Steamboat King!

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If there is a favorite family dinner choice, it has to be steamboat!
Simple reason that it's the best choice that allows every family members to gather around the table, not only to enjoy good food but also to have time to catch up with one another's lives.
For me, it has a special meaning whenever we have steamboat, as it reminds me of those yearly CNY meals when my dad was still around.

Steamboat King Bundle B
Offers fresh and wholesale prices, with either ala carte menu or bundle deals.

Ordering is simple and fuss free. Everything you need is presented clearly right from the start of the website.

Our bundle set comes with 4 different kinds of meat & assortment of vegetables.

And one of the main reasons for Steamboat King's success is it's superior broth!
Each broth is simmered under low fire for a minimum of 8 hours to bring out the ultimate flavor of all the herbs and ingredients while also retaining its natural nutrients.
Premium Collagen ~ Kimchi ~ Sichuan Mala ~ Pork Tonkotsu ~ Tomato

It's pork tonkotsu for the missus and tomato for the girls.

Some compelling reasons to choose Steamboat King:

1. It has a 100% guarantee replacement policy. If upon delivery, there are ingredients that are not fresh, they will replace it for free!

2. Wholesale prices that are cheaper that your usual supermarkets.

3. Fresh and delicious ingredients.

4. No queues, no fuss, free island-wide delivery!

Order now and enjoy that "reunion" feeling with your family!

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Whyzee - The Perfect Cake Choice

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The time has finally come to review the amazing Whyzee MSW DurianCake! When news first came about this special review, we were beyond excited for it to come. Our entire family loves durian and welcomes anything from real durian to durian flavoured food!

When the cake finally arrived, we were already amazed at the design on the cake, even before the tasting of the cake itself.

There was an abundance of fresh cream on top, making it look very soft and pretty as well. Don’t you think it really looks like a real durian too? Even before the taste test, the presentation of the cake had already won us over!

Now, moving on to the actual taste test! Our mouths watered when we first saw the inside of the cake at the first slice. It smelled exactly like durian too and that is because there is actual durian inside!

One of the many layers in this Mao Shang Wang durian cake, is a puree made of pure durian flesh. It definitely brought the entire cake to another level! The sponge cake itself was very airy and definitely balanced off the heavy creams on top and the thick puree. And even the frosting that decorated the cake was had durian incorporated into it!

It definitely is one of the best cakes I’ve eaten in a while! The whole family loved it and devoured it in a couple of days. Dessert is always the best course of the meal.

Overall, we absolutely loved this Mao Shang Wang Durian cake to bits, and we are very thankful to Whyzee for sending this over! This cake is definitely our go-to cake during birthdays now!

Here are some reasons for choosing Whyzee:
1. Same day delivery with no minimum order required.
2. To better it, Whyzee provides 1-hour express birthday cake delivery. Now you don't have to worry about celebrating your loved one's birthday without a cake in time.
3. Extremely affordable prices from $30 onwards, and more than 50 different cake selections to choose from.

AND here is just one more awesome reason for choosing Whyzee!
Quote ISAIAH10 when you place your order and enjoy a 10% off on all orders!
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Beat the 5-pax rule with sushidelivery.sg!

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So Singapore has entered Phase 2 after Circuit Breaker. How has it affected your lifestyle?

For most of us, we are happy to finally meet up with friends and dine-in in our favorite restaurants. Or just happy to host friends and relatives at home. BUT ... the catch is no more than 5-pax per visit or meet up.

For a family that has more than 5 pax, this rule is definitely gonna to make things a bit uncomfortable. Can you imagine who you will leave out for dinner? Or who will be the chosen ones to brave the crowd outside, not mentioning the super long queues almost everywhere.

For me, with 2 kids and an elderly at home, going out and mingle with the crowd is still something I have to be more cautious about. Maybe you can call me "kiasi" but I have to take care of my family, until they feel safe enough to go out as a group.

Hence, the solution of ordering in is still pretty much appealing!

Some of you may already have heard of sushidelivery.sg or even tried their food. The company prides themselves as daily delivery within an hour, with Premier Sushi right at your doorstep.

Just in case you doubt my credits (but I know you won't right?), you can read an article posted by Best In Singapore. Sushi Delivery is one of the top 5 best online sushi delivery services in Singapore!

You can click on this link to read more!

As always, enough talking. Let the photos tell you more!

California Maki (8pcs)

The overall family's favorite, a great choice for take away or picnics.

Champion Floss Maki (8pcs)

Not a personal fan of floss, but the floss on this maki is not overwhelming. In fact the cheese overpowers the floss, so if you are cheese lover, you can't miss this.

Salmon Aburi Maki (8pcs)

This tastes expensive if you know what I mean, the salmon just melts in your mouth. I highly recommend eating one piece in full to stimulate your taste bugs in total.

Chicken Karaage (8pcs)

Sake Salmon Don

The salmon is simply awesome! Coupled with the tobiko, furikake and spring onions, this is a sure winner for all!

Pork Cutlet Set Bento

Salmon Teriyaki Set Bento

No fishy smell as commented by my mom. She loved it together with the generous helping of greens that came alongside in the bento.

I have the say the kids love the bento! It was a full meal with rice, sides and vegetable. And both girls commented that the Pork Cutlet tasted just like one they had in Japan a few years back =)

For me, it will be the Don that won my stomach. So here's another photo to justify my personal choice!

Stay safe everyone and enjoy the time with your family!

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Father's Day - What about 8 Crabs?

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In less than 2 weeks' time it's gonna be Father's Day! Have you thought of how to celebrate with/for your father? Sadly with the current situation in Singapore, dining out at your favorite restaurants are no longer an option. Hence, the only way is to "tabao" or order food delivery. Whatever it may be, don't let the circumstances deter us from having a good time of celebration with our families.

Thanks to the folks from 8 Crabs, I was able to enjoy my own Father's Day meal with my family and with the best food possible - CRABS!!

For those who are not familiar with 8 Crabs, of if you are like me (only know the usual seafood restaurants in SG), then it's high time for you to give them a try.

8 Crabs is an award winning crab delivery and seafood delivery service serving Singaporeans island-wide. Being the only supplier of wild catch crabs, they have always been able to promise you crabs that are better than the rest.

If you are interested to know more about their crabs, here are some fun facts:

Crabs naturally travel about 500m every night and prefer to live alone. However, crab farmers breed many crabs in a confined space in order to be profitable. This cause the crabs to get stressed very easily in captivity as many farms cannot replicate their natural habitat.

When stressed, crabs produce ammonia, which is a sign of decomposition of seafood.

Most restaurants purchase farmed crabs because they are cheaper. As a result, they use highly fragrant gravies to cover up the ammonia smell.

8 Crabs is the only company in Singapore using grade AAA premium Sri Lankan source wild crabs. This is graded by the most experienced crab graders in the trade.

This means that our crabs are meatier, tastier, bigger, and less watery.

To ensure freshness, these crabs are caught, flown, prepared and delivered to you within 12 hours.

Our award winning chefs prepare and cook these fresh crabs daily to guarantee the best flavor and taste.

We also have a one day driver to an order policy across our 12 kitchens island-wide so that we may uphold our promise of One Hour Crab Delivery.

Are you ready for the feast? We most certainly are!

We ordered both the Black Pepper Crab & the Salted Egg Yolk Crab.

The salted egg yolk sauce was so good, we had an extra portion of rice just so we can savor the taste again and again.

No meal is complete without the basic vegetable and meat. We even pamper ourselves (mainly for the wife) and had a rare treat of the Yam Ring.

But since it was suppose to be an advance Father's Day celebration for me, I will show you my personal favorite! Look at the sauce! I think I need to order from 8 Crabs again!

Ordering is easy.

Just go the website and browse through the selection of crabs, fish, prawn, squid, beef, pork, poultry, vegetable, egg, tofu, etc.

If you do not know what to order, then just choose the special Father's Day Set.

新年来咯! CNY Goodies!

The most exciting festive is just round the corner! Chinese New Year is my personal favorite festive of all times!

Not only are we able to gather as a family and enjoy some time of catching up, getting Angpows for the younger ones, giving love to one another, and one main thing of CNY is the chance to eat all the delicious CNY Goodies!

As the years passed, CNY goodies are getting more and more popular and thus, many of the products out there are done as mass productions (factory production). Thus every year, we are just looking around and asking friends if they have any recommendations for homemade CNY goodies.

If you also one of them, look no further! Let me introduce to you the homemade CNY goodies that is available online!
Yes! You can get homemade CNY goodies without going all the way to your Malaysia relative’s place or some friend’s Auntie’s daughter’s home. All you need is a few clicks on your laptop or even mobile phones, and you will have your favorite goodies sent to you within days!

www.cnydelivery.com

This online platform is exclusively selling homemade CNY goodies from bakers established in 1971, Poon Confectionary.

With a wide range of selection, you will surely be able to find your usual favorites and some new flavors to add on to your CNY display when relatives and friends come over in the coming weeks.

And for this CNY, a personal note – stop counting that calories and just enjoy the goodies!
Because they are worth it!

 

For a full list of what is available, just click on the link and browse on.
www.cnydelivery.com

From the Kuan Family, we wish all our readers a Prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year!!

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Just to top it off, we are giving away 1 Golden Pillow Pineapple Tarts each to 3 winners in total.
Just follow the following steps to win a delicious CNY goodie for you and your family!

The giveaway will run from today till 20 Jan 2019 (Sunday), 10pm. All the best!

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块三点心 Dim Sum @ $1.30

After staying in Woodlands for more than 3 decades, I am still very amazed at the new things I find around this neighborhood. This time round we visited a 24-hour dim sum place at Primz BizHub Coffeeshop (21 Woodlands Close).

As described perfectly by the stall name 块三点心 (Kuai San Dian Xin), all the dim sum are sold for $1.30 each. Yes! You read it right! Opens 24 hours daily, dim sum @ $1.30 each.

We visited on a Sunday evening around 6:30pm dinner time, though there was a queue but the service was fast and good.

There were ample seats in the coffeeshop too.

Don’t expect restaurant service, you have to queue, order and pay before you get your food. Basically there are only 30 dim sum items to choose from. But you can surely find the usual delights like, Char Siew Pau, Pork Ribs, Siew Mai, Prawn Dumpling, Carrot Cake, and even Century Egg Pork Porridge.

We (read me) were determined to try as much as we can. And here is our round 1 orders. We had 2 rounds in total, and mind you it was just for the 4 of us (2 adults + 2 kids).

Total cost was a whopping $20.80!!

I know some of you must be thinking how good is the dim sum. So here is the verdict, on a scale of 1 to 5.

Century Egg Porridge (3 points) & Carrot Cake (3 points)
The exterior was crispy and nice. The carrot cake inside was decent, but I would recommend to eat it fast, once it is cool the skin can be a bit too hard to swallow.

Prawn Dumpling (3.5 points) & Siew Mai 2.5 points)
We had a second helping of the prawn dumplings, in total of 3 baskets. That should tell you either we love prawn dumplings or it is really quite nice.
As for the siew mai, personally not much of a pork eater, I felt that the pork taste was a bit too strong for me. I had to dip it with chili sauce to finish the plate.

HK Style Prawn Chee Cheong Fun (3.5 points)
Another dish that demanded a second serving. The cheong fun was soft and at $1.30, I have to say the prawn given was in good proportion. It was still nice even when it was slightly cold.

Paper Wrapped Chicken (4 points)
Definitely my first choice in future. Technically the dish is a chicken wing wrapped in paper and lightly salted, with a tinge of ginger and Chinese cooking wine. It’s not too dry, just nice to go along with anything, maybe even plain porridge.

Fried Yam Dumpling (1 point), Xian Zhu Roll (2.5 points) & Fried Sotong Roll (2.5 points)
If you are a Cantonese like me, don’t spoilt your taste buds with the yam dumpling. Not worth the money even when it is $1.30. The fillings were dry, very little and the yam paste was almost non-existence.
As for the xian zhu roll and fried sotong rolls, it has always been our family’s top favorite, but the girls just only managed to finish till the last piece. I think the problem is too oily and the skin was not crispy enough.

Like I said earlier, do not expect restaurant standard. So as we managed our expectations, the overall experience was good. I think we will still come back for more, especially when it is opened round the clock. A good consideration for the late supper peeps!

The last mouth.

Kuan Family 好介绍!

[Giveaway] Wild Barley

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Eating healthy is no longer just a culture outside of home.

Wild Barley Singapore provides a whole range of healthy, organic, and natural food, free from chemicals and artificial additives and preservatives. Conveniently, at a click’s away.

To live well, you have to eat healthy and well. In the wisdom of ages, good health is not the absence of disease, but the daily healthy lifestyle, and healthy mental attitude.

The team at Wild Barley is founded with a simple mission in mind; to source and provide the community with healthier choices to everyday foods. Even comfort food items like pasta sauces, juices, ice cream, snacks etc, are carefully sourced from all over the world. The team at Wild Barley guarantees that they will personally conduct a taste test before putting any of their products on the shelves.

A personalised basket of goodies from the nice people of Wild Barley.

Diferente Aromatic Sparkling Cuvee
This is an alcohol-free premium drink. A great tasting extra-dry cuvee, reminiscent of fresh applesauce, ripe pear and crust aromas, perfect when tasted with sweet and salted dishes, either alone or mixed in a fruity aperitif.
Best served in a large tumbler filled with ice cubes and a few mint leaves, and a whole group of friends!http://www.zeroalcoholdrinks.com/

Natipuri Apricot Juice
40% apricot juice. With apple juice from concentrate, water, lemon juice from concentrate. Organic ingredients. Certified Bio

Ki Mixed Berries Jam
65% berries in varying proportions (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants). With concentrated apple puree, concentrated apple juice. Organic ingredients. Certified Bio

Cello Whisps Parmesan Cheese Crisps
A pure cheese snack made by Cello, an artisan cheesemaker themselves. The unforgettable flavor comes from their very own Wisconsin cheeses. Each wheel is aged and individually selected at the peak of its flavor to make the Whisps Crisps.
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Wild Barley Dried Lotus Seed
In house brand of dried lotus seeds. Made with 100% natural, dried lotus seeds with no artificial flavorings and preservatives. Nuts are sourced from Vietnam.
Warning! These are super addictive! I can’t stop munching on these nuts once I have started. I personally recommend eating this with some of the sparkling cuvee. Nice!

Three Twins Bittersweet Chocolate & Three Twins Lemon Cookie
Bittersweet Chocolate has an abundance of organic cocoa, which makes it darker than most chocolate ice creams, and it also adds an incredibly rich flavor and texture.
All the ice cream flavors are made with combined organic ingredients, milk and cream with sugar and eggs to make the ice cream base.
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Liquid Gold
100% natural honeycomb straight from the beehive unprocessed. Giving you all the pure goodness as nature created it.

3-Elephants Thai Organic 3 Color Brown Rice
100% whole kernel Thai organic mixed brown rice. Free from chemical fertilizers, free from chemical pesticides and herbicides. Free from additives, coloring and preservatives. No soaking required when cooking.
My children has been eating brown rice for a few years now, so they are not unfamiliar with it. But this 3 color brown rice (Black Rice + Brown Rice + Hom Mali brown rice) is slightly different from the ones we usually buy from the supermarket. Harder in texture but taste great. Since I am a lover of “hard-texture” rice, this suits me perfectly. But the girls, we added a small portion of white rice to soften the bite.
Did you know? Black rice has lower calories and a better source of fibre compared to brown rice?

Ki Shelled & Roasted Hazelnuts
High fibre, contains at least 6g / 100g of fibres or at least 3g / 100kcal of fibres.

Sign up as a member of Wild Barley (membership is free), and enjoy a 10% voucher (redeemable through Promo Code). And as members, you will also get to enjoy discounts or free delivery through Promo Codes which Wild Barley will send out to members monthly.

GIVEAWAY!

I am giving away 3 hampers (worth $70 each) to 3 winners!
Follow the instructions below and stand a chance to win some of the mentioned goodies for your family.
The giveaway will run from today till 23 Feb 2017, 10pm. All the best!

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