Canele Patisserie

So after Togi's Korean Restaurant yesterday, we went to Canele Patisserie. I am not the biggest fan of macarons but I always wanted to try all the flavour available at a Patisserie, so me and my 2 other friends, we went crazy, bought all 9 flavours that were available on that day. I didn't like all the macarons, in fact I only liked 2 of them and these are the flavours and my reviews on them.



Passionfruit Macaron: Passionfruit buttercream, the passionfruit taste was mild and overall it was alright, but I just ain't a big fan of passionfruit.


Raspberry Mint Macaron: Mint Buttercream with Raspberry Jam in the middle; I don't like to eat anything that has Mint, so this is definitely not for me also.


Salted Caramel Macarons: I like how the saltiness in the caramel blends in with the sweetness of the caramel bringing a rather unique taste which is quite common in our days. My favourite among all!


Rose Macarons: You will like it if you like the taste of Bandung :D


Vanilla Tahini Macaron: Not a fan of vanilla and there's a certain taste of "playdough" in the cream which we all admitted.


Cookies & Cream Macarons: Tasted like Oreo cookies macarons, nice! :D


Feuilletine Chocolate Macarons: One of my favourite too. It tasted like the macarons version of sweat pleasure; a little like ferrero Rocher also.


Hazelnut Macarons: I can't remember how it tasted but i remembered i didn't really like it.


Strawberry Rhubarb Macarons: Strawberry Buttercream. Not my favourite.

I like the Salted Caramel and the Feuilletine Macarons, will definitely settle for those 2 if I were to indulge in it. But overall enjoyed the fun we had while tasting and sharing opinions. Best moments was when lynette and I first tried the vanilla macarons and we went: "Taste like play dough" and grace was really skeptical about eating it and when she did, she went: "EEEeeeee". Her facial expression was epic for that moment.


Also we had strawberry shortcake that nice.

A "Full"filing night to settle little cravings.

Will update again, Till then! :D

Fabulous Baker Boy/ Togi Korean Restaurant/ Canele

I bet I gain abit of weight yesterday after all that eating. 

Met up with Lynette and Grace because Grace just came back from UK and of course meeting up with grace who loves to eat and eat and eat and eat (she's not fat by the way), we unknowingly went to 3 food places that I was wanted to cross out in my to-go list. It was great that we were still able to catch up and talk so well after not seeing each other for about 9 months. 

The UK themed cupcake kit that grace got me from Harrods, she's been feeding my cake decorating collection constantly no matter where she goes. Thanks grace :D

(I think i wouldn't bear to use it at all. It's too cute and there's only 24 set inside.) 

So the plan was to meet to go to Public Garden Flea Market to check it out and visit Togi Korean Restaurant for their Army Stew. 

So off we went to Public Garden Flea Market which was at Old Police Centre (around Clarke Quay area). Walked around the air-conditioned flea market and looked at the stuffs around, which ranges from clothes, bags, cakes, milkshakes, coffee, etc. Nothing really caught my eye except for this owl sling bag that was really cute but it was $70. Will buy it if I have more money someday. 

Left Public Garden and while it was still early, we thought of going somewhere to chill before going to Togi. Fabulous Baker Boy was our next stop after much decision. It is located right next to Veridian Art House, the owner probably owns the Art House next door (I'm not sure) and I really liked the concept of having an open space all to themselves, my ideal space for my own bakery (dreams...)  

Ordered a Red Velvet Cake ($8.50) and Valhrona Chocolate Cake ($8) shared between the 3 of us. 

Didn't really like the chocolate cake because the chocolate taste wasn't strong enough but the red velvet was really moist and nice! :D 

Price was a little hefty considering that I make my own cakes too :P 

Fabulous Baker Boy opens until 5.30pm on Sunday so if you happen to be there, keep a lookout on the timing so as not to avoid disappointment. 

Up next we went to Togi Korean Restaurant managed by Koreans so i supposed the food are pretty much authentic. We went there at around 5.30pm and surprisingly, there were a few groups of people waiting outside before the opening hour which was at 6pm. The staffs were also nice enough to bring us to our seats before their opening hour. 

When we sat down, they served us with banchan (side dishes) which had ikan billis, kimchi, black sauce potato (our favourite!), leeks, radish and cold cucumber salad (like achar! ). 

The staffs there were very alert and once we finished one of the side dishes, they immediately filled it up with no reminders needed at all. 

Kimchi seafood Pancake (3 for $6)

(Army Stew $35)

And so, as mentioned before, we wanted to try army stew so badly, so ordered that and kimchi pancake. Just get the smallest army stew if you are going there in groups of 3-4. We added an extra noodle and the portion is just nice for 3 of us, in fact we had leftovers that we couldn't finish. The army stew was pretty delicious but i had to down a lot of water because it had quite a bit of MSG from the luncheon meat and baked beans. But what's army stew without MSG?

A picture of us together at the place with our hot and piping army stew! :D 

Togi's a pretty cosy place to go to with good services, they will also top up soup for you if need be. 

Will definitely visit the place again! 

Swee Choon Dim Sum

Sorry for the lack of pictures... 

We were too engross during the process of eating thus,... :D

Went to Swee Choon Dim Sum with my cell group mates Jean and Peiying on Thursday night after their work. Despite all the ravings about how good and cheap swee choon was, I haven't been there before until now. 

Met at Bugis Mrt and we took a taxi there. The place is relatively ulu but its much bigger than I expected it to bad. 

The food were not too bad at all. Might not be the best but the standard is pretty there. As for the price I would not say that it is really cheap. I mean 2 siew mai for $1.80, meaning 1 is 90cents, I could have gotten 道记 siew mai which taste better! 道记 is at the hawker in Chinatown next to OG and trust me, their siew mai is the best I have eaten to far in Singapore. 

The highlights of the night are probably:

Chicken feet (which i don't eat but my other two friend kept saying how great it is)

Mee sua kweh: It looks like the shape of carrot cake we find from old chang kee but it is made entirely by fried mee sua. Pretty unique and special. 

Chilli Oil Wanton: This is pretty normal actually like normal wanton but I just love it because of all the fried food we had that night, this felt so good for that moment. 

Banana and Prawn Fritters: The Irony that I hate eating banana in every except from its original form, I think this tasted pretty good when it was eaten hot. I gave way mainly because the prawn looked pretty big but worth a try. 

Overall, I will still go back if I was in the area and will definitely order less than we did this time round. 

     Swee Choon Tim-Sum Restaurant Pte Ltd

183/ 185/ 187/ 189/ 191 Jalan Besar

Singapore 208882

Enquiry Hotline : 62257788
Fax : 62941089
Email : admin@sweechoon.com
Business Hours :
Monday to Sunday : 6 pm to 6 am Close on Tuesday
Payment mode : Cash and NETS

Cover of Almost Famous Amos Cookies

Back to where I started baking. 

I started baking during my secondary school days purely for fun. I did not know what a meringue was, how to creamed butter, etc. Everything was pure luck and i love baking cookies because it seems quite error free and it seems to be quite successful.

Success didn't come easy and I'm glad most of my bakes now turn out edible and some are quite nice i think. But I have failed numerous times. In fact because I only have a Microwave with an Oven setting at home, I could bake stuffs in large quantity or even Cakes in the past because I failed too many cakes (even Box Mix) that I lose hope in it. I stopped trying for quite some time and one day it just hit me to try again and from then on, i never doubt my "microwave" oven. Ask me who my teacher is, Youtube is the one who taught me so much and of course Cake Boss from starting my interest in cake decorating. 

(For your information, those people out there who have a microwave, I am not baking with microwave setting, it just that my microwave can convert into an "oven", thus I can bake in it. Microwave cannot be substituted if you do not have an oven setting.) 

Enough of my naggings. I made these cookies yesterday from 
http://www.bisousatoi.com/2010/03/famous-amos-chocolate-chunk-cookies.html

because I was craving for famous amos chocolate chips so badly. It's has a really strong buttery taste and I really liked it but in my opinion, I do not think it tasted like the famous amos that I fancy, but still its a recipe worth keeping and trying! :D 

Ingredients
250g salted butter,softened (i used unsalted 227g SCS)
200g light brown sugar (150g for me)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp coffee oil
1 egg (55g egg)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup oats,processed to bits in a chopper (32.5g)
1/4 cup ground almonds (22.5g)
1/2 cup of your favourite nuts,chopped finely (optional) (i didn't use any)
1 pack of Nestle Tollhouse semi-sweet chocolate chips OR chocolate chunks
300g self-raising flour (i used plain flour with 1/2tsp of baking powder)

Method
1) One night before, combine your eggs, Coffee Oil and Vanilla extract together and leave it in the fridge. Before using, bring it to room temperature. Alternatively, you can combine the mixture for 2 hours before.
2) Preheat your oven to 160C

3) To the room temperature butter, beat in sugar and salt.
4) Beat in the egg until there is no signs of liquid.
5) Stir in the processed oats, ground almonds, nuts and chocolate chunks.
6) Sift the Flour and fold everything in until there is no signs of flour and resembles a dough. 
(The dough will be a little greasy but will not stick to finger) 
For my cookies, it the size of a 1/2 teaspoon before baked, so i baked it for 14 minutes. For bigger cookies, bake it slightly longer. It will be better if you can test bake the first batch to determine the timing. 

Give it a try and let me know how it is.