Red Star Dim Sum do not deserve any Stars

Red Star

Well, I had my hearty breakfast of 3 slices of bread with peanut butter, cheese and ham, and 3 eggs whites before heading down to this place. The layout of this place is very similar to Fortunate Restaurant, whereby fresh hot dim sums are pushed around by Dim Sum Ladies in trolleys. The a/c is damn cold la, maybe feeling cold and eating hot dim sum with make you feel more shiok?

Reading much reviews on this place, I came with much anticipation... but it does not live up to its name...

Pickled Veg: This is served before you ordered anything. I like this cold dish, as it really freshens you up. But too bad, its not free, it was added into the total cost, I think its $2 or $1.50

Here comes my hot tea pot of crystanthemum tea... bitter... but tea with dim sum is a must!

Egg Tarts: No eggy taste, very sweet. BAD! You want egg tarts? go to Tong Heng for nice soft eggy tarts. You want candy sweet tasting tarts? come here...

Century Egg with minced pork Congee: This is my favourite of all dishes. I like the smoothness, and the strong taste of scallops in the congee. GOOD!

Har Kow: I was looking forward to this, but sadly, the skin is very floury... what happen red star?! The Harkow is has size, but no quality. BAD!

This is some fish paste with mushroom thing: Basically it taste like fishball, except that it is really made of chunks of fish meat and it taste very fresh. The mushroom seated upon by the ball of fish paste. NOT TOO BAD!

Another highly anticipated dish is Siew Mais: It is big, it is chunky but it is very dry. You want good Siew mais? I think the "Tiong Bahru Pau" stall makes better siew mais, bigger better chuckier and meatier. OK LAH!

The Yam/Taro Dumpling: It is very oilyyyyy... but not too bad... pretty good, and I kind of like it. The filling is not too much, so you wont get sick after eating one. Also you can see some chunks of lard inside... so do take note, lard haters. I only realiese this after ordering, so no choice for me! NOT BAD LA!

Will I ever step into Red Star Again? Probably not

Red Star Restaurant
Blk 54 Chin Swee Road
#07-23
Singapore 160054

Happy Birday Ah Ma

Happy Birthday Ah Ma

I carried the cake and its damn heavy la... but what better use am i for than for such errands? lol

Tao for longevity - Not nice to eat one. -_-

Food products trainted with Melamine

These are made of melamine.





and they goes into these...

Taken from Asiaone.com

Melamine has been detected in three other China-made products, reported the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) today. These are:

1. Lotte Koala's March Cocoa Chocolate Biscuit
2. Hello Kitty Strawberry Cream Filled Biscuit
3. Unbranded non-dairy creamer in industrial pack

The two types of biscuits contained milk ingredients and have been recalled since Sept 19. The non-dairy creamer is meant for re-export and is not available in the retail market.

Melamine has also been found in 17 biscuit products from Malaysia. These are:

1. Julie's Golden Kaka Crackers
2. Julie's Wheat Crackers
3. Julie's Cottage Crackers (Vegetable Yeast Cracker)
4. Julie's Cottage Crackers (Original Yeast Cracker)
5. Julie's Chez Creamy Cheese Sandwich
6. Julie's Sugar Crackers (extra flaky)
7. Julie's Waferico Chocolate Coated Wafers with Chocolate Cream Filling
8. Julie's Cream Crackers
9. Julie's Minico Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies
10. Julie's Peanut Butter Sandwich
11. Julie's Cocoro Crispy Chocolate Wafer Rolls with Vanilla Filling
12. Julie's Le-Mond Puff Sandwich with Lemon Flavoured Cream
13. Khong Guan Assorted Biscuits
14. Khian Guan Biscuit Osborne
15. Leo Gold Finger Choco
16. Santa Chocolate Gold Fingers
17. Swan Chocolate Fingers

Powerful Words

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.—Confucius

Singapore Bakery and Confectionary

Singapore Bakery and Confectionary

A very old school Bakery. I remember during those days when i was younger (when i was still a cute white chubby primary school kid, lol), the aroma of the freshly baked bread never fails to attract my attention every morning.

My Primary school school used to stand just directly opposite this bakery, but now it has shifted to somewhere in Tampines. I have not bought anything from them since the 90s, and I was pleasantly surprised that this shop is still operating till now, everything remains more or less the same. They used to bake bread using coal-fired ovens, I am not sure if they still do, but i am very positive that no one does that anymore.

When I got there, the shop is already closing although it is only 3pm. There are not much bread left. Their very superrrrr soft and nice bread loaves (those that are used for making Kaya toast) are already all gone by then. But luckily, there is something left for me still. =)

Tada! Its a normal looking cream-roll that is not really normal, because the texture and taste is so different from those that are mass manufactured by Gardenia or other bakeries

the top layer has a very nice texture, somewhat firm. But the interior is so soft and fluffy like cotton! Sandwiched between the cottony bread is a thin layer of cream. The cream is not those homogenous cream we usually see in other cream rolls, it has some precipitates of sugar crystals suspended within it (sounds so engineering...haha, but i cant think of a better description for it) , giving it a very nice crunchy feeling while sicking your teeth into it!

This place is situated @
Blk 47 Lor 6 Toa Payoh

Super Uber Nice Muffins - Bliss Haven

Super Uber nice Muffins spotted!

Bliss Haven - World's 1st Fortune Muffin!

wth is a fortune muffin? You know fortune cookies? Those cookies with a slip of paper in it with a msg that "tells" your fortune? Fortune muffins uses the same concept, just that the the paper is now in a muffin instead, or to be exact, its at the bottom of the muffin.

I don't think they need to employ such a marketing gimmik for their muffins are already good enough to attract the attention of muffin lovers. The vicinity of the shop smells of freshly baked muffins, anyone with a "working" nose will not be able to resist this temptation...

Each muffin cost $1.20, and buy 5 you will get one free. (That's y you see the free one in the picture kena squeezed until so poor ting, free ma)

And they come in 6 Flavour - Cheese & Chicken Ham, Oreo Cookies, Raisin & Orange Peel, Banana & Walnuts, Chocolate and Blueberry.

Chocolate - The crust/top is really veryyy good. I wish there's more chocolatey rice in it as well as on it...

Banana & Walnuts - This is the best in my opinion. Generous slices of bananas and walnuts... and wach bite gives you some crunchiness and sweetness...

Oreo Cookies - See the hugh chuncky Oreos sticking out from the muffin! If you find it too little, you can always buy your own oreos, break it to pieces and stuffed it in.

Overall: The muffins are nice and cheap and big!!! They have been featured in the Straitstimes before, but that doesn't matter, what matters is now that are featured by me! haha. Like what they say,

Muffins will never be the same again!

Bliss Haven is located @
Blk 127 Lor 1, Toa Payoh
#02-34 Lor 1, Toa Payoh Market

Approximate Nutrional Info of a Blueberry Muffin from Starbucks

Powerful Words

Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sale at Vivocity Candy Empire - Ritter Sport & Peanut Butter MnMs

And who says Foodiegymmie doesn't indulge?!
in fact he indulge so much that he always kena "niam" by CH.


Candy Empire at Vivocity Outlet

The cheapest Ritter Sport I've seen so far! One for only $1.90! The closest competitor to this price was the ones I bought at Cebu! After converting Pesos to SGD, its about $2. NUS COOP used to sell at $2.20. Normal Price is $3.40!

Marzipan (For Her) and Full Chocolate with Almonds (For me)

I always like my chocolates with nuts...

MnMs Peanut Butter @ 1 for $1.50, 3 for $3.40 (savings of $1.10!)

Usually I don'y eat MnMs because I feel that that it is way too sweet, and the chocolate merely taste sweet only, lack of the chocolatey taste. But not when its MnMs Peanut Butter!!! I love all things peanut butter!

Sugar-coated Chocolate with a Peanut Butter Core

Australian Dollar Rise to 1.35 - If only

Source from eatandtrain.blogspot.com

Will Aussie Dollar fall further? Hope not!

The unreliable forecast by an Engineering student.

New Buys

A very long time ago...

Supplements has arrived! Vitamin E and more E's for my heart. Mutli-Vitamins which i need no explain. Salmon Oil for my friends, not me. But salmon oil is for its good Omega 3. Hidden behind are 2 bottles of Caffeine pills for me, which is a must-have for me as it keep me energise during my workouts. Protein Powder 20lbs to supplement the low-in-protein Asian food. Free gym bag to dumped my shoes, clean and dirty clothes and everything else into it.

Cheap and good gloves from RBK. Made from real leather yet its cheaper than Nike ones which are made from synthetic leather. Reebok ones last about 3mth for me before holes starts appearing. Nike? 2 months!

Speedo googles at 41% off or what is 42% off at Royal Sporting House during Singapore's Birthday. Supposedly, this model is permanent anti-fog. So far it has yet to fail me!

tt's all folkS!

Just for laughs

Ribeye Steak at Astons Ang Mo Kio

ehh *scratch heads* what to eat eh? so many choices...

Good news to heartlanders staying in AMK... Astons now have a branch in AMK! Its a good news to me too because usually I am so lost as to what to eat after my gym... there's nothing meaty and nice in that area (yishun). So now I have one more alternative! :) lways looking forward to a nice meal after gym with my makan cum training buddy! Time to pamper ourself!

My order - Ribeye Steak xtra cut - $ 15.90

Ribeye xtra cut means another 70g of beef, making it 250g. The yet to upsized one cost $12.90 and is only 180g. I chose bbq beans and baked potato (w/o butter) as sides. The ribeye was done as i wanted... medium... fantastic!

See... still quite bloody and the interior is still tender. Each bite is soooo juicy and the taste of beef is just soooo good.

Darius ordered this... same as mine, just that he got onion rings instead.

After reaching home, I ate a pineapple.... why?!?

We can eat lot of meat and protein stuffs, but our body might not be able to digest and ingest them effectively. So eating fruits such as pineapple aids in the disgestion of the protein as it contains a proteolytic enzyme. That's why sometimes we see people serve meat alongside with pineapple rings!

ASTONS EXPRESS
Blk 721 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 #01-2823
Wang Wei Li Coffeeshop Stall 3/4
Opening Hours : 11am-10pm

Qualities of a Personal Trainer

My previous client has terminated with me after a grueling 10 months or so due to personal reasons... but he will resume next year! Too bad no pictures to show his Before and After picture. Initially, his goal was to pass chin-ups. As easy as 1, 2, 3... from a Zero-Fighter (zero chin-ups), he progressed to a few. This is nothing. He has lost about 5 kilos (he is not fat in the first place, just need to gain some muscle mass and reduce his BF%). Most importantly, I think what I'm most proud of is that he look so much better now. Even under his T-shirt and Jeans, his friends are commenting that he look better now. I am glad that his hardwork pays off, and I wish him all the best in the future and continues to train on his own... which he promised. The area that I can improve on would be his diet. He has followed every training program, but diet-wise, I think that I should have done a better job on this. But overall, I am glad that his training pays off!

I have got a new client now, in his 30s. Some background information about him, he has very good eating habits. Oats and banana in the morning for sustained energy for his work as he needs to raise his voice a lot, so ya, a good breakfast is very important for him. Lunch, he always eat soupy stuffs and avoid oily food. Dinner he cut down on carbs. I am glad when i hear this, because I need not educate him on nutrition. Well, he is a smart guy, he knows better. But, he failed in the area of exercise. He only ran once a week, and each time around 20min. Surprisingly, he is still pretty average size due to his good eating habits. But now, he knows he needs to do something about his lifestyle. His goal is to be able to complete a marathon... a 42.2km marathon. Nothing is impossible. Currently the longest he ever covered is 3.2km, and that nearly took his breath away. After only 4 sessions with him, I have seen improvement in speed as well as stamina. His training will be focused mainly on cardiovascular, but also some elements of resistance training to strengthen his lower body. Upper body is not neglected as well. He is lacking of motivation, and I hope that in this area I can do something about it.

Qualities of a Personal Trainer in my opinion:

1. The most basic, the PT himself must have the passion for health and fitness.
2. They must be knowledgeable, and use these knowledge into practice.
3. They must be a role-model in mind, body and action to his client.
4. They must have good communication skills, can you imagine 1 or 2 hours of silence and just training? eeww... this will just bore the hell out of anyone.
5. They must help clients achieve the results they expect in the shortest possible time, but at the same time, ensure the the training is progressive so as to not lead to over-exertion.
6. They must know how to make the training interesting and fun but yet effective.
7. They must be responsible for the client.
8. They must constantly update themselves, and learn from others as well. Nobody in this world knows everything!
9. They must be able to put themselves in the shoes of the client
10. Lastly, they must inspire!

Huggies Baby Photo Contest: Please Vote For Giselle

Dear Foodies and Gymmies, that's not me when i was young, im not so cute la. That's my super duper cute niece. If you think my niece is cute (of cos she is), and she deserves to win (again of cos she deserves..hehe), please vote for Giselle! Many thanks!!! =D

VOTE FOR GISELLE

There's a restriction of one vote a day... so help to vote everyday k! =)

My Birthday Birdday Burpday Cake - Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

There's a birdie on my cake!

hmm... buy from where one huh...? Birdshop?

grrr... not buy one!!! Its home-baked!

Wahh... I smell Peanut Butter...OMG...

Its Peanut Butter Fudge Cake!!!

My Goodness... Droolzzz...
Its sinful u noe? But i like it very very veryyyyy much! =D

(For those who dunno foodiegymmie, he loves peanut butter!)

One candle to celebrate my 1 yr old of existence.

Dense moist cake topped with Peanut Butter Fudge, sprinkled with crushed nuts on the sides. Layered with more fudge inside. Dark and white chocolate balls with almond inside. This is a Calorie Bomb man... but its worth it!

I LOVE IT!

This is a post-dated post, the cake is all in my tummy now! hoho.