The Marmalade Pantry

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Today we had a girls day out although it was almost ruined by the rain. But we still managed to have a good day and enjoyed ourselves. Singapore is designed really well for shoppers on Orchard Rd, they have many underground passage ways so that when it rains, you don’t have to walk outside, you just follow the maze underground to different shopping centers 😛

We had Sunday brunch at a place called The Marmalade Pantry. We unfortunately did not get to enjoy any of their baked goods because we were rushed to go see a movie… but that just means we’ll have to go back there again. They have yummy looking breads, cookies, and cupcakes. Our brunch was pretty tasty.

Our refreshing drinks: mango lassi, strawberry-banana smoothie, and apple lime ginger juice.

French toast with figs and carmelized apples (the forgot the honey ice cream I just realized…).

Joyce with her vegetarian fritatta.

Pan seared tuna nicoise.

Getting ready to enjoy our Sunday brunch.

After brunch we went to see the Disney movie “Enchanted”. The movie was so hilarious, a bit corny, but lovely. I’d watch it again. It’s a real “chick-flick” and it’s a real “feel-good” movie.

I spent the rest of the afternoon shopping for gifts (for others and myself :P). Joyce and Siew Woon had a spa appointment from 4-6pm. They sounded like they had a relaxing time so I will join them next month.

We had fish and chips for dinner at Takashimaya (at the food court on Basement Level 2) before heading home. The rain has slowed to a drizzle but it was still quite wet so it was almost impossible to catch a taxi. Joyce and I ended up taking the MRT and going 2 stops away in order to catch a taxi together. We live in the same direction so it saves a bit of money.

It’s tiring walking around and shopping. I hope tomorrow at work won’t be too crazy.

Por Kee Eating House

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After a whole day of watching soap operas and Ron spending a whole day on studying, we went out to eat at a place called Por Kee Eating House 1996. It has an indoor air conditioned part and also an outside eating area. I was glad our friend reserved spots indoor. They had some unique and quite tasty dishes.

We had “appetizers” or roasted peanuts and pickled spicy cucumbers with pineapples. Plus of course the standard sauces of chili sauce and picked jalepenos.

First entree, the champagne spareribs. They were sweet, sour, and salty all at the same time and the meat was very tender.

Spinach with mushrooms.

Thai fish soup.

Bean curd with vegetables.

Some sort of local vegetable.

Roasted chicken.

Cereal shrimp (the fried batter was sweet and salty).

Fried seafood sticks.

Cheering to a good meal…

and unfortunately back to studying for everyone. Finals are starting at the end of the week but then we’ll be off for winter vacation for almost 3 weeks… can’t wait!

Famous Islamic Restaurant

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After a long week of work and a long week of classes, we were looking forward to attending Friday Foody at the Famous Islamic Restaurant near Arab Street.

We took the MRT to Bugis and walked to the restaurant on North Bridge Road. Not many shops were open at this hour and the restaurant itself was quite empty.

They served us these appetizers of chip-like things, lentils, and cucumber appetizers:

We tried 2 different types of mutton (lamb) sides which were very good. The meat was very tender, no “game-y” taste, and very buttery.

The main course was chicken briyani, also available instead with mutton or fish.

It was quite a feast… with way too much rice for me, I could not finish it all. But after eating those carbohydrates, I was even more tired than I started out so we headed home.

It’s been nice to have a relaxing evening at home, spending some time with our flatmates. Exams are coming up for them so they’re going to be stressed out soon.

I’ve started watching the Korean drama “Jewel in the Palace” and I’m not quite hooked yet but it is very suspenseful…

Milo Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Today I was let off work a bit early and it was a pretty okay day… so still had some energy to try some baking. Ron had class late and some meetings until 10pm plus our flatmates also had late class so I basically had the apt to myself to make a mess in the kitchen. Our maid came to clean today so I felt kind of bad making a mess… but it’s almost inevitable when I’m baking.

For some reason I’ve had MILO (made by Nestle) on my mind and I’ve never really been a fan of it… it’s kind of a chocolate malt drink. I thought it would sound good as a cookie so I started Googling for some recipes. I only found one or two though so I sort of followed one and added some extra stuff along the way…

Here’s a some great pictures on a step by step recipe. The recipe I sort of followed is here. But I found it too dry so added some eggs and milk and did not use walnuts and used some all-purpose flour and did not follow the shaping directions….

Here is our little convection oven:

Here is the result of my efforts:

They turned out like a breakfast cookie I think with the oatmeal and wholemeal flour. Not bad I think and you can taste and smell MILO!

Rainy day in SG

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It started raining really hard today and for a long time. It’s the closest to “cold” that it gets in Singapore… so I was able to walk home. I didn’t really want to walk home but when it rains, the buses get packed, taxis are impossible, and the traffic is horrible. When I leaving work, I took a picture of the water running down the hill in the gutter next to the staircase… I was amazed at how much water there was.

I actually didn’t end up going home but meeting up with Ron to go have dinner and do some grocery shopping. We headed to IMM at Jurong East and ended up eating at their food court at some place called Spaghetti Too. I guess we were craving something besides Asian food.

Although the food was rather disappointing. I ordered a spicy thai salad ($3.50) with grilled chicken (an additional $1.50). It was more of a side salad than a salad fit for a meal. The thai part of the salad was only the dressing.

Ron ordered the carbonara which had 2 pieces of chicken and lots of mushrooms. It didn’t even really taste like carbonara sauce, more like creamy alfredo.

Since dinner wasn’t good we went grocery shopping and also treated myself to some snacks for the morning. There’s a store called Jolli Bean that specializes in soy milk (I think) and pancakes with filling.

Here is an example filled with green bean paste, a bit bigger than a hockey puck:

Plus they have the type filled with peanut butter, smells so yummy.

Can’t wait to have them for breakfast in the next few days. Yum!