The best Sausage Rolls ever!

Vegetarians looks away! These are packed with yummy sausage mix and it's so easy to make, better than those store bought ones where they've probably added a bunch of fillers. All you need is:

Pork Mince
1 can of liver pate
mixed dry herbs (optional)
diced and cooked onions and garlic
dash of nutmeg
1 egg
salt and pepper
egg wash

Mix everything together except the egg wash. Spread onto your puff pastry sheet and either wrap the pastry around the sausage mix or add a lattice effect and 'blanket' it over the sausage mix like I did in the picture above.

Pork mince with Pate I guess is probably weird for some people, but this is how my mum has always made it and hey it works and is the tastiest sausage rolls I reckon.

Second Attempt at Making French Macarons - SUCCESS!!

Since my last attempt at making macarons, I kept on thinking about trying my hands at them again. I trawled youtube and came across this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQbpeP-heEQ and thought the recipe seemed pretty straightforward and I liked the smaller recipe proportions. So if it didn't work out at least I wouldn't have wasted too much of my ingredients.

This time I ditched my silicone mat and went for baking paper as many sites had suggested is the best liner for making macarons. The last time I had also over mixed my batter, I couldn't control the flow of the batter when I tried to pipe it out. So this time I was very cautious and checked on the consistency of my 'lava' to make sure that it wouldn't be over mixed. And they worked!! I was over the moon and did a happy dance in my kitchen when I saw the macarons rising and showing their little 'feet'! I just couldn't stop smiling :)

After they were piped out, I let them stand for about half an hour to dry out. I was convinced they would never dry out in Singapore's humid weather. But to my surprise they did! And they dried out faster than I had expected, I thought I would've had to wait at least an hour. Some sites like Bravetart say it's not necessary to do this, but I think it wouldn't hurt to do it, seeing as it worked. 

This recipe only calls for a baking time of 12 minutes.

Well hello there "feet"!!

I don't know if you can see, but the macaron bases are a bit brown. I'm not sure if it was because they were cooked too long or it was my black baking pan? 

My Babies were beautiful!

Previously I had used Bravetart's recipe, which seems to be less sweet and you could taste the almond a bit more. I'm going to try it again and see if it gives the same results.

Sakon Thai

I contemplated on whether I should write about this place. I love dining here and really don't want it to ever be too crowded. But it's such a great find that it's a shame not to share it with others. Located at 77 Jalan Wangi (off Macpherson Rd), its location is almost secretive, probably known to only the landed property occupants nearby. And on the last occasion we were there, even spotted a local tv celebrity dining there with his friends.

The food is delicious and price inexpensive and service is pretty alright for Singapore standards. The servings are on the small side though, so you may have to order more if coming with a big group. Not sure if they serve medium or large servings.

Chiang Mai Mango Salad - $6.50.
Difference with this and normal mango salad is this one is drizzled with coconut milk.

Mixed Vegetable $6

Chicken Pad Thai - $5.50

Prawn Cake $6.50

Beef Green Curry $8

Clear Seafood Tom yam Soup $6.90. Red one is better. 

Seafood Kway Teow $6.50

Longan and Lychee Ice with Red Ruby - $3.50

Mango with Sticky Rice and Coconut - $5.50 or $4.50 can't remember. 

Rice is charged at 50cents a bowl and there's no Service Charge, just GST!

Kiddy Fun, Indoor Playground at Turf City

This indoor playground is pretty similar to the one you can find in Vivocity, Airport and a few other malls. The place is very colourful and it's all padded for safety. We went here with a friend who had kids of similar age and one was younger. Although my 6 going on to 7yo had fun playing and chasing her friend around etc, I feel that this playground is more suited to the younger kids, those aged 5 and below.

Unlike fidgets, there's not many places for parents to sit and relax or chit chat with their friends. Especially when there's a party going on where the whole section is blocked, there really is no place for us to sit.

If you're thinking of bringing your kids to an indoor playground at the new Turf City, and you're tossing between Fidgets and Kiddy Fun, I'd say go to Fidgets, it's more spacious.

Slappy Cakes @ Turf City for a Slappy Good Time!

This is a great place to bring the family to as it's fun for the kids to cook their own pancakes. Not only that, they can make their own creations with the batter using the squeeze bottles. Toppings and the batter is also priced affordably so you can afford to try out a couple of different batters. Just be warned though that each bottle can actually make quite a number of pancakes (so much so that we overdosed on pancakes!).

We chose the Buttermilk one for the sweet batter and Zucchini one for the savoury. If you don't know what zucchini is, it's a vegetable. Each bottle is $8++.

Our toppings and fixings: Lemon Curd $1.50++, Chocolate chips $1.50++, Bacon pieces $2++, Cheddar Cheese $2++. Hubby and darling daughter didn't like the lemon curd so much. I thought it was ok, lemony and tart. 

we weren't that creative.... ;P

Looks like they use Japanese technology for the hot plate. Which doesn't emit such a hot feeling even though we were sitting so close to it.

We also ordered a Slappy Lemonade (not pictured), don't order it, it is the sourest lemonade I have ever tasted!! I probably should've asked for more sugar syrup instead of dumping a packet of sugar into it - cos it never dissolved.

The place is a bit small, so you might have to wait for a table on a weekend, especially breakfast, brunch or lunch. We passed it on another night during dinner time and there wasn't many people inside. I guess not many Asians would take a preference to eating pancakes for dinner...but they do serve an all day breakfast.....and again, I guess it's not an Asian thing.