FIVE & DIME

@ 297 River Valley Road

Went Cafe-hopping with Jandy today~

This time round is FIVE & DIME~

The natural lighting from the window does add some prettiness to my photos without even editing them :)

P.s. the motorcycle spoil my picture~! GAH!

 EGG BENNY ($16)

A delightful color combination of a plate of fruits, poached eggs, ham, bread, potato and salad~

How i wish it can be served to my bedside every morning!~ (I wish) 

Love runny runny egg yolk that flows out when u cut open them~

Taste:4/5

Appearance: 5/5

Price:3/5

Love the friendly service from the waitress~ :)

P.S. They are closed on TUESDAY~ :))

Mid-Autumn Festival

HAPPY MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL!!!

Is everyone as excited as me to have 7th month to go away as fast as possible so that we can welcome lunar 8th month to come by?

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Don't you guys are as excited as me to eat MOONCAKE on this special month?

Only once a year~! 

Seeing all the pretty mooncakes on the shelves of famous hotel and all the pretty pictures of mooncake all over the net made me really happy indeed~

hahaha~ what a glutton me >.<"

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But most importantly, I have a yearly "event" (made it sound grand)  held in my house~! 

A little gathering with my best friends at my house to make mooncake~

To be honest, though the making of mooncake is a yearly event in my house, we haven't really succeeded throughout all these 2 years. Either the skin of the mooncake crack or the shape turns out really ugly.

Although the happiness of the get around is the most important part, the thought of the failure mooncake is such an disappointment. -.-Zzzzz

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This year which is the 3rd year ,i decided to do a research on how to make mooncake~!!

Need to STOP the failure!

It took me a real long time researching all over the net, watching youtube videos etc.

And it really succeeded! I am really glad that the hard work isn't wasted after all!

HEHE! Hearing all the praises around my friends and families made me really happy!

HAHAHA!!

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Gonna share the recipe with YOU!

So that u can make mooncake too~

It's shown at the bottom of this post~

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don't you feel this pig is so adorable staring at you? ^.^

 HEHEHE~ my cute turtle mooncake~

 i think this two piggy look like couple~

hahahaha!

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I  will be putting up the best recipe that i search from all over the net~

So it is a TRIED and TESTED recipe~

So u guys can really try out this recipe and tell me the results okay?

Hope it will be as successful as mine~!

I tried making pig mooncake and my newly invented Turtle mooncake~

HAHAHAH!

I guess no one will ever thought of making Turtle mooncake~

LOL! just the fun of it as I have a pet terrapin ~! 

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Traditional Mooncakes Recipe

(adapted from Happy Home Baking but i made a little modification)

Ingredients:

(makes 12~13 mini mooncakes)

for dough:

100g plain flour ( I used Hong Kong Flour)

70g golden syrup (I used Abram Lyle's Golden Syrup)

2ml alkaline water

25ml peanut oil (I replaced with sunflower oil)

for filling:

415g lotus paste/red bean paste/green tea lotus paste

40g melon seeds 

For the egg wash:

1 yolk + 1 tsp of water lightly beaten and strain

Method:

1. Mix lotus paste with melon seeds. Divide the filling into 35g portions and shape into balls. Set aside. (Note: I used a dough: filling ratio of 3:7, for 50g mooncake mould)
2. Place golden syrup in a bowl. Add in alkaline water, stir to combine. Add in oil, mix well.
3. Place plain flour in a mixing bowl,make a well in the centre. Add in the above mixture. Mix with a spatula to form a soft dough. Gently knead the dough till smooth (takes 1~2 mins). Shape it into a smooth round dough. Wrap with cling wrap and leave in fridge to rest for at least 2 hours or over night ( I leave it in the fridge overnight) . This step is known as 醒面.
4. Dust work surface with some flour. Give the dough a few light kneading to smooth it.
5. Divide dough into 15g pieces. Shape each dough into a ball. Roll each dough over some flour. Dust hand with flour and flatten each dough into a small disc (about 5cm in diameter). Wrap it around the filling and shape it into a ball. (always dust hand with some flour to avoid the dough from sticking).
6. Lightly dust the wrapped dough with some flour. Place it in the mooncake mould (plastic mould is better for beginner than wooden mould )and press the mooncake out. Place mooncake on a baking tray line with parchment paper.
7. Spray some water on the mooncakes. (Note: this helps to prevent the mooncake from cracking during baking.)
8. Bake at preheated oven at 180degC for 10mins. Remove from oven and leave to cool for 15mins (do not skip this step).
9. Brush the top with some egg wash. Return to oven and continue to bake for another 15mins until golden brown (since all oven works differently, do check after 10mins, and subsequently every other 2 mins to make sure the mooncakes are not over browned).
10. Leave mooncake to cool completely and store in air tight containers. Wait for 2 ~ 3 days for the mooncakes to 回油 (for the skin to soften) before serving.

**DO take note of the points highlighted in RED~!**

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Follow the recipe above and u can make different shape to the dough and fillings u have created~!

Time to show your creativity instead of the boring square/ circle shape mooncake~!

Make ANIMALS Mooncake~

I LOVE IT! :)

Steps of pig mooncake recipe adapted from Anncoojournal

There is a video made to show u how to make the pig moocake~! 

Do take a look at her webpage! It is amazing~!

And of course steps on how to make a turtle mooncake!

heheheh! this is so easy to make!

DO try them~

Hope this year Mid-Autumn Festival will be a fun day for you and your family to get together to eat some mooncake, drink some tea under the BIG round moon ~

And DO try making the cute mooncake~ It's so fun~
HEHE~

XOXO,

Munchmunch~

<3

P.S. Cafe

P.S. Cafe at Paragon

 whenever i heard of P.S.Cafe, it does lead me into thinking that

P.S.=Personal Secret

it is a short form used in letters when i am young..

we always end the letter with...

P.S. : i miss you or i love you or lalalala..

so i do think that P.S. Cafe=Personal Secret Cafe 

sound pretty cool and i wish to try it out somehow..

but i end up finding it actually means PROJECT SHOP Cafe.

Project Shop Cafe actually came from a local fashion brand.

so there is a shop next to the cafe selling men's clothes, bags, etc 

the interior of the cafe is kind of dark but i manage to take some decent photo

with the help of J's spotlight from phone~ 

Sound pretty cool huh? 

it's so much better than taking with flash from the camera 

*wink*

 P.S Turkey Cranberry

this is recommended by alot of people but i don't really like it..

bread is too tough for me

maybe toast is not for dinner for me

Laksa Pesto

yums~ 

i kind of like the dry-type of laksa with spaghetti

guess what is this?

so pretty

i love to lit a candle and dim the light.

i think it is sort of romantic~

lovely night out tonight~

i ate till i am so full~

~Happy birthday~

to *you know who* 

XOXO,

munchmunch^.^

Singapore NDP 2012

SINGAPORE

NATIONAL DAY PARADE 

2012 

~wee it's a rehearsal~

I'm quite lucky to get a room at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) which has city view at level 52 on 28/07/2012!!

What's this special date?

it's a rehearsal date for NDP~

which means...?

FIREWORKS!!

I really love fireworks~

Seeing all the colors burst infront of your eyes~

SO WONDERFUL and in LOVE<3

I really can't wait to watch the actual Singapore NDP 2012 on the TV on 9/8/2012!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!

-in advance- heee!

 COLORS OF RED at the floating platform

Garden by the Bay

-picture taken at SKY 57

so pretty~

 Fighter plane flying~

BOOOOMMMS

the sound effect is terrific when they fly pass u~

 Night view of Singapore

Night view of Singapore

the colors of the buildings are so pretty~

Singapore is a Light city~

great name given to her :)

READY FOR FIREWORKS??~! 

I love the last picture of the fireworks the most~

how about u? :)

hope all these fireworks pictures brighten up your day~

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i painstakingly took more than 200 over pictures and chose the best out of them~

most of them are blur~

it is really difficult to take night shot without the use of a tripod~

GAH!

but luckily there is still some nice ones to show you guys~

hehehe~

do drop down this coming saturday and 8/9/2012 to watch this wonderful moment :)

XOXO,

munchmunch~

~so in love with the night scenery in Singapore ^_^

Flower tea that blooms~

BLOOMING FLOWER TEA~!

WOW~

what an artistic view of a cup of edible flower tea right?

this is real~

my mum made a joke and said maybe we can add a few fish in to make it look like an aquarium >.<

LOl!

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I got really curious about what it is and tried to make a search~

These teas are called Flowering Tea/Blooming Tea.

They consist of one or more dried flowers in each bundle.

When hot water are added into the bundle, it will bloom~

it is super cool~

I even tried youtube-ing it to show u guys~

HEHE~^^

hope it will brighten your day with this beautiful flower:)

try hard but when it is timed,

learn to let it go 

:)

XOXO,

munchmunch~

O'Coffee Club

O'COFFEE CLUB 

-ChangiT3

 If you have been reading my blog, 

u do know that i love to go Changi T3 for food and some chilling around with Jandy.

I do wish i am flying off to some unique countries 

instead of staying in Singapore when i am visiting T3.

(*>.<!)

but well..at least i have some time to chill around~:D

Past few weeks have been really busy..

that's why i have not been blogging much..

my grandpa pass away suddenly..

it's quite a shock to me as a life can be ended so quickly..

but it does give me a new thinking that..

"We should do whatever we want to and stop procrastinating so much.."

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FOOD TIME~

let's see where i have been eating this time at T3~

O'Coffee Club~

i got this coupon for '1 for 1 Main Course' since i got the membership card~

and so here i am to chill and gobble food~ :D

hmmmm.....

this is the first dish that arrive and to be honestly..

i really regret ordering this...

the fish isn't fresh at all 

and the salmon mousse taste horrible..

(taste quite like vomit)..

*okay i shouldn't say this..*

i requested for a change and the staff is really nice to let us change to another item in the menu

:)

We change into this!

Penne with chicken~

YUMS~

i like the spice :)

but i think i am quite clumsy when i am eating and spill my clothes with the red gravy T.T

so be careful when u eat~ ^^

Chicken with Cheese~!

this could improve abit more~

By right, Fried Chicken + Cheese shouldn't go wrong at all~

but i think the chicken is abit soggy and 

not enough marination to the chicken as it still have the weird chicken taste..

but well.. at least it is still edible~ :)

 Lastly,

How can people not have desserts~!!

it always ends the whole eating experience with a happy note.~

and this tart tastes wonderful~

BANANA+ CHOCOLATE+ICE-CREAM

Heaven...AT LAST~ 

heee~

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it's always nice to chill around with Jandy~

though she looks so sleepy and tired that day~

hope she will rest well

and..

GANBETTE AT WORK~

HWAITING~!! 

:)

XOXO,

munchmunch

Coffee=Happiness?

Coffee makes you happy ^-^

it's a lovely night today~

A simple quiet environment with soft relaxing background music,

accompanied by a cup of coffee with a slice of cake..

chilling around and talking..

i wonder is it the caffeine that is making me happy..

i miss the moment.

XOXO,

need to go to bed~

ZZZZzzzz

munchmunch~