5 interesting places to satisfy your craving for delicious Scrambled Eggs and Eggs Benedict

Are there days when you woke up and all you wanted to eat was creamy Scrambled Eggs? Or you were craving for Eggs Benedict?

1. San Bistro

San Bistro Breakfast

San Bistro is a hidden gem in the Bedok area. What is interesting is that it specialises in affordable fine dining menu sets. For an additional S$3, diners can opt to try the San Bistro Breakfast for its main, which is made up of Eggs Benedict, French Croissant, bacon, cheese sausages and mushrooms. Imagine enjoying your Eggs Benedict in a fine dining restaurant!

San Bistro

Address: 20 Eastwood Road, 486442

Phone: 64489959

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2. Dazzling Cafe Pink

Norweigian Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict 

Dazzling Cafe is a famous chain of restaurants in Taiwan and it has also captured the hearts of many when it first opened its doors in Singapore with its decor and desserts. It is extremely famous for its beautiful Honey Thick Toasts but do you know that it serves Eggs Benedict too? The Norweigian Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict did not disappoint at all. The eggs were runny. The charcoal bread was lightly crisped. The sauce was delicious. Indulge yourself with Eggs Benedict in a beautiful setting!

Dazzling Cafe Pink
Address: 01-12, 277 Orchard Road, Orchardgateway, 238858
Phone:6385 3639
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3. Tai Cheong Bakery 

Scrambled Eggs Toast Stack with Chicken Chop 

Craving for scrambled eggs and delicious egg tarts at the same time? The famous Tai Cheong Bakery from Hong Kong, whose egg tarts have caused snaking queues in Takashimaya, has opened a Hong Kong cafe in Holland Village last Nov 2016. Hong Kong is famous for their eggs and toast. Oh my, when it was served, the glistening eggs stacked on top the toast was such an inviting sight. It wowed me because I had an eggs MELT IN THE MOUTH experience.

Address: 31 Lor Liput, Singapore 277742
Hours:  9AM–11PM (Scrambled Eggs only available from 11am)
Phone: 8223 1954
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4. Lola's Cafe

Breakfast Butter Croissant

Lola's Cafe needs no introduction as over a short period of time, it has established itself as a hidden gem in Kovan, serving delicious All Day Breakfast. I am recommending the Breakfast Butter Croissant because it was the best I have ever tasted. It consists of butter croissant, scrambled eggs, bacons, honey baked ham, cheddar cheese, Cajun mayo and garden salad.

The Breakfast Butter Croissant won my heart simply because of the flaky and buttery croissant. The buttery fragrance of the bread exploded in my mouth and left me wanting more. The scrambled eggs were smooth. The honey baked ham and cheddar cheese were of good quality. The Cajun mayo added a nice touch of sweetness to the heavenly combination. 

Lola's Cafe5 Simon Road 62840349

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5. Simply Bread

Scrambled Eggs with Toast

Other than being known for their freshly baked bread and breakfast sets, Simply Bread is also a place popularised by expats and caucasians living in the posh Fifth Ave. It was an interesting sight that the caucasians outnumbered the common folk in Singapore on a weekday morning. I thought that I was in Melbourne! As for my breakfast, the scrambled eggs were amazingly creamy and soft. Perfect! Don't forget to buy some gorgeous bread home!

Address: 1 Fifth Ave, Singapore 268802
Hours: 8AM–7PM
Phone: 6466 7767
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How to roast a chicken conveniently?

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One day, I ran out of ideas how to marinate a whole chicken. I opened my fridge and found my bottle of Bulgogi sauce purchased from NTUC Finest. The flavours were awesome and agreed by C. 

Tips- 

• I used a microwave convectional oven and pressed roasted chicken option. If your chicken turns out pale looking, do not panic, just sprinkle some herbs over it and use a spoon to scoop the sauce and pour over the chicken to prevent the skin from cracking or drying up. 
• If you want your sides to be very delicious, roast them together with the chicken. The pumpkin, broccoli and potatoes would soak up the essence of the sauce. The downsides would be less sauce for your chicken. To strike a balance, take the vegetables out before the chicken.

Healthy dish! To cook a whole chicken takes around an hour. Give yourself ample time if you are expecting guests!

5 Places to Eat in Penang so cheap and delicious that you wish for more

Penang is named Malaysia's Pearl of the Orient and is famous for its rich cultural heritage and delicious food. Do you know that Penang comes from the Malay word "Pinang" which means betal nut and Georgetown is the capital of Penang? Thousands of visitors flocked to Penang for a short trip and it is one of the busiest cities in Malaysia.

Delicious Penang Food 

Where to eat the famous Penang Prawn Mee?

1. Lorong Baru - New Lane Hawker Centre

Address: Lorong Baru, George Town, 10450 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

A collection of stalls selling Penang Street food

Lorong Baru New Lane Hawker centre is not like our usual sheltered hawker centres. It comprises small stalls cooking up a stomp and taking your orders on the street. The atmosphere of eating street food was exhilarating as plates of delicious Penang food were served. The dish of the day was Penang Prawn Mee.  

Penang Prawn Mee

New Lane Hawker Centre has many stalls selling a variety of food. The Penang Prawn Mee is a Must Try. One bowl was not enough. It was so delicious that many people wanted a second helping. The broth was so flavourful that it was hard to come by.

Penang Char Kway Teow

Penang Char Kway Teow has long made its way to the hearts of Singaporeans. Of course, we must try the authentic Penang Char Kway Teow - fresh prawns, Chinese sausages, eggs and Kway Teow fried with Wok Hei.

BBQ Chicken Wings

Another Must Try is the BBQ Chicken Wings! The charred aroma and juicy wings were one of its kind! At Lorong Baru, we also tasted many other dishes.

Lorong Baru - Rojak, Char Kway Teow, BBQ WIngs, Satay

Lorong Baru - Carrot Cake, Popiah, Orh Luat, Prawn Me

New Lane Hawker Centre - Street Food

Where to eat breakfast in Penang?

2. Pulau Tikus Market - Solok Moulmein

Address: Jalan Burma, Pulau Tikus, 10350 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Delicious Hawker food for breakfast

Pulau Tikus Market is famous for their Kway Teow Soup, Min Chiang Kueh and Wanton Mee. The market itself eats into Jalan Moulmein. Jalan Moulmein also has a number of coffee shops offering yummy hawker food.

Kway Teow Soup

Min Chiang Kueh

Wanton Mee

3. Chok Kee Porridge Cafe

Address: 188, Lebuh Kimberley, George Town, 10100 George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Phone: +60 16-480 0659

Fried Intestines Porridge

Chok Kee Porridge has been described by Tripadvisor to be selling the Best Porridge in Penang. It serves cantonese-style porridge. Chok Kee serves the Pork Intestine Porridge, Peanut Porridge and Century Egg Porridge. The pork intestine porridge is the bestseller due to the aroma from the deep fried intestines, combined with the smooth texture of the porridge.

Smooth porridge texture

Crispy fragrant bits

Chok Kee Porridge

Where to eat cheap and good seafood and Zi Char?

4. Fish Village Seafood Restaurant

Address : Fish Village Seafood 渔村海鲜楼

1, Jalan Besar, Bukit Tambun,

14110 Simpang Ampat

GPS : N05 16.348'  E100 27.013'

(Right in front of of HK How Kee Seafood)

Business Hour : 12pm - 11pm

Tel : 012-4986506 / 012-5556688

Seafood at reasonable prices

Fish Village Restaurant enjoys a 4 star rating in Openrice. One of the attractions of Fish Village is that it is very easy to locate the restaurant as it is situated along the main road. It serves decent seafood at very reasonable prices.

5. Ong Cheng Huat Seafood

Address: 6093, Kampung Pokok Keras, 13400 Butterworth, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Phone: +60 4-331 4782

Fish, Clams, Mantis Prawns, Crispy Popiah, Spring Chicken, Fried Mee Hun, Fried Ice Cream

Ong Cheng Huat Seafood is hidden from the main road. If you are self-driving, you need to look out for a sign that points you to the restaurant. It is famous for their fried Spring Chicken, Mantis Prawns and Prawns with Crispy Popiah Skin. It is also known for serving dishes with their fried Mee Hun instead of the usual steamed rice.

Steamed Fish

Other than their famous dishes, the steamed fish is a Must Try. It was extremely fresh. The tangy gravy was sedup.

Steamed Kepah Clams

The dish of the meal was the Steamed Kepah Clams! Kepah clams have shells with a glossy tint of colours. The freshness of the clams was made the star of the dish by the chopped garlic and ginger. The clams were succulent and firm. Thumbs up!

Famous Prawns with crispy Popiah Skin

Famous Fried Spring Chicken

The bill for Ong Cheng Huat was RM$306 and S$100. This worked out to be around S$10 per person for 10 dishes, which is very reasonable for a seafood and Zi Char meal. Leave your comments for yummy food you have tried in Penang!

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For a 3 day 2 night trip, I hope that this gives you a good list of what to eat in Penang. I was down with recovery from my wisdom tooth surgery and I was not able to join my colleagues in Penang. This blog post experience and photos are brought to you by Choy WY. She highly recommends Penang Prawn Mee in Lorong Baru and Ong Cheng Huat Seafood in Butterworth!

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Dog Food - Tofu, Boiled Shredded Chicken, Vegetables and Dry Kribbles

Yummy, Can I eat now?

How to cook Red Snapper Mee Sua Soup with Jagabee Purple Potato?

I was sharing with you that I had recently gone for my wisdom teeth surgery and today is Day 7. One of the Singapore Home Cooks member suggested that I cook Fish Mee Sua and it is such a fantastic idea! I also had a craving for yam so I decided to use Jagabee Purple Potatoes as a substitute and it turned out to be very delicious!

Red Snapper Mee Sua Soup with Jagabee Purple Potato

Ingredients

Dried Split Fish(Anchovies)

Red Snapper Fillet

Tomatoes

Pek Chye

Siken Tofu

Mee Sua

Jagabee Purple Potato

Salt

Sashimi for me?

Preparation

Red Snapper

I massaged the fish with salt and rinsed it thoroughly to remove any fishy smell and to kill some germs.

Tip: It is very important to try your best to slice the Red Snapper into equal thickness so that they will be cooked around the same time.

I sprinkled 1-2 teaspoons of salt and marinated the fish. This is to further ensure that my fish will taste fresh and not smelly. I then put the fish in the fridge while I prepared the other ingredients.

Ingredients

Jagabee Purple Potato

Let's Start Cooking!

I always use Dried Anchovies (small ones) to make the base for my fish or fishball soup because I try to avoid processed chicken stock or MSG as much as possible. You will be surprised at how much flavour Dried Anchovies can provide as a base. If you want to further enhance the flavour of your soup, you can fry some garlic, onions with the anchovies before adding water.

Dried Split Fish

I placed two handfuls of Dried Split Fish, Siken Tofu and tomatoes into my pot. The type of pot you choose for soup is very important. Some pots are able to extract a lot of flavours from the ingredients. Today, I used Neoflam pot since the cooking time is very short. For longer cooking time like herbal soups, I used Vision Glass pot. Rice cooker is the best in terms of flavours but it is very difficult to wash.

Neoflam Pot

The Neoflam pot claims to use a natural coating for its non-stick feature and I believe that the tiny opening at the knob contributes to it being able to extract as many flavours from the ingredients in a soup as possible. 

Next, I poured Tap Water into the pot and turned the stove to high flame until it was boiling. Do not ever use boiling hot water initially for cooking any type of soups. All TCM practitioners will tell you to use tap water because boiling water destroys all the nutrients. Based on my own experience, using tap water makes the soup more flavourful.

Once the water had boiled, I turned the stove to a low simmer and boiled it for 15 minutes. I used the time to wash the vegetables and cut them.

Tomato juice

15 minutes later, I put 2 packets of Jagabee Purple Potato and vegetables into the pot. I also scooped the tomatoes and squashed the tomatoes juice out with a metal spoon. A good fish soup tastes tangy.

How to cook Mee Sua?

Cooking Mee Sua separately

Mee Sua has a terrible weird taste. If you like the weird taste, you can cook the Mee Sua in the soup directly. Otherwise, you must cook it separately.

I cooked the Mee Sua in another pot for around 1 minute. Mee Sua is cooked very quickly. I then transferred all the Mee Sua into another bowl and wash it in tap water to further remove the weird smell. I then drained the Mee Sua of any excess water.

Wash Mee Sua with tap water

Finally, it was time to place all the Red Snapper slices into the bubbling soup at the same time. It took at most 5 minutes to cook the fish. 

Once the fish were cooked, I placed the Mee Sua onto my serving bowl and added the fish soup with all the yummy ingredients. Once plated, I sprinkled some white pepper on the soup. Yums!

Amazingly, the Jagabee Purple Potatoes tasted absolutely soft and delicious! The Red Snapper was extremely fresh. The soup also had the sweetness of the fish and the tanginess from the tomatoes.

Beautiful purple potatoes!

I added some crispy ones straight from the packet!

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Kooks Creamery a hidden gem in Serangoon - Lava Cookie with Ice Cream is a Must Try!

The most charming part about Kooks Creamery is their location - it is tucked away in the neighbourhood of Serangoon, a stone's throw from delicious Roasted Meat stall in the coffeeshop and Plain Jane.

When I arrived, everyone already had a cup of ice cream. No one was trying out their signature ice cream set. Not knowing that it was a treat by Miss XL, I exclaimed that we must try Signature Lava Set with single scoop ice cream. I read so much about it and of course I needed to try it out since we were here. I ordered Rum and Raisin.

The Signature Lava Cookie with Ice Cream seemed to take forever to arrive. It could be due to the fact that it was full house on a Saturday evening. This should be good news to the two sisters who started Kooks. I reminded the waitress about my order and she explained that it would take a while as they baked the cookies on the spot.

When it was finally served, the waitress asked if I wanted her to "dump" the ice cream onto the Lava Cookie. Sure! I enjoy such effects!

Waitress placing ice cream on top of cookie

When the ice cream landed on top of the cookie, fear not, nothing happened. She then used a spoon and pushed the ice cream down, allowing the melted chocolate to ooze out from the cookie.

Kooks Signature Lava Set - Chocolate molten cookie with single scoop ice cream S$8.50

The warm cookie, warm melted chocolate and ice cream went very well together. I like to experience hot and cold sensation in my dessert, but not in relationships. It was an enjoyable dessert but I was not so sure if I would travel out of my way to taste it again. I would do so for Udders Waffles Ice Cream.

One drawback could be the fact that the Rum and Raisin ice cream was extremely forgettable. It lacked the punch that an ice cream with alcohol usually delivers. The texture of the ice cream was not as smooth as Udders.

I highly recommend you to eat the Sio Bak rice in the nearby coffeeshop and then walked for 2 minutes to Kooks Creamery for your dessert. Perfect!

Usual flavours

Signature Lava set a Must Try!

Small and cramped

This post is dedicated to Miss XL for the warmth she exuberates, witty jokes that she shares and her generosity. Thank you for indulging me in the delicious ice cream treat!

Overall 3.5/5
Food 3/5 Variety 3/5 Service 3/5 Ambience 3/5 Sassiness 4/5

Address: 211 Serangoon Avenue 4, #01-02, 550211
Phone:9006 8748
Hours: 12–11PM

Ju Hao, MOF My Izakaya and Danro Hot Pot all in one restaurant - a Must Try!

The latest dining concept introduced by MOF blew me away! Diners are presented with Western, Japanese and Shanghainese menus. This was the first time I got to try delicious Shanghainese Food, Japanese Sashimi and Matcha dessert in a restaurant setting and it was not a food court concept. Legit!

Interesting Combo

My sister and I had just finished our Yoga class in Bugis and we were heading to Ju Hao. We wanted to see which restaurant was so brave to compete with Ding Tai Feng and Crystal Jade La Mian. We were very confused with the posters because we saw Danro and Ju Hao stating the same address #02-45. 0245 sounds like a nice number? We were even wondering if one of them has closed down and the shopping mall management had forgotten to change the poster.

When we finally found Ju Hao, a waitress kindly redirected us to Danro main entrance. She assured us that we could order Ju Hao in Danro. I was very excited!

Juicy Steamed Pork Dumpling Xiao Long Bao with sashimi???

The first order to arrive was my less than S$2 green tea. This restaurant had already given me a very good impression with their entire pot of green tea served with a tea light - very thoughtful.

Tea Light to warm the green tea

The sashimi from MOF My Izakaya was fresh. My sister felt that although it was fresh, it lacked the firmness and sweetness of another type of sashimi she had tried in other restaurants.

Dumplings, Wantons and Noodles

Xiao Long Bao filled with delicious soup

Xiao Long Bao makes or breaks a Shanghainese restaurant. I have visited many Ding Tai Feng and Crystal Jade wannabes and they were usually a let down. Ju Hao surprised me tremendously with their plump Xiao Long Baos, filled with a lot of soup, and yet the skins did not break. Amazing! Very delicious! Ju Hao originated from a humble stall in Lavender Food Square.

Wanton with Vinegar & Chilli Oil (Hong You Chao Shou)

I am a fan of Ding Tai Feng Hong You Chao Shou because of its vinegary, spicy and tasty sauce. Ju Hao's version paled in comparison because the sauce was too sour. It lacked salt and spice.

Wanton with Vinegar & Chilli Oil (hong you chao shou)

The quality of the wantons was good. The skin was very soft and the meat was very juicy. I hope that they are able to improve their sauce and the dish will be perfect.

Generous meat filling

Although the wantons in chilli oil was not comparable to Ding Tai Feng, I would still order it the next time because it was still delicious. The meat was very yummy.

Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle 

The Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle was a dark horse. It was very delicious and the flavours of the dish won many other restaurants.

Good La Mian

The noodles itself was excellent. It was not too starchy and we finished the minced meat noodles very quickly and savouring every bit of the tasty sauce.

Japanese Matcha Drink and Dessert

Matcha Latte

I am not a fan of Matcha Latte because I always find it too rich and sweet. Surprisingly, MOF Matcha Latte was very nice.

Matcha flavour ice cream with deep fried Japanese premium sweet potato topped with red beans

The most enjoyable part of my dining experience was that I could order a JAPANESE dessert after my Shanghainese cuisine. The Matcha flavour ice cream with sweet potato is a Must Try because everything went very well together - the hot Matcha sauce, the warm, crispy sweet potato, sweet red beans and soft serve ice cream

Pouring Matcha sauce over the soft serve ice cream

The Matcha sauce flavour was just right. It was not overly bitter nor diluted in flavour. It was also very fun to pour it over the ice cream ourselves. We could also control the amount of Matcha flavour in our ice cream.

Premium quality sweet potato

The Japanese premium sweet potato was definitely the star of the dish. They were crispy on the outside and extremely soft and sweet on the inside. I could not get enough of this dessert. Thumbs up!

Western, Japanese and Shanghainese menus

Cosy and comfortable setting

Ju Hao at #02-45

Danro by MOF at #02-45

The prices for Ju Hao was lower than Ding Tai Feng and the food quality of the items that we ordered were also on par. Overall, for the interesting combination of having sashimi, dumplings and Matcha dessert, we did not pay a bomb and I cannot wait to be back!

Overall 4/5

Food 4/5 Pricing 3.5/5 Variety 5/5 Service 3/5 Ambience 4/5 Sassiness 4/5

Located in: Bugis Junction

Address: 200 Victoria Street, #02-45, Bugis Junction, 188021

Hours: 11:30AM–10:30PM

Phone: 6338 6466