Nice Salad Found @ ARC

One of my colleagues requested to have salad for lunch today & suggested to go ARC (Alexandra Retail Centre).

We walked around ARC to see which cafe serves an affordable salad & happened to pass by Fresh Healthy Cafe. They are selling wrap, panini and salad. They also sell drinks (smoothies, juices etc) and soup too.

I asked for a brochure so that I can go back to my seat to choose what I want with my colleagues.
I was told by the staff that I have to order & collect myself. So after I gathered all the orders, I proceed to the counter. My order was chicken caesar salad & raspberry drink.

The serving speed was quite fast because my salad was ready within 5mins. Furthermore, I like their friendly & polite service because I keep seeing smiles & hearing "thank you" from them.

Anyway, here's my food review - The presentation was well done because it really looked very appetizing. I really got attracted to it! And ya,  I love their sauce! The sour taste (guess there's vinegar inside) simply matched well with my salad. Chicken breast was tender and marinated with black pepper (I guess). Tomato slices were marinated with cheese. Actually, I am not a tomato-lover because of the raw taste but the cheese simply covered it and it taste really good!  Most importantly, the portion was huge. I saw alot of angmohs and I think the portion was just right for them.

Really happy that I found such a nice place for healthy lunch!^^

Do pop by  & give it a try! :)

Menu of food & smoothies

Drinks Menu

My lunch - Salad @ $7.90 & Raspberry pure juice @ $2.90

Fresh Healthy Cafe

Alexandra Retail Centre

#01-30

Nail Services @ Cuttour Hair Studio

Cuttour is my favourite hair salon. I always do my hair there & have been their customer for 3 years.I did hair colouring, treatment & rebonding. Keigo is my usual hair stylist & is very good in cutting short fringe! I always trim my fringe every 2 weeks when I kept short fringe in the past. He is also very good in treating my hair too. They have another good hairstylist named David.

I simply love their services as they are very friendly people and always make my rebonding session very short by entertaining me with their funny conversations.

Other than their great hair services, they do provide nail services too! ^^

As tonight is Halloween night & I have planned to party with my lovely friends, I decided to do my nails yesterday after work. I shared with Jey, the manicurist, on what I wanted. I actually requested for something wild so I thought of leopard prints which is abit outdated but I still like it. She showed me a magazine with some Halloween designs & I decided to go for the ghost design as pumpkin face looks pretty common to me.

I signed for a $300 package so that I can enjoy a 10% discount on every visit. There is no expiry and it is transferable too. She has 3 types of packages and mine is the cheapest. As I am her regular customer, sometimes she will charge me at a flexi rate. :)

If you would like to try out her service, do call for an appointment before you go over. :)

Express Gelish Manicure costs @ $25.80

Cuttour Hair Studio
Blk 201 Hougang St. 21
#01-07
Tel: 6284 4866

Nice Chicken Rice @ Kovan

Finally, I got a chance to blog on one of my favourite chicken rice stall!

I ordered a drumstick with rice and requested them not to chop it because since small, I already got used to holding it to eat and it's yummier to eat it in this way where I can lick it too! ^^

This stall only sells steamed chicken. What I like about them is their chicken is very very very SMOOTH & TENDER. When I bit it, I can feel the juice flowing all over my mouth and yet I don't feel oily at all. The rice is really fragrant & chilli is good!

So what are you waiting for? Go & try it now! ^^

"Steal" this picture online

Chicken rice with drumstick @ $3.50

金斩鸡 (Stall facing Heartland Mall)
Kovan Market & Food Centre 
#01-19

Random Tots - Act Smart = Look Stupid

Have been in the working society for almost 10 years and have seen through many types of people...

Sometimes I wonder...why do one have to act smart in front of people? Is there anything to gain? Or simply hate to lose? Those that I encountered, they are actually not as knowledgeable & intelligent as I thought. Only the humble ones are.

Frankly speaking, if you have to ACT it out & show to people that you are smart, you actually made yourself look more stupid. If you are really that smart, people will know. It's just a natural instinct.

Furthermore, this type of person normally has a negative mindset. People who are negative, it's hard for them to excel in anything. Only those who are positive & able to look at a bigger picture, are the ones who can survive in the end.

So let's be positive in thinking! 

Curry with Chicken Cutlet @ Coco Ichibanya

Suddenly craving for curry with chicken cutlet @ Coco Ichibanya & decided to have my lunch at there! ^^

They always serve a big portion of rice so it's definitely a good news for the guys! :P

Normally, their service staff will ask for the portion of rice & the spicy level we want. I go for normal portion and chose spicy level 1. After it came, I think I should request for half the portion of rice coz it's really too much for me.

I love the curry gravy very much as it taste sweet & spicy at the same time! Chicken cutlet taste crispy & good. The price is reasonable & service is not bad. I feel that it's worth to give it a try :) I will definitely come back for it! ^^

Curry with Chicken Cutlet @ $12 before GST

 Coco Ichibanya
#02-06, The Star Vista

Cheap Vegetarian Food @ Holland Drive Food Centre

Finally, I manage to pull myself & walk to Holland Drive Food Centre for lunch today. I don't really like to go there because of the hot weather & the distance.It's about 10mins walk from Buona Vista MRT station.

Due to today is 初一, I decided to have vegetarian food. Surprisingly, I still can find $2 food! The portion is pretty big & taste good. It was indeed filling.

This food centre has a wide variety of food. I will definitely come back again! ^^

Vegetarian Food @ $2

Sweetcorn Korean Pancake Recipe

Yesterday...I suddenly feel like making some snacks for tea break so I decided to make Sweetcorn Korean Pancake. 

Whenever I feel like making Korean dishes, I will go to Maangchi's blog to view her recipes.
So far, I have not tried to make any Korean dish yet due to laziness. :P

Sweetcorn Korean Pancake

Actually, I was very surprised that it was so easy to make! Below is the recipe.
Enjoy! ^^

Ingredients
1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp corn kernels

Method
1) Mix all the ingredients together & stir till no lumps.
2) Heat up a non-stick pan and add some vegetable oil.
3) Add the mixture to the heated pan and spread it thinly.
4) Cook for a few minutes until the bottom of the pancake turns golden brown and crispy.
5)  Flip it. A few minutes later, when the bottom of the pancake is crispy and golden brown, flip or turn it over again. Transfer it to a cutting board and cool it down.
6)  Cut into bite size pieces and put it on a plate.

Roasted Pork with Kai Lan for Lunch

It's a rainy day today and the only sheltered place where I can get out of my workplace is One-North foodcourt.

I feel like drinking soup but also feel like having something spicy too so as to keep myself warm. Hence, in the end, I decided to have Thai cuisine.

I saw this simple but yet special dish on the menu and decided to give it a try. It's called Roasted Pork with Kai Lan. As this stall normally has long queue & the food they serve, is usually quite nice, I don't doubt the taste of this dish at all.

When I received the dish, I was abit disappointed by the portion of the roasted pork. Only 3 pieces. :(
But the overall taste with the spiciness, was really thumbs up!

Roasted Pork with Kai Lan - $6

Received Nougats from Australia!

So happy to see these nougats on my desk this morning when I reached office!

They were from my colleague who went to Australia recently.

I think I am an easily contented person with food & sweet gifts :P
Price doesn't matter at all. It's the efforts put in by the giving party!

Yummy BBQ Spicy Chicken for Today's Lunch

It's been a long time I have yet eaten the BBQ spicy chicken from One North foodcourt's Korean stall!

I still feel that this stall serves the best Korean food among the ones that I have been to :)

I love their kimchi noodles & bbq spicy chicken. They have a wide variety of choices like toufu soup, kimchi soup, bibimbap, ramen with either chicken/pork/beef, BBQ chicken/beef/Saba fish etc.

Do drop by & give it a try one day! ^^

BBQ Spicy Chicken - $6.50

Chicken Ramen - $6

Hair Products to Pamper My Long Hair

Sorry peeps...I did not blog recently coz I was super busy with my baby & haven't got time to eat good food...

Just want to share some hair products that I have bought on last Sun from my hairstylist.

Ever since I have given birth, my hair is getting more fine & easily broken. Also, I always have a hard time combing my long hair due to it's too dry as I used to use the hair iron daily.

Hence, I decided to rebond my hair! I have bought hair mask, a hair product to make my hair grows thicker & collagen!

Hope my hair will become smooth & silky! ^^ 

Pink tube - Hair Mask, Purple Bottle - Thicken the hair, Yellow bottle - Collagen

Beer Market

Finally, I had a chance to go to Beer Market!

It's actually quite a normal-sized pub and they have live band.

I was quite sad that they don't sell Blanc 1664, the fruity white beer. :( 

So I ordered Erdinger instead. 

They also have a promotion during the happy hour for the snacks too. 

It's 3 choices for $10 & 1 choice for $4. It's pretty reasonable to me! So how can I miss it?!

*Choices include wings (spicy/baked honey glazed bbq/crispy), luncheon fries, spring rolls, prawns twisters and mini sausages

Tuesday to Thursday from 6pm – 8pm and whole of Sunday

Most customers were angmohs. It's abit hard to squeeze through them when I need to go to the ladies because they were very tall! :(

Erdinger Beer

Wings, Luncheon fries & mini sausages

3B River Valley Road, 
#01-17/02-02 Clarke Quay, 179021