meant for 4 persons and it had a mixture of chicken meat, chinese sausages, salted fish and rice seasoned in black soy sauce. The claypot could be ordered for $5, $8, $10, $15, $20 and $25.  The stall had a few stoves to cook the claypot rice and it was quite famous locally.

My view is that the claypot rice is better in taste than the one at Blk 729 Ang Mo Kio Central Hawker Centre. However, it was not the best I have eaten. It could be better if the rice was cooked slightly dryer and more crispier. It was still soft when served. Secondly, the salted fish pieces were better to be cut to smaller pieces. I have eaten more fragrance salted fish. The chef had added MSG as I could feel thirsty after eating it.

The best claypot rice I had eaten was in XinHui, Guangzhou, China. That claypot rice tasted  authentic and reminded me of what I had eaten when I was a young child. The review could be seen here:-

http://e21s.blogspot.sg/2016/07/guangzhou-part-1-food-in-xin-hui.html

Merry Christmas

 

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Fantastic Year Ahead!!

Its the most wonderful time of the Year !!

Goldman Sachs

Sold my Goldman Sachs (GS) equity on 7 Dec 16 (US Date) for US$234.50. This happens when the Dow Jones hits 19,549.

I bought this equity because of Mr Warren Buffett.  He had bought US$5 billion of preferred stocks and said back in 2008: "Goldman Sachs is an exceptional institution. It has an unrivaled global franchise, a proven and deep management team and the intellectual and financial capital to continue its track record of outperformance."

I bought 20 shares of Goldman Sachs on 31 Oct 2008 when the price was US$87.76 and 10 shares on 16 Apr 2010 when the price was US$157.99. When I first bought the equity, Dow Jones was at 9,200. The index has since been through a roller coaster and now has gained more than 10,000 points since 2008.  The profit from GS is one of the best ever from Investment. A reminder that US equity still presents a good opportunity for investment when the price is right.

Mr Buffett had liquidated some of his holding in GS in 2015.

I am still holding Citibank which has been one of my worst ever, other than Creative Technology. The reason why I had brought Citibank equity back in Feb 2008 was that Singapore Temasek Holdings had purchased it, prior to the Great Financial Turmoil of 2008/9. What a great mistake I had made. Still holding it as a loss.

Thanks to Mr Buffett for his wise insight.

Jinhao 163

Jinhao 163

In July 2016, I bought this Jinhao 163 fountain pen in Guangzhou for RMB60 (equivalent to about SGD$12.60). The shop sells mainly roller ball and ball point pens but it has only 1 fountain pen which is the one I bought. It has a medium nib which is suitable for my style of writing.

It is smooth in writing and I can feel the ink flow without much difficult. The pen uses a ink pump system similar to my workhorse pen, the Waterman Expert II Dune.

The body has a rather nice finishes and I hope it doesn't tarnish over time.

I am generally satisfied with the quality in relation to the price paid and this is the third cheapest fountain pen after my Hero 336 and Hero 441 pens.