Banana Muffin (Updated with pictures)

     This is the undated version of the banana muffin that i posted a long time back, but this time it includes pictures. The steps to make the muffin is the same, and this recipe is really easy and uses a hand full of ingredients that you may already own at home.

     This muffin do not really have a really strong banana taste to it, so children who do not like to banana may end up liking this muffin without knowing that there is banana in it. It may be a first step for them to try eating banana.

Ingredients: To make 6 muffins
- 75g granulated sugar
- 100g self-rising flour
- 1 banana
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 15g butter

   Preheat oven to 200'C

Step 1: Melt the butter

Step 2: Let the butter cool for a while before adding the egg, sugar, vanilla extract.

Step 3: Mash the banana

Step 4: Add in the banana to the butter mixture.

Step 5: Add in the self-rising flour and mix well.

Step 6: Put the mixture into cupcake liners.

Step 7: Bake the muffins at 200'C for 15 to 20 minutes.

Nakhon Kitchen

     On Tuesday, our family went out to celebrate my brother's birthday. So in the morning we went to watch the movie Hotel Transylvania 2 at Tampines Mall,  after that in the night we went out to have a thai dinner at Nakhon kitchen in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. This place is always packed with people regardless it is a weekend or weekday. There will always be a long queue in front of the stall during dinner time, therefore to beat the queue we went there quite earlier. We reached there at 5.30pm to have early dinner.

Crispy grouper toppled with thai chili sauce

     The staff are really friendly and the moment you seat down, they will serve you glasses of plain water. We ordered the seafood tom yum soup, pandan leaves chicken, chicken red curry, crispy grouper toppled with thai chili sauce, stir fry beef with garlic, stir fry sambal kang kong.

Chicken red curry

     My favourite dish out of all of them is the crispy grouper toppled with thai chili sauce, the fish is super crispy on the outside (Skin) and soft on the inside (flesh of the fish) and the thai chili sauce matches well with the fish just like a cherry on top of a ice cream. My least favourite would be the chicken red curry, the coconut taste was overpowering and cover the taste of the curry but thailand is famous for their green curry, maybe their green curry will be much better. 

Stir fry beef with garlic

Pandan chicken

     The pandan leaves chicken is also another show stopper, the chicken is marinated just nice and is soft and tender, it goes well with a plate of warm rice. The spices in the chicken makes it addictive and makes you want to eat more than one. The seafood tom yum soup was not bad, it was sour and spicy hence it is really appetising but i wish it could be more spicy. The seafood in the soup are all fresh seafood like the prawns, they did not use frozen seafood.

     Overall the price of the food there is quite affordable, and if people want to dine there a tip would be to go early or you will have to wait as they have a limited number of tables there due to space constrains. 

Stir fry sambal kang kong

Red Ruby dessert

Address: 527, Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, Singapore 560527

Opening Hours (Everyday) : 12pm - 2.45pm

                                              5.30pm - 9.45pm

Hungry Heroes

     To celebrate that our O'levels were over, me and my friends went to Hungry Heroes for dinner. This place is kinda similar to the superhero theme cafe in Marina Bay Sands (DC Comic Super Heroes Cafe). The price of the food at hungry hero is slightly cheaper than the one in Marina Bay Sand, however the food are not being decorated to incorporate some super hero logo and designs. So both cafes have their pros.

     The restaurant is located near Farrer Park MRT station, within one of the stretch of shophouses. The place is beautifully decorated from the nice tiles to the super heroes figurine on the wall, even the tables looks so cool.

Super pretty floor tile

Displays on the wall

     The food there was not bad, quite good. We ordered a meat platter called "Nice to MEAT you", it is nice that they try to insert puns in their menu. We also ordered a Mac and Cheese, deep friend luncheon chips.

Mac & Cheese

Deep Friend Luncheon Chips

     Atmosphere was good with music playing softly in the background, a good place for people to chit chat and dine at the same time.  The restaurant has 2 story, and people could even buy some of the things there like the super hero figurine, posters, lights and many more. The place is also dimly lighted, making the place feel warm and cosy at the same time.

Nice To MEAT You

Cool table

Lime Juice

Chomp Chomp

     I finally got a chance to go to Chomp Chomp after hearing about it's name for a long time. Chomp Chomp is a food center and it sells a variety of food ranging from sambal sotong, sambal stingray, satay, sugar cane drink, BBQ chicken wings and many more. The food there is quite cheap and affordable, however you have to reached there early as there will a lot of people going there too. The later it is the more crowded it is. My friends and i seat outside as inside was a little hot and stuffy inside the food center.

     We got sambal sotong, sambal stingray, oyster omelette and BBQ chicken wings and drinks. The total cost of the dinner came out to be around $35 so one person spend about $17.40 for that dinner which was quite okay. The drinks took us by surprise because the "cup" was really big, it look more like a jug rather than a "cup" and it was only $3. I think the drink can be shared by two people, so that you will not feel too overwhelm by having to drink too much drink.

The super big bandung drink ($3) and it is actually the second smallest.

Sambal Sotong ($10)

BBQ chicken wings ( 1 for $1.30)

Sambal stingray ($12) and oyster omelette ($10)

    All we need to do is to remember the table number and tell the stall owner the table number  as they will deliver the food to your table. Some stall will require you to pay before hand while other will ask you to pay when they deliver the food to your table. Overall, i was really satisfied as i got to eat the sambal sting ray. I will go there again with my friends as the food is really cheap and delicious.

Chomp Chomp Food Center:
Address: 20 Kensington Park Road
Opening hours: Depend on the stall but most stalls are open at 5.30pm and they close at 12 midnight.

Ice Edge Cafe

     Finally O'levels are over and i get a chance to take a break and relax. I could not wait to meet up with my best friends as it has been a long time since we last met. We could not meet up often as we are all busy preparing for our exams, now that it has ended we can meet up often and make up for the times which we have missed.

     We decided that we would want to seat down, eat and chit chat hence we decided to go to a cafe and have lunch so that we could seat down and relax and just chat. We popped into a cafe called Ice Edge Cafe, which is located in Kovan,  near to Lola cafe.

Truffle fries and Mushroom Aglio Olio Spaghetti

9" Hawaiian Pizza

     The atmosphere in the cafe is really good, it is relaxing and calming, a good place for people to seat down and chat with their friends. Their staffs are also really friendly. We decided to choose a few dishes and share with each other instead of getting individual dishes for ourselves. We got truffle fries($18),  mushroom aglio olio spaghetti($13.80) and a hawaiian pizza($16.80).  This cafe only charges GST(7%) no service charge, which is good.

     After eating and chatting, we decided to go to Orchard as one of them wanted to buy a perfume, so we decided to go window shopping at the same time. After that we parted and went home. I could not wait to find a day and go shopping with them again, it is always fun and enjoyable to go shopping with them. Cannot wait for the upcoming shopping spree!

Ice Edge Cafe:
Address: 2 Kovan Road Singapore 548008
Telephone: +65 6858 5729
Opening hours: 12pm - 12am (Everyday)