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OLLELLA X Ah Ma Homemade Cake launches Artisanal, Traditional Kuehs and Cakes
Author: Alexis Chua Indonesian kueh specialist OLLELLA and Ah Mah Homemade Cake, the purveyor of castella cakes, joins hands for the first time to bring their delicious traditional offerings under 1 roof. The products in this new concept store are handmade and prepared daily on-site, ensuring the products are fresh and in its best quality. For me, who am not a fan of kueh, I am pleasantly surprised that I took more than my fair share of kuehs and cakes. In fact, I had these kuehs for dinner and am not complaining! The new partnership wrought OLLELLA to introduce 4 new products, the D24 Durian Dadar, Kueh Bugis, Kueh Salat…
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Strangers’ Reunion: Redefining Café Dining with Quality and Upcycled Ingredients
Author: Alex Chua Home-grown cafe Strangers’ Reunion, located at Kampong Bahru Road just 5 minutes’ walk from Outram Park MRT, is set to redefine and elevate café dining experience with a new all-day brunch menu. Best-known for serving some of the best coffee and all-day brunches in town, this time the new brunch menu features inventive cooking method with a conscience. Using fresh, seasonal and upcycled ingredients and sauces homemade from scratch, the resulting dishes reveals a level of sophistication more often associated with fine dining establishments. Now that’s more than a cuppa in a café scene. Take the Salmon Skin Chips ($11.90) for instance. This moreish appetiser utilises salmon…
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Feast on Thai Food at The Great Baan Ying Brunch
Author: Alex Chua Now I don’t have to travel all the way to Bangkok just to indulge Baan Ying. Launched on 26 Jan 2019, the Thai specialty restaurant opens its first ever Singapore outlet in Royal Square, conveniently located near Novena mrt. In conjunction with its opening is the introduction of The Great Baan Ying Brunch (#TGBYB) – a weekend semi-buffet consisting of 1 main course along with a buffet spread of 12 to 15 delectable appetisers, sides and desserts on rotation every week. Affordably priced at $38.80++ per adult and $19.40++ per child (four to ten years old; kids under three dine free; child price includes complimentary fruit juice),…
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beGIN: Chic New Bar at Boat Quay for an Innovative Gin Fix
Author: Alex Chua beGin takes a typical gin – usually drank in a traditional English-style habitat with upholstered furnishing – and gives it a chic new spin. Situated upstairs Singapore’s oldest traditional English Pub – The Penny Black, beGin is the only speakeasy bar that houses over 50 gins from different countries. Gin lovers can sample the vast selection in different ways (neat, with tonic or in fashionable cocktail) and pair it with savoury British-Indian small plates. Expect colours, delicious bites and upbeat music with friendly bartenders tucked inside this rustic, moodily-lit speakeasy. Starting off the course is the Royal Chatanee (S$4), which consists a medley of mild to punchy…
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Shopping for necessities at Guardian Singapore
Where do you usually shop for your beauty necessities? For me, I try to shop for them at places near home because I tend to stock up a few bottles of each product at one go. Thankfully, Guardian can be found almost anywhere! Here are some products that I got from Guardian which I am currently using on top of the usuals that you have already seen on my Instagram! 1) Facial Masks If you watch my Instagram stories, you will notice that I mask very frequently. Almost once every 2 days. I literally buy masks everywhere and Guardian carries a lot of brands with one of my top favourite…
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Filling up the loss of volume at Halley Medical Aesthetics
I was all along very concerned about the loss of volume at the cheeks and under eye areas because I always look tired and old despite having enough sleep. Even though I mask everyday, it doesn’t really help, as the masks can never recover the volume loss. Take a look at the picture below to see what I meant. When I finally decided to do something about it, I went to Dr. Terence Tan from Halley Medical Aesthetics as I used to visit him regularly. I was very surprised when he recommended me to do fillers for an area that I had not thought about, which is the area towards…
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Cleaning the house with Electrolux Purei9 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner
Being newly weds, and first time house owners, we do not really know what to expect when we have to stay together except hearing what others have to share and avoid making the same mistakes. We were told that minor issues like snatching of blankets at night or splitting of household chores can lead to little arguments. So our way of avoiding arguments is to have someone / something to help us with the little things at home. One of which is….. having a robot vacuum! We settled on Electrolux Purei9 Robotic Vacuum Cleaner because of its robotic design. While we were shopping for one, we noticed that most of…
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Unagi Ichinoji: Tasty Unagi with a 125-year History
Author: Alex Chua When you’ve got warm company and unagi what more do you need. Opened by one of Tokyo’s most well-known unagi restaurants with a stellar 125-year history, Unagi Ichinoji surely can satiates your unagi wants with ease. Located at EAT At Seven at Suntec City and Riverside Village Residences, the premise looks like an izakaya with traditional wood panelling, superb customer service and authentic Japanese vibe. It is probably the next best place to dine and unwind if you don’t have the luxury of time to fly to Japan. One can’t say they have stepped into Unagi Ichinoji without tasting unagi – that’s what they are specialized for.…
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Things to Do at Genting Highlands – Resorts World Getting
I just came back from a media trip to Getting Highlands recently and to my surprise, there were a lot of changes from my last trip 2-3 years ago. So here are some stuffs which you should keep a lookout for! 1) Good Food There are so many good food at Getting Highlands, so much so that we were so well fed. Here are my top 2 picks from the entire trip – Wanhoi Yamcha and High Line Roof Top Market. Just when I thought cute food doesn’t really taste very good, Wanhoi Yamcha proved me wrong! The cute baos taste as good as they look! Other than dim sum,…
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Packaged Tour for Honeymoon to Europe – Is It Worth It?
A lot of you have been asking about our honeymoon and all. So here you go! In total, we spent about $8,500 for this trip (excluding our own shopping and food). So is the trip worth every penny we spent on this trip? Read more below! ———————————————————————————- To be honest, I have never been on a packaged tour since the age of 7. Sadly, I cannot really recall those before I turned 7. Like what James always say: “We should enjoy hard after we have worked hard enough!”. Thus, we went straight for a good looooong holiday! This round, we took up a 13-Day, 11-Night Italy, Switzerland, Paris, Germany + 2-Night Dubai…
