MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas day@Zen Japanese vegetarian restaurant(will blog soon!)

@Queens Sentosa Broadwalk

THIS IS A SEASON TO BE JOLLY
TRALALALALALALALALA~

Mid Autumn Festival!

The Mid Autumn Festival has come and gone.
When I was a lot younger, I'd always look forward to this festival. It was not just for the moon cakes, but the candle lighting session, being able to carry beautiful paper lanterns around, then after getting bored and without the adults looking, we would gradually create a mini camp fire as we(cousins and sisters) start lighting up candle boxes, leaves, plastics and everything else we were able to find lying around. How I miss those cheeky yet delightful times!

In recent years, this festival has grown a lot quieter for me. Now,the moon cake has become my main focus to mark this festival(not that I really mind :D) My parents were out of town that day, and my sister bought boxes of moon cakes home. We celebrated the day by munching on the beautifully made moon cakes, chatting while sipping Chinese tea. ( like some typical old-fashioned Chinese old man).

Here's a review on the moon cakes I had eaten:

Goodwood park hotel -D24 mooncakes

The D-24 mooncake is one of the signature mooncakes from the hotel.  Normally, I would have preferred the skin of traditional mooncake as they usually tastes better. However, the snowskin of this mooncake proved otherwise, as it tasted refreshing yet delicious. Also, there is a burst of sweetness and distinctive taste of the durian in one bite. However, as a durian-lover, I feel that the durian flavour could have more richness to it. But overall, a delicious mooncake! I made a mental note to take a picture of the sliced moon cake, but it slipped my mind as I was too eager to get a taste of it!     

ChinaTown Tai Chong Kok Confectionary- Vegan Mooncake

Are  you able to spot the difference between this traditionally baked vegan mooncake and a non-vegan one? The skin of vegan mooncake is matt as it does not have the shiny egg glaze at the top. 

This traditionally baked lotus paste mooncake is one of the best mooncakes I have eaten. The lotus filling has just the right amount of sweetness to it with the lotus seeds adding a nice crunch to each bite. The golden brown skin of this traditionally baked mooncake was plain awesome, even without the egg glaze! I just couldn't get enough of this! Thumbs up!

Finally, Peach Garden mooncakes!
Please pardon the camera quality!  The shiny surface makes it impossible to capture a decent photo!

Traditional lotus paste mooncake with macadamia nuts and lotus seeds.
Notice the shiny egg glaze on the surface of this non-vegan mooncake :)

The lotus paste was delicious, but a tad too sweet. Also, I have to comment that there should be more macadamia nuts!! As you can see, only the lotus seeds are visible here, the macadamia nuts were sparsely scattered and hidden deep inside. But I have to admit, the roasted macadamia nuts tasted heavenly!


I hope you had a great Mid Autumn/ Mooncake festival!

xo

Jambo & Guavas

On my recent trip to Malaysia, my family brought home some Jambos, also known as Rose Apples, as well as Guavas.  Fruits from Malaysia never fail to amaze and delight me with its sweetness and freshness. My all-time favourite, I could eat this everyday! 

yummy drinks for the week!

1) Mon: Hot Chocolate with whip cream $6.40
I dont usually patronise Starbucks as i seldom drink coffee unless i absolutely have to and because I feel that the drinks are a little more than over-charged.
 BUT. A friend gave me a Star Bucks discount coupon awhile ago. Plus, I had the entire afternoon to myself and the idea of reading at a cozy place with a cup of hot drink was tempting.
This hot cocoa beverage from Star Bucks was so tasty that just makes one cant get enough of it. This hot chocolate comes with steamed milk with vanilla topped with sweetened whipped cream. It has just the right amount of cocoa  and not too sweet for my liking. This comforting cup of beverage stood by me as I stayed for hours reading my book in a quiet corner in the outlet at Harbourfront centre #01-76/77 .

2)Tues: Artichoke Tea 
This drink is perfect after a heavy meal, which I had at Lotus Vegetarian restaurant(I will blog about this soon, promise!) 
The aroma of this artichoke tea is rather interesting with a slight floral tone to the scent. Also, it has a unique type of sweetness to its taste. I really enjoyed drinking this! 

3)Wed:Mango Aloe vera drink $2.80
This delicious drink is one of the lastest additions to Toast Box menu. I went to the outlet at Vivo City S(098585) LB2-34. 
  This drink is indeed refreshing and perfect for a warm and humid weather! However, the health conscious may find this a little too sweet. 
But I really enjoyed this as I have a sweet tooth.

4) Thurs:Beetroot with carrot and apple $2.00
Location:  Bukit Merah hawker centre #02-45 King Avocado
I ordered this drink, which is also known as the ABC juice, while having tea break at work.  I was really glad I ordered this as I was really sleepy and kept nodding off. This drink really helped to perk me up! 
This drink is one of my favourite brain-boosting juices. It also boasts exceptional health benefits and tastes delicious!

SALAD




HAD SALAD!
it was a quick fix.
cherry tomatoes, lettuce,raisins, macademia nuts YUMMERZ
I prefer not to have salad dressing :) 

 


my beautiful darling, tigger

 



And with me!
Hehe. Went for a jog at Henderson wave with colleagues.
They are a great bunch of people i really love to hang out with. Anyway, let me introduce my lovely pet. She's 5 yr old already! I adopted her when she was still scrawny and timid, but still adorable! :) now she's like..garfield. haha.
Love her loads!
Oh, and guess what. Even though she's not entirely vegetarian( cus there's no veg cat food in any pet stores), her favourite food is bean sprouts! Can you believe that! She'd rather have bean sprouts than her non-veg dry food!