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~ :))

Cinnamon Bread Recipe

Cinnamon Bread

Our virgin Bread-Making session♥~

how great and fascinating to see our dear live organisms (yeast)

growing inside our little bread babies :)

Seeing it grows every seconds till it is BIG enough to put inside the oven to bake 

makes us feel really excited~

Growing BIG~ READY FOR BAKING! :D

HEHEHE!

It's a suceed though it's our first try~

How amazing it looks~

Don't you feel they look so pretty~?

All the cinnamon twirling in between the bread~

YUMYUM!

Want to have a bite too?

heee^.^

Cinnamon Bread Recipe

(recipe adapted from: http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2010/08/homemade-cinnamon-bread/)
-a really great blog to follow along with pictures^.^ thank you for sharing~

Prep Time: 4 Hours  |  Cook Time: 40 Minutes  |  Difficulty: Easy  |  Servings: 12

Ingredients

• 1 cup Milk
• 6 Tablespoons Butter
• 2-1/2 teaspoons Active Dry Yeast
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 3-1/2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Cinnamon
• Egg And Milk, Mixed Together, For Brushing
• Softened Butter, For Smearing And Greasing

Preparation Instructions

Melt butter with milk. Heat until very warm, but don't boil. Allow to cool until still warm to the touch, but not hot. Sprinkle yeast over the top, stir gently, and allow to sit for 10 minutes.

Combine flour and salt.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix sugar and eggs with the paddle attachment until combined. Pour in milk/butter/yeast mixture and stir to combine. Add half the flour and beat on medium speed until combined. Add the other half and beat until combined.

Switch to the dough hook attachment and beat/knead dough on medium speed for ten minutes. If dough is overly sticky, add 1/4 cup flour and beat again for 5 minutes.

Heat a metal or glass mixing bowl so it's warm. Drizzle in a little canola oil, then toss the dough in the oil to coat. Cover bowl in plastic wrap and set it in a warm, hospitable place for at least 2 hours.

Turn dough out onto the work surface. Roll into a neat rectangle no wider than the loaf pan you're going to use, and about 18 to 24 inches long. Smear with 2 tablespoons melted butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle evenly over the butter-smeared dough. Starting at the far end, roll dough toward you, keeping it tight and contained. Pinch seam to seal.

Smear loaf pan with softened butter. Place dough, seam down, in the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix a little egg with milk, and smear over the top. Bake for 40 minutes on a middle/lower rack in the oven.

Remove from the pan and allow bread to cool. Slice and serve, or make cinnamon toast or French toast with it.

♥ baking with muimui~

XOXO,

munchmunch~

Chocolate Banana "Bread" Recipe

Chocolate Banana "Bread"

I love Chocolate, I love Banana. 

Imagine the combination between both, 

I know i am gonna love this "bread" with all the rich chocolate and the taste of bananas~

if u are wondering why am i putting it as "bread" instead of just bread, 

i think u will know why later~*wink*

 I mixed everything just as what the recipe stated~

Feeling really excited about how this "bread" will turns out ^.^

I even decorated it with slices of bananas~

wee~ so pretty!

 VIOLA~

The "bread" was done~

it stated 55min-65min

but it turns out to be 10mins earlier~

45min and this "bread" is done!~

notice how the picture of the "bread" looks like?

Don't you think it looks so so much like a CAKE?

it even taste so much like a cake!

Maybe.., a really dense Bread?

but the taste and everything is really nice~

All the rich chocolaty taste with a tinge of bananas in between~

YUMMY!

though it doesn't taste or look like a bread, it is a really nice recipe for a chocolate banana cake:)

Chocolate Banana Bread

(recipe adapted from: http://moneysavingmom.com/2011/10/chocolate-banana-bread-recipe.html )

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (i use Hershey brand)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 stick of butter, melted and cooled ( 1 stick=113g of butter)
• 3 ripe bananas, mashed well
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (vanilla essence works too~)
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips  (i use Hershey brand)

Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

Stir the mashed bananas, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Carefully fold the banana mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined. Mix in the chocolate chips.

Pour into a greased loaf pan (i only lined it with baking paper). Bake at 350 degrees (which is 177°C) for 55 to 65 minutes ( Mine took only 45 mins) until the bread has risen and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and wrap in plastic wrap and foil or in a ziplop bag. Store in the refrigerator or freezer.

Adapted from Joy of Baking

hope there will be more baking coming on~ <3 baking with muimui~!

XOXO, 
munchmunch~

COFFEE CLUB AT CHANGI T3

COFFEE CLUB AT CHANGI T3

hehehe~ 

here to blog again~ 

FOOD!:D

i always enjoy a nice hearty breakfast 

imagine a cup of coffee/tea 

accompanied with freshly -made Hot pancakes/waffles, 

oozy scrambled eggs and some meat.

Your whole day will be so energized

and it made me really happy with the amount of delicious food with the great ambience at T3!

Great start for the day~^.^

Coffee Club offers great deal 

from the amount of food they serve 

and their collection of coffee /tea selection will definitely make u coming for more :D

ICE Latte for coffee-addict like Jandy

It's a pity that they give me this disposable cup instead of the lovely glass pot of tea.

i do love my tea to be serve in teapot..

but oh well...

OUR BREAKFAST OF THE DAY

3 STACK CRAZE

-see the amount of yummy food~ 

GOSH! LOVE IT! :)

it's always nice to visit T3 with Jandy~ nice food, nice shopping and nice getaway plus gossip too~ :D

can't wait for another T3 food outing again~

STRICTLY PANCAKE

I love to have pancake.
Be it for breakfast which is served with just purely honey.
Or for desserts which is served with lots of fanciful fruits like my favourite strawberry!
I'm lucky to know that there is a shop in Singapore which serves EVERYTHING about pancake.
From savoury flavours to sweet flavours.
wow.
what more other variations of pancakes can i ask for? :D


It's a pity that i am only able to try the savoury flavour this time round.
But well, I will definitely come back to try the sweets flavour!

Garlic Buttered Prawns

Salmon Run

..because LOVE takes time :)

For more info: http://www.strictlypancakes.com.sg/

ADDRESS:
44A Prinsep Street Singapore 188674