Walnut Brownie~

Fresh from the oven this morning~

~*Walnut Brownie*~

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 6 Tbs Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 1/3 Cup Butter
• 3/4 Cup Sugar
• 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Essence
• 1/2 Cup Self-Rising Flour
• 1/4 Tsp Bicarbonate Soda
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 Cup toasted Walnuts (chopped)

Method:

1. Preheat oven at 170 degrees. In a mixing bowl, add melted butter with unsweetened cocoa powder and stir well to mix.
2. Add in sugar, eggs, sifted flour, bicarbonate soda and vanilla essence respectively. Mix well before each addition.
3. Add the walnuts to the batter and mix in 5 to 6 stirs. Pour the batter into a greased 8x8 square baking pan and bake at 170 degrees for 35 minutes (or till toothpick comes out clean).
4. Cool before cutting. Can be served chilled or warmed. Best served with a scoop of your favourite ice cream.

Enjoy~

Azabu Sabo~

Dinner at Azabu Sabo at marina square...

~*Hot Green Tea*~

~*Sabo Style Seafood Salad*~

Broccoli, diced japanese cucumber, tomato with scallops, squid and prawns dressed with tangy salad dressing

~*Japanese beef curry with Homemade Cheese Burger Steak on Rice*~

The burger was a bit too soft (lacked mouth-fill)...

~*Matcha Zen*~

Matcha Soft ice cream with red beans and dumpling. Sweet desserts makes one happy...

American Carrot Cake~

i have not been baking for some time... today, as i was scrolling through my 'to bake' folder, this American Carrot Cake (from Yochana's cake delight blog) caught my attention .

(Imaginary bubble: American carrot cake recipe was waving frantically and hopping around as it shouted, "Pick me! Pick me!")

~*American Carrot Cake*~

Chopped walnuts and carrot shreds cake, topped with light cream cheese...

Mini Steamboat Delight (Parkway Parade)~

~*Marinated Beef Set for 2*~

Well seasoned beef slices with 3 types of vegetables, with a choice of steamed white rice, glass noodles or bee hoon @ $20++. The golden mushroom was a separate order. The beef was really tender and tasty, a must try for people who love sliced beef.
~*Steamboat Soup Base*~

Chicken Soup, Tom Yam or a combination of both.

Yue Yi Tai Shan Popiah (Clementi Central)~

It's been a really long time since i last visited Clementi Central. Clementi used to be my hometown before i moved...

Clementi, like most town centrals, is a cosy community with a wide selection of shops and plenty of good food! Brothers' Rojak, Chai Hao's satay and BBQ pork, Tan's TuTu kueh, UFOs, Fried Hokkien Mee, Char Kway Teow, Curry Puffs, Sliced Fish Soup, Handmade noodles~ Wan Ton noodles... the list goes on and on...

Yue Yi Tai Shan Popiah is located beside Brothers rojak and Tan's TuTu Kueh at the See Lam Hern coffee shop. The elderly lady at the stall makes really good popiah. A generous serving of ingredients @ just $1.20.

~*Yue Yi Tai Shan Popiah*~

Turnip and carrot, chinese lettuce, ground peanuts, eggs, beansprout, crispy bits, with sweet sauce and homemade chilli, wrapped together in 2 thin pieces of popiah skin. The spicy chilli paste gives the added kick (Oomph!) to the fine tasting popiah! :p~ This is highly recommended! Oh, be prepared to queue during dinner time. I waited for a good 12 minutes before my order was taken.

Ang Ku Kueh~

i've been craving for ang ku kueh recently, so i went online to search for the best ang ku kueh stalls in singapore. i managed to savour the ang ku kuehs from 4 different stalls.

1. Tiong Bahru Teochew Kueh (Tiong Bahru Food Centre)
2. Poh Cheu (Bukit Merah Lane 1)
3. Kuehs And Snacks (Bukit Merah Lane 1/Alexandra Village)
4. Bangawan Solo

~*Ang Ku Kuehs*~

Left: Tiong Bahru Teochew Kueh

• Red: Green bean (mungbean)
• Grey: Salty green bean
• Orange: Peanut

Right: Poh Cheu (not much of a colour difference between the 2 types of filling )

• Orange- Red: Green bean
• Red: Peanut

Verdict:

My favourite stall award goes to Tiong Bahru Teochew Kueh! Not only were their ang ku kueh yummie-licious, the stall owner was really friendly too (it made the "ang ku kueh" experience more enjoyeable). The glutinous skin is thin with a generous amount of filling and it's not too sweet. i especially liked the salty mung bean filling ang ku kueh. :p~

2nd would be Poh Cheu. The fillings were good but the glutinous skin was alittle thicker than Tiong Bahru Teochew Kueh.

3rd place goes to Bangawan solo, traditional, simple, satisfying but it factory produced.

4th place goes to Kuehs and snacks. Their ang ku kueh prints were all not well-defined (probably because they were steamed for too long) and the filling was very fragrant. Basically, it didn't look appetizing at all...

The ang ku kuehs (peanut/green bean/salty green bean filling) costs 50 cents per piece except for bangawan solo's which was priced at 70 cents per piece.

~*Tang Yan*~

Tiong Bahru Food Centre, Sweet Desserts Stall's Glutinous rice balls filled with ground peanuts served in peanut soup. The glutinous rice flour layer was alittle too thick. It was just average. Each bowl of 3 glutinous rice balls costs $2. When it comes to Ah balling, i'd strongly recommend Food Street's (Smith Street) Ah balling~

Simple lunch (Random)~

Take a look at my simple, fast and easy to prepare lunch...

~*Mixed vegetables*~

Green peas, chick peas, diced tomato & cucumber, seasoned with black sasame seeds, chopped chilli padi and chilli powder. Hee...

Yong Tau Foo (Kopitiam-PS)

Hee... just 3 servings of green veggies was all it took to make the yong tau fu soup look so green :p~

~*Yong Tau Fu Soup*~

Seafood Salad~

Here's another random salad entry... this time it's the Sushi Tei (Paragon) seafood salad~

~*Seafood Salad*~

the crab meat was, ooh lah lah-y succulent~

Spicy Black Sesame Biscuits~

My mum modified my previous Black Sesame Seed Soda Biscuit recipe by adding japanese chilli powder to give the extra kick. And surprisingly they were amazingly good! i decided to try out my mum's special recipe today, and here they are~

~*Spicy Black Sesame Seed Soda Biscuits*~

Alisan Taiwan Porridge~

Taiwanese porridge anyone? They have a wide selection of food to choose from. But i opted for a simple fare...

~*Plain Porridge*~

There's a choice of plain porridge, porridge with sweet potato, or rice. (Each at 40 cents)

~*Fried onion eggs, Stir-fried vegetabe with dried shrimps, Beancurd tofu*~

simplicity~

3 simple side dishes @ $2 each. The prices varies for different dishes. Alisan Taiwan Porridge is located along the road further down from Serangoon JC.

Yama Yuki~

Yama Yuki Japanese Soft-Serve Ice Cream! For the health conscience, it's 94% fat free, 100% egg free and reduced sugar, so no worries when you enjoy the nice cool serving of japanese soft ice cream :p~ A double special (either 2 cones/2 cup/1 cup & 1 cone) at only $4.50!

~*Green tea japanese soft-serve ice cream*~

in a cone...

~*Green tea japanese soft-serve ice cream*~

or in a cup...

i thoroughly enjoyed the it, not too creamy or sweet, loved the matcha in the ice cream~

Yama Yuki is located at...

Suntec City Tower 3

#01-K20 Tasty Treatz

(next to Carrefour Ground Floor Entrance)

Sizzler (Suntec)~

They have a wide spread of greens, assorted salad, soup, dressing...etc... at their salad bar. The salad buffet also includes 3 different types of soup, basic pasta, nachos, fruits and sundae!

~*Salad*~

This was my second serving. Check out the beetroot!

~*Fruits*~

Check out the Sizzler website for more details~