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I have frequent hunger bouts throughout the day so I need to come up with a quick fix that can last me a couple of weeks. The usual peanut butter and jam bread gets boring after a while. After some thought, I had the amazing idea to prepare a bottle of garlic spread to satisfy my savoury cravings!I adore anything with garlic! The fragrant aroma that exudes from the frying or baking of garlic is tantalising! Garlic is in my humble opinion, one of the best gifts nature has given to mankind in contribution to the culinary world. Who can resist a nicely toasted garlic bread to go with your soup or as an appetiser on its own?
Here’s a simple and easy to follow recipe for making a pretty good garlic spread.
I went on a date with SZ on Monday for an early birthday celebration. We were going to head to Hooha Cafe in Pasir Panjang Village for lunch because I’ve been looking for an opportunity to visit this much acclaimed restaurant since the IA days. Hooha was an accidental find actually. I was googling for places that serve good steaks in Singapore (nah, I still don’t take beef, the search wasn’t for myself it was for Kenneth) and found Hooha in a many results. However, SZ didn’t feel well that day and we decided to eat somewhere nearby instead.
It just happened that PGP’s new canteen was ready for business that day and it dawned on us that we HAVE to try the stall opened by Aston’s Steakhouse! So we went to the canteen but were faced with disappointment as we did not find the Steakhouse and only a handful of stalls were opened. After some thought, we agreed to go back to Hooha.
As we made our way into the restaurant, we were greeted by a waiter with a friendly disposition (both SZ and I thought he has some resemblance with JJ Lin and as always we came up with all sorts of stories about this). The restaurant was pretty dark inside which made reading the menu a little tough and taking photos impossible without flash. I already knew what I was going to order - it was an easy task since I have been poring over their menu on their website ever so often since months ago. SZ ordered the Chicken Enciladas and I had the Chicken Burrito from their Tex-Mex section.
It is not uncommon to find mango sago as the choice of dessert whenever my family visits a Chinese restaurant for dinner. My parents and sis are in love with this chilly and smooth dessert. My brother is fond of almost anything that has to do with mangoes. My aunts and uncles are also die-hard fans of this sweet dessert, even though half of my family and relatives are diabetics.
Last night, I went grocery shopping with XY and Mung in NTUC/Phoon Huat after our late lunch at Botak Jones. We saw this bottle of mango puree in Phoon Huat which sparked the idea to make some mango sago. With leftover pomelos from Mooncake Festival and hints from the hot weather these few days, it sounded like an awesome idea to make cold mango sago. We grabbed the other ingredients we needed from Phoon Huat and NTUC before returning home.
After much research on the net for tips on cooking sago and making the mango base, in addition to XY’s and Mung’s expertise, I tried my hands on this dessert this morning. Mhmmm…heavenly! My sis commented that it tastes just like those we had in the restaurants!
I’ve been wanting to try this easy recipe for a long time now, but I got tied down with school so I couldn’t find the chance to do some grocery shopping. On Tuesday, my group meeting ended earlier than expected and I was done with FYP for the day. Seeing as it was time for lunch and I was still in school, I asked XY if she wanted to meet for lunch. After lunch, I realised I had nothing else to do for the day (maybe some assignments and projects due in the week) so I coerced XY to dump her FYP and travel back home with me haha…
It was then that we decided to drop by Finest (that’s the NTUC that is classier that what you find in the neighbourhood towns) on our way home. Hurray! Figured this would be the best time to get what I need for the sausage rolls. We spent 2 hours in Finest browsing through the shelves and displays! This reminds me of when I spent about the same time shopping at Walmart in USA for the first time with Kailing! Ahh memories!
