Grapefruit + Orange Juice

One of the easiest juice that I always make is grapefruit and orange juice. Nice and yummy and it goes with the Meiji Amino Collagen that I have. Because the collagen powder has this fishy/ plastic smell, citrus fruits cover that really well. Tried with honey lemon drink, but it doesn't work.

You will need 1 grapefruit and 1 orange to get 1 cup of juice.

Grapefruit is rich in vitamin C and is better fruit than orange.

Contains high antioxidants.

Crystal Jade Kitchen Tim Sum

Some time back few weeks ago, after my paper at SIM, I loitered around Clementi Mall to shop (abit) and to stock up my groceries for camping at home to study.  Mummy had started working at Bouna Vista so I waited for her to have late lunch at Crystal Jade.

Ambience at the restaurant is good! Surprising spacious and due to the timing we went (2pm) there is not much of a crowd. Staff & their service are nice, friendly and prompt.

Tim Sum. *drools*

They have a buzzer for you to press if you need the staff's attention. Good! They react pretty fast too. Save you from having to wave for ages.

Our warm barley.

Our orders! A bit too much for the 2 of us. We took the set menu and ordered some more tim sum.

The roast meat platter. Nice! All cooked to perfection - nice and juicy.

The 艇仔粥. Nice. Mum likes it. Basically its a mix of pork, fish, peanuts etc. Assorted porridge.

The carrot cake which we eventually da baoed home.

The crispy yam puffs. 

Pork ribs.

Spring roll. Which did not escape the fate of being da baoed.

Custard bun. Looks harmless.

Cute.

Heavenly! The salted egg custard ooze out when you bite it. Ahh~ Better if it is hotter as we left it on the table for quite some time before we ate it.

Ending off with red bean soup from the set meal.

Conclusion: I had a very enjoyable lunch session at Crystal Jade at Clementi Mall. The staff was polite when I requested them to pack the leftovers for us. Once in a while indulgence, very seldom do I have to chance to eat lunch with mum outside. Mum likes the food. Worth the next visit.

Address

Clementi Mall (next to Clementi MRT)
#03-54/55
155 Commonwealth Avenue West Singapore 129588

Humans are very strange creatures

The title explains it all.

The more we know we are not supposed to do something, the more we will go and do it.

I have exams later at the evening and I am now blogging. Ahh..

Mummy's Birthday at Neo Garden Restaurant

Went to try out the  Neo Garden restaurant at Jurong West because I was kind of attracted by the flyer they sent to my home. 

It is a restaurant located at the HDB void deck. It was raining heavily when we reached there. Quite ulu place which is only accessible by 1 bus service. 

Wanted to order crabs but dad keep saying its expensive. 100g for $5. 1 crab is around 800g. Expensive? Not sure.. Its been ages since I ate crabs outside. 

We settled for normal zi char style dishes. Did not managed to take photos of all because we are so busy eating. But nevertheless, some not-so-well taken photos below.

南乳pork. 

Interesting. Not bad. Different from the usual zi char dishes.

三色蛋+苋菜

So-so IMO. Taste similar everywhere.

Salted egg yolk prawns

Nice! I like the powdery taste of the salted egg yolk.

What is missing was the deep fried silver fish (?) which is the appetizer. Nice and crispy. Mum likes it. Then was the 一品锅 which contain the delicacies likes scallop, fish maw, sea cucumber etc. This is better than the normal zi char version as their delicacies are much bigger and more prominent. 

We noticed that those who ate there mostly drives. Don't seem to spot any residents who live there eat here. Hmmm? Anyway their service is not very good also. They seem to be in a hurry to clear our plates after we are almost finishing our food. The restaurant is not even packed?! What's the rush?

When the bill came, we concluded that it is not worth it to dine here. HDB location but similar-to-restaurant prices. 

If you want to try, here's the address:

Block 406 Jurong West Street 42 #01-583 Singapore 640406

Happy Birthday Mummy!

Happy Birthday to you! Be healthy always!

Random thoughts

I was doing some random surfing and blog hopping/shopping in between reading the online study units for my exams.

I came to realise that there are a lot of bloggers blooming in this Gen Y era. Why? Maybe because that we want to stand out from others, the individualism in us, trying to be noticed or just simply an outlet for us to pen out our thought and feelings.

I remembered the reason when I started blogging many years ago when I was in secondary school is because it seems cool to have an online persona, nobody knows who's who unlike now everyone posted their photos openly over the net. Being quite an early adopters for computer and internet usage, my sis and I is always brainwashed by my parents saying internet is a very dangerous thing, and keep tell us never to show any information of ourselves over the net. We were told that there are a lot of baddies out there..blah blah blah..

Sometimes this just got me thinking whether to just set the blog as private and then I can upload photos of myself etc etc. But sometimes there is this thought that I want to type for a group audience whether you know me or not.

I've grew up reading other random blogs and then xiaxue (yaya bimbo), not that she is very old, just that I'm followed her blog almost from the very beginning when she started blogging and I am amazed at how someone can actually earn a living from just blogging alone. So nice, you know. Just type something and you get paid.

Again, not many people knew I had a blog. I don't really intend to publicize it. Contradicting, I know. But sometimes its the knowledge that there is someone I know reads my blog that give me the motivation to blog. You know, share things I feel worth sharing.

For now, I will try to blog more and who knows I might join a blogging community. Ha. Ha. Take this as a platform to improve my writing skills without all the singlish. :)

To all of you who reads my blog, drop a comment or msn me once in a while to let me know you are still reading!

Cheers.

Homemade Cranberry drink

Went to NTUC finest to stock up my supplies for the week for camping at home while studying. Chanced upon this bag of delicious looking cranberries and I bought them despite the steep price tag for a bag of fruits ($5.15).

"Buy me! Buy me!"

I thought I could just snack on it while study (beats eating tidbits right?) but, after I had googled on the net showed that you CAN'T just eat it like that. *wails* It says you will have upset stomach if yours is a weak one. 

No good.

Then I decided, juice is the next best most convenient method. Most websites says that cranberries is a good match with apple and tada, with the help from mum to juice the puree. End product is yums!

The steps on how to achieve the yummy goodness.

You will need:
- 1 bag around 300+g of cranberries
- an apple
- 3 cups water
- sugar according to your taste

First wash the cranberries.

Mum said those soft ones are not fresh. So ya, look carefully and remove any soft berries.
Then cut an apple and put it together with the berries in a pot with 3 cups of water.

Boil it till the cranberries burst. Around 10-15 minutes.

Add sugar and pinch of cinnamon powder (optional) into the pot.
Then off the fire/flame/electric and let it sit there for about 20 minutes to cool down before you juice it.
From the websites, you can use the cheese cloth to strain it. But since I got the machine to juice it, just use it. Lucky got mum to help me to wash.. hee.

And you are done.

Thick goodness :)

See how thick it is? 

My feedback from this recipe is that more water can be added. Maybe 1 cup more? The one I made is quite thick. About smoothie consistency. Individual preference I guess.

Happy birthday to u~

May all your wishes come true.

Mummy's bday cake prelude

Sis got the deal.com.sg coupon for decorating cake at icing room. So here goes..

Yay. It was quite fun.