Yellow (or not so) Drinks

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Weather has been a lil unpredictable lately aye. Right now, seems to be cloudy and there's no sun. Bet it'll rain today. In any case, I would like to introduce this stall opposite Temasek Poly, Blk 822, Tampines St 81 #01-192, A1 Penang Chendol.

This stall is managed by a couple, who loves to chit chat with anyone who stops by their stall. Really friendly! What's good about the stall? There is ALOT of drinks flavour to choose from! They have Red Tea, Ice Blend, Snow Blend, Oreo series, Smoothies, Cornflakes series (IKR!!), Chocolate series, Premium Bubble tea etc. Oh, and of course their A1 Chendol (:

 This is pure coincidence that my favourite drinks in this stall happens to be yellow.

Must Try: Durian Smoothie @ $2.90, A scoop of durian ice cream and durian chunks! Can you believe it? Durian chunks.. So every sip you take, there's durian flesh. Super shiok! Durian lovers, you got to try it!

Sweet Tooth drinkers, I introduce to you, Creamy Corn Smoothie.
Uncle gave a scoop of corn and added lots of cream into the drink. Super shiok too! If you're hungry, just grab this. You'll wanna puke after drinking this because it's so filling. Can you see the chunk of corn at the bottom of the cup? :D

Hot weather? Need a drink to cool yourself down? Try A1's Kumquat drink with a choice of adding nata de coco. You can even choose to upsize! Like macDonald's. hahahaha! You might ask what's kumquat? Well, it's actually lemon and lime but fear not, it's not that sour because the nata de coco is sweet! So it actually complement the drink very well. Definitely a thirst quencher for a hot weather.

I've yet to try their oero series. Perhaps when I'm around the vicinity, I'll give it a shot. Today, I've tried the Tiramisu Oreo Smoothie @ $3. Taste really nice and the tiramisu flavour is not too overwhelming. To add on to the texture of the drink, there were bits / chunks of oreo bicuits!

Was told by the lady boss that they're gonna revamp their drink list soon because when you look at their menu, you'll be too overwhelm and spoilt for choices. Can't wait for their new menu!

A tp student will definitely know of this stall, it's facing the rd and there's lift upgrading reno at the moment. So go find it! They have a facebook account which is pretty updated for their latest promo, so go have a look!

25 Years and counting

Good morning!
On Friday, was the boy's birthday so i made his requested bday cake, mocha cake w crushed almonds (there's rum extract in the cake). With the coffee buttercream. Yes, i have not mastered the art yet.

After putting the chocolate frosting and roasted almond nuts, final product.

The buttercream in the cake has super fine crushed almond bits as well. Thought it will give a different texture to it.

Side note: Hoping to perfect the cake even more.
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Last night, I finally had my virgin try on sheesha at Nabins, Arab St.

It was only towards the end, that i got the hang of it because i don't smoke and has never fail to start coughing madly when i try to take a puff. Anyway, we got the Grape Flavour (didn't taste like grapes to me in any sense) and sat there for close to 4 hrs? Couldn't finish the entire 'bottle'. And so, it seems that sheesha / shisha is pretty harmful, in fact, more harmful than smoking cigarette itself :/  So please, do it in moderation. And no, I'm not addicted, yet. HAHAHA. Would love to try the other flavours some day.

Nabins has really good layouts indoors, but sheesha wasn't allowed, so we were given seats outside where they had this big screen for entertainment. We watched Superman and The Incredible Tales on 5. Bascially outside was filled with people chilling and sheesha-ing. Oh, and there was a belly dancer too whom i thought did pretty well, though it seems that the dance move were mediocre. Their indoor layout is definitely suitable for big groups and chillouts where you can dine and 'lepak' on the sofa bed. The whole area is carpeted and they have second level as well. Go check it out if you ever step foot into arab st! It was definitely a fun experience for me (:

#ootd

I eat Noodles 4 days a week.

Here's a list of my favourite noodle stalls:

 Who can ever ever resist the famous Katong Laksa? 

Serangoon Gardens, Chomp Chomp famous Hokkien Mee Stall (at the back of where the umbrella seatings are). There is always at least a half an hour wait even on a weekday.

This Lor Mee stall at Kovan/ Lorong Ah Soo only opens at 11am onwards! And, as usual, there will be a queue.

 $2.50 or $3. $2.50 is alrdy quite filling. Love the pork meat and the gravy is sooooo shiok! 

 Tanjong Pagar PSA Complex, Amoy st Prawn Mee. Always long long long queue during lunch hour. The pork rib is so soft and tender! Soup based is oh-lala. I always finish up the soup and it's so lips smacking good! :D

 Putien's Lor Mee. There's like tons of ingredients in there. Clams, Pork belly, veg, onions, prawns, mushroom etc. Sharing a bowl for 2 is definitely more than enough! probably each inidividual can have about 4 - 5 helpings? That's really alot. Oh, and their chilli sauce goes really well with this dish too, for those who can't live without chilli. But the taste of the lor mee itself is alrdy very flavourful! 

 This place was recommended by my bf who claims that the 'coffeeshop' is almost always full hse. It's located at Blk 134 Geylang East Ave 1 #01-217, Hong Qin Fish & Duck Porridge. They also serve kway chap side dishes but not the kway chap! 

 So this is their take away fish slice noodle. Fish slices were fresh (no fishy smell) and the soup was sweet. Makes you feel healthy! 

Saizeriya's Spaghetti with clams in tomato base is soooooo i can eat it forever! Taste the clam sweetness in this dish and there's a certain Woah whenever i have this. 

 Century Sq's food court at the Formosa Stall, sells this chinese noodle thing called Dao Xiao Mian. The price is a lil expensive for a food court dish but i guess you're paying for the making of dough, slicing of the noodle, requires lots of hands on on the chef. Comes in chicken, beef or pork. Really filling and whenever i have cravings for a slurpy noodle with tons of soup, i'll go for this! (:

 GIant's (Tampiness) food court, Dumpling Noodle Dry. Noodle texture is like a thinner version of ban mian and the dumplings are huge with servings of 4 - 5. The sauce to mix the noodle is really good. Can never have enough of this. Going to Giant? Try this before going for your grocery shopping! 

Another famous stall, Fei Fei Wanton Mee @ Joo Chiat. Actually it's my mum's favourite but i've also found to prefer this than to Pon Tian because, Fei fei's noodle texture is more to my liking. And, being a chilli lover (i add chilli to everything!), this noodle is the only exception that i do not add chilli sauce to it. In fact, i'll just have it dry with lots of tomato sauce! You can even request for soup after wiping the bowl clean with your tongue! hahahaha.

 Another Saizeriya's favourite. Al Funhgi spaghetti in cream sauce. I'm usually not a big fan of cream based spaghetti (but i am a huge fan of spaghetti) because it usually get's 'jelak' after awhile. However, this spaghetti is not at all 'jelak'. It is so mouth watering and delicious that I eventually didn't want to swap this with the bf when agreed earlier on. Goes to show how nice it is! 

Papaya Noodle soup with a choice of fried chicken or pork or seafood at Changi Point Shopping Mall @ Expo station. Never tried papaya soup before until my dad ordered this at our first visit to the mall and boy, i fell in love with it almost instantly! Since then, whenever I'm at Expo, I willl never give this a miss. Sometimes, i even make my way down just to eat this! Not only is there papaya in the soup, there's veg, corn, button mushroom, tofu etc, Relatively healthy with the exception of the milk. But think about it, without the milk, it ain't papaya soup! 

 Ding Tai Fung's Pork Chop Noodle. I seldom take yellow noodle except for a few stall, as you can see in all my noodle pictures, it's always the white or spaghetti. Hardly the chinese yellow noodle because I don't like the after taste of it. Ding Tai fung's pork shop is soooo tender and delicious, it actually blends well with the noodle in the soup (less tasty and flavourful). Give it try if you're always eating their prawn fried rice! Have a change ya? 

 Okay, I just had this yesterday after gym at Tamp Mall's Kopitiam, Taiwan Cuisine stall. There have about 17 variety? From rice to noodles. Of course, i choose this dish, no. 13 for $4.50 - Taiwan Mini Sausage with QQ Noodles (spicy). Noodles is definitely QQ to the max. Love the chewy texture and they give lots of veg! LIKES! Oh, and half an egg. There's also minced meat in the bowl. One of the Must-Try! 

My final favourite noodle stall is located at Old Army Market, Fish sliced Mee Sua. When I was doing my internship, I frequent the hawker centre like it's my second home and this dish was close to being my mother. I eat this every single day of my 3 month internship (ok, i exaggerate! tried out other dishes too, but i swear it was only like 5 times?) till the auntie could recognise me. Even now when i still occasionally head back just to have this pipping hot bowl of fish slice mee sua, we still exchange smiles. There is also a queue during lunch hour. Definitely worth the wait. 

Okay, my stomach is rambling alrdy! Goodbye and have a nice midweek!  

NATO AGM

2 friends return from overseas and so, we had a major catch up at Holland Village (decided to venture into the west instead of sticking to the east or the central). It was my first time entering the area and it very much reminded me of Clarke quay. Beers, Caucasians, food, ice cream, chattering, lightings etc


Made a reservation at Cha Cha Cha Mexican Restaurant for a table of 15 (3 friends couldn't turn up, so it was only 12 of us) at 7pm and we were given the outdoor seating. Getting the attention of the waiters were a lil difficult but service was alright, whatever was requested was given promptly. We ordered several main dishes and i guess all tasted good? Wasn't like a woah woah woah! kinda good but good. 

This is the Enchiladas de Pollo $14. Basically it's shredded chicken in corn tortillas w cheese and some mexican sauce. Chicken was really juicy but the portion could be a lil bigger cause my friend, was still looking through the desserts menu. Then again, she's a big eater. 

Cha Cha Cha Combination

 $16 for beef, $18 for prawns & 418.50 for crabmeat. There's mash, rice and beef w cheese.

 Burritos $16 with a choice of shredded chicken/beef or ground beef. There's also mexican rice inside so this is really filling. Comes w mash, sour cream and guaccamole. This is pretty filling but in the group of 4 or 5 who ordered burritos, only 1 was a guy.

 This is the Prawns burritos $18. Lots of prawns chunk and the rice was moist (probably due to the amount of cheese in it and tomatoes). Didn't like e mash because it was made up or baked beans or so, it tasted. I didn't eat my burritos with the given sauce because it tasted really good on its own.

Pollo al Chipotle $17. Consisting of pan fried chicken breast seasoned in a smoky chipotle chilli, served with veg & rice. Tried a lil bit of the chicken breast, wasn't too dry and was pretty tasty! whets the appetite. (:

Cerdo con Salsa Verde $18.50. This was their pork stew that was served differently (unlike every other dishes, in plates). The was 3 flour tortillas to go along with the stew. Didn't give it a try but my friend who had this dish didn't said anything like it was terrible or inedible.


Overall, Cha Cha Cha Mexican restaurant has affordable mexican dishes but i'll probably not head back there anytime soon unless, i have the cravings for the prawns burritos.
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Haagen Daz @ Holland Village
Choose Haagen Daz since it was nearby Cha Cha Cha. We were given this area of the place and though choices of ice cream was limited, everyone had an ice cream on their hand, or at least, some shared! (:
I wonder if it's just Holland V's outlet that has limited yet atas looking ice cream selection or it's consistent with the others... hmmmm.

 And a group shot!

What's for breakfast?

Have you ever been to Toa Payoh Lor 8 hawker centre? 

There's this really good noodle stall that sells Mee Hoon Kway and Sheng Mian (aka Qi mee in Hokkien), facing the main road. From the time i found seats for my parents to the time we finished the breakfast, the queue was never ending. 

Stall: Seletar Sheng Mian, Mee Hoon Kway, closes every wed and thurs and opens as early as 630am. Qi Mee is selling at $2.50 / $3 per bowl.

Ingredients: Noodles, egg, pork slices, minced pork, 2 prawns, veg, ikan bilis, pork oil and fried onion

I must say that this food will soon be extinct because you can hardly find it anywhere else today (i only know of 2 places that sells Qi Mee, one of which is this, and another stall at Bedok). Younger generations opt not to take over the business and so, when the old can no longer work, the stall will eventually close. 

This dish will soon be forgotten. If you ever have the chance, remember to give this dish a shot! 

stripes.

Caught we bought a zoo before dinner. It was ok, bits of laughter here and there, crying scenes were not forgotten. Pretty good to capture various themes in life.

Definitely worth the ticket price.

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merry xmas everyone!

Spent the eve with the family and grandma at the Singapore flyer. This time round, pictures doesn't seem to be as good as the previous time. Probably because of the weather, raining you see.

Definitely was a good family time together.

As for xmas, all i can say is, jinxed up, as usual. Satan will always make things hard for you when you look forward to something. Oh wells, world peace.

XX

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