FOOD


This page features two types of food pictures: casual ones captured with the pocket Powershot G11 (fits my jeans rather stretched pockets) and commercial ones captured with not one but two EOS 5D Mark II and full blown light setup. If you cannot tell one from the other it’s because I put in considerable amount of effort in my work to make sure both are seamlessly integrated into this my food photography portfolio.

With great food comes great beverage — coffee.
Zest Cafe at The Empire Hotel and Country Club | The Perfect Cup of Gourmet Coffee at Home

Delicious Chicken Pot Pie at Prive Cafe, Marina at Keppel Bay, Singapore

Original Shanghai Drunken Chicken at Din Tai Fung, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Noodles @ Yit Sum Restaurant, Gadong, Brunei Darussalam. Goes so well with their famous Bak Kut Teh

My favourite Nam Wah's Fried Kway Teow with Beef and the right amount of sauce.

Cheese sticks at Prego Mauri Italian Restaurant in Kuala Belait.

Tiramisu Cake, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, VivoCity, Singapore

McDonald's BIG Breakfast with crispy hash browns and McCafe Coffee, Bugis, Singapore.

Home cooked fried rice with Chinese sausages using Beras Keladi and Australian Sunlong rice.

A Singapore Tourism Board FAM trip feature: “MOD SIN” CUISINE AT WILD ROCKET SINGAPORE

 More food photo links: Delicious Angelica Herb Roasted Duck Rice @ Dian Xiao ErMaking My Own In-Flight Breakfast Because I Miss Airplane Meals | Nur Wanita Restaurant Northern Thai Cuisine | Procter Restaurant Vietnamese Cuisine | Garuda Padang Cuisine Singapore | Emperor of Japan’s 74th Birthday Celebration | Retail Therapy. Food & Shopping | Marché Restaurant SGVivoCity Food Republic and Ngee Ann City | Beef Udon | Hainanese Chicken RiceDeep Fried Tofu Caesar Salad | Mushroom SaladThe Empire Chocolates: Fresh & HandmadeJapanese Cuisine. A Contemporary Mix | Spaghetti SundayAlfalfa Sprouts Butter Toast | Valentine’s Day Teppanyaki Experience

Famous Macau desserts: Creamy plain milk pudding served with red bean. So rich, so smooth, so want some more! :)

Strawberry and Raspberry Custard Tartlet, Cedele Bakery Cafe @VivoCity

Sliced open chilled strawberry raspberry tartlet revealing the yummy custard filling.

Empire Hotel & Country Club's awesomely delicious Chocolate Chip Raisin cookies. Many thanks, Hafiza!

TV Celebrity and celebrated Foodie Bobby Chinn with whom I had the pleasure to meet in Hanoi in 2007 and a delight to be reacquainted when his gastronomical journey brought him to Brunei Darussalam in 2009!

Source: SINGAPORE AIRLINES SILVER KRIS MAGAZINE: BRUNEI 5 MUST-DOS

Editor of Borneo Insider's Guide magazine, Wan Zainal Abidin, squeezes a lime to add flavour to his order of Mee Soto, a popular local favourite.

Source: Asian Fusion AIKO Sushi
MORE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AIKO SUSHI RESTAURANT MENU

Source: Delicacy On A Stick

It's as though the Chef read my mind, set the skewer ablaze for this photo op. Ok, I lied. He noticed I had a long white lens and I kinda nudged him to put on a show for me!

Other Commercial Food photography
Excapade SushiVintage Rose CafeSolitude CafeKura Japanese Cuisine

Food photographs published in The Brunei Times

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Full story Make Mine a Double Shot

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↑ Read this story on BT Online

Chef Domenico enchants the senses↑ click on image to enlarge
Full story Make Mine a Double Shot

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Full story Italian Cuisine in Seria

Other RMS Group photography
Belated Father’s Day Dinner | Western Influences | The Yin and Yang of Fine Dining | Insalata Di Salmone

December 6, 2008 A short but productive weekend in Singapore. Took this photo during a family lunch at the Kallang food court on the eve of the 2008 Singapore Marathon. A reader commented that this brand of tea was once featured on TV .. hmm .. I shot a celebri-tea without even knowing it.

13 Responses to FOOD

  1. sgdavid says:

    Oh wow….we’ve got the same interest. I call it FTP, Food, Travel and Photography :)
    Anyway, looking at those pictures makes my mouth watering! Keep it up…while i wait patiently for my Ko-Loo Mee.

  2. MH says:

    great shots…great food! yummy!

  3. Nancy says:

    Looks tasty.You made me hungry now

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  6. Vern says:

    Lovely shots Jan, im just guessing, out of temptation the photos of those foods is a reminder of how delicious they were. you truly have self control , if those were my pics, there would by lil or nothing at all to show.

  7. ed noorislam says:

    hem…looks tempting…..really nice the pics..jan. Love the ambient…

  8. Great stuff, I would love to do food photography.

  9. Paul Cook says:

    I’ve never tried sushi but these photos are tempting me! Exquisite images Jan.

  10. Lhendorado says:

    Hi! I really admire your taste in making Foodography! can I ask one thing? what kind of lense you always use in shooting food? it was just that awesome ^_^

    • Jan Shim says:

      Thank you. My favourite lens for food photography is the EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro. I started with the non Image Stabilized version and eventually switched to the 100mm f/2.8 Hybrid IS because I hand-hold a lot where it’s useful to have IS. Believe it or not, many of the food pictures you see here were photographed using the PowerShot G11.

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