Nescafe Dolce Gusto Genio 2 ... New Toy ...

I am a mid-heavy coffee drinker, and could have 2~3 cups per day, so could not resist the temptation to buy a coffee-making machine after the advertising bombardment seen on TV almost everyday... and made up my mind after I checked out the price was quite low! Hahahaha... Actually this purchase is to compensate my not being able to get the electric scooter due to certain (eh.. financial) reason... So went to this Harvey Norman, where a lot of confusion takes place as the price labels there are super different from what their website puts up (their $139 is for red only, and piano or matt black is $159.. very confusing... )... and the cashier staff could not key in the price... have to resort to manual key in a PO at the store... and this is the only last piece of the red Genio 2, I was quite worried this could be a returned-item when I saw there is no seal-tape at the opening flap!!!!... Maybe I was too paranoid, hahahahahaha.... So in the end, I gotten this at $139 (yes, in Singapore dollars), and also 2 boxes of Latte Macchiato and Cappuccino capsules (each box costs $11.90)...


Very cute little penguin-like machine!!!! Hahahahaha... Actually is quite easy to pick up how to use the machine to make coffee, not difficult at all...


The Dolce Gusto Genio 2 comes with a trial box of miscellaneous coffee capsules... Tried the Cappuccino and Lungo... Quite nice!!!!


... To be frank, I cannot really differentiate between the latte and cappuccino... but, they taste quite good!!!! hahahahaha....


Looks so commercially-prepared... hahahahaha.... Am looking forward for the capsule rack to be ordered and shipped to Singapore...

VR Box ... New Toy...

Cost $9.65... and quite fun to see VR Youtube clips!!!!

Japanese Food Day - Saturday 15 Oct 2016...

Morning went to the Sushi Express at Bedok Point for brunch... this is one of the new (to us) item we tried, quite nice....



Dinner was also at Bedok Point, and we had ramen at Ajisen Ramen... Set meal, seem quite ok... So we each order 1 set (ramen, side dish and drink) and shared the side dish... The char siew (??) has a very strong pork taste... not sure how to describe but generally this taste is found in ang mo pork (e.g. australia etc), so ... still acceptable... soup and egg is quite nice!!!!


Seasoned Baby Octopus...


Crispy Gyoza


Takoyaki


Iced Lemon Tea...

Miscellaneous Post...

Ordered the mp3 player circuit board from Taobao, originally intended for doing some customization work on some toys but found not suitable... Lesson learnt: Cannot use button cell batteries to power the player, simply not enough power...


Eating gold, hahahaha.... at Rise (buffet), MBS...

Heng Heng Wanton Noodles and Yuanwei Kaya Toast... At Bedok South Market And Food Centre...

Yeap, the hawker centre opposite Temasek JC... Just want to share 2 stalls which I often frequent when I dine at there...

P.S. This stall has closed down... sigh...

First, Heng Heng Wanton Noodles... A new stall in this food centre, it actually serves a very very good old-school type of wanton noodles!!! There is a long list of options for the type/combinations of sauce to put into the noodles, but actually, you can just tell the stall-owner "Wanton mee, chilli" and he will put in the all-time favourite of (little bit) of black sauce and chilli...


A basic plate of the wanton noodles costs $3, with 2 fried wantons and 2 soup wantons. The plate of fried wantons costs $3 for 14 pieces...



Noodles are springy!!! And the sauce is very fragrance, and not too over-power compared to another similar stall in the food centre... the chilli brings out the old-school, nostalgic taste of the wanton noodles I have in my memory... nice... Char siew is the local red type, which ironically, has to be so to fit in the old-school theme... hahahaha....


The soup is also... "old-school" flavour too, hahaha.... I actually like the soup wanton, quite nice. In fact, this stall's wantons are not wrapped with the traditional (yellow) wanton skin, but the whiter one that is used to wrap some other food (can't remember what it is), so though this minus some marks from the traditional taste, this type of skin offers a better crisp when fried and slight thinner skin with better texture in soup (wantons)...


Ahh... Fried wantons... very nice as a side dish especially when you have family/friends to share this plate... When I went there recently, the stall seller is nice to suggest to change my 2 fried wantons in the plate of wanton noodles to soup wantons as I had also ordered a plate of fried ones... Thanks thanks!


Next is this coffee stall that we always patronize... Yuanwei Kaya Toast serves GREAT kopi-o!!!! Fragrance with strong aroma, and not too watery nor thick... and is quite affordable too... I always take a deep sniff of the aroma of kopi-o before taking a sip... very very addictive, hahaha...


One of my favourite is the Onion Sardine Toast set, which comes with an onion sardine sandwich, 2 half-boiled eggs, and a cup of kopi-o... wait, now looking back at the picture, I think the stall owner might have given me an "up-size" kopi-o ???!!! (yes, I am a regular customer of this stall and he might have recognize me when I bought the meal...)... If so, thanks thanks boss!!!!...

Farewell (soon), "Bedok Interchange" Mac Donald's...

Japanese Instant Miso Soup Noodles

Bought this from NTUC Finest, was wondering if this will taste any better than what we have tasted before... Added some imitation crab sticks and pork balls...


Perhaps I cooked too long (slightly over 3 minutes) and the noodles is not as springy as I thought. Perhaps next time timer can set to 2 mins 30sec... Soup is also a bit salt-ish, but maybe is because of the pork balls added...

Genting Trip June 2016

Nearly forgotten to post these pics up taken during my recent trip to Genting.... It was a very "food"-ful trip, hahahaha....


Day 1
Initially we had our breakfast at Marrybrown's, but it was cut short after we witness some little "friends" "running" around the place like nobody's business... So we head towards the restaurant besides "Only Mee" and had Roti Prata/Canai... Absolutely nice!!!! Initially did not expect the quality to be good but in end the prata turned out to be fragrance and fluffy and a bit crispy... Very different from what I had in the Cafe Lobby a few years ago... But the ordering process may be a bit messy (especially for the staff)...



Had our lunch in Coffee Terrace which serves good and varied food, buffet goodness! We all felt the quality of food has improved a lot, and is a bit weird considering now they don't fry the vegetables upon ordering but the vegetables tasted even better! Vegetarian food was unexpectedly good. 1 recommendation will be the Western booth's (roasted?) chicken.. tender and so good!!! Was so full that I had to give up the cake and desserts except ice-cream (the cakes in the pictures belonged to my mum, hahaha...)









Such a nice scenic view with clouds by your side... hahahaha...


And for Day 1 dinner, we went to Bubbles and Bites... A bit disappointed that their variety seemed to have gone down.. and my folks commented that their pizza quality also dropped a little... but the peri-peri wings are still nice... Accompanying the meal was a nice cup of iced latte...







Day 2
Our plan was sleep late and wake up late, in time for lunch, hahaha... So our first meal for the day was lunch... Saw this advertisement that Power Rangers was having a live show performance in Genting... did not want to spend the $ for the admission, so did not go...


Had lunch at Ah Yat Restaurant... And though we did not have abalone, the dishes we ordered are absolutely tasty!!!!!! We had lots of vegetables this time, and the salted egg 4 seasons beans (pardon my bad translation), tofu and dim sum were absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!










Finally had a chance to eat the super nice tea eggs after many years!!!! Hahahaha....


As for dinner, it was at Munakata Ramen... Originally planned to have steamboat, but it was fully reserved, and seemingly a lack of staff for operation... A good option but cannot say so for the quality of food served... Still ok bah, if you are not particular about food quality... But will try out other restaurants next time we go Genting.... 








Day 3
Day 3!!!! And lunch was at the Chinese-Thailand Cze-Char stall(s) at the kopitiam in 4th(?) floor... Nice!!!!!! (though my parents thought the fried coconut shoots has "de-proved"... the curry fish head was bought from another stall... And had bubble tea for the first time in umpteen years!!! which weird, considering there are a couple of bubble tea shops around my place and especially 1 at a stone's throw from my house... hahahaha....








How can we miss out the ice cream???!!!! Nice....


Dinner was scheduled to be at Ming Ren Restaurant but it was fully booked... So we decided that we could re-visit the Spice Garden restaurant, and it proved to be the BEST decision made in this trip.... Cos it serves EXCELLENT EXCELLENT food!!!!!!!!!! Must eat again must eat again!!!!!! Every dish is delicious!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! Superbly good!!!!!!!










Day 4
As it was the last day, we had to wake up earlier to check out and catch the coach back home... and had our breakfast at East Court restaurant, to try their dim sum... To me the quality of the dim sum of Har Kow and Siew Mai is about a class lower than that in Ah Yat's, but don't be mistaken as they are still good food (yeap, Ah Yat's are probably too good)... Very pleasant dining experience, especially they serve chinese tea old school style...







Head back home... and during a "pit stop" (a.k.a. "leak"-stop), we bought some kueh to eat later in Yong Peng... They no longer make them on the spot but the taste is still quite good!



Had this Fishball-Yong Tau Foo beehoon soup at Yong Peng... the quality has improved!!! Fishballs were flavourful without the "fishiness" smell, and the soup base is no longer too saltish (which was what happened last time I tasted it a few years ago) but light and fragrance... nice... Also ate some kaya balls, and finally bought some steamed chick peas (?) to eat on coach trip... ahhh.... nice... looking forward to the next trip...probably next year or so... till next time!!!