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DAISO COOKIE CUTTER – KIDS FRENCH TOAST IN ADORABLE SHAPES IN MINS

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As I have some bread left, decided to use it to make some french toast at the last minute for saturday breakfast, then I remembered I have a pack of cookie cutter which I bought from Daiso some time ago, and was supposed to use it for omelette or rice balls.

So these cookie cutter became my last minute props for making some cute french toast with my son. 🙂

Adorable Kids French Toast Recipes

There are many ways of making french toast, mostly require eggs batter, some use milk, some use cream and even vanilla ice cream.

Adorable Kids French Toast Recipes

But as this was a last min thing, all I have was just some eggs, so I decided to make it simple and embark this little family bonding time over french toast. 🙂

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DAISO PRODUCT REVIEWS – GREAT TASTING JAPANESE RAMEN ALL FOR $1

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Want some great tasting Japanese Ramen in a jiffy and better still, just at $1?

I came across this Japanese Ramen, or rather Soba as stated on the packaging at Daiso and has been buying it ever since, as my family loves this very much. This great tasting ramen comes in 2 servings, and all comes with the soup base and takes less than 3 mins to make a slurperlious meal. 🙂

I like to add various toppings in this ramen too, and you might be very surprise to know that it taste just as good as those $20 a bowl ramen you eat at restaurants too. 🙂 (Okay, that’s what my husband said, and I agree with him too!)

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BANDAI SUSHI ROLL MAKER REVIEWS – WHO KNOWS PLAY WITH FOOD CAN BE SO GOOD

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So who says you can’t play with food? I am proving you wrong this time 🙂

One way or another, you will probably have played with your cooking set before, and you might also sometimes flip the TV channels and came across this sushi roll maker ads which is from this Japanese toy maker Bandai. I have been so obsessed with it since I saw it on a kids channel and decided to hunt around to see if I can get one, and lucky me found it at Robinson. 🙂

Just the look at it is captivating, there are so many cute pictures of sushi ideas all over the box and also this sushi roll maker toy make different sizes of sushi roll, range from 1 cm / 3cm & 5cm, and using it is a breeze if you can figure out how to use the first time. 🙂 But as they have both English and Chinese pamphlet, and pictures to illustrate how to use it, you should get the hang of it in no time. 🙂

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BREAKFAST IDEAS USING HAPPYCALL PAN – ONE SET FOR THE ADULTS ONE SET FOR THE LITTLE KIDS

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I like to prepare some nice breakfast on weekends so that I can enjoy with my family, we will make pancakes, sandwiches, hotdogs, or big breakfasts, well usually something western. 🙂 My son will also get to break some eggs and prepare his own breakfast too.

So to test out how quickly I can whip up a breakfast using the Happycall pan, I have tried it out last sunday.

I also managed to make a child version of a big breakfast too. 🙂

So if you have a Happycall pan, why not try it out besides your usual lunch or dinner menu, breakfast can be cooked swiftly too!

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SIMPLE AND QUICK JAPANESE RECIPES – WAFU PASTA JAPANESE PASTA IN MINUTES

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Wafu pasta (和風) which is japanese style pasta is one genius way of cooking pasta. They are lighter on the palate than some of the popular Italian recipes around, and with that dose of Japanese asian flavours in it, you can create many different pasta dishes.

You can add fish roe, seaweed, pork slices, mushrooms, and many other asian ingredients to this dish, very versatile and for the older generation, they also prefer this flavor as well. 🙂 This time round I have decided to use meihijiki.

japanese pasta meihijiki with bacon & mushroom

Hijiki itself if a seaweed from japan, which has high dietary fibre and essential minerals, and it is good for health and beauty. You can use these for simmered dishes with soya sauce & japanese cooking wine, first look at it, and you might think it looks a bit strange, all short black strings of seaweed, but after cooking you can taste that subtle aroma from the seaweed, and I like how their texture like too, besides it is very easy to prepare too. 🙂

wafu pasta

Because this wafu pasta does not come with a lot of sauce, you can cook this and leave it to eat and you won’t feel soggy at all, it is more like fried noodles. 🙂

Ingredients needed

Hijiki x 1 table spoon

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DAISO PRODUCTS REVIEWS – KIDS HAIR CAPE – HAPPY HAIR CUT DAYS AHEAD

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I have got this piece of cool kids hair cape from Daiso and did a review on it. 🙂

okay, have anyone of you got your hair cut by your parents when you were little? Or if you are a parent, ever plan to cut or already attempt to cut your kids hair? Ok let’s face it, one way or the other you might have that idea at the back of your mind wanting to do it hee hee.. (I know, poor kids)

Okay, I am guilty as charge and am one of those parent who attempted it, since I got my first kids shaver during my trip to japan last year, decided to try it out. 🙂

daiso haircut cape product reviews

Tried on my son but things get messy when he start fidgeting because of the small pieces of hair scattering around his neck and shoulders. Needless to say he got some uneven hair that needs immediate SOS barber attention. what’s more, I got to clean up the floor because even though I placed newspaper on it, hair still scattered around. 🙁

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DAISO 100% LEMON JUICE EXTRACT – LEMON IN A BOTTLE PRODUCT REVIEWS

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My first encounter with lemon extract was when I was browsing the supermarkets in Japan, I was checking out all the condiments and spices available and discovered this little cute yellow bottle that looked like a lemon, at that time, I could not read much Japanese so was only guessing it is something to do with lemons or citrus fruits .

And when I saw it here at Daiso, I was delighted to see it again, it is indeed a lemon extract, and what’s more it is now in a ultra cute packaging, even my son didn’t want to let it go when I took it out. 🙂

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SIMPLE AND QUICK SELF MADE VALENTINE’S DAY CHOCOLATE GIFT PACK IDEAS – COST SAVINGS TOO!

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If you have read my other post about the Best Chocolates in Singapore, by now you probably have already find your favourite chocolate to give to someone special 🙂

But if you feel like it is a tad boring to give out Valentine’s Chocolate from one shop, why not mix it all up and let the others enjoy a variety of them? 🙂

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DAISO PRODUCTS REVIEW – HEALTHY SEAWEED WITH VINEGAR DRESSING

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I have been watching some Japanese variety show and the celebrities were saying food that has a sticky or slimy texture in nature is suppose to be good for health.

So food like lady’s finger, natto (fermented beans) and also grated yam (yamaimo) is used for mixing maguro tuna are very good for health, and as I was browsing at Daiso food section, I spotted this seaweed with wordings saying sticky seaweed, so you do the math, seaweed already is good for health plus a double dose of stickiness make it a mega health food! I guess I will give it a try 🙂

This dried seaweed pack comes in one portion which is for me, good for 2 – 3 people as a side dish, only takes a couple of mouthful anyway.

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CHINESE NEW YEAR 2012 – SUPERMARKETS OPERATING HOURS

Hi there, => I guess this it is, the final full listing of all major supermarkets are here 🙂

I was shopping at Ntuc fairprice supermarket earlier on, and there were already tonnes of Chinese New Year goodies stacking from the entrance to the back of the store. Even thou this year’s Chinese New Year was so close to 2011 Christmas, it still does not deter shoppers to stock up all the good stuff. 🙂

So while I was chatting with the cashier staff, we were talking about how they get to take off during Chinese New Year which is quite nice as most of the staff were really looking forward to it. So there it is, found out their Chinese New Year 2012 supermarkets operating hours and would like to share it with the readers.

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Ntuc Fairprice supermarket will be closing at 5pm on 22 January, which is Chinese New Year’s Eve. Chinese New Year will be officially closed for the day, and they will be back to work the next day.

Ntuc FairPrice Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours
Ntuc FairPrice Xtra Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours
Ntuc FairPrice Finest Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

22 January 2012 – Chinese New Year’s Eve – Open till 5pm
23 January 2012 – 1st Day of Chinese New Year – Closed
24 January 2012 – 2nd Day Chinese New Year – Open till 5pm

* Certain outlets might differ in the opening hours, but most of all the outlets will be closed on Chinese New Year Day and follow above schedule.

However latest news is that below 12 of it’s outlets will be opened on Chinese new year day one :

– Clementi ave 2, Block 352 clementi avenue 2, 01-141/3 – Tel : 67743657

– Telok Blangah, block 78A Telok Blangah street 32, 01-01 – Tel : 62704201

– Tampines street 11, block 107, Tampines street 11, 01-353/5/7/9 – Tel : 67810648

Another 8 stores are located at Jalan Tiga, Fernvale Point, Teban Garden, Jurong West St. 41, Lengkong Tiga, Bukit Batok East Ave 3, Bishan St 24, and. In addition to this, store at Changi Airport Terminal 3 will remain open till 11pm.

On the first day of the festivities (23 January), a total of 12 stores will remain open including the 10 24-hour stores stated above.

The other two stores are Changi Airport Terminal 3 (7am to 11pm) and Scotts Square (8am to 5pm).

Cheers & Fairprice Express Opening as Usual 24 hours

You can check out below listing as well.

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Daiso $2 shop Chinese New Year Operating Hours

IMM Daiso – open as usual
Vivocity Daiso – open as usual
Plaza Singapura Daiso – open as usual
Ion Daiso – open as usual
Bukit Panjang Plaza – close on Chinese New Year Day (23 Jan)
Rivervale Mall – close on Chinese New Year Day (23 January )
Sembawang Shopping Centre – close on Chinese new Year (23 January )
East Point Mall – close on Chinese New Year (23 January)

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Carrefour Suntec City Supermarket & Carrefour Plaza Singapura Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Chinese New Year’s Eve – 8am to 8pm
Chinese New Year Day – 12pm to 1030pm
All other days open as usual

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Meidiya Japanese Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Chinese New Year’s Eve – 930am – 6pm
Chinese New Year Day (23 January) – Closed
Chinese New Year Day (24 January) – Closed
(25 January) – Business as usual

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Isetan Scotts Japanese Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Chinese New Year’s Eve – 10am – 530pm
Chinese New Year Day (23 January) – Closed
Chinese New Year Day (24 January) – Closed

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Giant Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Giant IMM – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours
Giant Turf City – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours
Giant Pioneer Mall – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours
Giant Tampines – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours
Giant Choa Chu Kang – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours
Giant Junction 10 – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open 24 hours

* Chinese New Year’s Eve & Chinese New Year Day & all other days open as usual.

Giant Sembawang – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open from 9am to 2am
Giant Vivocity – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open from 9am to 2am
Giant Parkway – Eve of Chinese New Year’s Eve (21 January) – open from 9am to 2am

* Chinese New Year’s Eve & Chinese New Year Day & all other days open as usual.

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Cold Storage Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Most of the Cold Storage Supermarket outlets are opening throughout Chinese New Year, however you might want to take note on those outlets that are in the department store, heard that Takashimaya will be closed during Chinese New Year and Cold Storage will follow base on the shopping mall Chinese New Year operating hours.

You can find out the extended hours and also 2012 Chinese New Year Operating Hours of Cold Storage here. 🙂

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Shop and Save Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

Most of the outlets for Shop and Save are still open throughout the Chinese New Year period, only for a few which will be closed. However for Chinese New Year’s Eve, they will be closing early, till 7pm, you can check out their operating hours here.

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Sheng Siong Supermarket Chinese New Year Operating Hours

20 January (Friday) – Extended hours opening from 7am 24 hour
21 January (Saturday) – Open 24 hours
Chinese New Year’s Eve (22 January) (Sunday) – Open until 3pm
Chinese New Year Day (23 January) – Closed
Chinese New Year 2nd Day (24 January) – Closed
Chinese New Year 3rd Day (25 January) – Open as usual

Happy Lunar New Year! Gong Xi Fatt Chai! 🙂

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Cheers,

Dawn