i have GREAT news for bakerzin fans. the cafés now serve free water! oops, that’s not it. (it’s true though.)
throughout the month of july, they are selling their macarons at just $0.90 each! if you’ve yet to try out this cute french pastry, this is the perfect opportunity! with over a dozen flavors, there’s something for everybody.
wait, that’s not all. they have also slashed the prices for some of their cakes by more than half!
how does this sound to you: a well marinaded and perfectly grilled chicken, drenched in a fiery hot african sauce? i don’t know about you, but that sure made me salivate!
as soon as i hear that the UK fast food chain, aj’s piri piri chicken, has set up its first franchise outlet in singapore that promises to bring us the aforementioned chicken, i make a mad rush down to grab a piece. it’s on the 5th level of iluma, the new shopping mall at bugis.
so what is piri piri? it’s a tiny red chili pepper that is found in africa. the portuguese blend it with various herbs and spices and voila! there’s your hot hot piri piri sauce!
the restaurant serves the afro-portuguese chicken in different tantalising styles like hot plate, burgers, wraps, pastas and more.
hi everyone, i’m back! dear mommy asked me to resume my blogging duties soon. she said a lot of you have been asking about me since my first blog post 2 months ago. is that true? it makes me so happy! meow!
“but what should i blog about?” i asked mommy. “kitty, why don’t you blog about all the things you love?” okay, i shall listen to mommy and do just that!
ladies, here’s one magazine for you. watsons’ GLOW is a quarterly health and beauty guide jam-packed with tons of useful information and giveaways!
do you know what health checks are appropriate for your age group? wanna learn how to detox healthily? if you dine out a lot, these health bytes would certainly come in handy!
at the same time you can read beauty product reviews and get beauty tips such as picking the correct foundation.
from now to july 10, i am giving away 3 skincare products:
do you live to eat or eat to live?
for me, any food that doesn’t taste good just isn’t worth having. satay, grilled stingray, or a good curry. these are the kind of food that would keep me happy for a long time, but they are also undeniably sinful. are scrumptious food always this unhealthful?
that brings me to the point of this post. although it may be rare (to me anyway), healthful food CAN taste wonderful, too. and i’ve decided that each time i come across something that fits the bill i would highlight it here, along with its health benefits!
here are a couple of picks from the pasta menu at tcc, starting with my personal favorite, the mentaiko (spicy cod roe) pasta. salmon lovers, this one’s for you.
teochew delicacies such as cold pork trotters (猪脚冻) and shark meat are a dying trade in singapore. i think such novelties appeal more to the older generations, as my parents have shown me. when we chanced upon a hawker stall selling these at chinatown complex, they ordered the dishes as though they were buying your everyday chicken rice!
eating trotters, chilled, no less, certainly bears that squeamish factor. but i know some of you are probably hunting down these traditional dishes and, truth be told, they just aren’t that easy to find anymore. so i thought i would showcase them here.
we start off with the cold pig trotters. they look like jelly! yup yup, that’s right. beneath that translucent brown jelly-like substance you can clearly see the round pinkish trotters.
two weeks ago i ran a “spot the hidden LG GD900 crystal” game here. one lucky sparklette winner gets to win the gorgeous mobile phone, the LG GD900 crystal.
the response was overwhelming! a whopping 1013 submissions came in! many thanks to each and everyone of you for your interest in the game.
however there can only be one winner. that winner is…
for a long while i have noticed an annoying trend in many sit-down dining establishments. an increasing number of restaurants have a no-water policy: they do not serve free cold water or even tap water to diners. instead, they make us buy their bottled water. i find this highly unacceptable.
serving water is the most basic service that a restaurant can provide. most of the time we are already paying a 10% service charge. even fast-food restaurants with no service charge do not have such a policy!
therefore, i am compiling a list of greedy dining establishments that refuse to serve free water. if you know of any, please leave a comment and i would add it to the list.
here they are:
it all began like this…
“wanna drink sh*t?” my friend D asked excitedly.
“what??” i demanded, unsure whether it’s a genuine question or insult.
“you wanna drink sh*t or not?” he persisted, like that’s the most natural thing in the world. “come, come, i show you.”
intrigued, and a little disgusted, i followed him to where another friend K sat. K had just returned from the depths of the indonesian jungle. he brought back with him a small bottle of brown substance.
and that is how the 3 of us ended up drinking animal poop coffee together. kopi luwak (civet coffee) is the most extraordinary and expensive coffee in the world. you can hardly find it anywhere, and when you do, it would cost you upward of $50 per cup! i kid you not!
over the past weekend we had a little picnic (with wine!) at east coast park. following a hectic week, an idyllic day at the beach really helps one relax. maybe you can try it this weekend!
anyway since we were too lazy to bring any food, dinner was at one of the many eateries at the park. first we checked out big splash. no interesting restaurants there, although we did find out that mingles (which i’ve reviewed previously) had closed down, while the café next door was enjoying a thriving business.
we scoured the pub area for more dining options before finally settling for kebab station. it stood out from the sea of restaurants with its unusual offering — exotic turkish cuisine!
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