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Chinese New Year Day 1 (Part 1)

18:07

Hello all!

How is your Chinese New Year going?
Today is 人日. It falls on the 7th day of Chinese New Year. This day is the birthday of everyone.
Why is it only on the 7th day and not on other days? Because it is believed that a goddess in China, Nüwa (女娲） made animals (cow, horse, chicken, dog.. Etc) and until the 7th day then she made the human.

On this very own day, most family will start to 捞鱼生(Louhei). Hoping a way better New Year as before.

Well, anyway, today I would like to share with everyone my 1st day of CNY!

1st Day of CNY

Usually in my family, 1st day of CNY means praying in the temple, first thing in the morning. Because we believe that by doing so, we will be blessed early in the morning. So, we went to:

1. Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple (四马路观音庙)

2. Sheng Hong Temple (yang tao yuan cheng huang miao) 杨桃园城隍庙

3. Zu Lin Temple 竹林寺

After praying, we decided to go for an awesome Chinese New Year lunch... at..... Bishan Junction 8.

And after looking around, we finally decided on 鼎泰丰.

Although there are some dishes that are not ready at all, we still managed to order a lot..

This is the 皮蛋

I would say that the taste of it was different from the one that i usually took. Maybe it is because they took away the egg yolk.

This is my favourite.

It is smoked duck inside the spring roll. So the taste of it is like crispy on the outside, and yumm on the inside. The duck is slice in quite a thick one. Super nice..

Pork Cutlet

Because they have this offer of getting something for free with the minimum of $90 spent in the restaurant so Mama decided to go for it.

That was for appetizer. How about the main dishes?

红烧牛肉面

I would say that the beef is really very nice. It is cook till it will melt after you put into your mouth.

干捞面

I would say that this is not so oily like what I used to have. It is a just nice - not to salty, not to oily. Just nice!

My favourite! 小笼包

I have say that the 小笼包 is not as good as the ones I ate in Shanghai.

But it is still good enough!!

蒸饺

Yes, it is good as well. But i think it is too Veggie for me. No meat content inside as well..

So i literally feel like I am a GOAT! LOLS

炸饺

It is not a nice as i thought. Although it is not very oily, but it is too dry. Which makes it a little... Hmm.. hard to describe. But i will definitely not order this one in future.

Okay, so that is all for our main course. Here comes our dessert..

八宝饭

In our Shanghainese belief, we eat this during Chinese New Year instead of Louhei.

It is red bean paste inside the whole glutinous rice.

My mom's favourite.

汤圆

This is a free gift upon spending a minimum of $90 in the restaurant.

I would say it taste very good. Especially the peanut that you see in the picture. It is all soft and googy. I dont like it AT ALL!

This is the Red Tang Yuan

And it is BLACK SESAME...

As for the white one, it is PEANUT FILLING

PROMOTIONS!

Well, there are a few promotions in Ding Tai Feng for this CNY!

This is the one that we got.... For Tang Yuan

Also, they have something for Yu Sheng as well!

That would be all for today, because I have Prelim Exam tonight in schoool so I had to really study for it. But I promise to update the remaining ones as soon as possible.

Once again.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALL! HUAT AH!

Cheers

Dinner

Food Review: Pizza Hut Signature Pizza

07:29

Hello all,

It is FRIDAY! WOHOO.. and guess what? ITS VALENTINES DAY!
I bet everyone is excited.. Any plans ahead? For me and Mr. Roar, we dont like crowds, so we have made plans to stay home for some movie sessions and cook a good proper meal for ourselves.

For those who might have plans on Valentines Day, maybe you can try out what I am offering today..
I know that when people go to Pizza Hut, they would prefer Pan Pizza or with Cheese Crust or even the thin pizza.

But for this pizza, it is something different from the usual.

PIZZA HUT SIGNATURE PIZZA~

I happen to have the 50% off for signature pizza. You can use the coupon on the each individual pizza. You can also use it on Pasta and Baked Rice.

Since we were SOOOO hungry that day, we decided to have 2 Signature Pizza.

I think it is so cool to have it stacked up like this.. Everyone was staring when we were served. I bet they must be wondering if we are alright. HAHA..

On the top level, we have Tropical Dream

It has the perfect combination of chicken ham chunks and roasted pineapple with roasted onion, cream cheese and a drizzle of mango puree --- Quoted from Pizza Hut Menu

But i personally like the taste of it. The taste of mango is very nice -- sour-ish sweet

And the cheese mix very will with the mango taste.

I heard from the Pizza Hut staff that this is quite a hot seller.

Size of 1 serving.

At the bottom, we have Seafood Symphony

Mouthwatering scallops, prawn and squid are accompanied by white button mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and fresh rocket leaves. -- Quoted from Pizza Hut Menu

I personally dont really like the taste of it. After you take a mouthful of it you can instantly taste the smell of seafood ( I don;t know the right word to describe it) but it isn't very nice because you can feel that taste keeps tingling in your mouth for very long.

The taste of mushroom is very strong as well.

So i dont really like this flavour.

Size of 1 serving.

As Ms. Moo is a Chicken Drumplet lover, so we had the 6 pcs Sweet and Spicy Chicken Drumplet.

Ms. Moo and Mr. Roar has taken 2 away.. HEHE..

Doesnt it looks delicious?

Overall Comments:

This is the first time trying the Signature Pizza and I would say that it is way better than the normal Pan Pizza. Pan Pizza is too thick, which makes you feel very full after 2 slices. And for the thin crust pizza is too little. Furthermore, you can feel that it is not too bread-ish, not too heavy. I would suppose that if you are on diet and yet you still wants pizza, you may check this out.

Original Price for each pizza is about $19.90. But after the vouchers, we actually paid less than 35 dollars for 2 pizza, 1 appetitzer.

I think it is quite a good deal.

So if you are heading to pizza hut tomorrow during your valentine, dont forget to try out their Signature Pizza.

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Cheers

Ah Chew Dessert

Date Out on a Saturday

19:59

Hello everyone!
How was your Saturday going? I hope everyone enjoyed your weekends.
For me and Mr. Roar, we decided to take a break from all the studies and all the stress.

So we decided to go CHINATOWN!

There were TOO MANY PEOPLE! - tourist, locals, students walking around Chinatown to feel the Chinese New Year spirit. SO CROWDED till the extend that I dont have the hands to rise up to take a photo!! OH NO! Furthermore, the weather yesterday was sooooooo BAD!

We wanted to have a good lunch in Chinatown, but it is too crowded till Mr. Roar can't take it. So we decided to go to the nearest place to eat. --- Lau Pa Sat (Telok Ayer Market)

Telok Ayer Market, also known as 老巴刹 to all Singaporeans, is a historic building in Singapore, and is located in Downtown Core within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district. It is currently a food centre. There are lots of awesome local food here in this market - Yong Tau Foo, Noodles, Zi Char and etc. From what I remember, Lau Pa Sat used to have this SUPER AWESOME SATAY!! But it is only opened at night, so we had to take whatever was opened at the moment.

This is the new look of Lau Pa Sat:

Did you spot something that you used to enjoy before the Lau Pa Sat renovation?

This place even have bells ringing idk, maybe every 15 mins? It made me feel like I am in Church! haha..

And to follow the trend, they even have cakes!!

Looks super tempting..!!

And we had these: TADA!

SUGAR CANE JUICE is a MUST if you are eating local hawker food.

HAO JIAN - It has a combination of Oyster and Egg fried with Starch. With the chilli sauce, it is super good. But this small bit of it cost $5 though. But yes, it is nice.

My personal favourite - BBQ Stingray!

Sadly, Mr. Roar asked for lesser chilli which ended up made me stare at him for super long. This BBQ Stingray only taste good with LOTS.. AND.. LOTS of SAMBA CHILLI!

Kang Kong also known as 马来风光

I personally think that the chef didnt cook it well. It taste okay, but it is a little too hard at the stem area. Oh wells.

But nevertheless, we had a SUPER GOOD LUNCH.. This lunch cost the both of us about $30 or maybe slightly more. But during weekend, this place is windy, not crowded and also there are lots of table! It is quiet too. We sat there for like almost an hour chatting about anything under the sun before we head back off to other places.

On the way back to Chinatown (we walked back), we managed to see something super interesting.

The back of the building with LOTS and LOTS of aircon. Mr. Roar even joked that the left side is tendered by someone who has not gone for National Service (NS), and the right side is tendered by someone who has attended NS. HAHAHA. We instantly break into laughter.

After Chinatown trip, we decided to go Bugis, because I heard that there was a sales for all sports shoes in Bugis +. So, we decided to go there and take a look. But sadly, the price is still so high for those shoes like Nike and Adidas. So we decided to go off for a dessert because we have walked TOO MUCH in the morning. So we decided to go for a rest at our favourite dessert place.

AH CHEW DESSERTS!

There is always a queue outside because there is ALWAYS Full house..

Of course, we managed to get our table.

And I had Mango Sago with Pomelo with Vanilla Icecream! My Usual & Mr. Roar decided to have mango sago instead.

Dont ask me why I like this, I just love it.. LOL

Us while waiting for our table...

For those who love Ah Chews, they put a sign out here..

THEY HAVE AN MOBILE WEBSITE! This is what I am calling, following the trend man.. This makes more customers love coming to this place!

After our stay in Ah Chew, we decided to go somewhere else. Everywhere is FILLED with people on a Saturday. So we decided to go to IMM to shop for my sports shoes.

They are currently having a super good offer for all sports shoes, guys or girls.

I bought an Adidas ones, at 84 plus. Original price at 140+. I will take a photo and show you people soon.

Mr. Roar bought his at $39. Original price at $80+..

Super good deal right? YES IKR!

And after our shopping, we went to Timberland because Mr. Roar wanted a Cargo Pants for super long. And yes, they are having GREAT SALES TOO!! I love CNY!

Anyway, IMM is a factory outlet, so the price is usually cheaper than outside. So if you are looking for clothes, jeans, branded bags, you can go IMM for factory price.

We ended up had Ichiban Sushi for dinner.

Sushi are mine. We had more than that.. but i didnt continue to take photos because the rest is quite normal. But those 2 above:

Cheese Delight and Bacon are the special ones and yet taste super good. The Cheese Delight melts in your mouth and Bacon is newly fried and place on top with mayonnaise. It taste SUPERB.

Mr Roar's - He always love set meal so he can be full after that.

In the end, the waitress recommended us to take this:

Brownie Icecream. I can say it is super nice. But I would really prefer the icecream to be above the brownie so that the taste is mixed together, Hot and Cold. With it being separated, we had to manually do it, which isnt very practical. But we still enjoyed our dinner there.

I would specially want to recommend Ichiban Sushi at IMM because their service is really good, esp a waitress name Lina. I think she really served with passion and she is really kind to make any recommendation. I dont see lots of waitress or waiter doing this lately anymore. Will definitely go back.

Selfie before I say GOOD BYE!

Anyway, both Mr. Roar and I enjoyed the day super much because we had lots of laughter and joy. We enjoyed each other's accompany. We even walked from Jurong East back to Lakeside. HAHA!

Hope that you enjoyed yourself too.

My dearest girl's wink!

Happy Sunday~

Cheers

China

Travel Diary: Wenzhou Trip (Day 1)

05:07

Hello everyone,

I just got back from my Wenzhou business trip this morning. FINALLY! I can get accessed to blog and facebook, twitter, instagram.. OMG...

So i would like to share a bit of my trip in terms of food and all. This time, Ms. Moo is in Wenzhou for business trip. I am attending an inspection on behalf of my father. So here it goes!

This time, Ms. Moo took China Eastern Airlines. It wasn't the best airline to take with but definitely the cheapest option for direct flight to Shanghai. I have a bad experience with them, which i will share in a different post.

Here is the inflight meal. I would say the taste is blek.. Dont expect much for their inflight food. And also, for this flight, there is no inflight entertainment. So Ms. Moo went to sleep on an empty 3 seated row.. MUHAHA!

So finally I arrived at Shanghai, I had to rush to Hongqiao Train Terminal for my train to Wenzhou. The trip is around 4-5 hrs. And i spent the whole journey sleeping.. Yes, I am in first class cabin.

The person-in-charge of the company came to fetch me and my co-worker from the train station and then we head off for dinner (it is 4pm at that time and factory end work at 5pm, so no point going to factory)