Thursday, July 14, 2011
Gone
I've merged my blog to http://vulenier.blogspot.com/ so that I do not have to manage so many blogs. And also because, I'm getting lazy. Sorry peeps.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Bintan
We came back from a 2D1N trip to Bintan, 6 adults, 1 baby, 1 toddler.
Came back real tired from entertaining the kids, but it was quite fun. I can't imaging how a mum and dad can do it on their own. It was tough with all the luggages!
We had some time at the beach, so I played with Instagram again. :p
Came back real tired from entertaining the kids, but it was quite fun. I can't imaging how a mum and dad can do it on their own. It was tough with all the luggages!
We had some time at the beach, so I played with Instagram again. :p
Monday, February 21, 2011
Cream of Mushroom
Ok, I haven't done much to this recipe except adding ground pepper which makes the soup looks professionally made. :p
I do want to share though, Heinz's Cream of Mushroom is sooo much better than any other brands. You get real chew sized mushrooms and yet, it wasn't too salty at all. The hubby loves it too. It's worth it paying a bit more for this brand.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Waldorf Salad
The first Waldorf Salad was created in New York in 1893, by Oscar Tschirky, the maître d'hôtel of the Waldorf Astoria.There was no nuts in the original recipe, and walnuts were only added later. The usual Waldorf Salad consisted of diced red skinned apples, celery, mayo and walnuts.
For this version, I used granny smith green apple, rasins, baked edmame peas from mark and spencer as well as balsamic vinaigrette instead. They were pretty much leftovers. :p
I'm really bad with the amount of serving, so feel free to judge accordingly.
Ingredients (serves 2 cos this was part of a 5 course meal!):
1 Cup Chopped Granny Smith Green Apples
1 Mini Box Sunmaid Black Raisins (Or grapes if you prefer)
1 Cup Baked Edamame Peas from M&S (Walnuts or Cashews are fine too!)
Bunch of Lettuces, Wild Rockets and salad leaves ( I got a ready pack from Cold Storage)
Green Lemon Juice (I have them readily, Lime juice will do as well)
A few Spritz of Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ground Pepper
Would you hate me if I say just mixed everything together in a mixing bowl? :p
While mixing, I spray on some of the Balsamic Vinaigrette so that it's damp but not to watery.
This is the one 1 use, 1 calorie per spray and it's really nice!
Plate onto a serving plate after everything is mixed and take your pictures!
For this version, I used granny smith green apple, rasins, baked edmame peas from mark and spencer as well as balsamic vinaigrette instead. They were pretty much leftovers. :p
I'm really bad with the amount of serving, so feel free to judge accordingly.
Ingredients (serves 2 cos this was part of a 5 course meal!):
1 Cup Chopped Granny Smith Green Apples
1 Mini Box Sunmaid Black Raisins (Or grapes if you prefer)
1 Cup Baked Edamame Peas from M&S (Walnuts or Cashews are fine too!)
Bunch of Lettuces, Wild Rockets and salad leaves ( I got a ready pack from Cold Storage)
Green Lemon Juice (I have them readily, Lime juice will do as well)
A few Spritz of Balsamic Vinaigrette
Ground Pepper
Would you hate me if I say just mixed everything together in a mixing bowl? :p
While mixing, I spray on some of the Balsamic Vinaigrette so that it's damp but not to watery.
This is the one 1 use, 1 calorie per spray and it's really nice!
Plate onto a serving plate after everything is mixed and take your pictures!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Valentine's Day 2011 Degustation Menu
So I planned this menu specially for Valentine's day!
Shared the menu with some of my friends and no one told me abt the spelling mistakes haha.
So with the exception of the Cream of Mushroom, which I bought from Heinz (and it was really nice!), I made the rest of the items myself.
Will share them in the next few entries.
Have a good vday celebration!
Shared the menu with some of my friends and no one told me abt the spelling mistakes haha.
So with the exception of the Cream of Mushroom, which I bought from Heinz (and it was really nice!), I made the rest of the items myself.
Will share them in the next few entries.
Have a good vday celebration!
Happy New Year!
CNY is almost coming to an end. It was visiting and non-stop eating for us, and of cos, Ang Bao giving period.
Anyway, we went Ah Yat Abalone for lo hei on the 6th day of CNY. I must say, the food was really good. So hopefuly, we huat this rabbit year!
Ah Yat at Hotel Grand Pacific, the old Allson Hotel. Still old though.
Roast piglet. Yums.
Sharks' Fin.
Lo Hei! Huat Ah!
We had a 8 course meal I think. It was so filling. Love the effects of my pictures? I took all these with my iphone and used instagram to achieve these effect. I'm so hooked to it now.
I also prepared a 5 course valentine's day dinner for the hubby last evening, Shall put it up shortly!
Anyway, we went Ah Yat Abalone for lo hei on the 6th day of CNY. I must say, the food was really good. So hopefuly, we huat this rabbit year!
Ah Yat at Hotel Grand Pacific, the old Allson Hotel. Still old though.
Roast piglet. Yums.
Sharks' Fin.
Lo Hei! Huat Ah!
We had a 8 course meal I think. It was so filling. Love the effects of my pictures? I took all these with my iphone and used instagram to achieve these effect. I'm so hooked to it now.
I also prepared a 5 course valentine's day dinner for the hubby last evening, Shall put it up shortly!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Bintan Agro Beach Resort
Was looking through my list of food photos which I'm supposed to upload, I found some from Bintan! In sep, before hubby changed his job, we went for a short trip. In order to avoid the crowd at Nirwana and Bintan Lagoon, I opted for Bintan Agro Beach Resort. It's a pretty painless affair to book the package from http://bintanspavilla.com/packages.html as they were based in Singapore.
I took package C, a sweet memory package which includes ferry tickets, land transfer, 2 nights accomodation, 150 mins spa, poolside candlelight dinner with an additional upgrade to Blue Ocean Suite. The full package costs us $656 for 2 pax and payment was made via bank transfer and within days, my trip was confirmed. There was no need to go down to the agency at all. Internet really made life so much easier.
Agro Beach resort has 2 other sister resorts, Cabana and Yasin Bunglows. Agro seems to be the more popular one. I wouldn't say it's crowded, in fact there's probably less than 10 rooms occupied when we were there! It's was nice and quiet, most likely due to the fact that we went there from Thur to Sat. The suite we got were simple, very simple but clean and a nice view of the ocean. The resort has been around for a while, so some of the stuffs were pretty old.
We had fun snorkelling though!! I bought a digipac to place my camera so that we could take photos underwater, and it worked really well.
Anyway, food was good too! We went to the Sun Moon Restaurant (and it has no affiliations with the one in SG), food was not to expensive and it's really nice.
Some pics I took. The Dragonfruit juice. It was fresh dragonfruit jucie and the 1st time I tried. It wasn't too bad.
Fried Rice, their specialty. Don't belittle this small simple plate, it was really good. Still drooling over it now.
Weather was cold, so we ordered tom yam soup. This was not too bad as well, just the right amount of spicyness.
The prawns were nice and fresh, maybe cos they were pretty near the sea? All in all, the meal was actually quite cheap and affordable.
All in all, it was a good trip to rest and relax. Looking forward to the next trip to Bintan in Feb with hubby's friends!
I took package C, a sweet memory package which includes ferry tickets, land transfer, 2 nights accomodation, 150 mins spa, poolside candlelight dinner with an additional upgrade to Blue Ocean Suite. The full package costs us $656 for 2 pax and payment was made via bank transfer and within days, my trip was confirmed. There was no need to go down to the agency at all. Internet really made life so much easier.
Agro Beach resort has 2 other sister resorts, Cabana and Yasin Bunglows. Agro seems to be the more popular one. I wouldn't say it's crowded, in fact there's probably less than 10 rooms occupied when we were there! It's was nice and quiet, most likely due to the fact that we went there from Thur to Sat. The suite we got were simple, very simple but clean and a nice view of the ocean. The resort has been around for a while, so some of the stuffs were pretty old.
We had fun snorkelling though!! I bought a digipac to place my camera so that we could take photos underwater, and it worked really well.
Anyway, food was good too! We went to the Sun Moon Restaurant (and it has no affiliations with the one in SG), food was not to expensive and it's really nice.
Some pics I took. The Dragonfruit juice. It was fresh dragonfruit jucie and the 1st time I tried. It wasn't too bad.
Fried Rice, their specialty. Don't belittle this small simple plate, it was really good. Still drooling over it now.
Weather was cold, so we ordered tom yam soup. This was not too bad as well, just the right amount of spicyness.
The prawns were nice and fresh, maybe cos they were pretty near the sea? All in all, the meal was actually quite cheap and affordable.
All in all, it was a good trip to rest and relax. Looking forward to the next trip to Bintan in Feb with hubby's friends!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Happy New Year!
It's the start of the year! So much has happen last year, and the year flew by just like that. This year, I hope to be less irritated by people who keep asking hinting about babies and people who keeps saying relating rich to me. Seriously, I think I should update my status less often on facebook!
So that was just some rant on the 1st day of work.
Less of rants and more on the happy stuffs, I have tons of photos waiting to be uploaded. Gosh, I can feel really lazy at times.
While I work on that post, Have a good year ahead!
So that was just some rant on the 1st day of work.
Less of rants and more on the happy stuffs, I have tons of photos waiting to be uploaded. Gosh, I can feel really lazy at times.
While I work on that post, Have a good year ahead!
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