Makan-Makan in Singapore

Living in Malaysia, we are blessed with many types of different foods from different cultures such as Nasi Lemak, Curry Mee, Bah Kut Teh, Roti Canai, Prawn mee and many more.

A lot of us who went to Singapore will come back with one complaint which is the foods in Singapore is bad/ not tasty. But why? There are also some foods which are good in Singapore.

The Singaporeans prefer foods which are milder in taste, also less salty and less dark soy sauce. Unlike the Singaporeans, we Malaysians love foods which are very strong in taste.

Some of the foods which I had tasted in Singapore and find it not so good is fried carrot cake and fried kuey teow. The Singapore version is sweet, idk why they used sweet sauce to fried them. But as for me I still prefer mine salty. Also maybe because Singaporean are healthier, the foods are less oily. But fried carrot cake and kuey teow will not be successful without oil and most importantly pork lard.

Enough with talking, back to the post, below is some of the foods I had during my last visit. Enjoy!

1. Makansutra Gluttons Bay : Located next to Esplanade Mall Singapore

Singapore Fried Prawn Noodles



This dish is a must-eat every time I visit Singapore. It is the fried version of Penang Prawn Noodles. It is a mixture of yellow noodles and thick rice vermicelli. Best eaten with lime juice and sambal. It is usually served on an opeh leaf  (a form of palm leaf). You guys can try this recipe from rasamalaysia.com.

Spaghetti Carbonara and Mushroom Soup



Grilled Pork Belly




The grilled pork belly is very juicy but the skin is a bit hard. It will be better if it is crispier.

That is all we had tried in Makansutra Gluttons Bay. From what I found, one should try the BBQ Sambal Stingray and the Sate.

2. Tori Q Japanese Yakitori stall




Some of the skewered meats from the stall.

Cute illustration of the meat parts.

Tori Q Bento for S$5.60. Japanese steam rice with 4 Japanese Yakitori: 2 chicken, 1 pork, 1 chicken meatballs, seaweeds and their very tasty sauce. I love the meats especially the meatballs also the rice mixed with the sauce. Heaven...

The stall is located in Takashimaya S.C, Bugis Junction, Paragon, C.K. Tang, Bishan, Tampines Mall, Jurong Point, Ion Orchard and Hougang Mall. All in Singapore. Hopefully they will open a franchise in Malaysia.

3. Lee Wee & Brothers Nasi Lemak

I had mention this nasi lemak before in my previous post. I'm just gonna post the pictures up for this entry. They have varieties of lunch box which I'm definitely trying in my next Singapore trip.

4. Bugis Junction's Food Junction

Popiah/ Spring Roll. It has a very strong garlic smell. Prefer popiah by Sisters Crispy Popiah. 

Some Mango Dessert. Shaved ice with mango cubes, condensed milk and vanilla ice cream. A spoon of this after a walk in Bugis Street is heaven.

Chicken Salmon Teppanyaki. So-so...the sauce tasted abit sweet and salty. 

5. Eating @ Singapore Budget Terminal

A bit different from Malaysia Curry, milder taste, I think they replace coconut milk with fresh milk?

Chicken Shu mai

That's it for my makan journey in Singapore. Ending the post with some cam-whore photos...*blush*

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Universal Studio Singapore 2011: USS 2011

Went Universal Studio Singapore- USS the other day. The USS ticket pricing is S$72/adult for weekends. Convert back to our humble RM, it would be about 160+ per pax. Very expensive lo..but then its my 1st time to a themed theme park...sounds weird...

I had only been to Sunway Lagoon and my next destination will be Disneyland, I will start off with the one in HK, then Japan, then California ( yeah..keep on dreaming)

Universal's trademark globe. Did not manage to take a good picture of me with it...too many people...hate crowds.

There are a total of 7 different themes available in the park and I love Far Far Away and Ancient Egypt the most. Far Far Away is where all your dreams come true, with castles, Fairy Godmothers but the attractions there focus mainly on Shrek.

Enough of talking, let the photos do the talking.

Hollywood & New York @ USS


*Must watch show in New York is 'Lights, Camera, Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg'

Betty Boop with her funny hair.

Big Yellow Cab, let me in, Dam it!!

Awkward looking Charlie Chaplin with his 2 pretty assistant *shy*

Such punchable tummy: Kungfu Panda

Excuse me duckie/birdie...may I know your name?

And that's the end of Hollywood & New York, no rides here only souvenir shops, restaurants and shows.

Next up: Sci-Fi City


This is where the famous attraction are located, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon and Human. Be prepared to wait for at least half and hour or more before your turn reach.

Look at the twisted-sick-looking track of the must-try-atrraction in USS: Battlestar Galactica. Did I try? Are you kidding me? After paying S$72....of course...*ehem* I did not try...I still want to live to see the castles in land of Far Far Away.

Some scary looking alien in tight outfits.

Ancient Egypt


Located right next to Sci-Fi, there is also a must-try: Revenge of the Mummy, which I did not try again * regret to the max*

Visitors are not allowed to bring their bag while riding the attractions, thus lockers are provided for free next to each rides.

Brendan Fraser look-alike...I look uneasy here...shall improve on my posing...

Egypt Princess with wash board abs...*envy*

Good looking, muscular Ancient Warrior

Messing around in Egypt..lol

Leng Lui with pretty castle view in the background.

The Lost World

Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure, a must ride which got me drenched in water in and out....

Jurassic Park Rapids Adventure: It may look like a harmless river cruise ride but it makes my clothing all soak in water. If you want to try the ride, please bring extra clothing, including undies. But I think I'm the unlucky one, I got the most water among the 7 of us. T.T

Also, we waited 1 hour for our turn to reach.

Waterworld: Live, explosive water show, re-enactment of the 1995 movie 'Waterworld'.

Then we got a little bit hungry.

Everything in the menu is so damn expensive. And so, we only had...

Nachos with Japaleno Cheese, S$5.50. When you are too hungry, you will not be able to differentiate whether or not it is delicious and that's what I'm experiencing...lol...just kidding...the nachos is normal but I'll prefer if its dipping is tomato salsa..yummy...

Hot Dog with soft bread...this is something that needs improvement...the hot dog is ok, but the bread is a no-no. It feels like the bread had been soaked in water, my guess is that they boil the hot dog in water and before the water dried up, they already place it in between the bread. No mayo, mustard, only a packet of ketchup.

Far Far Away

♥♥ A land where all couples live happily ever after ...  ♥♥

Lastly, Madagascar 


Not much photos here...we missed the famous ride here which is Madagascar: A Crate Adventure.. after lining up for about 45 minutes we heard a loud 'BANG' sound, and we were told there is technical problem and the ride won't be operating till the next one hour. T.T Bad Day


Dinner @ USS


Then we had dinner outside of Universal Studio as the foods sold in USS is too expensive. We went to ruyi for some affordable dinner. The space in the restaurant is very limited.

From l-r: Fried Rice, Tofu with minced meat rice, Fried noodles.

Food is ok, I think the fried rice and noodles are not freshly prepared and it is reheated with microwave , price affordable. All foods are served in a paper cup/bucket.

Fireworks


The reason why we stayed in till so late is for this:

The fireworks is quite disappointing and also I'm not good in taking fireworks...can anyone please teach me how to do it, to capture great fireworks photos? I'm using Olympus ePL1/ Olympus PEN.

Below is some fireworks photo I wish to achieve ( photo courtesy of chuckei.com)

Argghh...all is so beautiful...I wana take photos like this...any experts out there willing to teach me?

Our World, Their War

I guess most of us are familiar with the word Transformer... popularized by the film Transformer (2007) featuring the very sexy Megan Fox.

Picture taken from New York Post.com

The film is a huge success..with explosive action, sexy Megan Fox and also sexy cars like:

Chevrolet Camaro which transforms into Bumble Bee.

And of course from the pictures above, you guys can guess that I will be transforming into Bumble Bee to protect the world. One of the main reason is because I love the striking yellow, also the look of the car.

There's a twist though, there will be many Bumble Bees which will be operated by humans. Why? Because its is our world, thus we, humans must also be in the role to protect it.

The Bees (Bumble Bee) will be in the form of Chevrolet Camaro before it transforms to attract human into driving it. It will then be activated with the Ultimate Movie Card with the option to 'Protect or Destroy'.

The humans who enter into the vehicle will need to choose whether to protect or destroy. This step is to prevent from having people with the wrong intention to have control over the 'Bees'.

Also Megan-Fox lookalike will be assigned to each car to attract more people.

My strategy for winning is by using girls, cars, as well as quantity, with the amount of people in the world, the chances of winning the war is very high.

Easy Homemade Dry Mee Recipe

It is time for midnight snack again...Let me think of what to eat.. Hmmmm..

1. Instant noodles? 
Saves time and tasty~ BUT MSG = unhealthy

2. Mamak?
Lazy to go out + no $

3. Spaghetti? 
Time consuming, by the time I finish cooking, I'll be too tired to eat

4. Ramly Burger?
( go back to no. 2)

*Scratch head

That's it...Dry Mee Home Style...

No frying needed, even those who do not know how to cook will be able to prepare this..

Let's not waste anymore time. Here's the ingredients:

Left-Right: Dark Soy Sauce, Light Soy Sauce, Chilli Garlic Sauce, Sesame oil, Pepper

The main: Noodles, lol...it is written there instant noodles too but minus the MSG .hehe

Here's how to make it: 


1. Bring the noodles to boil in a pot fill with water, cook for about 2-3 mins, like how you are cooking
    your instant noodles.

2. Next, prepare the sauce. Just add in abit of everything. Here, I'm cooking for 2:

    1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce, 2 tablespoon of light soy sauce, pepper to taste, half tablespoon of
    sesame oil, and lastly chilli to taste.


OPTIONAL: You guys can also fry some garlic and add in the fried garlic with the oil in the sauce, but since I'm too lazy I skipped the step.

3. Drain the noodles and mix it with the sauce.

There you have it, your midnight snack in just 3 simple steps. Enjoy!!

Malacca Teo Chew Bah Kut Teh

Bah Kut Teh is a must eat food in Klang. Those that we have in Klang are the Hokkien version, which has a darker soup color compared with the Teo Chew's.

Today we are gonna have BKT the Teo Chew way, with lighter soup color and has a more peppery taste to it.

In the pot: Meats, Mushroom, Celery, Enoki mushroom, Meat balls


Quite weird that they add celery in the pot, but it does blend in though.

The Yam rice, you can also choose to have the white rice. But try the yam rice, it is tastier.

The rice with real yam in it.

You Tiao @ Fried oil stick: Bah Kut Teh's best friend.

D' Pot.

Meat Ball, the I-Loved-Most-Ingredient in the pot. With the right amount of meats plus fat, the meat is soft and tasty.

Too bad the amount of balls in the pot is limited. I'm not sure whether do you need to add-in the meat balls or it is already in the pot. It is better to ask, or else you will miss the meat balls.

The meat is abit too dry for me, I still prefer those in Klang ^^.

The shop which is located in Melaka Raya, opposite of Comfort Hotel .

Overall, I love the meat ball and the yam rice. Nevertheless, the Klang Bah Kut Teh is still the best but it is good to try something different.

Although the soup is milder, but it has a different taste to it as it has pepper in it, making it a bit spicy. I'm not sure of the price as I do not need to pay..hehe...Avoid going during public holiday as the workers will be too busy to serve you.

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My 1st Buffered Earnings from Nuffnang

Yeah...my 1st Buffered Earnings from Nuffnang. I have not been logging in to mu nuffnang account for weeks, due to the reason, ermm my account do not really earn much $$.

Its been almost half year since I started this blog of mine which focuses on food and travel. The establishment of lmeichil.blogspot.com is for me to share my travel and dining experience.

I found Nuffnang from a few other blogs which I read such as chuckei.com and isabellakuan.com. I find it rather interesting that you can blog and at the same time earn some pocket $. But after months of blogging, I find that I am not up to par like the above blogger who earn hundreds and even thousands just by blogging.

And so I give in to the fact that I am not a very good writer, hence no reader. But I did not give up tho, I still update my blog but not as often when I just started, but I am now very motivated to blog since there are 3 campaigns for buffered earnings running in my Nuffnang account.

I am not sure how this happened but from what I'd read this is how.

Also a brief explanation on what is buffered earnings from nuffnang :

For MCPM (Metered CPM) campaigns

• Advertisers buy a set of unique visitors from your blog that will be able to see their ads on your blog for a certain number of weeks.
• The earnings for your mCPM campaign will be held in Buffered Earnings while the campaign is running till your blog finish serving the number of uniques the advertisers bought from your blog. Once your blog finish serving the number of uniques, the earnings will be credited to your Current Earnings.

I may not be earning very much but I am definitely earning a bit of $ by just keeping this blog. For those who loves keeping a blog and earning at the same time, pay a visit to nuffnang.com.my to start your blogging journey.

For now I'm just gonna dream that I'll be earning enough $$$ from nuffnang to support my next vacation. Pray for me...ehehe by supporting this humble blog of mine.

Random picture from my recent Redang trip...*praying* nuffnang..please make my dream come true...lol