Peanut Butter Silk Cake

Ingredients:
1 box Betty Crocker SuperMoist Butter Recipe Yellow
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs

Method:
1. Heat oven to 350 F or approx 180 degree celcius
2. Grease baking pan (either 8-inch or 9-inch pan) or place batter on cup cake holder
3. In large bowl, beat all the ingredients in slow speed for about 30 seconds, and on medium speed for about 2 minutes
4. Bake 31 to 36 mins (or 37 to 44 mins for dark or non-stick baking pan) or 19 to 24 mins for cup cakes
5. Cool cake completely before cutting

Centre Satay Bee Hoon (AMK Food Centre)

Centre Satay Bee Hoon

Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 Food Centre #01-12

This is one of my favourite satay bee hoon ($3), which I have been eating for the past 20+ years. The stall has been operating at this AMK Food Centre since the 1980s.

What I like about this satay bee hoon:

1) The fine and smooth bee hoon texture

2) The peanut gravy that isn't too dilute or too dry

3) Fresh ingredients esp the prawn and lean meat

Best of all, the quality has remained the same even after so many years.

Mad Jack (Paradiz Centre)

Mad Jack Cafe

1 Selegie Road

Paradiz Centre #01 – 04

Tel: 6338 9771 / 6257 5951

11.30am – 12 midnight daily

A cafe offering rather affordable western food, attracting mostly teenagers and young adults. The menu has a wide range of selection from fish & chips, steak, burger, pasta, pizza, asian food, finger food, cakes, desserts etc.

Placing order is simple and hassle free, simply write down the item number on the order forms placed on each table, and make payment at the counter. However, the food did take quite a while to be served - at least 20 mins?

Here's what I had - Grilled Fish in Honey Lemon Sauce served with mashed potato and apple & peach salad. The fish was quite fresh and portion size is reasonable for the price of $8.90. My only complain is that the fish was a little too thinly slice that the texture became a little dry & tough. The apple & peach salad is a refreshing combination with the grilled fish.


My drink - Complexion Enhancer ($4)- from the range of Doctor Juices made from fresh fruits with no sugar added. The drink contains guava, orange and cucumber. Well, how did it taste? Hmm... what would you expect from such a combination?? It has a "freshy" taste in its natural sweetness, prob from the orange.


With such a great selection, I would be interested to be back to try different food from the menu.

Haato (Ridgewood Close)

Am once again back at Haato for lunch after a long while... ordered the Chicken Katsu Don and it was really really delicious. Love the round, fat Japanese rice cooked with soy sauce, topped with a thick piece of deep fried cutlet and covered with a layer of egg. It was just too good for a $7.50 meal. I had a very satisfying lunch.

Check out our earlier postings on Haato here, here and here.

TCC - Coffee Connoisseur

Enjoy a cuppa on a lazy afternoon at TCC....

Had the Matcha Kiss - a green tea drink with soy milk. Something unique but not quite to my liking though.

Add a slice of super rich chocolatey cake - Devil's choco cake.

Franky's Pocha [Closed]

Went back to Franky's Kaffe again...3rd time within a month. But this time round, it is for a proper Korean dinner.

Although only 3 side dishes were served, these side dishes were really yummy. We had a round of refill. Loved the kimchi, which has the right crunchiness and sourless which was just right for my liking.

The 3 of us shared the Kimchi Stew ($25). We had a choice of adding pork or tuna into the stew and we chose pork. The ingredients in the stew included kimchi (of course), pork (of course) enoki mushroom, tofu, chilli, chilli padi, onion etc.

The stew took a while to cook and for the kimchi soup to become flavourful.... It was a little bland and we almost wanted to add the kimchi side dish into the stew. We had a refill of the soup and the soup finally tasted good towards the end.

The seafood pancake ($18) was quite disappointing. Firstly, we waited too long for it and it was finally served when we already finished half of the stew. Disappointingly, the pancake dough was not completely dry and crispy and the pajeon taste was absent.

Do note that rice ($2) had to be ordered separately from the ala carte dishes. Do also note that they will also take a while to "cook" the rice! We waited for probably 10 to 15 mins....

Despite the long wait and disappointment, I think I will still be back to try other dishes =)
The "Coffee Prince atmosphere" does create some disillusion that you're in Korea... except for the warm weather.

Tampopo Restaurant

My second visit to Tampopo and still not impressed by the food. Tried the black pig cutlet the first time round and the black pig shabu raman this time.

Service was efficient, the ramen was served within 10mins after we had placed the order. However, it was disappointing as the soup was not piping hot as I had expected. Some say, blame it on the aircon which was going at full blast. I wonder if the aircon was also going at full-blast in the kitchen as well?!

The only saving grace was the thin kyushu ramen which was springy and plain delicious. The ramen was supposed to be spicy but I thought it was less "potent" than expected.
 

Tip : Making reservation is a MUST to avoid long wait.

Franky's Kaffe Kitchen [Closed]

Franky's Kaffe Kitchen

9 Raffles Blvd

#01-55/56

Millenia Walk Mall

Tel: 6336 7641

Would I say that I've finally found an authentic Korean Cafe? I think so... the ambience will surely remind one of the cafe in Coffee Prince, except that this place lack the luxury of having a courtyard since it is located in a prime area in CBD.

The cafe is located in Millenia Walk mall, next to Pan Pacific Hotel and it is facing Marina Square. It used to be Burger King, for those of us who are old enough to remember the place well. Despite locating in a prominent location, there were few customers when a few of us went there for after-dinner coffee on a weekday night. We wonder why....

This is Franky, who is also the barista. He is a Korean and is a rather friendly person, if you approach him.

Look at this unique projection clock!


Love this hot chocolate... think made from dark chocolate and reasonably priced at $5.10. It definitely tastes different from coffee bean chocolate.


When I went back again, this time in the daytime, there were slightly more customers. Most of them seemed to be on the go and order sandwiches, and not the Korean meals. There seemed to be more Korean diners in the evening...


Besides sandwiches, they serve Korean meals too! Here's my Kimchi Stir-fried Udon. At first look, I was rather sure that the portion was too much for me! But but but... I said it too quickly. The kimchi fried udon was so appetising that I finished the entire plate! There was a generous portion of kimchi used in the udon. The kimchi was one of the best that I've tried in Singapore so far.

The fried udon cost $13.50 and initially thought I should order the mini portion which cost about $6. But there was no regret after my first bite.


My friends who tried its bibimbap were raving about their food too...

Their signature dishes!

More Korean dishes from their little menu which was tucked away in a unprominent corner, and not place on every table.

For those who are aware of the price of Korean alcohol will know that this is quite a steal... it is even cheaper than Korean supermarket price! Anyone game for a hite beer or soju drinking session, buzz me!

And if you have a HSBC credit card, there is a 10% discount for evening dining =)

Jaz Restaurant

Was in Little India for a workshop and my colleagues decided to bring us to this Indian Restaurant, which is actually an Indian kopitiam with only 1 stall selling Indian "cai bng" (economy rice).

Turned out that it wasn't that economy at all. The meal which I had, a supposedly set meal comprising fried chicken and fried omelette with their standard side dishes & gravys cost $7.50!

Though there were only about 6 of us, the stall helper got all our orders mixed up despite noting our orders on a piece of paper. They were also not consistent in their "complimentary dish - an egg", which was an egg that I did not get. Well, I did not pursue further since I already ordered omelette. It would have saved me $2.50 if I knew they were going to give us complimentary item...

 

The food was average and I think there are better (value for money) options in the vicinity...

Pin Si (Hong Kong Style Cafe) [Closed]

This is an excellent discovery. Simply love the food from this Hong Kong style cafe located at the AMK Hub basement 1, diagonally oppposite New York, New York.

AMK Hub

53, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3

#B1-22

Singapore 569933

Tel: 6481 2271

11am to 10.30pm

My favourite is the Sweet & Sour Fish - $7.90.

The fish fillets are very fresh. The outer layer is crispy (and not too oily) and the meat is smooth and springy. The standard is probably even better than what you get from some expensive restaurants.

Next recommendation is the Hotplate Beancurd ($7.90). What I like about the dish if the beanpaste gravy used to cook the tofu and minced pork & prawn.

One of the best places to go for a simple home-cook meal. Wash it down with a cup of HK style milk tea and that might make your day.

Two thumbs and two big toes up for this cafe!