Failed attempts!

It's my helper's off day today and hence I took over the kitchen! However, today's take-over was one of the worst ever! :(

Firstly, I made maki sushi for lunch, only to realize :

1) I mistook white rice for sushi rice. I only found out when I was done draining off the water.

2) I didn't have seaweed cause surprisingly..... I threw away the previous attempt's leftovers on the night before. HOW CLEVER.

3) I didn't know where my helper kept my sushi mat, hence I made do with a wet cloth wrapped in cling film. 

The correct rice really plays a part in the outcome of the sushi. 

Lesson learnt: Be prepared!! 

Maki rolls with Japanese cucumber, tamago & sesame dressing. 

Chawanmushi with shiitake mushrooms only

I also tried making Chawanmushi! My fav steamed egg is this! But I hardly ever order when I'm eating out cause the price for 1 ranges from S$3.50 - S$6 maybe? Depending on the type of additional filling you want it to have. Considering I'm only working part time on both days, I usually eat what's friendlier for my pocket haha. 

The recipe calls for more soya sauce but I didn't put much cause I was afraid it'll be too salty for my grandma. I really should've listened to it! Cause I only added 1 teaspoon instead of 3.

Another thing to note is that I used the cups from ikea instead of the normal Chawanmushi teacups cause I don't have 1 and err.. Its expensive if I buy in quantity, yet I can't just buy 2.

The surface area really plays a huge part in getting the right consistency. As my cups were taller in height and narrower in width, it took me about 25-30mins to steam it instead of 15mins. Lolol after that mark I kept opening the lid to check if the egg is cooked by placing a chopstick in but unfortunately, its not.

& I tell you..... The worst part of cooking is this!

Hahaha right right! After lunch I wanted to rest but once I saw this mess at both the sinks... X.X

Cooking and preparing really takes up quite alot of time as after I'm done, 3hours later and I'm preparing dishes for dinner.

Dinner wasn't pleasing as well. :( 

1) rice was soggy

2) soup needed more packets of bakuteh seasonings as I had 1Kg of pork ribs, though the recipe stated only add in 1 packet of seasoning for 1kg meat.

3) steamed fish was too spicy! T.T haha but it's sweet! Me likey. 

Oh well.. Today just doesn't seem to be My Day. Hopefully it'll be better the next time round when I'm more prepared! :)

Katong day!

Met BunnyBoi for our Katong date & we headed over to Katong 112 and look what we saw!! 

$9.90 NETT SALMON SET LUNCH DEAL VALID ONLY @ KATONG 112 BRANCH! 

It's really value for money! I'm going to drop by next week for lunch yay! :)))

Bought tickets to Fast 6 and we passed our time by having Chawanmushi at their food court beside the theatre. Priced at S$1.50 per portion, it's an additional 10% off for all Passion card members! It tasted nice too! Salty for my liking. Shall have it next time again after lunch. 

After which, we headed over to With a Pinch Of Salt at Tanjong Katong for dinner. It's only 4 stops away from Katong 112 and the shop front is visible when you're on the bus. 

Their interior is so cute! And I like that their tables have different colours. 

We ordered squid ink pasta with beef & farmhouse platter to share.

It was my first time trying out squid ink pasta and I still prefer the standard pasta sauces though. 

There's nothing special about the farmhouse platter as I felt that their fish bites (the one beside the nuggets) is overly fried. The top of my gums kinda hurt upon chewing it. Nuggets, 2pcs garlic crusted chicken wings, fries and sausages. 

I didn't really enjoy this meal but as BunnyBoi has mentioned, we prolly ordered the wrong stuffs. 

Service was acceptable as well considering they only had 3 staffs the man the whole place. Their manager even stopped by to ask if we enjoyed our meal. So thoughtful! :)

Met up with the rest @ Starbucks & we played Heads Up! It's a game whereby you'll place your phone on your forehead and everyone around you will describe what's been shown on the screen, which you then have to guess what it is. Oh and we downloaded Fun Run too! Its something like squirrels racing with each other to reach the finishing line with 4 players in the game. It's really fun & addictive! Haha! 

Ending off with my outfit of yesterday!

Jollyfemmelle laced top | cotton on skorts | shoes from BKK | bag from bugis street

Cycling day!

Thankfully we went ahead with the plan and cycled as the weather looked like it was gonna rain, and another good thing was we paid $6 for 2 hours of bike rental! Initially it's $6 for 1 hour, $8 for 2 hours, but as it was gonna rain, we had their buy 1 get 1 free promo! 

Throughout the whole journey to East Coast Park, I was really worried for Shu as there were a couple of times where she almost lost her footing at the pedal & my heart nearly dropped back then! 

We managed to return the bike at exactly 7.30pm and was too tired to head back to the hawker & lucky for us, there's Burger King nearby. 

Oh and!!! I found $2 while heading back to the pit stop!!! So happy! Haha! 

Initially we wanted to order BBQ Turkey Bacon set but luckily the staff showed us a cheaper alternative and we all got ourselves their fish burger @ $1.95 each! Plus a top up of $0.95 for their Coke float, and $3.20 for the onion rings. In the end, we only paid $3 for this meal after using the $2 that I found! Cheap thrills ftw! Yay! :)