Simple joy - Char Bee Hoon

I have always liked bee hoon, be it fried, in gravy or in soup. One of my favourite breakfast/ lunch choices, has to be the economic fried bee hoon (or some people call it the Char Bee Hoon; 'Char' means 'fried' in Hokkien), on top of the usual unhealthy roti prata, curry puffs and wanton mee. :)

And now and then, I’ll have my cravings for it.

The dark coloured bee hoon fried with dark soy sauce, topped with luncheon meat and fried egg, with blachan chilli or sambal chilli – Yums! Just makes a perfect meal for me!

Now, enough of the economic fried bee hoon.

There is another variety of fried bee hoon which i like - Xing Zhou Fried Bee Hoon.

Instead of the usual plain economic fried bee hoon (the toppings are chosen/ added according to preference), this has bean sprouts, vegetables, char siew or some even has shredded chicken fried together in it.

My guess is that it’s probably a ‘singaporean’ style fried bee hoon, one in which you can add any ingredients and fry it together with the bee hoon. :)

And anything fried – what can go wrong?

Bought this for brunch one day at a nearby coffeeshop near my work place - Xing Zhou Fried Bee Hoon.

Tasted just average, a little bland I thought.

I think I can do better. Ha!

Ok, this shall be my motivation to try cooking it next time! :)

Haagan Dazs Madness

Just bought 2 tubs of Haagan Dazs ice cream home! Strawberry Cheesecake and Caramel biscuit & Cream!       

They are REALLY good!! *Thumbs up!!* :)

Even the husband, who usually doesnt like me to eat too much desserts, cant resist and asked for more even though he was full to the max after dinner.. Yes, this is how good they taste!

We like the Strawberry Cheesecake flavour slightly more.

The creamy strawberry cheesecake flavour with chunks of biscuit crusts in the ice cream.. *drools* :p

Totally satisfies my craving for cheesecake and ice cream all at one time.

Perfect!

Have this urge for Coffee and Run & Raisin ice cream too.. Shall get them next! :)

I love cakes!

I’ve been eating a lot of cakes recently.

My favourites so far are Starbucks Peach Souffle Cheesecake and the Apple Raisin wheat muffin! Yums!!

The Peach Souffle Cheesecake is their seasonal special, and is a ‘must try’! It tastes so good!

Thick slices of juicy peaches in a light yet tangy cheesecake with a twist of yogurt! I cant get enough of it, could have devoured 2 whole cheesecakes on my own!! :p

The only drawback is the price. Each slice costs abt $6.30 if I didn’t remember wrongly.

Didnt get to take a photo of the Apple Raisin muffin though, as I was too engrossed in my eating. Haha. Next time, if I could remember! :)

Took a photo of the Soy Banana muffin instead. It wasn’t that fantastic, the banana taste was not too strong, tastes just average.

The muffins cost abt $3.30 each, quite pricey for a muffin, though the serving is rather huge.

So far, I’ve eaten like 4 muffins and 2 cheesecakes in a span of abt 4 days, which is really not very healthy! Time to exercise some self control!!

But, I LOVE CAKES!!!!! :p

Pandan comfort

Spent a nice and quiet Christmas night with the husband.. with a warm and simple dinner at the airport..

Lovely time spent, just chatting and spending time together as we stroll along terminal 2.

Walked past Kedai KueKue, a shop that sells authentic Indonesian cakes and crackers, decided to give their pandan cake a try.

The pandan flavoured sponge cake did not disappoint indeed. It was light and fluffy, not too sweet, a nice after-dinner treat! :)

But I think I still prefer Bengawan Solo’s Pandan cake, which is slightly softer in texture (I thought so) and has a slightly stronger pandan fragrance.

But whatever it is, I always like pandan cakes – my childhood comfort food! :)

Ham & Cheese French Toast

Made a nice breakfast for the husband yesterday!

French toast with ham and cheese.

I added the cheese to the French toast while it is still hot, this helps melt the cheese and adds to the taste!

See the hot melted cheese oozing out of the thick layers of ham??

The husband loves it! :)

Gonna make Tang yuan with sweet potato dessert next! :)

Snacking tooo much..

My flu seemed to have worsened today.. coughing a lot more with more phlegm in my throat… must have overindulged in my snacks….

Been snacking on Honey Dijon Kettle chips and assorted nuts!

Bought this some time ago at cold storage on offer.

There was a tinge of sweetness in the chips, tasted really good!



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Somehow, I have this craving for nuts recently, been snacking on pecan, walnuts, almonds and peanuts.. all not good for my throat! & that explains why im sounding like a frog!

Oh well, to abstain myself from food… that’s difficult to imagine… Hope I will get well soon...

Temptations - they are REAL.

Now, I just had lunch and just as I thought I was feeling quite full, I walked past this dessert shop at Siglap Centre, that sells nonya kuehs.

Those cute little plump ang ku kuehs and ondeh ondeh just kept staring at me.. (well ok, I was the one who kept staring at them. Ahem). Suddenly I felt hungry again, as though my lunch had just gone down the drain!

I tried to control myself, remembering how I have been eating way too much snacks and sweet desserts the past wk, and what my husband warned me last night – to take gd care of my health, to eat more healthily, for him, for our future children, and most imptly, for God.

There was a battle going on in my mind – should I, should I not???

Now, im back at my work place, just a storey above that dessert shop…. But I cant seem to stop thinking about those chubby looking kuehs….. temptations, they are REAL…..

Should I, should I not?????

Haha. What would you do? :p