Crispy Cheesy Crust Pizza from Pizza Hut

This pizza has been calling out to me for a LONG time ever since it came out. All the ads just looked so enticing.

Overall it was 'alright'. Typical stuffed crust pizza from the Hut with crispy cornflakes stuck on the little pull apart stuffed crusts. I like the cheese dipping sauce, but to me anything dipped in cheese is lovely...LOL. It's nice they gave just enough of the dipping sauce too. I really can't decide whether Domino's is better or Pizza Hut. What I notice though is Domino's pizza doesn't make you as thirsty as Pizza Hut's one - so does that make Domino's better?

Pre Cut Strips of Daikon Radish for Sushi

Found this packet of precut Daikon Radish. It's cut the perfect size and length for a standard sushi which is really great! I found it from the Korean supermarket for a reasonable price. The only downside is I wish it came in a resealable packet. It's definitely hard to find a container that is the same length as the radish. So I ended just putting the whole packet inside a clean bag (you know those fruit and vege bags you use at the supermarket, I bought a whole roll of it).

Myojo Mee Siam Instant Noodles

If you've never tried Myojo brand instant noodles, then you should go out and get some and try it. The noodles are different to your standard curly instant noodles, I don't know know how to quite explain it. They were springy, yet firm and just overall tasty. I firstly tried the Tom Yum flavour and it was pretty good. Then they came out with their newest flavour Mee Siam. As far as I know I don't think there's any other brands that have a Mee Siam flavour instant noodles.

I must say these are very very good. It's sweet, spicy and sour at the same time. I wouldn't say it's the same as Mee Siams you buy at hawker centres, but I think it's pretty good for an instant noodle. And it is noodle, not vermicelli (beehoon).

Cute Cotton Elle Bag

This month's Elle magazine comes with a cute cotton bag - My Lunch Bag is what they called it. It's small and the material was a lot better than what I expected. It even comes with a plastic board thing that you insert on the bottom to keep the bag more sturdy.

Some more (new) pictures of Universal Studios

Everytime we go to Universal Studios Singapore (yes we have an annual pass) we see something new there. Like this time we saw a new design for the refillable souvenir cups.

And we also try to eat something different everytime we're there. This time we tried the Goldilocks fried chicken place at Far Far Away land. I must say the fried chicken is very very good, very moist on the inside and crispy on the outside.I regretted not taking a photo of it..lol. They had a value set meal for 3 people for $28+ that consisted of 8 pieces of chicken, 2 half corn on the cobs (weird only 2), 2 fried buns (which was a bit like fried mantou), a medium size tub of mashed potatoes with gravy which was soo yummy and a medium coleslaw. You can choose two of coleslaw or 2 of mashed potatoes or one of each. Oh and 3 drinks too. I would highly recommend this eatery

The little kid in the blue shirt from the audience was so cute! He actually danced!

These guys were pretty Hawt!

I also finally got to watch the Monster Rock show and it was brilliant! Very upbeat music and entertaining. It was hilarious when one of the monsters broke out into a chinese song. Not that they didn't sing it well cos they did, but the older chinese audience sitting behind us clapped their hand wildly and said thank you...LOL.

Strawberry Tuxedoes

I was inspired to make these after watching one of the tv chefs making it. These are a fun way to get your child to eat strawberries if they don't already like them. I must say they were really quite yummy!

It's my first attempt at making them so you can see they're not very neat. I also had trouble with the White chocolate. I think I heated it up too long so they seized up a bit and I had to use some vegetable oil to thin it down. They say to never ever add water to chocolates if you want to thin it

The strawbs after their first coat of chocolate.

Coating them with dark chocolate. Using a small fork makes it less messy but unfortunately while I was letting some of the excess chocolate dribble down, the strawb fell off the fork and landed right in the chocolate so I had no choice but to cover them completely in the dark choc.

So here are the strawbs ready for a party in my tummy!






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Food Factory Outlets in Singapore

On any given Saturday there will be a whole bunch of car lining the street of Woodlands Terrace at Woodlands East Industrial Estate. Why? Because this whole street is lined with Factory Outlets selling none other than my favourite thing....food :) One of them is an awesome factory by the name of Fassler. It's a factory selling smoked salmon, frozen fresh salmon, frozen soups, frozen unagi, frozen tobikko (flying fish roe), etc. at prices much lower than the supermarkets. 3 packs of Salmon Tails (boneless, skinless - 4 pieces) for $10, and offcuts of smoked salmon in little packets - 5 for $1!! Try their lobster bisque, it's quite nice and tasted exactly like the one I had at a hotel (which made me think the hotel got it frm them!). They also have fresh salmon sashimi.

salmon tails - boneless, skinless

smoked salmon offcuts - 5 for $1!

Right next door there's a shop that sells yummy gourmet sausages in 1kg packs. For comparison, this shop sells a kg of one of the sausages for $20, at the supermarket, the same sausage is sold for $29 a kg. The Italian Sausage was nice, had a spiciness to it. The chorizo was nice too, but not the Spanish style chorizo that I thought it was supposed to be. They also sell vacuum packed lasagna which they say they supply to Pasta Mania and they also have vacuum packed pre-marinated rack of pork ribs that only goes for $15!! I was a little apprehensive to try it at first, but glad we did cos it was really good - amazingly tender!

Other shops there selling sauces, frozen fried cihcken, some Taiwanese dumplings, Vietnamese Spring Rolls, smoked duck, etc. If you go there, just remember to bring cash...and lots of it! :) Most of the shops only accept Cash. And also bring a cold bag as most of the things sold are frozen and if you're going to Fassler, be warned, their stuff is inside a walk in freezer, so bring a jacket or make sure you don one of their Ferrari jackets that they have hanging outside for customers to borrow.

Can't wait for my freezer to empty so I can go back to restock again!

Oh and if you're a fan of Polar Puffs pastries, there's a Polar Puff factory down there where you can buy curry puffs or mushroom and chicken puffs for $0.60 each (shop sells them for $1.80each).

Highlights of Our Recent Trip to Universal Studios Singapore

Here are some highlights from our recent trip to Universal Studios Singapore a few weeks ago. It was a shame just a few days before we went that Battlestar Gallactica dueling roller coaster had to be closed for further testing. It is still the soft opening phase after all, so i guess it's no surprise. From what I read on RWS facebook page, a lot of ppl were disappointed because they felt that this roller coaster was the main attraction. I guess it is in a way, but there are lots more rides and attractions to see - Revenge of the Mummy for one is a must do for roller coaster aficionados. The only problem we encountered was the long Qs and wait times. I guess due to the roller coaster shutting down, the crowd dispersion in the park amongst the other rides were a bit poor and caused bottle necks at the other popular rides like Jurassic Park and Canopy Flier which saw a waiting time up to 75 mins at one point. People who've been to Japan Universal Studios say it's nothing compared to Japan's waiting times and I must say it's pretty common even in other theme parks around the world to wait that long for a ride, especially on a school holiday or a weekend.

Anyway on the day we visited, it was super hot....but eh, it's Singapore after all, what else would you expect...except rain which we didn't have thankfully. The heat did give me a huge headache tho....maybe a mini sun stroke? :p While there we also tried the New York Style Pizza. It was to die for and we'll gladly go back to eat it again!

We did miss out a couple of rides, but luckily we have an annual pass. Kids under 4 are free, and now I know why, there's not a whole lot of things they can ride at the park and a lot of shows and attractions are a little too intense for them.