New KFC Golden Cheesy Crunch & KFC Chicken Skin

Mmm 😞 Tried their new KFC Golden Cheesy Crunch, unfortunately it is way too cheesy. Okay lar, cannot fault KFC, maybe there is really true blue cheese lover who will love this. Certainly not to my liking and I still preferred their Original and Crispy Chicken.

On the other hand, I love their chicken skins ! Its even more addictive than eating french fries or chicken meat. Just have to combine these with Mayo or Chilli Sauce and I think i can eat a couple boxes of them. Hope KFC can make this as a permanent menu ! 

Starbucks Toffee Nut Latte [Limited Edition]

Tried this Toffee Nut Latte as it is limited edition apart from the permanent boxes. I usually goes with Americano for a quick caffeine boost if I am rushing for work. Otherwise, i will be using another machine to grind my coffee beans and brew it from my expresso machine. So for using the above machine, I really save lots of time to enjoy "fastfood" type of quality coffee. However back to this Toffee Nut Latte, yeah I did taste abit of toffee nut, but somehow the overall taste is quite mild. So if you want to try, suggest just get one box and not stock up so much of this.

COLLIN'S Western Food @ Northpoint

Tried this Western Food Chain twice on dining and another two times on GrabFood Delivery. Personally I think Collin's is very popular especially during last year christmas and new year eve, or rather during the holidays. The closest that I can compare this is with Jack's Place, Swensen and Astons. Typically, they are the mid-range western in terms of price. But most of the time, they often have offers or discounts for their menu.

So we ordered a set each and was served with Mushroom Soup, selected choices of drink and our main course. We had the Chicken Cutlet and Seafood, i think squid and fish. I love how much sauces and fries they served together with the main and the standard is better than the three other places than i mentioned above. Its better to dine there than ordering takeaways or delivery as fried food is best to be consumed when they are hot.

How to drink your 3 in 1 Coffee in a correct way !

 

Extracted from CNA Insider - Source.

Definitely a good learning point of how you can make your proper coffee with just 3 in 1 Coffee in your cup anywhere ;D Some learning points on Specialty Coffee vs 3 in 1 Coffee. 

Xin Yuan Ji - 新源记鱼头炉 @ 31 Tan Quee Lan Street

 
After a late night work at Bugis, had a craving for fish soup and went to Xin Yuan Ji - 新源记鱼头炉 for their Fish Soup. I ordered the Mixed Fish Soup with thick bee hoon ($9.80) and my wife ordered the Fried Fish Soup with thick bee hoon ($6.80) and also got the prawn fish cake ($7.80) i think should be this amount which is from a separate menu.

Let me start with the not so good part. The Prawn fish cake is ok. Normal taste that goes ok with the Chilli. The Fish soup were the main highlights. My wife's Fried Fish Soup was good. My mixed Fish Soup was very good. Normally when you ordered mixed fish soup, they probably reduced and give you equal number of fishes. But for this mixed soup which is $9.80, they did not shortchange you and actually gave you more fishes as it is a bigger bowl as compared with the normal $6.80 ones. Hence definitely recommend anyone to try the dishes here. One more point to add, the queue is always long and we actually queued for about 35 minutes to get into the restaurant.

Tsui Wah @ The Heeren

I first went to Tsui Wah first outlet at Clarke Quay back in 2018.  Tried their Milk Tea and didn't like it before. 4 years later in 2022, I am finally back for another try at their "The Heeren" outlet for afternoon Tea. 

So far their Milk Tea had improved since then, but would still preferred to be better as compared to the Milk Tea I drank during my vacation at Hong Kong. For the french toast bites which is served with Vanilla Ice-Cream, it is not bad. They also given you a small saucer with Condensed Milk for you to dip the French Toast in. 

Lastly, my wife tried the Red Bean and Green Ice-Cream Float. It was ok. But i tried the ice-cream, fortunately it was not bad. Overall damage is $22.95 for these items.

Sushi Express Take-Out @ Woodlands

Got this at Sushi Express Take-Out or I think they name it as Sushi Take-Out. So it is basically a Sushi Express Outlet that offers take out only. I think this is probably the best valued and OK quality of Salmon Duo Bento. For 10 pieces of Salmon Sushi at $5, it is around 50 cents a piece of Salmon Sushi. I recalled when dining in at Sushi Express, two pieces a plate is priced at $1.50 without GST and service charge. For the takeaway, I think it is much cheaper without paying extra GST (probably they absorbed into the cost) and service charge. Quality wise, it goes very well with the given wasabi and soy sauce. A great choice as my dinner for the day.

King’s Cart Coffee @ Bishan Public Library

The newly opened King's Cart Coffee is located in Bishan Public Library. They had an outlet at Joo Chiat. They focus on coffee-centric food, bakes and desserts. I personally ordered and tried their Coconut Latte [Hot] which have espresso, Gula Melaka, Coconut Cream, Milk and toasted coconut flakes. Not sure whether the cup was already filled with Espresso, but were given a shot of it. The Latte Art was well done and it is a good cup of Coconut Latte. However it is abit pricey. Do give it a try there.

HEYTEA Natural Coconut Mango & Golden Osmanthus Oolong Cheezo

Not sure whats the hype for HeyTea as we noticed that there is always long queue here at Orchard Central whenever we were in the area. Decided to drop by to try two different drinks - Natural Coconut Mango and Golden Osmanthus Oolong Cheezo. Drinks was ok. Perhaps I set the standard too low. 😅 In fact it is all right, not too great but it meets the bubble tea norm standard. Natural Coconut Mango have a more creamy texture with clunks of real mango and Golden Osmanthus Oolong Cheezo is actually not bad as a thirst-quenching drink. Abit too pricey and highly due to the materials used for the cup and maybe their own branding packaging.

Original Jalan Kayu Roti Prata

 Not very crowded when I came here in the late afternoon. Location is a bit out of the way where there is a long row of shophouses of shops and eateries. However they are famous for its long history of Roti Prata or one of the best supper places to visit.

So I ordered the Cheese Prata, Egg Prata and two plain Prata. So far the prata dough gave a nostalgic taste that I believed they preserved the same formula used which I am familiar during the 90s. Fish Curry is not too bad as well. Won't say it is fantastic, but is a decent prata to have for anytime.

Blizzard confirmed Warcraft is coming to mobile device in 2022.

Source from HWZ

Seriously speaking, I think I had already registered interest for Diablo Immortal in my old mobile phone to the new mobile phone and the game is still not released yet. In fact, it had been years 😆 Waited till neck also long and pain. So finally Blizzard had confirmed not the confirmed date but Mid 2022. In addition, they also wanted to release a mobile World of Warcraft game as well this year. If it is true and they actually committed to what they said, this is definitely great news for the gamers. For me, I am definitely looking forward to it and nowadays, majority or in fact everyone had a "Powerful" mobile device.

Chef Kin HK Wanton Noodle @ 632 Yishun Street 61 [Part Two]

Welcome back to my Part two of trying Chef Kin HK Wanton Noodles at the same place. However, this time i managed to get a table. If you missed out my Part one of this review, you can click here.

As you can see, I ordered the dry and soup version of the Wanton Noodles. There is no good or better version, really depends on your personal preferences. But I do like both versions of dry and soup wanton noodles. The soup is just so rich and made me thought of having this dish every supper. For $5 a bowl, both the quantity and quality were there. Difficult for me to describe every bit of every ingredient put into this bowl, but certainly is good till you would want to come back for more.

On the side dish, $4 for 5 Fried Wantons. Mmm I felt a little steep, but similarly, the quality of the wanton is there. It is operating in a coffeeshop, but totally different levels from the coffeeshop dim sum section side of fried wantons. Do try it out yourself there and the stall is expanding fast at this point of writing. Suggest to Eat there as the experience is different from the tabao version too.

Robert Kiyosaki Book - FAKE MONEY FAKE TEACHERS FAKE ASSETS

In the beginning of this year, I got my first Rich Dad Poor Dad book.

Today I got his second book to better manage my finances. If you are living by your paycheck till retirement age or even can't retire till death, it just mean that you are not doing enough. Always depend on multiple source of income ! Good basic book for those who did not have any financial background. 

Still very relevant for today's context. Hear what other people says about this.

CNY Day 15: Chap Goh Mei 2022

This also marked as the last day of CNY celebrations and my CNY series. Typically Chap Goh Mei is also known as Yuan Xiao Jie 元宵节, and some would also referred as Lantern Festival. Some of the things we do on this day are as follows:
1) Chinese Valentines' Day (In modern terms, it is like tinder, but without the internet.) Get to know people.
2) Eat Tang Yuan also known as glutinous rice ball filled with red bean, sesame, or peanut.
3) Reunion Dinner where family gathers together for dinner.
4) Go to the temple to pray for a good year ahead.

It is my first year to visit Sembawang God of Wealth Temple to pray for great wealth and safety. 

Also visited Loyang Tua Pek Kong to pray for safety and wealth. To live a honest life doing what I can for this year ! Happy 元宵节 to all ! As it mark the end of CNY celebration, this is the last post on my 15 days CNY series :)

CNY Day 14: Happy Valentine's Day 2022 !

Happy Valentine's Day to all who celebrate this day. Basically I think regardless of singles, attached or married. There are always reasons or opportunity there to celebrate with your potential love or loved ones. For those singles, wish you take this opportunity to broaden up your circles of friends (in fact this is the toughest step). For the attached and married couples, always do something loving on this special day. 

For myself, it became a tradition where I always buy flowers for my then girlfriend to now my current wife every year. Then have a nice meal together or have a small walk is great !

CNY Day 13: Cafe Bakeaholic @ 25 Springside Green

At the point of this writing, Cafe Bakeaholic have two outlets in Singapore, the latest addition at Wheelock Place at Orchard Rd and another one is the first outlet at Springside Green which I am trying at.

Take note that the cafe don't accept credit cards, but accept many other payments. No GST (which they absorbed) and no service charge (but you need to collect the items yourself). The No Bake Cheesecake (Strawberry) was the best when I tried it. Well done. The Bolo Bao, my wife said was not bad, but for me is quite normal. My wife goes for the Iced Hojicha Latte where I think is just ok. Iced Long Black was quite heavy which was a good thing to goes well with my cheesecake. 

Breakdown for my afternoon tea:

Iced Hojicha Latte - $7
Iced Long Black - $7
Bolo Bao (Plain) - $3.80
No Bake Cheesecake (Strawberry) - $9.50
Overall damage: $27.30

CNY Day 12: Throwback to my Reunion Dinner on 31 January 2022

Was indeed a tiring last day of Lunar New Year of Ox. Bought the Tiger Bun from Breadtalk to consume my "Lunch" at around 4.45pm. Prepared one can of abalone, Pineapple Tart from Gin Thye, and two red packets for my parents. One screwed up part was I forgotten about the Oranges due to the rush. Well can't blame anyone but myself anyways. 

This Year, my parents got the Whole Roasted Pig from this place. Well i have the picture for the real thing, but kinda felt sorry for it also. Kinda pitiful. 😖 But these are expensive stuff when ordering it from the local restaurants. So buying from here is much cheaper.

My brother brought the Lou Hei Yu Sheng from the local Don Don Donki. The salmon and the rest of the ingredients were great ! My dad had cooked many CNY dishes as usual. This somehow sums up the Reunion Dinner. Its more of eating and meeting up with Families.

CNY Day 11: Huat AH ! Biggest Draw of this year 2022 Toto

Image Credit from Singapore Pools

All right, it is indeed the biggest draw of the year 2022 with rewards up to $12 Million. As I always said, this is one of the opportunity where anyone have the chance to become a Millionaire overnight. At the point of posting, today is the last day to get a ticket chance to Financial Freedom*. Today is the last day to get your tickets. 

For sure, my feeling if I get the $12 Million myself. I will donate some amount to charity, share with family, quit my job, place my money in safe investments and open a business as well as expand AmateurCraft. I hope my dream can come true this 2022. 🙏🙏🙏 

* If you really have the discipline of constant investing in safe investment and living with the wealth interest.

As the previous banner was taken before 08 Feb 2022, Hong Bao Draw had just upgraded to $16 Million after the draw from 07 Feb 2022, nobody won the 1st group, hence snowballed. :O Holy Cow ! Gotta spent a little more this time. HUAT AHH !!

As of 12pm, whats even more powerful this time round. Boss gave us a red packet at the right time. Tonight how can $16million not be mine?

LOL ! As of 8.41PM, Singapore Pool Account crashed and unable to place bets now :/

As of 12AM, FUCK ! Got nothing out of this. Back to the conventional way of making money now :/

CNY Day 10: Keong Saik Bakery

Keong Saik Bakery is best known for its Burnt Cheesecake. If you are a cheesecake lovers, do visit and try their well known Burnt Cheesecake. There were many takeaways and deliveries when we visited this place. Besides Burnt Cheesecakes, they have many different pastries and even an all-day breakfast menu. But do take note that during weekends, they does not really allow people to dine there and only serves takeways.

I got myself a Sausage Muffin with Egg. My wife got the Bak Kwa Bun. I also got their English Muffin to prepare for SPAM Burger at home for the next day. They do heat it up for you to eat it straightaway. The quality is there, except it is a little pricey though.

CNY Day 9: Traditional Breakfast @ Tong Ah Eating House 东亞

Many years back, the old coffee shop used to operate in this building. The "then" coffee shop were sold off at a profit and they chose to operate the new store at the nearby shophouses later. My dad used to bring me here for breakfast during the past two decades. 

Today, I brought along my wife to try it. It was so much better than Heap Seng Leong

Coffee was good, but i heard many recommended the tea. Eggs are well cooked. Bread, we ordered the toasted and steamed type. Both were good. So do visit them at 35 Keong Saik Rd.

CNY Day 8: McDonald Prosperity Chicken Burger Meal

From what I observed throughout from CNY Eve and CNY itself, McDonald is one of the few eateries that opened throughout and large crowds are wanking food at the Fast-Food Outlet. I guess most of the CNY gatherings were also held at these places. However, from CNY Day 3 onwards, there should be lesser crowd and people will be scattering over to the rest of the cafes.

All right, let me get back to the main topic. During CNY, McDonalds will also offer its limited-timed menu which is the Prosperity Chicken or Beef Burger Meal. Maybe I can summarized my findings as I had ordered Prosperity Chicken Set.

Prosperity Chicken Burger - Portion is small. Taste only so-so. Both for its price. Was expecting some surprises, but no.
Curly Fries - It is indeed curly and definitely deserved to be in the permanent menu of Mcdonald. Its great with its Curry Sauce or Garlic Chilli.
Strawberry Pie - Taste good. Can say it is on par with its Apple Pie counterpart.
Peach McFizz - Didn't really expecting that this is good. But tried it, and turns out to be surprisingly good !

CNY Day 7: Happy Birthday to my Wife 2022 :D

This year, I get something special out from the norm outside shopping centre. It is a Ice-Cream Mao Shan Wang Cake. Price is around $40+. Initially wanted to get from Baskins Robbin, but the ice cream cakes' design seems quite standard. Hopefully will be good.

Went to the actual Gin Thye shophouse to get the Ice-Cream Cake to celebrate my wife's Birthday ! Collected the ice cream cake in the cooler bag and rushing back home to store in the freezer.

As our time is limited and busy these few weeks, I will take her to our favourite restaurant some time next week.

Throwback to my early birthday gift to my wife - Apple Watch Series 7

CNY Day 6: Random Walk at Ikea Alexandra

Credits from Ikea Singapore - https://www.ikea.com/sg/en/

Actually this Tiger Bun looks very nice in picture. Oh no, the moment I said this, it can only mean that the outcome is not going to be like this right?

Haha guess we really need to consider also the steaming process. Still not too bad actually. Inside is Kaya filling and its kinda ok.

Coming to Ikea, I felt that ordering the chicken wings is definitely a must ! It really taste better than most stores that sells chicken wings. Perhaps they infused some Sweden flavors in it.

And of course, ordering meatballs is also one of the compulsory menu in Ikea. The potato and meatball certainly tasted the best in their range. Broccoli, carrot and the Cauliflower, in my wife's opinion, she does taste the frozen smell which she does not like.

This is one of the exclusive menu only during CNY - Mandarin Orange Chocolate Cake. Looks nice, but taste is so-so in my opinion. Fortunately the strength of Ikea is in their permanent menu, free flow coffee and of course their reliable and affordable DIY furnitures.

CNY Day 5: River HongBao and Chinese Zodiac 2022

As the booking of the ticket is fierce, we only managed to get two tickets successfully for the night slot. Well in a way, I take that as a blessing in disguise. This year's River Hong Bao is located within Gardens By The Bay. In fact, the displays were impressive and outstanding especially in the night.

It shows the beauty of the gardens with the Lunar New Year theme. 

Hopefully we will be able to visit a different and better River Hong Bao next year ! CNY and Work have been tiring these few weeks. Really need a break soon or i'll break down instead 😂

Enjoy Reading on the Chinese Zodiac 2022 taken from River Hong Bao. Click on image to zoom in.