Cuts and Slices: Recent Episodes
Cuts & Slices
Cuts & Slices is a podcast about food, culinary culture and life, through the lens of two friends Russell Koh and Ryan Sia.
Ryan and Russell discuss pizza (the slices part of Cuts and Slices), from thin crust to the different pizza places that sell them. Later, they discuss McDonald's shaker fries, and the different flavours and iterations they took on over the years.
Links and Show Notes:
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Canadian Pizza ad - Link
Club Penguin Pizzatron 3000 - Link
Pizza Express - Link
La Scala Ristorante - Link
why NYC's $1 pizza tastes so good by Answer in Progress - Link
Chicago Deep Dish - Link
Honey Butter Shaker Fries - Link
PIzza Hut's Bubble Tea Pizza - Link
Uncle Roger MSG Compilation - Link
Nasi Lemak Burger - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss eggs and the different ways of having them (fried, scrambled, among others). Later, they discuss table manners and each of their views regarding them, and how they feel about infringements of these conventions.
Links and Show Notes:
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Egg slicer - Link
American vs English vs French Scrambled Eggs - Link
Poached eggs - Link
Century eggs - Link
Spiritfarer (Steam) - Link (p.s. 80% off until 11 May!)
Elbows on the table - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss Western food stall staple and all-around safest dish to order at a seafood chain restaurant -- fish and chips. Along with some adventures and misadventures involving the much-beloved dish. Later, they discuss pasta in all its kinds: spaghetti, gnocchi, lasagna and more.
Links and Show Notes:
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Seven prata kosong - Link
Lad & Dad - Link
Specific heat capacity of vegetable oil - Link
The English House by Marco Pierre White - Link
Manhattan Fish Market 🫡 - Link
Big Fish Small Fish - Link
Super Dario Lasagne - Link
hahaha lol - Link
Filipino Spaghetti - Link
Spaghetti Alle Vongole (Clams) - Link
Frutti Di Mare (Fruit of the Sea, seafood) - Link
Pete's Place (closed for renovation) - Link
Supply and Demand - Link
Tipo Gnocchi - Link
Garibaldi (WARNING: $$$$) - Link
Ossobuco - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss fried chicken it all its forms -- from fast food to Korean fried chicken and even tenders. Later, they rank fruits based on how enjoyable it is to eat them.
Links and Show Notes:
Chic-A-Boo - Link
Raising Cane's - Link
Korean Fried Chicken (Chikin) - Link
Drums vs Flats - Link
Mark Rober - Skin a Watermelon Party Trick - Link
Fruit tier list - Coming soon
Ryan and Russell discuss most things Lunar New Year food-related, from the small bites and goodies to steamboat and yusheng. Later, they discuss spicy food and their experiences with it.
Links and Show Notes:
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Pineapple Tarts - Link
Love Letters - Link
Prawn Rolls - Link
Kuih Bangkit - Link
Kuih Bahulu - Link
Fishball Crackers - Link
Steamboat / Hotpot - Link
Bakkwa shops (that somehow stay open year-round) - Link
Yusheng and Lo hei - Link
"Huat" to say during Lo hei - Link
McSpicy - Link
Spicy Samyang Noodles - Link
Ng Kuan Chilli Pan Mee - Link
Humans are, in fact, not the only species that seek out spicy food for fun - Link
Spicy food around the world - Link
Ed Currie - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss the food they ate while on vacation in December.
Links and Show Notes:
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American Food Court - Link
Singaporean Food Court - Link
Things that go into a Chipotle meal - Link
(Note: The red and green stuff Ryan referred to are different colours of salsa)
Chick-fil-A menu, including the Chicken Sandwich Ryan had - Link
The Habit Burger Grill - Link
Raising Cane's menu, including the Box Combo Ryan had - Link
Seolleongtang - Link
Jollibee Palabok - Link
Udon Shin, Shinjuku - Link
Tsukemen - Link
Kyouya in Takayama, featuring Hida Beef - Link
Mizuno in Dotombori - Link
Sparrow Skewer (Mildly Graphic) - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss condiments and sauces like wasabi, McDonald's curry sauce, and more. Later, they discuss spicy food, their various experiences with this tantalising type of food, and the culture and media surrounding it.
Links and Show Notes:
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2AM Dessert Bar - Link
Cooking with Jack – Mayonnaise & Baked Beans Salad - Link
Death Nut Challenge - Link
Shaq eats a spicy potato chip - Link
Shaq – Hot Ones - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss breakfast (and a little bit of dinner) and breakfast foods, as well as buffets, strategies on how to tackle them, and how buffets had to adapt and evolve during the pandemic.
Links and Show Notes:
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KWOOWK rates the Dutch Breakfast - Link
KWOOWK rates the Dutch Breakfast again - Link
Traditional Japanese Breakfast recipe - Link
Buffet Town closes down - Link
Kushi Japanese Dining (All you can order) - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss sushi, their recent visit to Genki Sushi and weird food combinations.
Links and Show Notes
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Non-toxic, farmed fugu - Link
Genki Sushi membership - Link
Weird food combinations by Eat This, Not That - Link
Weird Singaporean food combinations by Seth Lui - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss their recent experiences with Filipino food (mainly lechon) along with more dishes Russell hadn't tried yet. They also discuss how to feed child and how to cultivate a picky eater (and also how not to).
Links and Show Notes
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Max's Restaurant (Singapore) - Link
Buko Pandan Recipe - Link
Kare Kare Recipe - Link
Sinigang Recipe - Link
Beef Kaldereta - Link
Bulalo Recipe - Link
Philippine Adobo - Link
Spiritfarer on Steam - Link
Ryan and Russell discuss their visit to trendy egg sandwich shop Eggslut and the urban container food park Timbre+.
Links and Show Notes
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Eggslut Menu - Link
Subway Cookies - Link
Image of Water bottle at Eggslut - Link
Interior of Eggslut - Link
Image of Black Tap Singapore seating - Link
KOMA Entrance - Link
Timbre+ - Link
TheSmartLocal article on Punggol Container Park - Link
Ryan and Russell share their thoughts on NBCB and their cheeseburgers, while Russell gives a recount of the food he had while on his trip to Australia.
Links & Show Notes
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UNO at Hungry Jack's - Link
Sydney Fish Market - Link
Lamington Cake - Link
NBCB - Nothing But Cheeseburgers - Link
Ah Beng Handphone Shop Techno (Spotify playlist) - Link
In this episode, Ryan and Russell discuss the steak doneness scale and what it means for one's steak-eating and cooking experience, as well as the much-revered and praised side dish, garlic bread.
Links & Show Notes
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Steak Doneness Guide
Judging doneness with your hand
LAVO's Menu (with Garlic Bread)
Ryan and Russell sit down to talk about the revered Popeye's Chicken Sandwich, ranch dressing and an interestingly named burger joint along Orchard Road.
Links & Show Notes
Popeye's Chicken Sandwich launching in Singapore
Man stabbed to death in a fight over the chicken sandwich*
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- The location was in Maryland, rather than Louisiana as Ryan misremembered.
First result when searching "popeyes chicken sandwich recipe"
Mark Chen and Mike Wiens on YouTube
Recipe Ryan used to make his own ranch dressing
Nothing but Cheese Burger Instagram
NBCB Menu