Double CheeseBurger

today i break my promise i made to myself... i've been keeping this promise for years until today... I ATE McDONALDS!!! after my 30laps... wanted to buy subway but there was a long long Q..maybe 10m long??? the freshies nv eat subway b4?!? So tahan all the way until at jurong point, i cannot take it anymore! I see the M sign, and the M sign smile at me, as if asking me to go over...and so the dark side of me give in... and i ordered a $2 Double Cheese Burger!!! The cheese was good! or am i just too hungry!?

And this is the damage incurred... haha

You see that? just for that puny burger, theres 23g of fats, but not too bad la.. they got 25g of protein also. .. but Sat fats is very high too!

anyway was surfing arnd...and i found this.. baby ronald mac... kinda freaky yea?

DIY Indian Lunch

Many often think that Indian food is junk food... loaded with calories and fats... well.... its not entirely true! I had my Indian Lunch today, D.I.Y style... plus its more healthy than your regular mee pok ta or hokkien mee or maybe even yong tau hu! More often than not, its a matter of choice whether you want your food to be healthy or not. Instead of dipping into curry loaded with coconut milk, why not use healthier alternatives?

1. Curry Tuna Light: Ready to Eat

~12.7g Protein : 4.0g Fats : 2.0g Carbs; per 100g

2. Chapatti: Just Heat it over fire without any oil added.

~ 3g Protein : 1g Fats: 9g Carbs; per 45g

3. Palak Paneer (Spinach with Cottage Cheese): Ready to Eat, microwave

~ 8g Protein : 6g Fats : 38g Carbs; per 240g

4. Chilli Beans: microwave

~ 6g Protein : 0.5g Fats : 21g Carbs, per 125g

Conclusion: Every meal can be made healthy but at the same time yummy! Sinful food is always yummy is nothing but a myth!

Making Dango

This is a very Easy Japanese dish (called Dango) to DIY. Basically, it is just rice ball topped with red bean. The ingredients needed can be found from the previous post.

1. mixed 250g of Rice Powder to 200ml of warm water, add green tea powder to taste.

2. Knead the dough until its even and soft.

3. roll the dough into small balls (you can even be creative and wrapped stuffs inside, ive tried peanut butter and it was not too bad)

4. Put the Glutinous Balls to boil until it floats or ~2mins.

5. Red Bean Paste (Ready-made Packet)

6. Put those balls onto a skewer, spread the red bean paste and served chilled for maximum effect!

Donut Factory

Mint Dark chocolate

Hearing everyone talking about Donut Factory and Donut Factory Donut Factory! And everywhere i go, i see orange boxes of da-baoed Donuts from Donut Factory, Unexplainable Long Qs at Raffles City, i decide to give it a try. Went to the outlet at suntec, in less than 15min, Bought just ONE donut to try if it really live up to its Queues. and my verdict:

Aesthetics: 5/5 - Its so Beautifully done, so glossy and looks so pleasing to the eyes.

Dough: 2/5 - The texture is too soft, more like bread texture than donut texture.

Coating: 4/5 - The Chocolate is rich, chocolatey and warm, and the mint strips was tasty!

Overall: 3.5/5

Most Prob i will not buy from Donut Factory anymore, I think the donuts sold in Four Leaves is so much better, just that they have too limited varieties, but their dough is much better.

Amoy Food Center

The 5th stall from the left!

There it is... Han Kee Sliced Fish Soup ( HALL OF SHAME)
( photo taken from ieatishootipost.blogspot.com as I was too eager to eat, and forgot to snap a shot of the stall)

The supposedly "famous" amoy sliced fished bee hoon

The queue for this stall is so so long during lunch time, but I feel that this is not worth the queue. The only thing great about this stall is that the fish is fresh and the serving is pretty generous. Other than that, the soup is too salty. If the soup cannot make it, basically, its a goner! Why the hype over this??? The Sliced Fish Soup at Food Republic (wisma) is so much better!

Anyway i had a bad experience with this stall today! The service was bad... Asked for extra chopsticks... NO! Chilli... and the reply was: Bring your finished Chilli and 1 dollar! WTH... $! for topping up the chilli?!? Madness!!

Hong Kee Beef Noodle (HALL OF FAME)
(photo courtesy of ieatishootipost again, same reason as above)

Available in $3, $4, $5. This is the $4

We love this! The best Beef Noodle i ever had was the one at beach road, the one below army market! Until today, i found something better! This stall is situated at level 1 of Amoy Food Center. The noodle is Q Q, Beef was just nicely cooked and amount was satisfactory, The Gravy has some herbal taste. Even the small little bowl of soup that comes along with it was made with effort! Many more bowls to come in the future!

4.5 Beef Slices / 5 Beef Slices

Esmirada Pizzaria Giardino

My 2nd visit to this place. Reason being theres a 1 - 1 promotion for dbs card holders and their pizza is thin crispy and wood-fired pizzas, and their pasta are reasonably good.

Portobello $25 (L) $20 (R)

Mozzarella + Parmesan + Goat Cheese + Scamorza + Basil + Portobello Mushroom + Caramelized Onions + Roasted Garlic = Portobello Pizza! Between the thin crisp lies a generous amount of Portobello Mushrooms and the smells lingers in your mouth after the first bite. It was not too cheesy, so the taste of the mushrooms are not overwhelmed by the cheese.

Say Adios to Pizza Hut!

4 Portobello Shrooms / 5 Portobello Shrooms!

Tortellini Alla Amatriciana $18

The tortellini were stuffsed with Sautéed Bacon, Sweet Onions and Garlic, served in Basil with Tomato Sauce.

4.5 Tortellinis / 5 Tortellinis

Bruschetta $ 9

Toasted Garlic Bread with Balsamic Tomato Salsa. The Garlic Bread was wood-fired just like the pizza, and the salsa contains big chunks of Tomatoes. However for some reason, the Salsa taste more like Tomato chunks more than anything else.

3 Bruschetta / 5 Bruschettas!

Tiramisu - Their Award-Winning Recipe

True enough, this was indeed their award winning recipe. I never enjoyed tiramisu until yesterday! The different layers have very distinctive taste of Rum, mascarpone cheese, espresso and Masala wine, and the base layer ladyfinger of the Tiramisu have the strongest rum taste.

Anyway some interesting fact about tiramisu!

The Italian name tiramisù means "pick-me-up" (metaphorically, "make me happy,"), which could have a more sexual meaning!

Candy Empire

Chocolate from Candy Empire! @ $3.90 per 100g

Why must sinful sweets taste so good~ I haven't tried all yet, but all looks good! so i guess that all taste good! The Chocolate Mint (green wrapper) was snapped up pretty fast, so i guess it must be good stuff.

yumyum...cant wait to eat them all! arghhh...cant wait!

Golden Mile Shopping Center

I swear I will go back to Golden Mile again for the Thai Food! So much better than Simply Thai, Thai Express, on par with Lemon-Grass...but so much cheaper!

hmmm..what do order...

Thai Mango Salad @ $6

A must try! i love this!!! Sweet from mango and Spicy from the Chilli Padi.

4.5 Mangoes out of 5 mangoes!!

Thai Ice Coffee @ $1.50

I was hoping the Ice Coffee taste like the Trung Nguen Coffee back in Vietnam, thou it looks almost the same, with lots of crushed ice... Vietnam Coffee still rocks. Never-e-less...its just coffee.

3 Coffee Beans out of 5 Coffee Beans!

Thai Fried Rice with Pork @ $6

A simple dish but so well-cooked. The Beef is not the soft and tender kind, but it goes well with the fried rice. Everything small little details in the Fried rice just complements each other so perfectly..so good!

4 Rice out of 5 Rice

Tom Yam Soup @ $7

So much Meat! Pork, Liver, Chunks of Tomatoes! The liver is cooked just nice! normally i don't eat liver because of the bloody taste. However, the liver goes so well with the Tom Yam Soup that I almost finish all the liver by myself! Unlike some other Tom Yam Soup that is merely Spicy and Sour, this tomYam Soup brings out the aroma of every spices and garnishes used.

4.5 Lemon grass out of 5 Lemon Grass!

PapaDoom and Palek Paneer!

Those who came down to my place and stayed after Friday midnite get to eat these Papadoms made by me! In my previous entry, i went to mustafa to buy these stuffs... and this is how it looks like after frying it. Preparation was simple. Just Coat each piece with oil and fry it! you can also choose to deep-fry, but a unhealthy alternative. Then today, I treid to microwave it without any oil - a even more healthier choice... and it turns out pretty ok...

Anyway Papadom without any cooking contains only 0.2g Fats to 1g Protein per piece!

Why did Popeye chose to ate a can of tasteless Spinach when theres Palek Paneer (Spinach with Cottage Cheese). It looks like sai(4) in the picture, but its really goes well with the Papadoms. Preparation for this is even simpler... open can, pour into bowl and microwave it! Those white cubes are cottage cheese.

Nutrtion Facts: 3g protein to 7g fats

healthy K-Food at food court meridien hotel

Have you ever heard of Hotplate without using any oil? Yes its true and its located at the Food Court of Meridien Hotel (Near Istana). The Hotplate are cookied using water, so no oil is added. Now, who says you cannot enjoy food that is tasty yet healthy... moreover, at food court price! Every main dish come with a choice of a side dish - Anchovies, Kim Chi and Pickled Cucumber. With an additional 20 cents, you can upgrade your bowl of white rice to brown rice! And to those on low-carbs diet, you cna ask them to remove the rice, and they will adjust the price accordingly!

Spicy Chicken Hotplate

The Meat is very very tender and the spiciness is just right. On top of that, the portion is really big, so for small eaters, 2 person can actually share 1 main! Since no oil was used in the cooking process, there won't be any oily-after-taste.

Dduk bok gi - Stir Fried Korean Flour Cake

This dish is actually quite popular but i don't really like it, because it feel like chewing on bubble gum! But many like it because its very chewy and doughy. The white strips u see are actually rice cake cooked in spicy dressing, made with gochujang (red pepper paste).

Steamed Saba Fish

Steamed Saba - A very healthy choice! Its steamed! no oil used once again, and fishes themselves are high in protein! Look at the portion...so big! 2 big pieces of saba for like only $6.50. nice la..just try... im lazy to convince u foodies....!

Daiso... So?

So.... after eating at Hans... we went to Daiso! Since im suddenly crazy over Dango.... i bought the DIY Dango! ( whats dango? see previous post! ). Those people coming over for mahjong this friday..lucky for you... cos u will be the first to try Dango made by me... hehe... Chapati with Palak Paneer and Chilli Beans!

Left: Azuki Paste; Right: Dango Rice Flour

Dango

Ingredients: 250g Rice Flour + 200ml Warm Water

Directions: Add warm water to rice flour and knead dough until soft like an earlobe. Follow with boiling or steaming method. Serve with ground soybeans and sugar etc.

SIMPLE!

NUS Gym

Being a responsible foodie, this is where i go today! NUS gym! Looks so big rite?! but no.... its damn small.... it looks spacious cos im like the only one there...lol...who goes to school during holidays!?! *spot me in the reflection*

After paying nus gym a visit, went down to vivocity for dinner at hans... Hans is nothing spectacular about it..so no pix!

Soya Bean Curd! Tau Huay

The ever famous Rochor Original Beancurd Custard with Syrup at Short Street. Its the one to the right! The one to your left "beancurd City" is owned by the brother of the Rochor Original Beancurd.

If you want something that is heavier in texture, stronger soya taste, go for the white signboard. Something Smoother, silkier and lighter taste? The Red signboard!

Rochor Original Beancurd:

$1 takeaway; $0.60 eating there

Address: 2 Short Street and 158 Sims Avenue

Eating Responsilbly 101

#1 Share the Fats
Imagine how much fats you can prevent yourself from gaining simply by sharing food high in fats content. sharing a 3.8g fats macaroon for eg. will save you 1.9g of fats which might seem insignificant, but imagine over the weeks and months, how much fats can you prevent yourself from gaining!

Choc-a-Block

Mom’s Choco Fudge Cake
The ultimate dark chocolate cake filled with dark, soft and rich creamy fudge, yet not too sweet on the palette. Voted Best Fudge by SunLife, Straits Times & Top 10 Best Desserts SunLife, Straits Times

woohooooo... i believe this was the cake i ate on uray's bday! Heard its bought from Choc-a-Block. So i did a little googling... and found the website! http://www.chocabloc.biz/
many good reviews by forumers and stompers!



Simple Creation, not too fanciful. But it definitely satisfied my tastebuds! Free advertisement for you! Gimme free cakes Mr/Mrs Choc-a-Block! just one slice of each flavour will do! =)

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#01-179
Singapore 460086
Tel/Fax : 64466096

Heartlander Macaroonsssss

Macaroons is a cross between cookies and confectionary, and originated from Italy.

According to legend, the macaroon was invented in an Italian monastery in 1792. Later, two Carmelite nuns, hiding in the town of Nancy during the French Revolution, baked and sold macaroons to cover their expenses. They became known as the "Macaroon Sisters." The cookie recipe was supposedly passed on to the Jewish community in France, who subsequently made it a staple of Passover baking. - Wikipedia

Enough of stories about macaroons! Bought a box of Macaroons from a shop in Toa Payoh ( near the station) ! A heartlander shop selling macaroons?! yes..its true and its good! The exterior is sugar coated, the Middle layer is chewy, and the butter cream is not too sweet, perfect! However, not all 5 flavours are fantastic.

Strawberry, Orange, Chocolate, Almond, Kiwi Flavoured?

MyFavourite to least Fav---> Chocolate, Almond, Strawberry, Orange, Kiwi---->

One-bite! and half is gone! Chocolate Best! more macaroonsssssss...

Nutrition Facts (http://www.calorie-count.com/calories/item/18169.html)
Serving Size
1 oz (28.3 g) 1 cookie, medium (2" dia) (24.0 g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 114
Calories from Fat 32
Total Fat 3.6g
Saturated Fat 3.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.2g
Cholesterol 0mg
Sodium 70mg
Total Carbohydrates 20.4g
Dietary Fiber 0.5g
Sugars 20.0g
Protein 1.0g

gourmet chocolate

Gourmet Dark Chocolates from Royal Plaza on Scotts

2 pieces chomped off by me before i can even take a photo of it! Its Dark Chocolate with nuts and mandarin orange... taste-wise, its very unique, but it would be better if the dark chocolate is perhaps 85%? i guess this is around 70% dark. Can you see the gold glitterings in the middle of the chocolate bar??? yeah... that's gold dust! so basically you are paying extra just for the aesthetic value of the chocolate... but still its worth the money...bcos its only $8.55 incl 7% GST! more ex than normal cadbury, but definitely worth trying!

Dango (JAP)

Hokkaido Fair @ Isetan Tampines

Matcha Dango (in green topped with Azuki)

Soya Dango (in yellow topped with Peanut powder)

After trying one from each of the flavour... The winner is still Mr. Matcha!

Little India - Mustafa

The smell was over-whelming! Fusion of the curry, spices, incense and humpz. But it was a fruitful trip! First Stop - Lil Ind'

Their Kuehs - Anyone knows if Indian "Kuehs" uses Goat's milk or Coconut milk?

First Sight of Mustafa!
** something irrelevant** The Boss trains at Khatib gym!

Damage at Mustafa
1. Chilli Beans (unlike the usual baked beans in tomato)
2. Palak Paneer (Spinach with Indian Cottage Cheese, to be dipped with Naan, Chapati or Papadoms)
3. Papadoms! (Heat and Eat pack)
4. and other miscellanous items - cookies, biscuits, pop tarts that are not indi! not in pic!

Garlic Naan @ some shop - Pakistani and North Indian Tandoori?

The Tandoori Chicken - Its very juicy and sprinkled with herb and spices, with peppermint dips!