Travel Fair

Weekends, Singaporeans love to head to exhibitions at Singapore Expo where there are many exhibitions or fairs going on there. I was there too checking out some electronic appliances at the electronic fair and happens to come across this mini travel fair.

Interesting this see this booth from Malaysian Tourism Board. They have this teh tarik making demonstration at the booth and after that visitors were offered free samples of the tea. Teh tarik (literally "pulled tea") is a hot Indian milk tea beverage which can be commonly found in restaurants, outdoor stalls and kopi tiams in southeastern Asian countries like Malaysia and Singapore. Its name is derived from the pouring process of "pulling" the drink during preparation. It is made from black tea, condensed milk and evaporated milk. You can read more information from wikipedia.

I was at the travel fair trying to find some ideas on where to have a short break in neigbouring country.

A short video on making teh tarik

Sentosa - Malaysian Food Street at Resort World Sentosa Singapore

My best friend and I decided to visit SEA Aquarium in Sentosa, will post photos of the aquarium in later posts. But before that, we need to fill our stomach with food. Of course we headed to Malaysian Food Street Food Centre near the aquarium to try some delicious malaysian food.

The favourite must be the claypot rice - is really so delicious and good.

The claypot rice was cooked using charcoal fire. We did not have to wait that long that day, only a five minute wait.

The spare ribs soup was not that hot enough, hope they would serve hotter soup the next time we visit them.

The satay was good but the price was a bit steep.

Ice Chendol Dessert - so yummy

Hot sweet potato soup - yummy

My World Tuesday - Japan Fair at Jurong Point

Last weekend, I was at Jurong Point shopping and dining and was pleased that there was a Japan Fair going on at the mall. Saw the national costume of the Japanese, love how the kimono look so beautifully especially the bows/ribbons at the back.

The huge paper origami of the crane was a reminder of how my late paternal grandmother used to teach us how to fold them.

A short video on the demonstration of making mochi or muah chee.

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Chinese New Year 2013 - Red Packets

This year, got some very beautiful red packets (or ang pows/hong bao) from the respective banks.

I love the red packets with the pandas the best from Standard Chartered Bank. Red packets are given during Chinese New Year or good occasion like weddings or birthdays. Red packets is usually given out by married couples. The amount of money contained in the red packets usually ends with an even digit, 8, 18, 88 and 168 are all lucky numbers (which sounds like prosper in mandarin) and odd-numbered money gifts are traditionally associated with funerals.

Chinese New Year - Festive eating

During the last three days, we been eating so much.

Day 1 - Lunch with my in laws with some local buffet with home cooked food and pizza from Pizza Hut. I cooked all the food except the spare ribs and pizza which were bought.

Day 2 - Lunch at brother's house with the rest of the siblings and family.

Fried Mee hoon cooked by 2nd sis's domestic helper - tasted so good.

Curry chicken cooked by 2nd sis's domestic helper - this is good too.

Day 3 - steamboat dinner and some local food(chilli crabs, black pepper crabs,etc)bought from nearby zichar stall.