He has been doing work alright...
Take a look at this...
spicycurrysauce:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eatndrink/view/1139015/1/.html
SINGAPORE: Visitors to the Singapore food festival
this year can expect fiery feasts, with its theme "Curry and
Spices".
The Singapore Food Festival 2011 will be held from 15-24
July.
On 23 July, President S R
Nathan will launch "Spice Potpourri" - a cookbook featuring his
recipes and those of other ministers.
There will also be an attempt on that day to set a world record for
the longest single dining table.
The event will be held along Race Course Road.
The festival's food village will be at the Singapore River, with
more than 60 stalls and 130 participating outlets from surrounding
malls.
Visitors can also take a cruise down the Singapore River and have
food served to them in tiffin carriers.
Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian fare will be duly represented
at the festival to attract both locals and tourists alike.
Bubbling curry...freshly-cooked pepper crabs...hot Briyani rice...
So, tuck in to your heart's - and your tummy's - content at the
Singapore Food Festival!
Some 400,000 people are expected to hit the event this year, which
will be more than the estimated 370,000 participants in 2010.
The festival is into its 18th year.
28 per cent of those who attended the festival last year were
tourists, up from 26 per cent in 2009.
Visitors to Singapore spent about S$1.9 billion on food and
beverage last year, which accounts for roughly 10 per cent of total
expenditure.
Mr Luke Lee, director of SPOC Solutions, the organiser of the
Singapore Food Festival 2011, said: "We'll like to use this
particular event to try to educate everyone, regarding our heritage
and about how spices, since it was traded in the 19th century,
progressed to today and how it has influenced our cuisine."
"I cannot imagine a world without spices...because I'll be
jobless," joked food consultant Milind Sovani, who has won the
"Best Asian Cuisine Chef 2011" title. "But spices definitely add a
very distinctive taste element to any dish and if you want to eat
tasty dishes, if you want to eat tasty food, you need to have
spices."
- CNA/ir
It's bad enough that the public perceives he does nothing
significant at all.
But to tell people he has time to writes memoirs and shares
recipes during his term as a president makes it even worse.
Yes, I think it includes the public perception on the ministers
as well.
