Phylicia Ho: Food

Magnum Pop-Up Store at Vivocity

Hello! Another semester of school has started and I'm being barraged with homework almost everyday. I'm with a new class this sem and so far I'm loving my new classmates already. We get to change classes every semester which is awesome 'cos I'm always keen to meeting new people!

Aside from busy schoolwork and related matters, I found some time to go with the Bestie to the Magnum Pop-up Store at Vivocity a few weeks back in September. Did I mention how crazy I am about ice-creams nowadays? I especially love eating them during cold, rainy days. The cravings come at such a weird time and unsurprisingly it is doing nothing for my weight ._.

A really nice picture of the store taken from the awesome internet.

Another of the interior. You can see that there is such an array of toppings to choose any 3 from! I chose mine with Popping Candy, Macadamia Nuts and Caramel. I can't remember Livia's but one of her toppings was Sea Salt which tasted pretty good, especially if you want to try something different besides the same ol' sweet chocolate.

There are 3 different kinds of chocolate to choose from: Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate or White Chocolate. Coat it or drizzle on top!

The ice-cream was just mind-blowing. I really liked it hahaha we even thought of getting another. Anyway, the customized magnum costs $7 a stick and there are other desserts on the menu too. But we were there for the customized magnums anyway since it was soooo cool, and tasted great too!

Taste: 5/5 'nuff said.

Brb while I grab a magnum

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, by Phylicia Ho

family

Taiwanese food at a Bistro

Hello! :)

Semester exams are OVER YAY. My school had it held much earlier than other polytechnics so I guess I'm one of the first among my friends to start the holidays. But I had lesser time to study though!

It was really stressful since it's sem1, but I'm glad that's over.

Few days ago, I finally had some time to spend with my beloved parents. It's either school or work getting in the way, and it's getting harder for family gatherings. In fact, I think we haven't gone out together as a family in a long time. :(

So we headed for some Chinese cuisine as Mum has been wanting to bring me there for the longest time.

As you can see, it was a 26-dish set so the food kept coming and coming non-stop.

I'm sorry in advance as I do not know which dish is which :(. Most of the dishes were told in Cantonese (which I don't know) and I actually forgot what most of them were, oops.

The food are shown in the order they are served! Since there're so many dishes, every dish is served in a small portion. Don't worry about not getting full though... Even my Dad and Dan who usually eats a whole lot got really full by the time the dessert came.

WATERCRESS SOUP. This tasted really good.

Fried chicken.

Dumpling in a reddish-spicy-hot-looking-but-not-really-hot-at-all soup

Sweet Potato Fries! Tastes better than ordinary fries.

Fried beancurd!

Mum said this was a popular dish that the Taiwanese loved to eat... Not really to my liking though.

Egg with spring onions. Simple, but really quite nice.

Some sort of bazhang wrapped in some kind of leaves. SEE, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS x(

So much fried oyster in a plate! I love oysters but by the time the dish came my tummy was on the verge of exploding. It tasted really good though so if you like oysters you should try this.

The dessert came altogether on this big bowl. On the right side are lychee jellies, left are mint ice shavings with toppings and the drinks if I'm not wrong were mango with pomelo bits.

They actually served us the beehoon last. I don't know if they were smart or trying to troll us, but we were all so full by the time it came. How to eat even? Thought of ordering rice initially but lucky we didn't.

Really thought they could have served the food that were coming in a more organised manner.

I hope I haven't made you guys TOO hungry while reading this.

The restaurant is called Shin Yeh Bistro and is at Novena Square. This Taiwanese "buffet" is quite a new implementation and a minimum of 4 people is required to dine in order to choose the 26-dish set.

Overall I really thought the food wasn't that bad. But I think that Taiwanese dishes aren't suited to my taste buds, so they would have to stay off abit.

Any good foodie places in Singapore? A man can never have enough food!

Thanks for reading loves, that's all for now.

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, by Phylicia Ho

Food

Macarons

After many months of contemplating, I finally took a bite out of a macaron!

For those of you who are unsure.. there's actually a difference between a macaron and a macaroon.

Macaron (Left)
A sweet meringue-based confectionery commonly filled with ganache, buttercream or jam filling sandwiched between two cookies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaron

Macaroon (Right)
A cookie made with egg white, sugar, and ground almonds or coconut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macaroon
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We got our macarons from Pique Nique at Takashimaya Department Store. They have an assorted range of pasteries from cakes to macarons.. and kawaii packaging to boot!
If you like sweeter tasting macarons, then you'll probably like theirs. However, it might be too sweet for some? It's just nice for me since I have a sweet tooth ;)

Yummy food deserves lotsa photos, yo.