Give Thanks to God

Just wanna to give thanks to God just from the moment I wake up. Feeling blissfully for the things I own today.

Food review at local neighbourhood coffee shop in bedok reservoir road

I was once again being invited to do food review for nice Indian -Muslim food this time round . This review was done about 2 weeks back . Nonetheless, it was something new which I was able to try out. Something new about doing food review was that it was a neighbourhood coffee shop serving fusion food between the local Chinese fare, Indian fare , Muslin fare and Thai fare.

This neighbourhood coffee shop is known as the Al waris, located at 117 Bedok Reservoir Road.

Though the food review was done in a neighbourhood coffee shop , it was nice as the food are cooked on the spot just like the chinese zi char stall. Food that are being reviewed are the nasi goreng kampung , nasi goreng usa , seafood kway teow and

                                                             Nasi Goreng Kampung

Nasi goreng kampung is a traditional fried rice in the Muslim fare just like the Chinese fried rice. It was done in a manner whereby the rice did not stick together and you could taste the individual grains of the rice even after for 10 mins on the table without touching it. Best of all , it was not oily.

                                                                Nasi Goreng USA

This is the first time that I have heard a dish called Nasi goreng usa . Nasi goreng usa consists of tumeric fried rice, nice mutton meat and a sunny side up. The mutton meat was the crux to the nasi goreng usa cos its spicy yet without the smell of the mutton and also tender.

                                                           Seafood Kway Teow
                                                  
As for this dish, it is able to same kind of taste we can get from the normal chinese zi char stall . It lacks of the wok hei ( the burnt kind of taste) in the kway teow. Portion wise , I would say you get what you pay for.

                                                      Chup Chai ( mixed vegetables)

This dish is abit pale in comparison as to the other dishes and the vegetables are a bit well cooked for my taste. However , it taste nice if the elderly folk were to compliment it with plain porridge.Sauce wise, it seems to be like getting the taste from the seafood kway teow sauce's style.

                                                 Promfret with pudina herbs

This dish is a bit unique cos we hardly see that Indian food is without spices. However, this time round the spice is called mentha arvenis(podia).The chef use mentha arvenis ( podia aka japanese peppermint) to pound it and make it into to a paste to spread on top of the fish.

 Podina is used as a carminative and an expectorant. The plant is highly effective in treating headaches, rhinitis, cough sore throat, colic, prurigo and vomiting. It serves as a good blood cleanser, since it is antiseptic and anti-bacterial. Podina plays a significant role in alleviating swollen gums, mouth ulcers and toothaches. Crushed and bruised pudina leaves are used in treating insect bites. The decoction and infusion of its leaves and stems helps in fever, stomachaches, dysmenorrheal and diuresis. Fresh leaves of podina are crushed and sniffed for dizziness. Crushed leaves are also applied on the forehead and temple, to cure headaches.

The other 2 companion side dishes which is the long beans and french beans are well saute and crunchy.

                                                          Freshly grated apple juice

This is the first time when I got fruit juice without any sugar syrup in it. Kudos to Al waris!

                                                          Home made ice lemon tea

Seems like this homemade ice lemon tea is done with lipton tea and little sugar syrup together with a lime.

                                         Lastly, we had a group photo taken at the shop front.

If you are planning to do online delivery, Al waris  does offer food delivery to the nearby office in the ubi or eunos area. For more info , please go to http://www.alwaris.sg.














 

It's Sunday

Hope everyone will get a happy sunday. As for me, I am planning to go back to school to study hard for exams.Will cover my abnormal psychology and operations management module.

Egg mayonnaise wrap for lunch

Hi all, today I am feeling that nothing is nice outside for me to purchase to eat so I decided to do a egg mayonnaise wrap for lunch which I feel is cheap and healthy to eat.

Here comes the recipe:

Ingredients
 3 hard boiled eggs
1 teaspoon of mayonnaise
1 teaspoon of parsley
A dash of black pepper
2 piece of mission wraps ( can get from ntuc at $5.35)

Directions

1. Boil the 3 eggs and smashed it.
2. Add the 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise( I prefer kraft)
3. Add 1 teaspoon of parsley( Mcormicks)
4. Mix it well and add a dash of pepper
5. Mean while, heat up the wrap skin .Just do it for 10 secs
6. Place the egg mayonnaise mix in the centre of the wrap skin and it is done.

Emotional Wellness

Hi all ,

Just wanna to share something about emotional wellness with you guys out there through an excerpt that i was reading from my daily devotionals.

The excerpt goes like this:

Being Emotionally Honest

 

Ephesians 4:15 

 

Speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ

 

You can guard your intimate relationships by monitoring how you verbally express your emotions to them. For example, you're having a terrible day at the office, so you call home and say to your wife, "Honey, I'm having a bear of a day. I won't be home until about 6:00 p.m. and I have a meeting at church at 7:00. Could you have dinner ready when I get home?"

 

When you hit the front door you discover that your wife doesn't have dinner ready as you'd hoped. "For crying out loud," you blaze at her, "I wanted dinner ready at six o'clock! That's why I called you!" Is your wife really the cause of your emotional outburst? Not really. You had a terrible day and you're tired, hungry and stressed out. It's not her fault. Anything could have set you off. You could have just as easily kicked the dog.

 

Rather than level your wife, why not be emotionally honest? When it comes to acknowledging emotions with your inner circle, honesty is the best policy. But be sure to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15).

 

Another important guideline for acknowledging and expressing your emotions is to know your limitations. Be aware that if you're on the edge emotionally--angry, tense, anxious, depressed--it's not a good time to make decisions on important issues. Your emotions may push you to resolve what you're struggling with, but you may regret your resolution if you push too hard. You're going to say things you'll later regret. Somebody's going to get hurt. You're far better off to recognize your emotional limits and say, "If we keep talking I'm going to get angry. May we continue this discussion at another time?"

 

Being emotionally honest lets others off the hook. When you honestly convey how you feel, others know you are not primarily mad at them and that the problem is not their fault. They can also love you better by meeting the needs you express.

 

 

So take time to acknowledge your emotions and be real to yourself and from there , you can do greater things and focus on happiness.  When you know how to better manage your emotions , your relationships get better.

Benefits of Strawberries

Strawberry is one of my favorite fruits . It helps in anti aging via prevention of wrinkles. Its colour is something that will brighten me up just like receiving roses .So have a nice monday.

Brilliant quotes by famous people

 I would also like to share something from viewing one youtube video by Jim Rohn. He said how we succeed in life is based on our own personal philosophy. So take charge of your life today !

Benefits of green tea

This picture identifies with all the benefits of green tea. I urge you all out there to consider to start green tea but not those pokka or heaven & earth kind.  If you find it a hassle to make the green tea, why not consider the following product  Tegreen 97. If you like to purchase, please email me at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg.

Eating right outside and lose fats or gain weight

Hi all, I am going to conduct a class on how to eat healthily outside and yet still lose fats or gain weight with different cuisines. The first place I am going to conduct would be at Curry Hopper at Simei East Point @ #04-15 at $18 with dinner and materials provided. I am looking for only 10 pax interested parties please email me on akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg. Once there are 10 pax, I would hold the class.

I would also like to recommend for those who wants to sign up for the course to check out on the book on fat burning soup recipes in the following link click here.

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It's everyday that is good

 

Everyday there is something good happening around us as long as you paused for a while and thank God for. Stop complaining cos there is always someone worst off then you!

 

Foods that help to reduce stress

Just for laughs

Hi all, I would love to share this youtube video with you guys cos it never fails to put a smile on me when I am feeling at my lowest. Hope you guys enjoy it and chase your monday blues away with it!

ageLOC Galvanic Body Spa Treatment Demonstration

This is to help people to contour their body, reduce body ache. Good for mummies after confinment. Interested parties who are interested in getting one , please contact me at +65 81029909  or sign up under the id SG1789208.

周弘-绝不怕孩子输在起跑线上! Part 1 & 2 -Parenting tips

For those who wants to view how to be a better parent, please watch this.

Opportunity of Time

Most of us are being trained like the above picture. As such, we have lost our time freedom and we did not get chance to spend time with our family members.With this, I would like to share an opportunity of time for the current season to you guys out there.  Enjoy the video presentation!





Interested parties who are keen to partner with me in this business, please do not hesistate to call me at 81029909.

 

Are you feeling frustrated at work ?

Are you constantly feeling frustrated at work? Nitty gritty things like why your colleagues can't handle a simple task like formatting a page nicely or even do a simple mail merge might just pissed your day when you are feeling moody for the day.

Have you ever thought that how your own behaviour would actually affect the whole team's day at work ? Cos in an organization, one's input at work will affect how the team works.Instead of blaming one another how slow the team works, call out for a meeting to find out whether is there any process is taking too much time . For instance, a huge chunk of emails to be replied everyday , mailing of letters, handling of customers ( both internal and external) , checking of on going project status and handling of phone calls, etc. Perhaps you could allocate a time for checking of emails for a period of 1 hour. For this one hr, there is no other thing that you should be doing other than to check emails. Settle the emails that require the priority attention and also do get yourself a filter using the email filter from www.boxbe.com , it will only allow u to first draw your attention to read only emails from contacts and subsquently let u read emails that are not from your contact list.

With this, I would like to recommend a book I have read in the past which is how to simplify your life

Multi- tasking is the lowest form of effiency !

 

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

As majority of the people in the world are looking to have some ways on having to reduce their weight , why not start by having an apple as the benefits of having an apple is being listed as above.

If you are keen in learning how to eat right with different cusines and yet not put on weight , please do register yourself via email at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg for a minimal cost of $15 sgd with food provided.

Food Review at Indian Curry House @ Expo on 11.9.12

This food review that was done at Indian Curry House at Expo was actually an invite from the courtesy of Mr Santosh Cyrill of Indian Curry House @ Expo  and Mr Haren Yong from Street Directory.com

A little back ground about the Indian Curry House

Indian Curry House is founded in 2008 by three professionals with combined experience 30 years’ in food & beverage industry. Today it is run by a team of 25 F&B professionals specialising in Authentic Indian dishes. They have 3 branches located at east coast, expo and bukit timah.

 

It was on a tuesday evening that myself and fellow bloggers are attending this food review. The place is pretty cosy with nice curtains and nice lighting to set the evening mood right. We were all being treated to the restaurant's specialities like the tandoori chicken, butter chicken, fishcake, chilli garlic prawn, kashmiri rogan josh, kulfi and gulab jamun.

 

Here's the first dish for the food tasting - tandoori chicken

 

 

The tandoori chicken tasted like it was nicely being barbeque over the charcoal. The level of spicyness was not too overwhelming. Even kids would be able to take it.

Second dish-fish cake

The fish cake tasted a bit like meat patties with bread crumbs. A different version from what the usual chinese style of fish cake that we could get from the local supermarkets. However , the taste of the fish meat is rather flaky inside which denotes that it is freshly made with no preservatives in it. It is slightly salty.Thus it would be good if besides pairing up with the mayonaise sauce, it could be paired with either ketchup sauce or garlic chilli sauce from sinsin.


Next , we have the saffron rice and the plain basmati rice.

 

Saffron rice

 

                                                 Plain basmati rice

Basmati rice is a long rice grain which is typically used to cook for nasi briyani. Having said that , basmati is benefical to diabetic patients  as it is said to be having medium glycemic index which is lower than any other types of rice.

What does the glycemic index means ? It is actually a measurement of glucose level increase from the consumption of carbohydrate.

Talking about the saffron and plain basmati rice, it is so nice that you could even eat it on its own. As saffron is one of the most expensive spice in the world, I am glad that I was able to enjoy the taste of  the saffron rice on its own. The plain basmati rice is also unique in its own way where tasting each fine grain of it was so enjoyable.

My favourite dish - garlic naan

                                 

 

 

 The garlic naan is done in a manner where it is so crispy and the taste of the garlic is not overwhelming that one would get the pungent garlic smell after eating !!! Kudos to the north indian chef behind the kitchen.

 

 

 

Next , it's the butter chicken

 

 

The butter chicken is very soft and the creamy tomato sauce that is used to cook does not cover the taste of the tomato yet still can savour the buttery taste of it.

 

Next dish- kashmiri rogan josh

This is the mutton dish that does not have the stench of the mutton. It is well stewed with tomatoes and the after taste was that the mutton melts in ur mouth.

 

Next dish - chilli garlic prawns

This dish is considered to be the fusion of the chinese and indian food of the restaurant. It is prepared in the manner of  fusing spring onion, onion , red chilli and the secret sauce by the chef.

 

The Grand Finale- Desserts

 

                                        
                                                            Pistacho Kulfi

It tasted like it was mango blended with condensed milk ,frosted  with ice cream. I found that it was a little too sweet for my liking but it was a nice combination for people with sweet tooth.

 

Gulab Jamun

 

It is made up of milk and being deep fried before simmering with sugar syrup . Personally I feel that the size of the dumpling was made just right cos after the main course one would not be able to eat too much for dessert. Best thing was that not too much sugar syrup was being given. Thus it is was not as sweet as the pistachio kulfi.

 

Wait if you are interested in having to taste the food @ Indian Curry House and lazy to get out of the house . Please go to the website http://www.streetdirectory.com/indiancurryhouse-expo/
They do provide delivery services in the east area or call  65883324 for the home delivery.

 

                                         

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quick Mix Banana Cake Recipe for Kids

Ingredients

1. 3 Very ripe,smashed banana
2. 1 cup of brown sugare
3. 2 lightly beaten eggs
4. 125gm of SCS butter ( melted)
5. 1 and a 1/2 cup of self raising flour
6. 1/4 cup milk

Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius
2. Combine banana, sugar and eggs in a large bowl
3. Stir in butter , flour and milk
4. Pour into a greased bar tin ( 24cm x 11cm)
5. Place in the oven and bake for about 25-30 mins.
 

Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe for Kids

Ingredients
1. 300gms ground round beef or chicken
2. 1 onion chopped
3. 1/2/cup chopped can button mushrooms,
4. 3 slices of ham or chicken
5. 3 big potatoes
6. 3 tablespoons of butter
7. 3 tablespoons of pasta sauce
8. 150g cheddar shredded cheese
9.  1 teaspoon of minced garlic
10. Pepper and salt to taste

Directions
1. Boil potatoes in salted water until tender (about 30 mins).
2. While the potatoes are being boiled, melt 3 tablespoons of butter in a bowl.
3. Saute the onions in butter until tender over medium heat(5 mins) .
4. Saute chopped mushrooms, ham , ground beef  together with pasta sauce and peper together and cook it with low heat for about ten mins and keep it moist.
5. Mash the potatoes in a bowl with the remaining amount of butter and season with salt and pepper.Spread a thin layer of the potato onto the baking tray.
6.  Dish out the cooked beef into the baking disk and distribute the mashed potatoes on top .
Bake it at 170 degrees Celsius in the oven until bubbling and brown . Broil for the last few mins if necessary to brown add cheddar shredded chese to cover on top of the mashed potatoes once cheese metls and turn brown, Remove and serve when it cools down.