Side Track

Let me just side track today, away from food. I recently watched a movie entitled "Ghosts"

The show is not about any man/woman dressing up and popping out of TV screens and scaring people. Ghost is what those Chinese immigrants call the English.

In a nutshell:

Its about a lady name Ai Xin who goes to England illegally in search providing a better life for a young son back home in China. Her Journey from China to England takes a long 6 months, and when she is there, things didn't turn out the way she expected. About 10-12 china immigrants like Ai xin, had to live in a tiny house. She had to sleep on the mattress in a small room with 4 other guys.( her rent was 25 euros per week) Anyway, so this group of people had to bribe workers at the employment agencies for a job. ....... As the movie goes...... One day the group went to pick cockles, and those english who were also there spat in their faces, kicked them, punched them, and scattered all the cockles they had worked so hard to pick.....

Like back home, here in Singapore, I believe such unfairness is happening as well. Like those foreign workers who have to work from dawn to dark under the blazing sky, and receive so little pay. And to go back to their cramped up quarters with hardly any room to walk :(

Its also about discrimination.Some Caucasians still feel to this day that they are much superior as compared to us Asians :( sad

Well no idea what am I trying to achieve by writting(typing) this out???? But I just felt like it :) Cya soon muacks

The End?

My mum brought back some awfully chocolate cake from her office, and guess what? it was AWFULly Chocolate. No Idea why people still patronize the store, maybe it's because they haven't tried anything better.




Cheng Tng is today's topic. My favourite one can be found at the Bedok Food Centre. ( Near the old army camp) It's D-Lish.
Unlike those that are sold in majority of food courts/coffeshops, which are dark brown in colour, this is lighter in colour. And they are generous with the ingredients, and not too sweet.
Yellow Sweet potatoes, Dried Persimmions, Lotus Seeds, Melon Sugar, Barley, Sago Balls, Dried Logans, and lots of those brown Cheng Tng thing that floats around?? lol However, I would have preferred if they added more dried logans.
The store only sells cheng tng, so don't expect the wide array of dessert choices like many other dessert stores. O there is a stall next to this cheng tng stall that I think belongs to the same person, and they sell cuttlefish Kangkong.


I want to eat at The Line!!! Any sponsers? haha

Feasting.

Well buffets are mostly not so affordable, in other words there are EXPENSIVE. The good ones range from $50 to $100++++, and well if you want to go for the affordable ones priced $26++ to about $40+++, well don't expect too much. Thats my opinion, if you beg to differ, do recommend some affordable yet delish places.

So, as I have only eaten buffets at a couple of places, I can't state my favourites, but here is how I feel about the buffets that I have pigged out at.

(in random order)

I just ate at Carnivore last Friday here are my views.

Here at Carnivore, they keep to the traditional Brazilian serving method: where the "meat cutters" or passadors (that's what they are called) slice chucks of food mostly meat at your table. The serve different parts of the cow, chicken, bacon, honey ham, fish, pork, pineapples and garlic bread. O and they have a salad bar too. My parents love the beef that was cooked 6 hours, think it's the cow's hump. My mum was so full but she could not turn down the offer for more hump. The meat was tender and soft (cause it was cooked for 6h) , a bit fatty, the skin was crispy and a little charred which made it even better, ahaha I liked the chicken, the meat was tender and flavourfull, and the skin was thin and crispy. Hmmm the pineapple was so juicy and sweet. The staff was efficient, they fill up your glass once it is half full.

The not so good thing is that at the beginning, the server who was trying to explain to us how their system works, and what are the different kinds of meat they offered was talking toooooooooo fast, that I hardly caught a thing she said. And as the food was mainly meat, meat and more meat, I was stuffed real quickly.

Where? I visted the one at Vivocity, they have other outlet at Chijmes. O and majorityof the passadors are Brazilian.

Thanks to a good friend and her generous family, my friends and I got to dine at Carousel located in Royal Plaza Hotel at Scotts Road.

It coats $49++ for dinner which I think is rather affordale for a hotel buffet.
Food wise? It is an international buffet so you ca expect anything from Thai beef ball noodles to Chicken rice to pasta etc. The food is delicious and service is good. (of cause it has to be good, its $50 per person!)

Know what I lurvve about buffets? Desserts!!!!!!!!!!!!

They offer a number of puddings, a chocolate fountain with a variety of fruits and sweet stuff, and lots of triffles. and guess what? A friend and I tried every single dessert they had to offer.

Haha after dinner, i could not even get up to work to the toilet.

O my, I'm adding on to the already exsiting large amount of pounds. 100kg, here I come.

Okay

Sakura International Buffet they offer a wide variety of food, such as sushi, sashimi, seafood, meats, dim sum, desserts etc. Price wise, its about 26++ per person? Not too sure (cause I don't pay) haha. They have a little of evrything, so don't expect a wide range of sushi or dim sum. Taste? Ordinary. O and they have a lobster salad as well, zzzzzz I saw people picking all the lobsters, so don't be surprised if you can only find fruit in the "lobster" salad. I don't have much to say about this place, or more likely I don't know what to say. Just that It's worth a try.

Where? They have an outlet at Safra Tampines, Marine Parade, Toa Payoh. But I heard the one at Tampines is the best.

Snack Attack!

So, my mum says I'm fat cause I snack to much. To Mum: I'm not fat, I'm voluptuous. Haha lol



Anyway so today I'll be posting a few snacks enjoy, and will be adding more as soon as I find some new snacks worthy of writhing about.



Oreo cookies, oreo waffle bars and now... Oreo chocolate bars. I just tried it a few days ago, and it was I must say different from the other oreo products. It is a chocolate bar, inside is crushed Oreo bits. It tasted like a chocolate bar, but you can't really taste the Oreo. But it was nice. I prefer this to the oreo waffle bar, which I don't really fancy, as it tastes like an ordinary waffle bar, emmm something like the apollo waffle. This new product can be found in any major supermarkets, as it is imported from Japan, (notice the Japanese words on the yellow banner on the wrapper?) it is more costly, about $5 to $6 for a packet of about 20.




Haha okay I know this does not look appetizing. But trust me, It's yum-me. Chocolate in between 2 Graham cookies. As I keep them in the fridge and I have braces, It's kinda difficult for me to bite into the cookie, cause it's pretty hard, but otherwise nice. It's different from other cookies I have tasted, nothing like any Famous Amos cookies or subway ones. Maybe I should introduce this to Mr Cookie Monster. This can be found at IKEA, where they sell all the other Swedish food products. It is $7 a box of many cookies. (however, the cookies look a bit messy, but o well, you can't always have the cake and eat it right?)

That's all for now, will be back with more snacks as soon as I try more new ones and put on ore pounds :(

Cluck, Cluck

I'm sure everyone has their own favourite chicken rice stall. Mine?


5 Star Hainanese Chicken Rice!


Where? Located on the stretch on shops opposite Katong Mall.
Pardon me for the blur and ugly map I have drawn :(
The box at the bottom left hand corner is katong mall.
The blue lines represent the shops
The red lines show the way to the shop
and X marks the spot.

So what's nice about this stall? Hmmm, the rice is very flavourfull, you can eat it on it's own. The chicken is not fatty at all. (I hate fatty chicken yewww) Unlike some stalls, their chicken hardly contains any meat at all, only fats, fats and more fats :P I can't really find the words to discribe it, so go try it, you won't regret it.

Cze Cha

My mother can be real lazy to cook at times :P so our family will have Cze Cha(cooked food) For about the longest time, we have been going to a stall called Kenny's C Food. Located behind ITE Tampines, at the industrial area, in a coffeshop. Some where near Jason's Parquet. Not many people there, as there is not much human traffic there.


Good thing is that you can take your time and do not have to worry about people standing next to you waiting for a table (I hate that makes me rush though my meal) Price? much cheaper than many other stalls.


The cereal soft shell crab is very crispy and does not have a fishy smell. Some other dishes I mostly order: Hot plate tofu, lemon chicken, prawn paste chicken, sambal kang kong/sweet potato leaves. Once i had black pepper crab there and it was quite good, however they don't serve that now.





A bad experience: My family and I have always enjoyed going there for dinners. As my dad liked their black pepper crabs, one of the workers asked us to bring our own crabs. We did that once and they charged us $6 which is cheap. The second time, one of the assitant chefs was not happy as he had to kill and clean he crab that he smashed our crabs to bits(literally). And he had the guts to stare at us afterwards. Grrrr.....


However, I still recommend you to try it, it's good.


When we try out other Zhi Char stalls we always compare it to Kenny's C food, and Kenny's is still top my list except for that (I have an attitude) chef :)


Ah Lam Seafood. I just tried it 2 weeks ago, and it was nice. The seafood tofu was something new. The tofu tasted different, I heard they make it themselves. And there was sea cucumber, abalone and other seafood. The prawns in the cereal prwan was huge and fresh, but the cereal was not as nice as Kenny's C food. I liked the Zi Luo Chicken. Don't know what is Zi Luo, but the chicken is fried with some honey so it was sweet but sweet to the right amount.

Where? 18 Kaki Bukit Road 3 Enterpreneur Business Centre #01-16/17 Singapore 415978 check out their website for more details: http://www.sbestfood.com/ahlam_abalone.htm

Thats all for my Cze Cha entry, let me know if you have some recommendations.

Cookie cookie

Thought it would be fun to have an interview with Mr. Cookie Monster. Who knows cookies better than the man opps i mean monster himself.

ME: Hi Mr. cookie, how are you?

Cookie: Munch munch I am doing great

Me: Good, I know you looove cookies can you share with us your favourite places to get delicious cookies?

Cookie: Mmmm munch I'll be happy to. One of my favourite places is Famous Amos. Their cookies are crunchy and they offer a wide variety cookies. I love the no nut chocolate chip Munch... what about you mademoiselle manman have you tried famous amous before?

Me: yes of cause, but I prefer the butterscotch and peacan. Hmmm...It is bitesized, really crunchy. However, their cookies are rather expensive. Like $5 plus for a 100g.

Cookie: Munch... yes I agree it is too expensive for me, since I eat soooo many cookies a day. So, what is one of your favuorite places to get munch... cookies?

Me: Subway( the sandwish shop) They sell tasty cookies, but their cookies are the exact opposite from Famous Amos, instead of being real crunchy and bite-sized, their cookies are soft and chewy and the size of my palm. I always get the chocolate chip and white chocolate flavour. And they are more affordable then Famous Amos, you should try it as soon as possible.

Cookie: Munch... sounds good, I love cookies, okay I will go down to a subway outlet for some cookies as soon as possible thanks for the recommendation.

Me: No problem, Thank you for your time Mr. Cookie.

Cookie: Not a problem, oops, I've run out of cookies, got to go get some now bye!

Durian Galore!

Hail to the king of fruits. Durians, one of my favorite fruits amoung many others hehe. Here I'll introduce some of my favourite durian treats :)






Number 1 on the list: Puteri Mas Durian Puffs

Where?: Open daily. 475 Joo Chiat Road. Tel: 6344 8629

What makes their durian puffs irresitable? They cram a whole big scoop of real good quality durian. They are I must say the best durian puffs I have eaten. You have to go grab some NOW!


Like some say: "Die die must try"

Number 2 durian treat: Durian smoothie found at A1 Chendol


Where?: Found at Tampines St 82, across Temasek Polytechnic


The durain smoothie is just a wonderful treat for anyday. They cramm into the cup 2 to 3 huge tablespoons of real durian topped with a generous helping of durian ice-cream, blended up, and ta ta one durian smoothie! It is best drank right away. The owners of the shop are really nice people, who when the shop is not too busy will strike conversations with their customers. Heard that peope all the way from woodlands drive down for a durian smoothie.



They also serve many other drinks, from the normal array of bubble tea, to a wide range of coffee and chocolate blens to smoothies like durian, yam, mango, mixed fruits etc. o and of cause chendol. wow the red beans on the chendol are huge.




Number 3 goes to: Scoopz an ice-cream shop

Where?: Parkway Parade#B1-154





The ice-cream is hand made on freezing pans. The flipping and massaging of the mixture results in ice cream that is dense and smooth. The durian ice-cream is good. There is a rich durian taste, not like those artifical flavours. Try it I doubt you will regreat it.





NOT!!!!



Dino Cake House & Cafe


I saw a eating programme on channel 5, I think it was coffeetalks and hawker woks the show hosted by Fiona Xie. Fiona Xie and her guest star, can't remember who it was, where happily chowing down on a durian well. It is a sponge cake with a whole in the center(like a well) filled with durian. After watching the show, I had to get my hands on a durian well, and finally did. Guess what: bleach! Not good at all! The durian inside the "well" tasted artifical, I think they used some durian mix or something, tasted like durian flavoured cream. Not going there again!.

I'll Never get sick of...

Brownies!!!

Brownies make my day any day, love them, love them, loove them :)

Drum roll please....Boom! Boom! Boom! Coming in First!

MRS. FIELDS

I adore Mrs Fields brownies, they are moist, and filled with chocolate, and melts in your mouth.(Literally) Mmmmm Im salivating just thinking about it. Mrs. Fields sells muffins and cookies becides brownies, but I have not gotten to try them yet, as I'll have spent all my money$ on the brownies.

My favourites ones are the double chocolate chip, and the triple chocolate chip, all oozing with goodness. Yummy!

There are a few Mrs. Fields in Singapore, Raffles City, somewhere near CK Tang, not too sure of where the outlets are. If you visit their website: http://www.mrsfields.com/ they have many great gift ideas you can pick up.

Coming up in second place: http://www.cakesinbloom.com/

Their American crewy fudge brownies is quite nice, and worth trying, however it is not as moist as Mrs. Fields brownies but they are nice and chewy. The downside to it is that it is quite expensive. $40 for a tray,(8 pieces). Cash on delivery. They are nice, but I doubt I'll buy them again because of the price, I'll rather splurge $40 on Mrs. Fields!

A cheaper alternative to buying brownies is making your own. But making one from scratch is quite difficult, takes a lot of work, and might not turn out the way you want it to, thats why we have Betty CrockerBrownie Mix!(though i know some people may not believe in using instant mix, but trust me this one is good) Its easy, fast and o so yummy! But the sad thing is I don't have an oven at home! Sobs O well so for all those out there with an oven do try Betty Crocker Brownie Mix!

Chocolate Cake!!!!!!!!!

I love Chocolate cake, and here are my top 2 favourite places great chocolate cake. Yummy.
(will be adding no. 3 soon)


In first place: Choc a block

Where?: choc.a.bloc, Block 86, 01-179
Bedok North Street 4.
Call 6446-6096 to order, preferably three days in advance.
Opening hours: Wednesdays to Saturdays - 10am to 2pm, 6
to 8.30pm. Sundays - 10am to 2pm. Closed Mondays
and Tuesdays

I Love the Banana choco fudge. Fresh sliced bananas are placed between two layers of chocolate sponge, and the cake is covered in a thick layer of chocolate fudge. ( I'm drooling already)
For those who like not-too-bitter chocolate, light and fluffy sponge cake, then this is the place for you :P

Following behind: "Mirama?"
Opps I'm so sorry, I don't know the actual name for the shop.

Where?: Behind Eastpoint mall,along a row of shops and coffeshops.
East Point Mall Address: 3 Simei St 6, #01-32, East Point Mall,
S(528833)


Although, I doubt anyone has heard of this shop, maybe expect for those who live in the area. It's like those ordinary bakerys that can be found in most neighbourhoods, but this one is an exception, as they bake good chocolate cakes. They are sold in slices (not sure if they come in a whole) The great thing about this is there are three thick layers of fudge. Mmmmm... and the fuge is somewhat rich and the sponge cake is rather moist.
As this is a neighbourhood bakery, the price is affordable. It's good for ordinary days when you just crave for some chocolate cake.

Not!!!!!!!!
Awfully Chocolate

I've read rave reviews on this chain of chocolate cake shops. Howevevr, having tried it, I was really dissapointed. Though they used dark chocolate which is my favourite type, the chocolate layers was as thin as a piece of paper. The cake was a bit too heavy for me, and got a bit sick after eating 2 slices. There was nothing special about it, it was just an ordinary, okay chocolate cake. Won't be patronizing the stall in the near future.