Wholesome, nutty and would go with just about anything on the menu.

The marriage of fresh pineapple and Waugh's curry powder result in this very flavorful dish. It's been a while since I had mom's pineapple rice, and I have Queen E to thank (with her Tom Yum soup mix begging to be used) for inspiring its reappearance at the dinner table.

The best kind of rice to enjoy with Sichuan-style dishes.

Sticky rice always, when available.

My rice arrived in a dunce cap!

They only serve riceberry here.

Nice foil to the incredible heat to come.

A most delicious rice dish. Smelled nutty and buttery in the way certain butter cookies smell. I’ll wager that there was ghee in this.

Perfectly steamed for what’s to come!

There was only enough rice for 2 servings at the restaurant.

Not watered down, not dry and crusty. Every grain seemed cooked to perfection. I ate it all.

It's not often I get to have brown rice here, so this was a nice surprise of an option.

I think this was from stall #22 (Uncle Louis Famous something or other)? Serving was tiny but tasty.

To pair with the beef rendang. It’s a simple dish by the looks of it since it’s essentially cooked rice tossed with a medley of fragrant herbs, dried shrimp and salted fish. And maybe the only cooking involved points to the steaming of rice and dry-frying the dried sea creatures? But when you get down to the actual preparation involved…well, that’s a whole other ball game. #driedshrimp #udangkering #saltedfish #kiamhee #lemongrass #serai #kaffirlimeleaves #daunlimaupurut #turmericleaves #daunkunyit #laksaleaves #daunkesom #thaibasil #torchginger #friedshallots #shallotoil #nasiulam

Very fragrant and tasty.

Throwback to the smoky, crusty claypot rice at Alexandra Food Center.

To show that there were things other than the rice.

Cumin rice

First time making Persian Jeweled Rice (and there wasn’t even a wedding!). Substituted barberries for cranberries, and for that reason alone, it might not pass muster for authentic Iranian cuisine. Anyway, highlights of this dish include the golden, glistening, crusty layer of rice at the bottom (in fact, the best part, and thanks to being laced with butter), the spiciness of the rice derived from cinnamon, cardamon, cumin, allspice, the natural sweetness of gem-colored fruit from cranberries, golden raisins and apricots, and nuttiness from toasted almonds and pistachios. 

Something special about rice served in a basket.

Restaurant-style Mexican Rice. A quick fry and bake for the burritos.

Got rid of all the saffron and a bag of basmati rice languishing in the pantry.

Pad kra pao but make it chicken and not minced.

Rice with 3 choices of curry: fish, chicken or dhal with 3 types of vegetables: rasam, papadam, pickle with moor molaga. Got mine drenched in dhal and fish curry.

Turmeric sticky rice to go with the chicken curry.

Tastes like nostalgia.

My first time trying this dish. It reminds me of a giant tamale except instead of masa it’s rice steamed in what I believe to be spiced coconut milk and there’s a gigantic chicken drumstick wrapped inside the rice which is in turn enveloped by the banana leaf. I like every element of this dish except the curry which I’m less a fan of.

My first time eating Nasi Saur. Accompanied by the flavorful sides of the megibung, it felt more or less like eating regular white rice (Nasi Putih).