Singapore Food Festival - The Red Tingkat

This year's Singapore Food Fest is held at the Singapore River Promenade outside The Central, and with so much hype over Nonya culture after the screening of "Xiao Niang Er", it is no surprise that the theme for this year's SFF is "Peranakan". With my lousy ang mow, it is indeed surprising that I am invited as a VIP for the SFF. So as a VIP, I am entitled to free meals and free vouchers! Woohoo!

Tingkat - The "Gong" flashes back times of 'yester-years' when there isn't styrofoam boxes etc. This Tingkat meal was prepared by Swissôtel Merchant Court chef... and check out the spread!

Ayam Buah Keluak (Chicken stew cooked with a unique black nut), surprisingly, this taste so healthy and proteiny!

Kueh Dar Dar, Tapioca Kueh, Thousand Layer Kueh and 9 layer kueh

Classic Nonya Nasi Lemak, i like the sweetness in the chilli.

Dining on the Tingkay by the river....

Where all the food action takes place - chewing, gnawing, eating, drinking, slurping and gulping!

Durian Penyat - Swissôtel Merchant Court

Sry, but i seriously thinks that durians should still be eaten in its original form.

Chicken Satay from City Satay

Tender, but to showcase to the world what satay is about... bigger pieces! Ang mows are big eaters!

thanks NN and STB!

*BURP*

Bread Pitt Me - Bento Lunch - Comfortable Toilet

hehe... as you can see... one paper is FINISHED!

3 more days and 8 more hours to my next paper as i am blogging...

And this is my lunch for yesterday! Japanese style meat patty which was absolutely delicious, with a egg ( no eggs i can die... literally), Tofu with minced meat, and cold pasta salad...
We all love chocolates, who doesn't?
We all love bananas, who doesn't?
Or should I say most people...
Chocolate and Bananas are a perfect match...

So we had a interesting dinner...

but unhealthy... I bought the chocolate loaf, and jj bought the banana one, cos we thought of sandwich them together and eat it as one = banana chocolate walnut bread... haha





anyway just for amusement, taken from the toilet in my school library...
Who the hell uses so much toilet paper just to cover the seat?
but it looks very comfortable and well-cushioned thou... =P

P/s: Do check out http://mogubox.livejournal.com : a cool bento website! the first to be created by a singaporean undergrad maybe? or not...

Sushi Bento Lunch

Lemon Tarts, Honey Dew, Sticks of veggies and meat, Egg in the shape of a Star (I presume people say that eat eggs will get zero for exams, bcos eggs look like the shape 0... so this egg is star-shape... A-star for my modules? haha)

Sushi, still got somemore underneath...

My gf made this for me, so how can I not blog about it? =P This gotta be the cutest lunch box I ever got... :) perks me up for the exams!


Anw she will be setting up her own food blog soon with bento as the theme, and she will be teaching Japanese on her blog... how cool is that!
You get to learn jap and eat jap... what else

Mug Fest cum Picnic

Exams are coming again! oh dear! but i will still blog as per normal... still remember last semester mug fest... my diet was really bad and all my efforts went to waste... ok. maybe not all... but most... but glad i managed to remedy back :) but its really difficult to study intensively yet not feed your body with some carbs or sugar to stay awake... but this semester, is definitely better than last semester...

Glad I have many health- conscious friends around me.

Last semester... See how bad my snacks was... all the sugars, transfats, MSG and fats and more fats.... but all is history...

This semester...

Biscotti from Amande... very nice and crisp, they sell nice macaroons too as mentioned in my previous entry. This is sinful, but it comes in a small packet and was shared!

Ricola Lemon mint - to satisfy the sweet craving while studying

Mini Ball cake - these are mini starch balls when some munching is needed

Seaweed-not fried, 1g of protein to 1g of carbs, pretty high sodium, high in fiber

Fisherman's Friend - for the sweet tooth - contains sugar alcohol

Protein Powder mixed with milk powder - To fill my tummy in the afternoon... keep you full in a healthy way...

and a lot of sandwiches! made my me and my friends... we are so crazy over sandwiches now... yum yum... many different varieties, meaty ones, lots of veggie ones, cheesey ones... healthy ones.... less healthy one...

Made by me: Egg Turkey Ham and Cheese Sandwich & Tuna Egg and cheese Sandwich & Kidney beans with cherry tomatoes and baby carrots

Made by my GF:
Ham & Cheese Sandwich & Egg and Cheese Sandwich

Made by CH:
Salmon Sandwich with tomatoes and celery

Made by Gen:
Ham and Cheese Sandwich





anyway, this was a little conversation we had...

MS: Pasta got wholemeal one you know?
He: Ya, my pasta now is wholemeal
He: Anything brown is wholemeal
Me: You are wholemeal then

He is brown...
too brown...
lol

Chicken Sandwich

recently i have been eating sandwiches for my meals, due to my busy busy workload and my lack of interest in all the food stalls in NUS. Engin canteen, I only eat Yong Tau Fu or Indian Stall. Western is a tat too oily for me, malay too... Indonesia Pahang serves lots of rice with too little meat for me... The chicken rice stall also too much rice, too little chicken, economy rice stall just simply cannot make it... The noodle stall is just noodles, too little meat for me too... The vegetarian is damn oily too, and mock meat is not too good for your health... Jap has close down due to its sucky cannot make it sets.. and fish soup stall's stuffs is over-priced with so few pieces of fish slices... with not much choice, i rather eat sandwiches. If I have the time, I will walk over to Arts for my favourite Yong Tau Fu, but i hardly have the time... Sometimes, I will also buy Club Sandwiches from Olive Cove at Engin for my meals... So much bread! But im lovin' it!

Chicken Sandwiches with Melted Cheese, accompanied alongside with Hard Boiled Egg and a serving of Honey Dew and Papaya

+

200ml of Milk with Chocolate mint Protein Shake

Wednesday Lunch Box

Lesson was 10 till 4pm... I cannot go hungry! so here is my lunch... preparation time < 30min

Hard-Boiled Eggs, Chick Peas, Boiled carrots, Salmon drizzled with orange juice, Tuna Sandwich with cheese and my chocolate mint protein shake...

Valentine Day

HAPPY VALENTINE DAY!

I simply have no idea how it came about....probably i can wiki it... but i got more impt tings to do! So much workkkkkkkkkkkk ah! Have been going gym almost daily tt i have no time to blog... so my number of visitors daily has been going down.... sad... If you like my blog.... TAG ME! =D

ok here's what i had for V-Day

For Her: Strawberry Sandwich

Korean Strawberries with Strawberry Jam, Whipped Cream and Cottage Cheese... served chilled.

For Her: Chawamushi

Eggs beaten with Silken Tofu and HL Milk, with Crab Stick and Oyster (hidden beneath the eggs), topped with cereal and a heart-shaped cheese.

For Him: Meat Patty with Cheese and Ham +
Orange for the healthy him +
Rocky Road Chocolate for the Special Occasion + Heart-Shaped Toast with Peanut Butter
and XOXO Cheese slices.






and i bought... ...

Natural Peanut Butter - C for Chunky

Very Chunky Indeed...

NO Sugar Added... No TransFats... No Salt... but very difficult to spread... :\

Bento - Sushi

Bento - Omu Rice

Omu Rice (Omelette rice), Chicken Patty, Veggies and Banana slices

Sentosa

we to sentosa... tried the chairlift tingy and the luge ride tingy... the chairlift tingy is actually kinda scary...haha... it can go very high lor... and when the wind blows... it sort of swing... and u r just sitting there... no support... nothing! ok.... im just ham chee...

We packed bento lunch there! Bento Lunch Boxes on Sentosa map!

Open up...and tada! Damn nice rite... got cranberries... It looks nice la... but does it really taste nice...? keke (FYI: The Tartar sauce was brought there but nv opened)

The Pink Set: [TOP] - Steamed Chicken Breast with lime juice and assorted veg.
[BOTTOM] - Salad w/o dressing; mini apple strudel

The Blue Set: [TOP] - Macaroni; Hard Boiled Eggs; Roasted Chicken

[BOTTOM] - Bolognese sauce with minced meat and tomato chunks and mushrooms and somemore hard boiled eggs!

This was a great great lunch! Healthy and yummy, who says yummy food must be sinful?

Found a new hangout place at Sentosa, and this place is Cafe Del Mar. A beach Bar/Restaurant at Siloso Beach. After a dipped into the sea, dipped into the warm waters at the pool inside cafe del mar and sip a cuppa kopi-o or milo (if they have). Ordered Yellow Bird cocktail, but dun really like it la... not really a cocktail lover... prefer hard liquor cuz why pay so much for so little alcohol but so much juice... more like paying for the effort of decorating it and shaking the tingy...

How to make your own Yellow Bird? Heres how!

Amount	Ingredient
1.5 Shots	White Rum
0.25 Shot	Galliano
0.5 Shot	De Kuyper Crème De Bananes
0.25 Shot	De Kuyper Apricot Brandy
2 Shots	Pineapple Juice
1 Teaspoon	Caster Sugar
0.5 Shot	Lime Juice

http://www.cafedelmar.com.sg/main/

Complete Bento Set

Went to look for a complete bento set yesterday! Finally got everything!

Bento Box, Bento Cups to put the liao(4), Short Bento chopsticks, Bento Bands.
I dun like the stupid duck, will cut it away!

Bento Lunch

Kawaii Bento Set!

what's inside!??!

Yummy! Healthy Lunch prepared by MS for me after my gym! Love it! :)

All steamed! Chicken Sausage, Rice with Japanese Powdered seasoning, Hard-boiled Egg, Radish and Carrots, Capsicum, Potatoes, Heart-shaped Tofu-Egg-Potato Pancake. Everything taste so good, cant seem to find a favorite!