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QUICK AND SIMPLE RECIPES – SALAD USING KWEPIE MENTAIKO DRESSING

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Spicy fish roe is a delicacies in Japan that it has transform itself to different products. Don’t be surprise if you come across products such as bread, salad dressing, rice balls, potato chips, rice crackers, biscuits with flavours of spicy fish roe (mentaiko).

I am totally a convert to spicy fish roe, the first time I saw my ex-Japanese boss bringing his lunch box packed by his wife, inside his lunch box, it only contains rice, spicy fish roe and a side salad. I was so intrigued that in my Japan trip, I finally bought it from the airport and cooked my first mentaiko spaghetti, and it tasted so yummy and surreal!

The savory of the fish roe and a little hint of spiciness is so addictive, it has zero taste of fishiness yet it is just something that you can’t get your head around, how the flavour can go well with so many food. And from there onwards, I have been hooked, whenever I saw products that is made of spicy fish roe, it will just go straight into my supermarket shopping basket. 🙂

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SALAD DRESSING REVIEW – WISHBONE LOW CALORIE DRESSING SPRITS

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When it comes to salad, I am a salad dressing franatic, especially when I go to overseas, I will bring back bottles and bottles of dressing, especially if it is from Japan! love their never ending concoction of dressings, it will be something that I would like to post here so that you will know which is good next time when you head down to the supermarket. 🙂

Okay back to the dressing. I saw this Wish Bone Salad Spritzers Caesar Delight with Olive Oil Vinaigrette Dressing while I was shopping at Cold Storage. What attracted me to it was the 2 calories per spray, looks convenient enough and healthy enough as well.

Part of me kept telling myself, finally a way to control my usual overdose of dressing, but part of me said this might not be something I will enjoy as it probably lacks kick. But I found out I was actually very wrong. 🙂

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ORGANIX GOODIES COCOA & RAISIN SOFT OATY BARS FOR CHILDREN

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I got this Organix goodies Cocoa & Rasin Soft Oaty Bars the other day when I was in Cold Storage, as they were having a promotion, I got this one box to give my little boy a treat.

There were a couple of flavors, the other one that I saw was carrots, so I opted for the chocolate & raisin instead since both is my son’s favourite.

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SUPER MIX 5 POP CORN PRODUCT REVIEWS – IS IT REALLY THAT SUPER?

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During the time when you were sick, do you sometimes have that urge to get some “heaty” snacks or even, some drastic measures prompted you to wanting to down some alcohol to “neutralize” the bad stuff in your body? Ok, sometimes I am guilty as charged. But this time round, I went just a little easier on myself.

Having been sick for 2 weeks, regaining my taste buds seemed to be such a blessing! So there I was, checking out Watson with my colleague, and chanced upon this Pop corn, put me in a instant happy mood with the all-so-colorful packaging. It looks very Japanese, but at fraction of the price, what’s more it is called the Super Mix 5 Pop Corn, even more alluring for me to find out just how super it is. 🙂

This so called Super Mix 5 Pop Corn is actually made in Korea, but with all the Japanese words all over the container, one would really mistaken it as some Japanese snack. All it cost me was $2.

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HOKKAIDO FAIR 2011 SINGAPORE AT MEIDIYA LIANG COURT – BEST BUY FROM THE FAIR

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I was at the Hokkaido Fair 2011 at Meidiya Liang Court today. I am sure you have probably been to the one at Tampines mall, but to me it is so much more convenient to have it in Meidiya Liang Court because it is the ultimate Japanese supermarket in Singapore besides Isetan Scotts. You can get to check out all the Hokkaido Fair goodies here, and also so much more other Japanese & International products here as well.

Hokkaido Fair 2011 Meidiya Entrance

I got my fair share of goodies from this fair and you can check out this post to see some of the highlights of this Hokkaido Fair 2011 at Meidiya Liang Court.

Here is also a good opportunity to check out what Hokkaido latest offering is and sample it out before you make your purchase.

There were two parts of the Hokkaido Fair here, they basically has splitted the Fair into two portions so that you will get different products during the fair.

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CRYSTAL JADE LONGEVITY BUNS – GREAT BIRTHDAY IDEAS

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I was at Great World City checking out some eateries there, when I chanced upon this Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao branch locatedon the 2nd floor of Great World City selling Crystal Jade Longevity Buns.

They have this counter right in front of the restaurant that sell bread, pastries and lots of steamed buns like Longevity Buns which you do not usually see in other Crystal Jade outlets, so I decided to check it out and do a review on it.

Crystal Jade Longevity Buns b4 cook

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NATURE VALLEY GRANOLA BAR – HEALTHY SNACK THAT TASTE SO GOOD!

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As the end of the year is approaching, I am feeling a bit.. delusional, thinking still have time to meet my resolution for the year I have been trying to eat a little healthier lately.

Then when I read from the magazine where they printed this Nature Valley granola bars, I told myself I got to try this out, at least it will still be better than munching on the chocolate cookie. It is definitely a low calorie option, 100%, natural ingredients like whole grain oats & honey, you know – a light bulb moment.

There I go, happily went to the supermarket to try it out to see if I can debunk the myth that low calorie packet snack usually taste horrible and at the same time, march one step closer to complete my 2011 resolution. (Delusional)

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AJINAMOTO FROZEN GYOZA FROM SUPERMARKET – PRODUCT REVIEWS

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Ever see this Ajinamoto brand of Japanese gyoza in your supermarket?

I am happy to declare that I have come close to finding the perfect frozen gyoza! I have been searching for it for a long time as my family likes gyoza and we sometimes will fry up for brunch or mix it in Korean kimchi chigae stew.

After trying numerous flavors, they are either with skin that are too thick or too thin, or not tasty enough or ingredients too little. Ok we are a fussy bunch when it comes to this, so to my family delight, sometime back I saw this in meidiya japanese supermarket having an offer on ajinamoto gyoza, which comes in chicken and vegetables flavor, shrimp and also vegetarian option.

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PRODUCTS REVIEW – HAPPY MELTS WHICH IS GOOD FOR YOUR KIDS TUMMY

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I was at a 1st year baby party when I came across this wonderful snack called Happy Melts organic yogurt snacks . My colleague was feeding this to his son, and shared some with mine, that’s where I got to know this snack.

I then came across it while shopping at fairprice xtra at nex so decided to get it.

This comes in 3 flavors (strawberry / mixed berry / banana mango) and I got the mixed berries for my son.

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KITCHEN GADGETS REVIEW – ONION SHREDDER & PEELER FROM DAISO

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I have been eyeing this kitchen gadget from Daiso for a long time, as I love spring onions, & always put tonnes of it in some of my dishes, this onion shredder & peeler from Daiso look like some tools that I can take advantage of when I need to cook something that will need thinly sliced spring onions.

This tool comes with both the shredder & peeler and they comes with a plastic cover so you can either shred or peel without worrying how to hold it.

I tried it out today with the spring onions rather than leek, and I think it serves its purpose into shredding thinly sliced spring onions, those you can find on steam fish at restaurants, where they will sprinkle the spring onions all over it and drizzle with soya sauce. But I think it will be easier to to shred leeks rather than spring onions as I feel this gadget is easier to use on thicker vegetables.

Overall, I am happy with this $2 Daiso kichen gadget, and already told my mum to try using this when we steam some seabass next time. If you do not use the shredder, you can always just stick to the peeler that it comes with.

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Dawn