胡椒饼 (Hu Jiao Bing/Pepper Pie?!)

Ok, this is such a random post. I know. But seriously, I was looking through my old travel photos and saw this photo again! Slurps slurps.


This is definitely something that my dear and I loves the most from Taipei. Haha. It was oh-so-great. Till now, we would think of it occasionally and we just longed to go back to Taipei for it. Haha!


I cannot be sure about the other places that sells this hu jiao bing. But what I can be sure of is that this shop actually sells super delicious hu jiao bing. The meat is really juicy and succulent. Juice really can come out of it! Plus! The vegetables (that you cannot see from the photo) added a lot of flavor to the peppery taste of the meat. And we cannot forget the crust! It's oh-my-god....... Haha. Heavenly. Slurps slurps.

And what's more, the whole thing was piping hot when we bought it (we went twice on two separate days and they tasted the same!). What can be more perfect than this when you are feeling so cold from the rain? Haha.

Ok, after saying so much and possibly making you salivate, do I have to tell you where we bought it? Lol! It's at Taipei (uh-oh, there's no hu jiao bing in Singapore!). Exact address, I'm not too sure. But we took the MTR to the 国父纪念馆 and came out at the exit 3 (I hope it's the right one!) and then walk away from the bubble tea shop and then towards the traffic light or the 50lan bubble tea shop. Hehs. (By the way, we chance upon this shop! Lol!)

The shop front look like this:

Try their sweet potato if you want! It's uber sweet and terribly soft and nice. ME LOVEEE!


I am quite sure that there are other stalls selling this. And this is definitely not the stall that had been starred on the television before. But me think it is really super duper uber nice and that you have to try it. And please, eat it for me if you are at taipei. =D

Chicken Chop at Bukit Batok S11

Tried the chicken chop at the S11 at Bukit Batok Central (it was just up the stairs and across the street from the interchange). The sauce was pretty nice and I like the grilled part of the meat. But the beans were a little hard and I personally find the serving a little small for $5.50. Or is this the normal price now? Haha. I haven't been eating chicken chops at coffee shops in a long time!

Nothing extraordinary, but it will be not too bad a try if you are just around the corner and is craving for some western food. Haha.

Little Jerry's Cookies

Was at WestMall (Bukit Batok) and was walking around and saw this shop at the basement. I have to admit, I haven't hear of this place but because there was a few newspaper cuttings on the walls, I thought of trying it!

But I have no idea why I did not try the cookies even though the shop's name featured cookies. Haha! Give it a try, if it's nice, please tell me so!


I was more drawn towards the muffins!


The muffins are selling at 1 for $1.30 and 4 for $4.80. Wells, since we want to try it out, we took 4 flavors. Chocolate banana and double chocolate were chosen by me, the blue berry and apple pie was recommended by the guy at the shop.


The muffins were freshly baked. But these freshly baked muffins have a top crust that's a little crispy. I'm sure there are people who prefer crispy ones, but I love the soft soft muffins instead. So I thought the bottom part of the muffins tasted better than the top crust of the muffins. But I realized that the crust will be softer the next morning! Haha. I like it even more the next morning even though it's not freshly baked anymore. LOL!

Texture were not too bad. Lighter will make it perfect.


Tried the chocolate banana first since it is my favorite flavor across different kind of desserts. Hmm, the banana taste seems to be stronger than the chocolate, or rather, the taste seems to be separated. But what made the muffins scored was that, I realized something! There's fresh fruits in the muffin! Wah! Nice!!!! =D If only they are a little more generous in their fruits. Hahaha. I think I may be asking for too much now. Hehs.

But anyway, there's banana in the chocolate banana.


There's blueberries in the blue berry muffin.


There's apple in the apple pie!


Of these 4 flavors, my top top top favorite is the double chocolate! Oh, I love chocolates! The muffin was chocolatey but it's not overly sweet. And the texture of the muffin was just perfect to go with chocolates. Haha. And the second one would be the apple pie. I like!

Big Bang Seaweed

This seaweed is so so so so so so nice! Haha. The crispiness of the seaweed is there (like how you would expect all the xiao long ban's seaweeds will be like). And what made the seaweed really delicious is that there is a tinge of sweetness beneath the saltiness. Haha. Taste it for yourself to understand it.

My mama bought it at 90 cents per piece last time. But we realized that Uncle tidbits is selling it at $4.20 for 12 pieces. WOAH!

Dian Xiao Er @ Causeway Point

I had never been a big fan of Chinese restaurants, but because we are stranded in Causeway Point (limited food selection) with mama (rejects Japanese, Western cuisine), you tell me, what do we have left with? Haha. So we march into Dian Xiao Er!


I remembered that when the chain of stores first appear, the uproar about the restaurant was because of the deco and the duck. But as more and more chains appear, it became 'just another restaurant' to me. I don't really like restaurants with a lot of chains because I felt that the uniqueness of the place is gone, and the sense of personal touch by the boss is gone too. So I usually steer away from them, unless necessary, like yesterday. Haha. But heys, the food have to be of some standards if they can open so many chains right?! Lol!

Judging from the knowledge of everyone's appetite, we decided to opt for the family meal for 2 even though there's 3.5 (well, we can't really count lotus as 1 right?) of us.

So, first came the soup. Not too bad, but I like mama's soup more.

And then, the pork ribs. Omg! The first taste was heavenly! Haha. We like the sauce of the ribs. It was really well done! But it was a tad spicy too. I guess it was from the black pepper. Yum yum! (There's supposed to be 3 more ribs in this dish. Ooops. Hahaha!)


The vegetables (baby kai-lan) look really normal. But upon tasting it, I would have to take back my words. Hahaha. I wonder what they put in their sauce because it tasted a little sour. And it was the right tinge of sour that made the vegetables really yummy!


And the star of the day --> DUCK! It's what Dian Xiao Er was famous for all the while isn't it? The skin was bbq (is it?) to the right texture. Cripsy but yet they retain the soft fats beneath it. The meat was succulent too. Oh, the sauce perfected the dish. And it was supposed to be nutritious! We got the Dang Gui Duck which was really YUMMMMMY!!! Haha. I could just have the duck and a bowl of white rice. That'll make me a happy kelly! LOL!


It was a dinner that was surprisingly delicious. Haha. But heys, something bad about the place is that, the service there was really bad. Like seriously. The moment they hear that we want to order the family set for 2, we can practically see that they dimmed immediately. WHAT?! And thank god we ordered the set for 2 because we could barely finish the whole dinner. Ah dear was the last survivor of course! Haha.

Vegetarian Bee Hoon @ Holland Market

It's been a long time since I last went to Holland Market for lunch!

Today, we decided to give the vegetarian bee hoon our first try. Why? Firstly, it was just next to our table. Secondly, it was having a queue. Like, wow! A queue has to mean something right??? LOL!

Guess what? The whole plate only costs $2! So cheap! Hohohoho! Plus, it was so loaded with all the ingredients!! So value for money right???!! Hahaha. So, I begin to wonder. Was there a queue because of the price, or was it because everyone thinks its nice, or was it because people are queuing? Haha.

Well, it tasted like a normal vegetarian bee hoon to me. I was hoping that the sauce could be a little saltier though. That aside, it was pretty good, for a price of $2. Oh, I like the cripsy 'crackers' though. It may be because I was deprived of fried food for too long. Haha. But I feel that a lot of places don't sell it crispy anymore. They always sell it soggy because it was standing in their stall for too long! For this shop, I can see that the food don't stand in the stall for too long because the orders just keep coming and coming. YEA! (For the auntie and uncle of course!)

I liked the sugar cane because it tasted like sugar cane! Lol. Most of the places are selling the drink in a diluted form. And oh, the reason why I ordered this was because my parents say "THIS IS GOOD FOR GASTRIC!!" I do anything to get myself a healthy GI tract! Hehs.


So, the lunch left me as a happy Kelly! (Even though I did not managed to finish the bee hoon. Oh, even Jon had to agree that the serving was pretty big!)

Old Town Coffee and Toast cafe, Soup Spoon and Ikea

I fell in love with Old Town the last time I went to Genting. Ah dear was sooooo hungry the moment we touched down, and so he bought quite a lot of Old Town toast. My god, I remembered it was an agonizing long wait for the toast! But hey, it was really nice! =D And then when we reached Genting, we bought more again! Me like me like! Hehs.

(Under poor lighting, iPhone sure takes lousy picture! That's the problem when I don't bring my camera out everyday. Haha!)

Old Town started off from Malaysia, but now, you can find their instant coffee everywhere! But hmm, I'm not a great fan of coffee. I don't like the smell of it. BUT! I thought the white coffee was NICE! Haha. And, it was a great companion in the cold cold Genting. Haha.

So, I got really happy when I saw it in Singapore! Haha. I went to get some toasts to calm my growling stomach since I was at NTU the other day. =D Oh, that made me really happy even though I'm supposed to be on a strict diet. Hahaha!

In case you are looking for the branch in JP, here's the address. It's neatly tucked away on the top front, near the NTUC xtra. Hehs.

Well, as I was saying, I was on a strict diet. So, I only ordered one toast (it was a taboo too cos that's not liquid diet at all!) and no white coffee (I cannot take caffeine products). I was happy enough!

Seriously, I had long forgotten the taste of the toast. The last time I tasted it seems so long ago. Haha. So, I only remembered it as very nice. But, I expected the taste of a normal toast. Oh, but the moment I bite in, I have to go 'Ohhhhhhh....'. (If you know me well enough, ya, I gave that lighted up face that I always give when I eat something nice. Hahaha!) Ya, alone, in the middle of JP2. Lol!

I'm seriously craving for moreeeeeee.

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I love going to Ikea. Not because of furniture, not because of meatballs and chicken wings, but because of THIS! My favourite hot dog bun! Haha. Actually, I think it's not too difficult to find hotdog buns like this around. But, since we are near Ikea, I have an excuse to eat a hotdog bun that can make me smile non-stop. =D So, why not? Hehs.

I love steam bread! Because they are always so soft and yummy!

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Went to soup spoon on Friday after Ikea since there's buses to Vivo. BOO! That's not exactly what I would love to eat when I'm at Vivo city! Haha. But well, considering that I should attempt to eat as much healthy food that's smoothing to my stomach, OK FINE!

But erm, no, I wun want to go back there for dinner anytime in future. Seriously, I felt really miserable through the entire dinner. You should ask Ah dear for my gloomy face la. Haha.

The main reason why I felt miserable was seriously not because the soup is not nice. But mainly because I need more texture other than plain soup for a meal. If it's the starters, I would not mind that much. Oh, blame it on my stomach. Haha!

That's ah dear's clam chowder. Quite nice! Haha. At least there are ingredients to chew chew chew. Hehs.

My pumpkin soup (because ah dear say I cannot eat tomato. BOO!). Grrrr... I want MEAT! Or at least vegetables! Haha. It was a little sweet. Hehs. First few mouths were really good. I got so sick and tired of the taste after some time. I didn't finish the whole bowl. Haha.

Please do not ask me there to drink soup for dinner again!

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Realized something? My main reviews are on bread bread and more bread! Lol! This explains how much I love eating bread. Hehs.