My Top Foods to Eat Post-Partum

With my glucose levels hitting new highs, I've had to really be careful about what I'm eating during pregnancy. Here's my list of top (tried to limit it to 10, but impossible) foods (in no particular order) I will waste no time getting hubby to da bao to the hospital after Baby arrives. (Useful for those who will be visiting me during confinement as well... :-) )

1. Chicken rice with lots of chilli and dark soya sauce (the chicken fat soaked rice amd dark soya sauce is very very bad for the blood glucose levels). Maybe I'll send DH down to Tian Tian Chicken Rice. But Wee Nam Kee on Novena Road will be more than good enough for me. Actually, in my deprived state, I'll probably be happy with the chicken rice from the hospital cafeteria...

2. Fried carrot cake, black AND white (again...carbs and dark soya sauce are very bad). My favourite stall near my old place in Yishun has closed down, but Heng Carrot Cake at no. 28 Newton Hawker Centre is not bad, and near my home too.

3. Chili crab with fried mantou from anywhere, really, but probably Jumbo Seafood.

4. Kaya Toast with half-boiled eggs (and dark soya sauce!) and teh-c siew dai. From Ya Kun, of course!

5. Laksa! From any stall that calls itself Katong Laksa!

6. Fried Seafood or Beef Hor Fun from any good tze char stall. Lotsa green chillies please!

7. Bak Chor Mee Pok Tah lotsa chilli. I hear the Teochew Street Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle in Chinatown is really good, but I'm not sure about the wisdom of queuing more than 20 mins for food... Anyway, I'm such a mee pok slut that any stall will do...

8. Dry Prawn Noodles wih pork ribs and lotsa chilli, from Noo Cheng Prawn Noodles at Adam Road Hawker Centre. Super shiok!

9. & 10. Chendol and Pulot Hitam. From Ivin's. Actually, anything from Ivin's - ayam buah keluak, udang masak nanas, opor ayam, babi pongteh, beef rendang, sambal kangkong, nonya kuih-kuih... I miss my Peranakan food.

11. Roti Prata from Thasevi's at Jalan Kayu.

12. Mee Goreng from Thohirah's at Jalan Kayu.

13. Nasi Lemak from Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak at Adam Road Hawker Centre.

14. Chocolate dessert - any kind! Best if made by yours truly from one of Nigella's books. But with a newborn, I don't think I'll have time to muck around in the kitchen for awhile...

15. Durian. The King of Fruits is so loaded with sugars that I am only allowed 1 seed a day! So why bother. But believe you me, once I deliver, I will be sending hubby straight to Combat Durian along Balestier Road to buy me some durians.


All I can say is, thank goodness for breastfeeding, which will allow me to indulge a little without worrying about my weight!