Hi everyone! My post on the cooking session using Yifon products with Chef Eric Teo is not out yet but I have something for you guys! All you have to do is to ‘like’ my facebook page, tag yourself in this photo and leave a comment! I have 18 LIMITED EDITION 2012 calenders, featuring 12 innovative recipes formulated by Chef Eric! Only 3 have been autographed by chef! Ends 25 Dec! Good luck! π
I was one of the lucky winners of a facebook contest organized by Smith Leong of Waddup Events and we went on a Haagen Dazs Journey of Indulgence last night! It was raining in most areas of Singapore but thankfully not at Esplanade! As instructed, we reached 15 minutes before departure. Hehe photo-taking starts now! π Here’s misterchewy and I with our friends, Lobster and Alvin! π
All ready to board the Haagen Dazs ice cream bus! Soooo excited! π π π
Ok so it was evident that it did rain before that because the seats were all wet. However, that did not dampen our spirits as the lovely Santarinas went around and handed out plenty of serviettes for us to wipe the seats.
It’s our first time ‘sightseeing’ on a topless bus! So happy that we couldn’t stop smiling! :))
As you can see, the bus is decorated to evoke that Christmasy feel! Wah jialat, we cannot stop camwhoring! π
Whoohoo! Santarina giving out Haagen Dazs ice cream to everyone on board!
Taking in the sights of the Christmas lightings everywhere as the bus cruised through the city!
Hubby Chewy and I chose Cookies & Chocolate ice cream!
I really like this photo of Alvin and Lobster! So pretty with the Christmas lights as the backdrop! π
And then we passed by Tanglin Mall! Isn’t it supposed to be ‘snowing’ here with all the foam? π
Time for some champagne!
We had French Valrhona chocolates too!
Journey of Indulgence indeed! Santarinas went round asking if we wanted another helping of Haagen Dazs ice cream! The husband chose Coffee ice cream this time!
Group photo! That’s Smith at the back! π Anyway all of us really had a good time! We spent close to an hour on the bus!
I’m giving away TWO pairs of tickets to two winners and their friends to experience the Haagen Dazs Journey of Indulgence! Tickets are for 22nd to 24th November, 7pm, 8pm or 9pm. Winners may choose their preferred date and timeslot. All you need to do is ‘Like’ missuschewy on www.facebook.com/missuschewy and tell us your favorite Haagen Dazs ice cream flavor by commenting on this photo! The two winners will be revealed on 21 Nov before midnight! Good luck!
Do you know that ZESPRI kiwifruit are the most ‘nutrient dense’ of popular fruits and belong in the category of “Super Fruits”? They are a rich source of a great variety of nutrients such as Vitamin C, fibre, potassium, zinc, magnesium, have a low Glycemic Index of 52 and are high in antioxidants! I’m glad that my mum got me started on the habit of eating both ZESPRI Green and Gold kiwifruits on a regular basis. The first time I ate a kiwifruit, I tried to peel the hairy skin to get to the fruit but that’s not the right way! The easiest way to eat a kiwifruit is to cut one into half and scoop out the ripe fruit from the skin with a spoon. I’m also excited to share with you that kiwifruit can easily be incorporated into your daily needs. Heart Bistro’s chef took up the challenge and whipped up a tantalizing four-course dinner with his clever use of this nutritional powerhouse. ZESPRI kiwi in my soup? Yums!
Pooja from The Nutrition Clinic gave us an insight on the various health benefits of kiwifruits and emphasized the point that the consumption of this fruit aids the entire body as a whole and not just any one part of the body alone. We had a zesty ZESPRI drink, a lovely blend of green kiwi, green apple and honeydew, to sip on while listening to the engaging nutritionist. If you are preparing kiwifruit juice or puree, stop the food processor before the seeds get crushed as this can add a slightly bitter flavor.
This Salad of Kiwi with Green Mango and Crispy Fish is unmistakably a variation of Thailand’s iconic mango salad with the addition of diced kiwifruit lending a mild sweetness to the overall dish. Guaranteed to arouse and awaken the taste buds!
We were initially quite apprehensive over finding kiwi slices in our bowls of soup but hey, it tastes really great! The Clear Lemongrass Soup with Poached Seafood and Fresh Green Kiwi packs a punch and stimulates the appetite.
ZESPRI kiwifruit contains actinidin, which is a natural meat tenderizer. Simply peel and mash the kiwifruit and spread the pulp on the meat. Let it stand for 10 to 15 minutes, scrape off the pulp and discard. And yes, the Herb & Spice Roasted Spring Chicken with Kiwi Salsa was incredibly juicy and tender beyond words! I’m slightly embarrassed to say this, but I couldn’t resist eating the skin of the chicken!
I had been looking forward to the Kiwi Trifle & Saffron Mousse since the start of the dinner! The dessert was simply mind-blowing. I loved the contrasting textures and this dessert was not cloyingly sweet.
We would like to thank Vanessa from Edelman Public Relations for the invitation, Pooja from The Nutrition Clinic for sharing the benefits of eating kiwifruit and to ZESPRI and Heart Bistro for the kiwi-licious dinner!
I’m conducting a giveaway contest and it will officially start at 12pm! Cool items include the above ZESPRI Gold Kiwifruit 2GB thumb drive! Too awesome for words! I know right, there are lotsa cool thumb drives springing out in the market right now. I don’t think you can find this anywhere else though! π The yellow plastic holder is perfect for storing a kiwifruit and bringing it to work or school. And if you have kids or little nieces and nephews, the tattoo stickers are gonna be a great way to introduce them to kiwifruit! I’ll be throwing in other miscellaneous stuff too π
Ok, the rules are simple.
Step 1: ‘Like’ missuschewy on facebook at www.facebook.com/missuschewy (If you are already a fan, thank you!)
Step 2: I will be posting the link to this post on facebook a little before 12pm. All you have to do is to comment “ZESPRI Kiwifruit FTW!”
Step 3: I will randomly pick a winner so everyone stands an equal chance! Contest ends on Saturday 12pm and the result will be announced on facebook!
Please feel free to participate only if you are comfortable with collecting the prize in person!
Colorful rock candies are all the rage in Singapore! The fruity, sweet and sour titbit originated in Blackpool, England, but has caught on with those with a sweet tooth here. To date, Sweet Enchantment at VivoCity is the first and only rock candy shop that specializes in the technique of sugar moulding using all natural extracts. Beetroot is used to get red as seen in this bottle of candy! As for green and orange, spinach and carrots are used respectively. Currently, there are about 30 flavors which are categorized into 4 key themes: Fruity, Floral, Afternoon Tea and Happy Hour. Sweet Enchantment offers customization of candy for various events and occasions to suit individual preferences and needs! A draw of Sweet Enchantment is its open concept: At its outlet, passers-by are free to watch the pulling of candy three times on weekdays and fives times on weekends.
Live Candy Making Session! We are making Lemon flavored rock candies! π π π
Workers first boil a huge pot of sugar at 150 degrees celsius. The boiling pot of candy mix is then poured onto a metallic counter.
I spot a air multiplier fan! I guess it is used to speed up the cooling process of the candy mix.
The candy mix is then separated into the three different colors.
I was supposed to tie my hair up but didnt have any rubber bands with me so I tucked it in. Smart right! Had to don these gloves too! Gimme a hat and I’ll do a Michael Jackson for you.
Lolliologist Wen Yao is teaching me how to pull the dough. It looks easy but it’s not because it’s kinda heavy. Imagine having to do this repeatedly until the dough has a nice silky shine!
The very eloquent Maya explaining the candy making process to the crowd!
Cutting the yellow orange candy mix up into seven pieces to form seven triangular prisms!
YEAH. I CAN HAZ SHORT HAIR. OMG.
They managed to find a rubber band for me! Guess nobody wants to eat hairy sweets.
Wen Yao teaching me how to mould these into triangular shapes! “Press here.. Press there.. Everywhere press press.. Ta-dah!” Of course he didnt say that.
We passed our triangles to the other lolliologist (oops I don’t know his name) for him to refine them further.
Phew! It’s seriously not as easy as it looks! If only we had macro lens, confirm can see beads of perspiration on my forehead!
And now we need to mould the white candy such that each piece is roughly of the same length and width as the triangles!
All of the seven pieces have to be of the same size for the entire thing to fit nicely!
I invited readers who are on my facebook page to join me in this candy making session. Due to space constraints, I had to randomly select just one reader and here’s a very happy XY! π
XY couldn’t stop smiling to herself when the two cute lolliologists taught her how to roll the candy. Hehe π
Wrapping the final layer! It is red right? The final product is actually yellow! Cool beans!
I bet this thing weighs a tonne! Throw at people confirm die one.
Ok watch this closely! Wen Yao is squeezing out one end which will be discarded later. WHAT?! Yes. Throw away.
Notice that it’s orange at the bottom and yellow on top as its being pulled?
Pull and pull and pull! Looks easy right? It’s not! A lot of strength is required here!
XY giving eye power and hand power. Ok just kidding! Somebody needs to hold onto the candy roll while our lolliologist does the pulling.
Finally! Cylindrical tubes of lemon candy! Can you see me standing beside XY with my mouth wide open?! LOLOL. XY rolls the tubes so that they don’t become flat on one side while they harden on the metallic counter.
As soon as the candy hardens, the tubes are ready to be sliced into many tiny pieces!
XY and I having lotsa fun slicing the candy! If you do it correctly (and expertly), you should hear a “dongdongdongdongdongdong” sound. That’s the sound of sliced candy pieces flying onto the metallic counter lah.
Ahlamak. Chop candy also want to pose and take photo. Maya must be wondering if we can do a good job! π
I really got carried away by the “dongdongdongdongdongdong” sound that I forgot that the pieces are supposed to be kept small! How can let people eat so big sweets? Tak unglam!
Here comes a new challenger! Hubbie Chew believes he can do a much better job than me!
Candy Bandit Maya shows us how it should be done! Compare the left pile and right pile of sweets.
More experts on the job! Their “dongdongdongdongdongdong” sound is soooo fast that I only hear one long “dooooooooonnnnnnnnnnng”.
Just look at that! They took only a few seconds to get so many pieces of candies!
Hey it doesn’t look that bad right? Anyway the perfectly triangular shaped ones couldn’t have been moulded by me. Hehehe I spot a peculiar looking triangle.. *sheepish smile*
The Bergamot Lime rock candy also looks like a cross section of the citrus fruit itself. Notice that the triangles are perfectly shaped and of the same size? π
Other fruit flavors include the Yuzu which is a Japanese citrus. It’s less sweet and very aromatic. You definitely can’t miss this amongst shelves and shelves of candies. Just look out for the “ζ”!
Surely you have seen and eaten purple and green grapes! What about white grapes? Muscat grapes are used to make a variety of sweet dessert wines in various parts of the world. This is one of the popular choices among many. I like it too!
I nearly laughed out loud when I caught sight of these raspberry candies. The pig face staring back at you is simply too funny! These are guaranteed to chase those monday blues away!
I swear my heart skipped a beat when I saw these Haunted Strawberry candies. Too cute! Halloween is coming! Perfect for trick-or-treat!
Sweet Enchantment has a range of floral rock candies too. Nice and sweet-smelling! Lavender is one of them π
I don’t know why but I seem to like everything. The lemongrass tastes so awesome! The candy people at Sweet Enchantment are so cute. Lemon on grass gives you lemongrass! π
The range of afternoon tea candy flavors are equally interesting! I particularly like the English Breakfast Tea. Keep your eyes peeled for the Latte Macchiato, Milk Jam and Caramel candies! π
Happy Hour candies! How cool is that! Alcohol content is less than 5% and probably wouldn’t be able to satisfy the alcoholic in you π But hey, look on the bright side! You can’t drink while at work, but you can indulge in these champagne candies while typing away at your computer! π
I personally prefer the Rum flavored candy. Besides the above four key themes, Sweet Enchantment can help you convey your personalized messages by engraving them into candy! Do look out for new exciting flavors brought together by the team once every one and a half months! π
A big thank you to the lovely gang at Sweet Enchantment for giving me this wonderful opportunity to experience the art of candy making! I’m never gonna look at rock candy the same way again! π
Sweet Enchantment Rock Candy Shoppe
1 Harbourfront Walk
#01-159
VivoCity
Tel: 6376 8006
Opening Hours:
Mon to Sun
11am – 10pm
A total of 14 people took part in the Frolick Frozen Yogurt Vouchers Giveaway Contest! Seeing that the last wall post on missuschewy’s facebook page was around 4pm, I didn’t expect any more entries coming in and decided to start selecting the winners using a random name picker! With the Fruit Machine, names are picked at random so rest assured that everyone was given an equal chance π
Here are our five lucky winners tonight!
Winner #1: Melody Lin
Winner #2: Alicia Yuan
Winner #3: Angela Yeo
Winner #4: Bee Har Chua
Winner #5: Low Shin Yi
Congrats! Please email your addresses to missuschewy@gmail.com and I will mail the two vouchers to you. Note that these vouchers expire on 30 September 2011.
For the rest who participated, don’t be disappointed yeah? There will always be another giveaway in future so stay tuned! π
Photo credit: Grace
Previously, I did an interview with Grace from Working With Grace. You can read it here! Sometime later, Grace asked if I was keen to accompany her for an interview with James Ong, one of the four founders of Frolick! How could I say no to an opportunity like that? I simply love Frolick! π
Frolick is kind enough to sponsor TEN vouchers and I’m giving away a pair of vouchers each to 5 lucky winners! π
Just follow these two simple steps:
Step 1:
Go to missuschewy’s facebook page at www.facebook.com/missuschewy
Step 2:
Tell me who you would like to eat Frolick frozen yogurt with, by tagging your friend in the wall post!
Hehe but first, you would need to ‘Like’ our facebook page in order to do so! π
Example: I would like to eat Frolick frozen yogurt with @Charlene Low
Here’s a tip!
Increase your chances of winning by getting more friends to join in the fun and tag you in their posts because if they win, they win not one but TWO vouchers!
Contest ends on Tuesday 16th August, 9pm. The 5 winners will be randomly selected and names will be announced the following day on my blog and on facebook. Do remember to check and drop me an email with your contact details if you are a lucky winner!
Hope this chases away your Monday blues! Have an awesome week ahead! π