Popiah

I enjoy eating popiah as the combination of the fillings and the 'skin' creates a great taste. Fillings includes sliced turnip, bean sprouts, eggs, peanuts and sweet sauce. It tastes good with or without sambal chilli. Personally, I like it without any chilli.

The skin chosen to wrap up the fillings is very fine; it can gets torn easily. It is not an easy job to wrap a nice popiah. To know whether the popiah bought is fresh or not, observe the skin. If it's harden, it means that it's not that fresh anymore. Furthermore, it is recommended to consume it right after it was being bought to enjoy the best taste of the popiah!

The crispy sliced turnip with lots of bean sprouts and eggs wrapped up is my favourite. Yummy!

Custard Puff

Dad bought this for me when I was looking for something to eat before my trainng on Wednesday. Went to this bakery near the place where Mum took her x-ray for a look. This custard puff is the biggest that I have seen. Usually it's quite small when bought from other bakeries. Asked Dad to buy one for me to try. Haha.

The taste was superb too. Those that I ate outside were bland and the custard were rather jelly-like. I feel like floating when I took a bite of this. Yum-yum. The custard were creamy and have a slight sweetness. The icing sugar on top adds on to the flavour too. Yummy!

I have a feeling to vomit during the training later on. Someone told me maybe it's the cream that causes that. The thick and rich cream sure is tasty. Haha.

Bubble Tea

I just got myself a little addicted to drinking bubble tea. Enjoy chewing the large pearls though. I like the flavour chosen to blend in well with the milk tea instead of having the taste segregated. It would taste really odd when both doesn't blend well.

There are the ice blended and the normal types. Personally, I like the normal types better as I prefer drinking the tea and chew the pearls than biting the ice. Haha.

I have tried a few flavours recently and I prefer mango flavour. Shall continue trying the other flavours available. =)

Chocolate Chip Cookie

I like chocolate chip cookie a lot, especially those chocolates embedded are not hardened after they were baked. It may be a little messy while eating but it's enjoyable. Like the cookie to be rather crunchy though. Don't think it will be nice if it's too soft. I don't like it to be too hard too.

Cookie~ ^^

Sugee Cookie

The first time that I ate sugee cookie was when I was in secondary two. Baked this cookie for home economics lesson. Felt like floating when I put the first cookie into my mouth. Even though ghee was used to baked this cookie, it did not in anyway tasted oily. The chopped almonds added extra flavour to the cookie. The cookie is really crispy. Yum-yum.

I haven't baked the cookie for a long time. One Auntie from my Mother side baked for my family during Chinese New Year. Enjoyed it a lot. I would really prefer those hand-made than machine-made.

Brownie

Dad drove me to fix his car as I still have some time left after my test before I have to report to the nuclear medicine department at the Singapore General Hospital. Saw this on his car and was curious what it was. I thought it was a bun initially as I have been craving for some pork buns recently.



I am so happy with the surprise that Dad gave. He bought it for me so that I would not be hungry while attending my lesson at the nuclear medicine department. Haha. So sweet. Ta-da! ^^



The nut toppings looks a little bit like garlic. I didn't taste much of the nuts as it was of negligible amount. This brownie is a little different from the rest as it doesn't have any nuts in the middle. It's not that concentrated too. I prefer brownies that are thick in chocolate and does not contain so much nuts.

Kway Chap

Today is the first time that I ate kway chap. Had always have a feeling that kway chap is not tasty as it looks like 'hor fun'. I don't really like 'hor fun' that's why. Dad say that he haven't had his lunch so I tagged along with him to the hawker centre. The 'kway chap' turned out to be quite tasty.

The side dish consists of three-layer pork, 'dou gan', egg, pig's small intestines and some fishcakes. The 'dou gan' tastes rather different from the 'dou gan' ate elsewhere. Nice. I don't really like the three-layer pork as it was not well-cleaned. No special comments for the small intestines, but Dad say that he prefer large intestines as the taste is better.

Think the 'tau poks' are missing. Saw some on the picture of the stall yet didn't get it in my plate. Anyway, I am so happy that I finally get to know how kway chap tastes like. =)

Hashbrown

This is a new way to eat potato besides from the simple boiled potato and fried wedges. I really like hashbrowns, especially when the edges are very crispy. Mum prefer it to be baked while I prefer it to be fried. I know it's not very healthy to eat oily food. But I guess it's alright for me to fulfil my tastebuds' desires once in a while.

I think there are something else added to the hashbrown to make it taste so different from the normal potatoes. I wonder what would that be. Hmm.. =)

Some like to eat the hashbrown with something else. For me, I prefer to eat it alone with nothing else so that I can enjoy the genuine taste of the hashbrown fully. *Slurps*

Banana Pan

I was browsing throught for something to eat when I came across this bread. From the name of the bread, it can be easily guessed that the filling inside is banana paste. However, that is only one of the fillings. There are also red bean paste in the fillings. The sweetness suits people like me who have a sweet tooth. The red bean paste and the banana paste blends really well.

The bread is not very thick. It is also rather soft. This has made the tasting of the fillings easier. Do be careful while taking the bread as it may be squashed or torn if too much force is used.

Durian Puff

This durian puff is really tasty. The durian paste is quite rich in taste and the crust is not too bland. Both the paste and crust just blends in well. Yum yum. The main thing is that there is sufficient durian paste in the crust and it doesn't make the crust goes soggy. The sweetness of the paste is just nice too.

This can be found at one of the Toa Payoh's bakery. 5 for $2. Quite an affordable price.

Sweet Yam Bread

The yam is neither in the middle of the bread nor is it on top. It is spread evenly around the bread. The yam natural sweetness of the yam makes this bread really tasty. The almond topping adds on an additional taste that blends well with the overall taste of the bread.

The texture of the bread however have some room for improvement. Personally, I feel that the bread is a little hard to chew. I have to use quite some force though. The pricing is quite reasonable and I wouldn't mind if it would go lower. =P

Char Siew Rice

This is another nice dish found at the hawker located at Alexandra Village. The meat is soft and tender. The whole thing blends well with the char siew sauce and another sauce that I do not know what it is. The uncle is very nice, he gave me the char siew sauce generously when I asked for it. The sauces taste really different from those bought from the market. It's really tasty.

It's quite cheap honestly even though it would be better with a little more rice. The main thing that I thought the taste of this dish can be improved would be by adding some vegetables. It can be cucumber, tomato, or any other types of green leaves vegetables as long as it goes well with the dish. Simply with just the meat and rice somehow lacks the variety in taste.

Meat Floss Bread

I like the bread topped with meat floss as there is a special type of oil that is being spread on the bread so that the floss can stay on the bread. The taste of that special type of oil is very nice! *slurp* It really blends well with the meat floss.

Of the shops that I have eaten this bread, I find the price a little high. How nice if it could be lower.

After tasting a few types of this type of bread, I really like the bread topped with pork floss and nothing else. Simple and tasty. I don't really like those with other flavours like wasabi or chilli. I find the taste a little odd though.

Chicken Rice

This stall at Alexandra Village is quite unique. The soup that came with the chicken rice is winter melon soup. First time ever that I see winter melon soup served with chicken rice. The soup is quite tasty, not much MSG.

The rice taste quite good, especially when it is blended with the sauce that is found in the plate of chicken. The rice taste just nice, not too oily or too dry. The chicken tastes good too! Not a bad choice to give it a try. =)

Personally, I still prefer my grandma's chicken rice. =D

Mini Strawberry Jam Swiss Roll

As mentioned in my previous post on the mini durian swiss roll, Dad found the durian swiss roll accidently because he was actually intending to buy this swiss roll filled with strawberry jam initially.

This swiss roll has the same size as the mini durian swiss roll. It is also found in the same bakery. Instead of having a rich taste, this swiss roll taste rather light and it suits people who don't like rich tasting food. The sweetness is alright even though it is a little sweeter than the durian swiss roll. Good for a refreshing snack. The cake is also the same as the durian swiss roll, thick and spongy. It is not at all soft, dry and 'empty'.



Yum-yum.

Mini Durian Swiss Roll

This is one of my Dad's favourite. Found this nice food accidently when Dad want to buy some simple food for me as I wanted to stay a little while more at HDB Hub for the art festival performance by an Indonesian group. It's really a great performance.

The sweetness of the durian fillings is just nice. Besides from the rich taste of the fillings, the cake is soft and spongy. Furthermore, it's not that dry just like any other sponge cake that can be found in any bakery.



Yummy!

Apple Turnover

The puff in the picture above is filled with apple paste. The taste is alright, but I prefer the fillings to be cubed apples rather than the paste. The layered crust is really tasty and it tastes better when it is hot.

I bought this at FairPrice Xtra. It's about $2 for a pack of 2. I would prefer to buy it at a lower price though. I once ate a mini version of the turnovers at the Raffles Convention Centre. The mini turnovers have some nuts stuck on its crust. I would say that it's more tasty than the one from FairPrice. But, the filling, is the apple paste instead of cubed apples.

Pizza

So glad that my group leader for the NDP bay ambassador treated the whole group to Pizza Hut today. First there is the chicken soup, as I chatted on the phone, it had already turned cold by the time I ate it. But, the taste is still alright. It would taste better if I ate it when it is served warm.

What come next are the pizzas! Hawaiian and seafood! I took one piece of seafood followed by two pieces of hawaiian. Yum-yum. The hawaiian pizza is really tasty.



The picture above is the seafood pizza. The sotong really looks like hor fan. The taste of the sotong is not that tasty I must say. Overall, the taste is alright, got some sweet stuffs added too.



This picture is the hawaiian pizza! It's really tasty. The cheese is really yummy even though no extra cheese powder is added when eaten. I added cheese powder for the two different flavours of pizza that I ate by the way. Yummy!

The crust of the hawaiian pizza is rather thin. Thinner than usual. The size of the pizza is not very big too. That's why I am able to eat three slices. Whee~

Free Cone Day 2008!!

Yeah!! I finally got to taste Ben & Jerry's ice cream! Woohoo~

I chose to go to the outlet at Raffles City. The queue was quite long but the wait isn't very long. Haha. I didn't take note of the timing though. Think it took me about 30 minutes to get my ice cream. Haha. There are 5 flavours available; chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate fudge brownie, new york super fudge chunk, strawberry cheesecake and funky monkey.

After seeing the description available at the outlet, I decided to have the new york super fudge chunk. There are dark and white chocolates with some nuts in the chocolate ice cream. Yummy!! =D



I enjoyed this sweet treat a lot and believe that those who got their cone have also enjoyed themselves. =)

Chicken Noodles with Oyster Sauce

I have seen this dish sold at several locations but I have only tried this once at the Ang Mo Kio hub's food court. Quite good tasting though. The only one problem is that... it's too little!



Look at the picture, isn't it mouth drooling?

It would be nice if the meat given is the part near the drumstick rather than the chicken breast. Till now, whenever I buy chicken rice, I am always given the chicken breast. I wonder when I can get the more tasty parts...

Anyway, for the dish to be tasty, the oyster sauce cannot be too salty or too concentrated. This has to be so in order for the taste of the chicken to mix well with the noodles, the vegetables and the sauce.