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

Baking Adventure and Energizer obstacle race 2015

   

 I am finally back once again after all the hectic school work and stuffs. This week is going to be a stressful week as i am preparing for my chinese O'level examination on 2 June which is like 1 week away from now. There is 1 week of chinese intensive revision and my coursework to do to, it is mentally tiring to cope with all these stuff at the same time.

   Anyway during the period that i was missing, i also found some time to bake. To me, being able to bake or cook is like a time for me to relax it kinda helps me to release stress, so i decide to name it as my baking adventure. During this period i bake a few stuff like vanilla soufflé, winnie the pooh theme cookies, rainbow cake for my mom on mothers' day, lemon meringue tart and lastly lemon bars.

     The vanilla soufflé recipe is from Eugenie Kitchen, the steps are simple and easy to follow and my soufflé manage to rise quite high and nice. I love the soufflé and my family members also complimented it, it has a pudding like consistency and also a milky and eggy taste which i love. The winnie the pooh theme cookies were inspired by another blogger known as Bento, Monsters, however i did not use the german cookie recipe i switched it for the vanilla sugar cookie recipe by My Cupcake Addiction and it works equally well. I was quite please with the results, it may not look the best but i am super contented that the pooh bear one turned out super well. However I could work on the other details for the other characters like tiger and eeyore.

Eeyore

Tiger

Pooh

     For mothers' day i decided to bake my mother a cake this year, so i decided to make a rainbow cake. The cake was made using a packet mix to save time as i do not have enough time to make it from scratch. As i only have 1 cake pan i need to bake all the layers one by one and it too me a long time to complete. Each layer requires 25 minutes to completely bake so if you multiply that by 6....... yup i used 2 1/2 hours to just complete baking the cake. In total i used 4 hours from the start when i mix the batter for the cake to finish decorating it. I was elated as this is the second cake i bake but the first that i decorated the finishing of the cake looks quite good ahahahaha.

Lemon meringue tart

Lemon bars

     The lemon meringue tart recipe is by Eugenie Kitchen again hahahah, i decided to make this tart as i was craving for something with lemons in it and i have always wanted to try this recipe, so i finally had the chance to do it. This time i manage to control the sweetness and sourness just nice so it is not too sweet or too sour, but i could further improve on the tart as someone said that they could still taste the flour taste.... I use the remaining lemons to make lemon bars since i don't feel like  making lemon tea with it this time, the recipe is from Laura Vitale.

     This year, i joined my first obstacle race organised by Energizer, it was super fun and there was free flow of ice cream too! The obstacles was easy to do cross but it was the running that was difficult. I think it was because i did not train enough and also because we are running up hill, i was already tired after crossing the FIRST obstacle and it was only 500 meters......... However the part that i enjoy the most is the bouncy slide, you would have to climb up an air inflated structure that has steps at first then you can slide down it. On a whole, i really enjoyed myself and would like to participate again next year if given a chance :).

Slappy Cake and Bagel

     Last Saturday i went to Sentosa with my best friend, we went to play the luge to release the stress within us. It was really fun and relaxing to be able to hang out with her too, since it has been a long time since we are able to spend time together.

All the sauces available for you to use.

     After that we went to Slappy Cakes for lunch. The atmosphere was really comfortable and the moment you step in you will be able to smell the yummy buttery pancakes. I ordered butter milk batter while my friend ordered chocolate batter. The batter was counted by per bottle so one bottle is $8.50 and the sweet toppings are at $1.50 while the savoury toppings are at $2.00. They would also give you some butter, so you should spread the butter on the pan before cooking the pancakes. You could also make any designs for your pancakes.

Batters and toppings

     My pancake was so soft and fluffy and it could go with any sauce they had because i had the basic batter, so any sauce would go well with it. I had roasted mushrooms as topping while my friend had chocolate chip, i wanted bacon but it was not available that day.... V_V'' We also ordered a bowl of mushroom soup to share, but the taste was very creamy and it did not really have the mushroom taste in it so it was okay in my opinion. But it tasted a little better with pepper. The pink thyme lemonade was to die for, i really love it especially the colour, the taste was not bad too i thought the taste of the thyme would cover the taste of the lemonade but it did not there was just a hint of thyme taste not too much. They also had a small water station where you can go and get warm or cold water and it is complementary.

Pink thyme lemonade

     On last friday, i made bagel and i got the recipe from SORTED food. The recipe was simple and easy to follow, i paired my bagel with lettuce, mushrooms and a patty, and it tasted surprisingly good. I am considering to make Soufflé on friday if i have the time.

Bagelsssss

Black tea mango from Starbucks which taste super nice. It cost about $4.90.