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)

Baking Adventure Part 2

      I have been baking again during my free time and i also tried out many different recipes that i found on Youtube. The First thing i baked was the lemon cupcakes, i really love lemons so this cupcake is the bomb for me. Every bite you take it will be filled with the scent of lemons. This recipe is by Laura Vitale.

    The second one is Eugenie Kitchen's Rainbow cookies, it is suppose to be in the shape of a heart but i change it to another shape instead. This recipe requires time as you need to constantly freeze the cookies to ensure that they are not too sticky to work with so that it is easy for you to cut it. The cookie is really buttery and it will be good to go with a cup of black tea. Even though it is quite time consuming but it will be worth it.

     The third one is caramel popcorn, popcorn is something i cannot get enough of, it is simply irresistible. And it is surprisingly easy to make too. This recipe was by Cupcake jemma and it was indeed simple and quick. The caramel for the popcorn was awesome to it was just nice.

     The fourth recipe was on churro, churros was the "in" thing the past few months. Everyone been talking about it every where, instagram, twitter. And i really have not tired it before so i thought why not bake it so that i can try it out? This recipe is by Gemma Stafford and the churros turn out like what she said in the video. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside paired together with the chocolate sauce....

     The fifth recipe was something i had seen a long time ago and always wanted to try it out, it was the magic custard cake. From one batter, when you bake it,  it magically separated into 3 different layers with different texture, this recipe is by Sorted food.

     The last one that i tried is not really a recipe more like a food art. It is a baymax rice burger, this was inspired by Bento monster. The burger had lettuce and a patty with a button mushroom at the side as a garnish. The eyes were cut out from seaweed.

     Thats all for my baking adventure for now, can't wait to bake and cook more again:)

My Birthday Cupcakes

 

 My birthday just passed 2 days ago and to celebrate this year's sweet 16 my mum decide to order a batch of fondant cupcakes. I get to know this store through my cousin whom bought the cupcakes to a birthday party, when i saw the cute and unique cupcakes i immediately asked her what is the store name.

     I have order from this store at least 3 times now and they never fail me. I wanted an owl theme cupcakes so i emailed them my order together with the picture of the owl cupcake that i want them to make. And when i went to collect it looks almost as good as the one in the picture. They have two flavours for the cupcake, chocolate and vanilla. The chocolate cupcake has a chocolate inside which makes it double chocolatey. The price varies depending on your designs so be sure to check it with them. They also sell all kind of desserts like macaroons ( they even have bubblegum flavour) and tarts like lemon meringue tart and even biscuits. 

Charlotte Grace Cake Shop: http://www.charlotte-grace.com

     I also made s'more cupcake this week, it is really simple and easy as it is a one bowl recipe where all you need to do is just to mix and you can put it in the oven already. The cupcake is rich of chocolate and you also have the gram cracker base with the marshmallow meringue on top, it is really like eating a s'mores in a cupcake form. This recipe is from kawaii sweet world.

Daiso Artificial Leather Kits

     Back once again after a long time..., this time it's a post on the Daiso artificial leather kits that i have done over the past few months. The kits are relatively easy to do and the end results are super cute, i really love all the kits especially the boots and the shoulder bag one. It is a kit that requires lots of time, so be prepared to be spending lots of time when doing this kit. But i assure you the end results are worth the time spent. There are a total of 5 different designs, the shoulder bag, boot, trunk, book and the hat.

     The easiest kit would be the hat as it only have 3 pieces that needs to be sewn together and it could be done within 45 minutes. The kit that i found difficult to do was the trunk as you need to sew through quite a few layers which can be very difficult.

    I have also done another series of a DIY kit from Daiso and it is the felt cloth one, where you sew the different felt cloth and stuff it with stuffing to make different desserts. That one too was also really cute and it was easier on whole compared to the leather one because felt is easier to sew than leather.

There are all $2 because they are from Daiso, i bought all the leather kits from the Daiso at vivo but i went to the other outlets and i saw that they have it too, it is located at the DIY or sewing section of Daiso.

Boot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zExS4lt7cGw
Trunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ThvQ_1WxM
Hat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6yamwYbQpw
Shoulder Bag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhBKd7cx48
Book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IiAeBxaehE