Rather busy these few days, due to doing lots of housework, so here's the blog post consolidated with updates over the few days:
23/12/2013 煮飯燒菜
Last time when small only helped to fry and cook the dishes, now coz parents are in Malaysia for holiday, this was first time really go into cooking. The two dishes made were 包菜花 + 燈籠椒 and 黃豆 + 煎蛋. Both were relatively easy to made, that's why it's for beginners like me to start cooking mah. Haha...
Initially thought the salt and oyster sauce added were too much, but after tasting it was perfectly fine wor. The most important thing is timing and ensure the wok/pan is completely dry, i.e. no water must be present on the surface as it would be a disaster if oil is added. As the saying goes 水火不容......
Then cousin also came and stay for a few nights while parents not at home to accompany sis. She also tried out the two dishes, luckily it's edible! No laosai until now means cooking is ok!
Cooking seems fun.
24/12/2013 Korea KkoKkoMyeon 꼬꼬면 + Xmas celebration at uncle house
Afternoon went Jem to look for pepero @ Watsons and to try out the Korean 꼬꼬면. But an accidentally visit to NTUC first had an interesting discovery - NTUC also having pepero offer and each pepero is cheaper than Watsons by 3 cents (77¢ vs 80¢)! Without any hesitation, I bought 10 at one go and also 5 packets of 꼬꼬면.
Evening went uncle house for Xmas dinner gathering. Didn't see anything on the table made one wonder if 嬸嬸 did 親自下廚 for the day. Then realised they ordered Pizza Hut and KFC lo. The fried chicken from Pizza Hut wasn't bad lo, especially the BBQ flavoured one.
KFC還有pizza hut
好像很多炸食
不能減肥了
Didn't like the original one from KFC, no taste at all. Crispy ones were okay. But as I was on diet, there was a lot of food. 吃到很撐了. 打包薯泥 and the seafood stick home.
Also, didn't get to drink the fruit juice available. (Never mind, bought the same fruit juice yesterday so as to compensate lo)
Also, didn't get to drink the fruit juice available. (Never mind, bought the same fruit juice yesterday so as to compensate lo)
堂妹！
很調皮喔
他以為全部都是他的禮物
Aigooo~
樹桐蛋糕
聖誕老公公很可愛hor?
哈哈
Lastly, the logcake was surprisingly nice given that it was from some neighbourhood bakery rather than atas or branded ones. Yummy!!!
Then here comes the most embarassing moment, they gave us Xmas presents and 指明 must open in front of them. TBH, I didn't think a lot at that time. Open ah? Then open lo. LOL, as long as nothing too scary or too impactful until heart cannot take it was fine with me. LOL~
Tada! The present was banana! Aigoo, 古靈精怪的idea，真的完全不行去。Anyway, it was a joke and the real presents were given to us later on. It was Toberlone chocolate! 고마워요~~~
Cozy and fun gathering indeed.
25/12/2013 Gai gai at City Hall
Merry Christmas everyone!
Noon time reheat up the yesterday KFC leftover, 糯米雞 and 荷葉飯. Cooked up to try out the 꼬꼬면. Conclusion is that don't judge the book by its cover - the colour of the soup may look yellowish-white, not typical of Korean dish, but infact it's quite spicy! The feeling was great actually. Overall, it's a nice bowl of noodles.
*Realised Edwin doesn't celebrate Christmas which I guess everybody would think otherwise...
Then 2.15pm went out with sis and cousin to recce for CNY clothes. Have to start looking for new ones as CNY is roughly about 1 month from now le and usually as date nears there is not much time to do such shopping lo. Everybody is busy doing spring cleaning by then, especially on weekend coz not working mah.
*Should have chosen Blk 458 that bus stop instead of Blk 457 one. Saw one 98M and 187 each whizzed past in front of us. That means another couple of minutes of waiting time. =.=
About the train ride, I almost forgot that we were going out on a public holiday - the crowded train had so many foreign workers going out on PH. See liao also sian. It's as if we boarded the train at peak-hour period.
Went Suntec to see see look look. First stop was H&M, big difference between the women and men section. Women one so big, men one so small but not as crowded as the women one, so easier to navigate around. Nothing caught my eye at H&M though cousin bought a 紗布 kind of skirt.
Sis wqbx over Bread Society breads. So after H&M, it was snack time! First time trying out their cinnamon roll ($1.80), it was delicious but a little bit ex. Cousin tried out the almond pretzel, also $1.80, naise~~
After which, went into Uniqlo to recce for clothes. Both of them spotted those checkered shirt for me. Too bad, the store doesn't have M size for that pattern one. Again, they bought basic tees for men (don't know why they like shirts for men one) and one maroon cardigan for each. At this point of time, I thought might as well recce not buy anything le.
Next stop was Lowry's Farm. They had nice shirts TBH and the colours were quite unique. $39.90 for a Japanese store was ok. Shall KIV this.
Then went to this Lapalette outlet. Didn't know this was from Korea as their bags and the overall feel was quite western. Their bags looked nice and price also nice as well. One backpack bag selling for over $300! It's an atas shop!
After which we ended tour at Suntec and moved on to Marina Square. Bought some baumkuchen cakes ($2.30 each), a bit pity that they didn't carry any other cakes for sale. Sad...
Noon time reheat up the yesterday KFC leftover, 糯米雞 and 荷葉飯. Cooked up to try out the 꼬꼬면. Conclusion is that don't judge the book by its cover - the colour of the soup may look yellowish-white, not typical of Korean dish, but infact it's quite spicy! The feeling was great actually. Overall, it's a nice bowl of noodles.
*Realised Edwin doesn't celebrate Christmas which I guess everybody would think otherwise...
Then 2.15pm went out with sis and cousin to recce for CNY clothes. Have to start looking for new ones as CNY is roughly about 1 month from now le and usually as date nears there is not much time to do such shopping lo. Everybody is busy doing spring cleaning by then, especially on weekend coz not working mah.
*Should have chosen Blk 458 that bus stop instead of Blk 457 one. Saw one 98M and 187 each whizzed past in front of us. That means another couple of minutes of waiting time. =.=
About the train ride, I almost forgot that we were going out on a public holiday - the crowded train had so many foreign workers going out on PH. See liao also sian. It's as if we boarded the train at peak-hour period.
Went Suntec to see see look look. First stop was H&M, big difference between the women and men section. Women one so big, men one so small but not as crowded as the women one, so easier to navigate around. Nothing caught my eye at H&M though cousin bought a 紗布 kind of skirt.
Sis wqbx over Bread Society breads. So after H&M, it was snack time! First time trying out their cinnamon roll ($1.80), it was delicious but a little bit ex. Cousin tried out the almond pretzel, also $1.80, naise~~
After which, went into Uniqlo to recce for clothes. Both of them spotted those checkered shirt for me. Too bad, the store doesn't have M size for that pattern one. Again, they bought basic tees for men (don't know why they like shirts for men one) and one maroon cardigan for each. At this point of time, I thought might as well recce not buy anything le.
Next stop was Lowry's Farm. They had nice shirts TBH and the colours were quite unique. $39.90 for a Japanese store was ok. Shall KIV this.
Then went to this Lapalette outlet. Didn't know this was from Korea as their bags and the overall feel was quite western. Their bags looked nice and price also nice as well. One backpack bag selling for over $300! It's an atas shop!
After which we ended tour at Suntec and moved on to Marina Square. Bought some baumkuchen cakes ($2.30 each), a bit pity that they didn't carry any other cakes for sale. Sad...
Then went to central plaza to take pictures...
Didn't know Joseph was behind us queuing up for Dian Xiao Er. In the end, we didn't patronise it as me and sis preferred Swensen. LOL~ They both had mega lamb burger ($16.50) while I had teriyaki chicken pasta ($16.90). The pasta and chicken were tasty lo. Didn't want to try the lamb as I don't really like lamb, not to extent until dislike and don't eat lo.
Mega lamb burger ($16.50)
如果可以
我盡量不吃羊肉
因為煮不好會有騷味
Teriyaki chicken pasta ($16.90)
好吃喔
Thanks cousin for the dinner treat! :) She recently just got promotion and that's a great news to hear!
Then trained back to JE. Visited NTUC @ Jem to get some fruits and yoghurt. And of course the fruit juice. By this time my legs almost gave way le... Aigoo, didn't go out for a long time and my legs beh tahan the long hours of standing up.
感覺不像在Jurong East咧
美到～～
26/12/2013 Nook-D.I.Y House of Pancakes + Necessary Provisions + Lynn's Cakes
Went out around 1.30 pm to Nook-D.I.Y House of Pancakes (FB page) off Jalan Jurong Kechil by 157 for a late brunch (actually it's lunch + dinner). PG saggy because no bus. Had he went to Blk 303 bus stop, we might be on the same bus!
The place was quite bustling (a bit towards noisy) but not crowded which I had guessed otherwise. Breakfast Bully (U.P. $18) was a full course meal - bacon, sausage, ham, veggies, tomatoes, bread, mushrooms, baked beans and lastly scrambled eggs, really stomach fulfilling.
Went out around 1.30 pm to Nook-D.I.Y House of Pancakes (FB page) off Jalan Jurong Kechil by 157 for a late brunch (actually it's lunch + dinner). PG saggy because no bus. Had he went to Blk 303 bus stop, we might be on the same bus!
The place was quite bustling (a bit towards noisy) but not crowded which I had guessed otherwise. Breakfast Bully (U.P. $18) was a full course meal - bacon, sausage, ham, veggies, tomatoes, bread, mushrooms, baked beans and lastly scrambled eggs, really stomach fulfilling.
Breakfast bully ($18)
整盤吃下去後很飽！
喜歡它的雞蛋跟香腸
當然香菇真的是香到鬼……
Because it's on Facebook promotion, this dish's going for $8 only. 物超所值了！
Damage: $8.80 (Service charge included)
While halfway dining, suddenly it poured. PG totally saggy because he didn't bring umbrella! Aigoo... Took the partially sheltered route to the next stop - Necessary Provisions. Luckily I know the area agar-agar, so as not to lost our way in the midst of the rain... 拜託……
Necessary Provisions looks more like a coffee cafe than a all-rounder cafe or food-centric cafe. The people there were sipping away a cup of coffee while using the computer. Overall the environment was cozy enough with not-so-bright spotlights used to light up the whole place. Actually spotlight environments are perfect for taking nice photos! Makes one feel sleepy though lol. Would be better if they include cushion chairs or even sofas!
Damage: $8.80 (Service charge included)
While halfway dining, suddenly it poured. PG totally saggy because he didn't bring umbrella! Aigoo... Took the partially sheltered route to the next stop - Necessary Provisions. Luckily I know the area agar-agar, so as not to lost our way in the midst of the rain... 拜託……
Necessary Provisions looks more like a coffee cafe than a all-rounder cafe or food-centric cafe. The people there were sipping away a cup of coffee while using the computer. Overall the environment was cozy enough with not-so-bright spotlights used to light up the whole place. Actually spotlight environments are perfect for taking nice photos! Makes one feel sleepy though lol. Would be better if they include cushion chairs or even sofas!
喜歡它以綠色作為杯子和茶碟的顏色
顏色對比強烈
又不會太突兀
帶一點自然氣息
很有視覺效果
Shared one 8 oz. white espressed based coffee because we just want to take picture only lol. The name or their way of calling the coffees seemed weird. Didn't see words like latte, cappuccino, mocha, etc. In the end I had to ask the barista for clarification lol. An interesting thing to see is that the espresso based coffee has one price for all sizes. It's a no-brainer to take the biggest size if one wants his money to be well spent.
About the coffee: wasn't the best coffee around. It seemed to me that the milk didn't mix well with the coffee and was fighting with it to see who stood out in terms of the taste. Foam was thick as commented by PG so he didn't like it very much. Maybe black would be better?
Damage: $2.50 ($5 split between us)
And the last stop was Lynn's Cakes a few shops away from the Necessary Provisions which is located at the corner of the row of shophouses. Most likely it was just newly opened not too long ago as the furnishings looked super brand new.
There wasn't any customer in the cafe. So we sort of made ourselves at home. Just as we thought the Malay girl would serve us, suddenly coming from the baking room behind was a very 熱情 ahjussi. He made some recommendations and said that the red velvet was the best selling one. Didn't have any interest in it as we only had the rainbow cake in our mind lol.
Ordered a slice of rainbow cake ($8.50), chocolate heaven cake ($5.50) and a cup of maccha latte ($5.50). The rainbow cake was the main attention and it's only offered in weekends and special occasions, so happened that 26 Dec was one day after Christmas so managed to savour it! It was made up of 6 coloured cake layers sandwiched/covered by layers of orangey flavoured cream which wasn't too fattening I guess. Initially we assumed each colour had individual flavours, but the ahjussi proved us wrong by saying that all colours were orangey flavoured!
About the coffee: wasn't the best coffee around. It seemed to me that the milk didn't mix well with the coffee and was fighting with it to see who stood out in terms of the taste. Foam was thick as commented by PG so he didn't like it very much. Maybe black would be better?
Damage: $2.50 ($5 split between us)
And the last stop was Lynn's Cakes a few shops away from the Necessary Provisions which is located at the corner of the row of shophouses. Most likely it was just newly opened not too long ago as the furnishings looked super brand new.
There wasn't any customer in the cafe. So we sort of made ourselves at home. Just as we thought the Malay girl would serve us, suddenly coming from the baking room behind was a very 熱情 ahjussi. He made some recommendations and said that the red velvet was the best selling one. Didn't have any interest in it as we only had the rainbow cake in our mind lol.
Ordered a slice of rainbow cake ($8.50), chocolate heaven cake ($5.50) and a cup of maccha latte ($5.50). The rainbow cake was the main attention and it's only offered in weekends and special occasions, so happened that 26 Dec was one day after Christmas so managed to savour it! It was made up of 6 coloured cake layers sandwiched/covered by layers of orangey flavoured cream which wasn't too fattening I guess. Initially we assumed each colour had individual flavours, but the ahjussi proved us wrong by saying that all colours were orangey flavoured!
彩虹蛋糕
不止好看
也蠻好吃的說
奶油不會太膩而且還有一點點橙子味
悠閒下午茶
巧克力蛋糕
吃下去不會太甜也不會太膩
還不錯一下
如果抹茶拿鐵可以有一點點拿鐵圖案的話
真的會加分！
The chocolate heaven cake, as what the ahjussi mentioned, wasn't too sweet and surprisingly it didn't give me the 'richness' or the 發熱氣 feel. Guessed this was just nice for a chocolate cake treat!
Maccha latte was satisfying. Nothing more, nothing less.
Throughout the 2 hours stay there, nobody came in and sat down for a teabreak. Occasionally did see people came in to collect cake or order cakes lo. My explanation was that it was a weekday afternoon la. Anyway, that area was really transquil, but not so good location wise. Only one 173 serves the area and of course wasn't very convenient for me to go down lo.
Maccha latte was satisfying. Nothing more, nothing less.
Throughout the 2 hours stay there, nobody came in and sat down for a teabreak. Occasionally did see people came in to collect cake or order cakes lo. My explanation was that it was a weekday afternoon la. Anyway, that area was really transquil, but not so good location wise. Only one 173 serves the area and of course wasn't very convenient for me to go down lo.
Ahjussi service also top-notch. There's this family visited and bought some cakes from the cafe, then he personally delivered the cake box to the car some distance away as the father and mother doesn't have more hands to hold on to the box. 貼心服務總是會加分的！
Upon making payment at the cashier, the ahjussi came out to serve us instead of that Malay girl. Aigoo... He asked PG how was the cake while I was packing up my stuff lol. Overall it's quite a nice experience hehe.
Damage: $9.80 (Total $19.50)
Damage: $9.80 (Total $19.50)
Tried out the Picsart app on phone. It's quite a powerful app, not only it can apply filter, it also can do photoshop-like editing works such as, overlays, clone, on top of the usual crop/resize these simple works. Hehe!
To my surprise and not-a-surprise, this app could be found on iOS platform as well. Since this is a photo editing app, therefore the bigger the screen, the better the editing experience. So imagine using iPad to edit the photo... Aigoo gives me more reasons to love my Note 3 and iPad. Now getting more and more tempted to upgrade my iPad liao. Geez~
To my surprise and not-a-surprise, this app could be found on iOS platform as well. Since this is a photo editing app, therefore the bigger the screen, the better the editing experience. So imagine using iPad to edit the photo... Aigoo gives me more reasons to love my Note 3 and iPad. Now getting more and more tempted to upgrade my iPad liao. Geez~
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