Tampines 1 Food Trail (part 1)

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I was invited by friendly Sherie for a Bloggers Food Trail at Tampines 1. So the previous night, I save the empty space in my stomach so that I can eat and "tahan" all the way till the last stop! But sadly, by the 4th or 5th stop, I'm bloated already. Haha!

I'll be separating this food trail into 2 parts, but I'm not gonna blog according to the station/stops we go, because the last few are desserts, and I don't wanna bore you guys with pictures of desserts on part 2, so I'm just gonna mix it with the stations/stops that has main course in it.

LENAS 

Location: #03-K1/K2

Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm

Contact: 6783 6338

LENAS, the hip and eponymous American Italian restaurant named after its passionate founder is the current place to be at with their vast menu, trendy decor, bustling atmosphere and daily promotions. Catering to everyone with their massive menu selections and affordable prices, it is a fantastic place to hold family gatherings.




We were first served with Ice Mint Lemon Tea in a beer jug. It was kind of interesting I guess, and their Ice Mint Lemon tea doesn't taste too sweet nor too sour, just right.

Grilled Chicken Salad                                                 Smoked Duck Salad

I'm a fan of meat, and I can't live without it! Their grilled chicken salad is da' bomb! I LOVE IT! Their chicken is tender and its not hard at all.

Mix bruchetta

12” Pizza: Hawaiian and Italian Sausage

Half hawaiian and half Italian sausage. The perfect combination for a family meal! 

Dory Fish In Egg Sauce

Breaded banana brownie hot pan with Vanilla Ice Cream

This is one of the best desserts I've eaten so far! Also my first time seeing Ice Cream on a hot pan! their banana brownie melts whenever you eat it! But warning! It's gonna be quite hot when you put it in your mouth! BUT HECK! IT TASTES HEAVENLY!!!

Ramen Kagetsu Arashi 

Location: #02-09/10 

Opening Hours: 11.30am – 9.30pm daily 

Contact: 6854 0335

Over at Ramen Kagetsu Arashi, we were given 4 different types of ramen to try out. We have, the Miso Soup, Sea Salt Soup, Soya Sauce, and Chicken Soup Ramen.

Each ramen have a taste of its own, I'm not a pro food blogger, so I can't really critic, but then, my favourite would be the Chicken Soup Ramen (the one in white bowl), it tastes more appealing to me I guess, the sea salt and the soya sauce would be my least favourite though.

But from what I've heard, Ramen Kagetsu Arashi always has long queue at night, so if you want you can call them for more enquiries. :)

JPOT-Hotpot Singapore Style 

Location: #03-16 

Opening Hours: 11am to 10pm Daily 

Contact: 6532 3536

Now on to HOTPOT SINGAPORE STYLE! So basically we were given a set of food, and we are suppose to cook it like a hotpot! Teehee! It feels like having an early CNY Reunion Dinner, with my fellow blogger friends that is. Hahah! :)

It's also very suitable for family celerations or gatherings. The restaurant is fairly cozy, and the lighting and atmosphere just brings up the mood.

REUNION DINNER COMES EARLY FOR 2014! 

HAHA!

Its so epic seeing them taking pictures and getting frantic over it. Its like, some of us prefer certain angles for the food to be placed and such. But they're a fun bunch. Me and Sherie was like sitting waiting for them to be done, then its our turn to snap pictures. Haha!

BLOGGERS AT WORK!!!

Not forgetting, the restaurant was kind enough to give zip lock bags for each of us, incase the soup drips onto our phone or we dirtied it or something.

Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert

Location: #B1-K12 

Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm 

Contact: 6483 8123

Be prepared to be delighted by our tempting range of authentic Hong Kong style desserts, prepared with quality ingredients to tantalize your taste buds. With a wide variety of desserts and food catering to the different palates and pockets of diners, they want to make the culture of eating desserts an integral part of Singaporeans’ daily life.




 Over at Hong Kong Sheng Kee, they not only sell desserts, they also sell snacks and main dishes. We went over there for their desserts though.




We sampled their Sheng Kee Mango Hor Fun, Lemongrass Jelly with Strawberry & Aloe Vera, and my ultimate favourite, the Durian Sago.



Sheng Kee Mango Hor Fun is not just any other desserts, this desserts selling point is the noodle like "Hor Fun" that is inside this dessert!

Check it out!

 Lemongrass Jelly with Strawberry & Aloe Vera was very refreshing! Definitely the dessert for the hot day!




But still, my favourite would still have to be their Durian Sago! How can I not love Durian?!!! It's like the king of all fruits! Hahah! I would recommend both Sheng Kee Mango Hor Fun and Durian Sago! I mean, at least try it, Susan mentioned that it tastes different from the previous time she came, for the better of course!

Dairy Queen 

Location: #B1-K2 

Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm 

Contact: 6782 8722

We were given the Blizzard ice cream (Oreo) to try, there's other toppings like M&M's, Kit Kat, and many more! :D

The selling point of their ice cream is that it won't drop when you hold it upside down, but only for a few seconds though. Haha!



Not only that, we were also given the Moolatte (Cappuccino) to try too. In the end, their staff gave us alot to take away with us! Hahaha! They were super generous!!!

Yoguru 

Location: #B1-K5 

Opening Hours: 10am - 10pm

Now on to the last station/stop for part 1 of Tampines 1 Food Trail.

Yoguru goes a step further than the rest to guarantee that the health benefits of our frozen yogurt is retained. Most frozen yogurts are made from powders or pre-made liquid mixtures. However, with Yoguru, no expense is spared as we only use fresh ingredients that are completely natural with no preservatives.

In addition, Yoguru yogurt is produced in Singapore daily, which maximises and maintains live probiotic cultures that other frozen yogurt brands cannot claim.

I didn't know Yoguru has benefits for health as well!!!

Yoguru yogurt contains seven essential nutrients – calcium, potassium, magnesium, fibre and Vitamins A, C and E. It is also an excellent source of protein. Additionally, it helps to promote weight loss as studies have shown that a high calcium diet will ultimately favour bodies and aids in burning fats rather than storing fats.

Health benefits of Yoguru’s frozen yogurt with probiotics includes:

 - Aiding Metabolism: Acidophilus probiotic naturally fortifies the body’s microbial balance, helping to relieve chronic constipation.

- Improving Immune System: Helps promote immune cells

- Managing Lactose Intolerance: Helps individuals tolerate more lactose so they can get the benefits of diary without the digestive irritation

- Helping to Lower Cholesterol Levels: The acidophilus probiotic has been shown to interfere with cholesterol re-absorption

 - Lowering Blood Pressure

Now this gives me more reason on why I should eat more yogurts from Yoguru!!!




We were given 4 flavours to try, Original, Mango, Blueberry and Strawberry. Everyone liked the blueberry flavour, me too! The blueberry yogurt have this bubblegum taste in it, so its kinda special I guess?




Yeap! You guys should definitely try the blueberry flavour yogurt from Yoguru! Trust me, you won't go wrong! Hahah! Add fruity pebbles on it will be even better!!! ♥

Halloween Horror Night 3

If you guys have caught last years installment, this years is gonna be EVEN BETTER!

Halloween Horror Night is back at Resorts World Sentosa, Universal Studios with even more scarier haunted houses, and scare zones!

If you guys wanna know HOW SCARY IT IS, you should head on down to Cineleisure's mini horror house! Hahaha!







Noelle (NoelleMikazuki) and I were terrified of this cushion-ish hands in the mini horror house at Cineleisure. Looks so real to me though! T.T





The mini horror house at Cineleisure is just the bare minimum as compared to what is in stored for you at Universal Studio.

EXCITED?!!!
You can get your tickets over at the ticketing counter located just outside of the mini horror house at Cineleisure at only $50 (For Students Only). You get to play all the rides, enter all 3 haunted houses and 3 scare zones, and take manymany photos for only $50! How awesome?!!!  HURRY! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW BEFORE ITS ALL SOLD OUT!

Do take note that there's opening and closing hours for the mini horror house at Cineleisure.

Monday - Wednesday: (CLOSED)

Thursday: Open from 5pm - 9pm

Friday - Sunday: 12pm - 9pm

AND DID I MENTION THAT THE MINI HORROR HOUSE AT CINELEISURE IS FREE?!!! YOU CAN GO IN AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT!

But nothing beats the real deal! So head on down to Cineleisure to get your tickets now, and be prepared for the experience that you will never forget.



For more information you can check out: http://halloweenhorrornights.com.sg/ for more details.

ANTM CYCLE 20 BOYS VS GIRLS EPISODE 13

Normally, by episode 13 it will be the finale of America's Next Top Model. But no! This time round its down to the top 7!

So a recap on yesterday night's episode! It all started with the models entering the house, with Marvin sobbing over Don's departure from this competition. He was sad and all, then Tyra came over to their house, and found out that Marvin was sobbing alone at the other side of the house, and so Tyra went to comfort him.




After consoling Marvin, Tyra brought him back to the rest and sat down, and tried to get to know more about the remaining contestants, and Chris said, he was jealous of the relationship that everybody has in the house. But Nina mentioned that she cared for Chris but didn't get anything in return. BUT! Chris mentioned things that kinda put Nina in a bad position.

After that, Jourdan, Renee and Cory confronted with Nina, telling her that she should focus on this competition and on herself instead of worrying for Chris when obviously Chris will not even care for her.




THE NEXT MORNING
Chris and Jeremy were in a argument, just because of who is standing infront of who. Renee laughed when she found out that was the reason why both of them were quarreling.

Cory was just there, clutching his pearls and popping his popcorn and watching the show! LOLOLOOL!!!




THEN, IT WAS TIME FOR PHOTOSHOOT
Tyra was there to do all the contestants makeup and also to give them a 1 to 1 teach, for a very short period of time. Also, Tyra announced that this week, there are no challenge. That means it will be totally based on their social media and their photos. Chris, Jeremy, and Nina had difficulty doing the photoshoot, Nina was bringing all the negative energy that Chris has to set. As for Chris, he is feeling confused and restrained by the clothes he is wearing?!!!!




AFTER THE PHOTOSHOOT
The models get to go for a BALI EXPERIENCE, where they are separate into 2 groups. Chris, Renee, Nina and Cory went to the Shaman Healer, Jourdan, Renee and Jeremy went around to see Monkeys. LOLOLOL!!! #RANDOM



After they're done touring around, they went back to the place where they will be putting the night in. While they are having dinner, they discussed about who is sleeping where and such, and at that point of time, Chris was feeling isolated and stuff, but he made such a big fuss about small little things like where to sleep and such until everybody dislikes him.





THEN! AFTER THAT NIGHT.
The models went on an elephant ride tour in Bali! AND, no one wants to seat with Chris. LOLOL! I don't know whether its the producers edit till it seems like Chris is a bad person or IS HE really a bad person???

While on the elephant ride, Marvin wanted to kiss Renee, but she kept acting shy and such, until Marvin persists and bam! They kissed. In this episode they were being make fun off by the rest of the contestants.






AT PANEL!
Kelly Cutrone and Rob Evans seemed to be going against one another, its like they're already having an argument even before this judging panel. Whatever Rob thinks its good, Kelly seems to disagree, and vice versa.

BUT THEN
It was Jeremy, Nina, and Chris who were in the bottom 3.



First to be eliminated and with the lowest score, is shockingly Nina! My heart sank when I saw that she was the first one to be booted off out of them 3, and I personally don't think that Nina deserves to go.

UP NEXT WAS JEREMY

And that was goodbye for Nina and Jeremy. I'll miss Nina!!!
She's like one of the best contestants on ANTM!

NOW HERE'S THE SCORES FOR THIS WEEK

HERE'S YOUR TOP 5! WHO'S YOUR BET ON TOP 3?!!!

Not sure if next week is also double eliminated, because according to next week's preview, they said the episode 14 on 1st November will be the episode before the finale. So yeap! Maybe its a double eliminated, and the ones who will be eliminated is Chris and Renee. (ACCORDING TO SPOILERS)

NOW HERE'S EPISODE 13! ENJOY :D

AND HERE'S THE PREVIEW FOR EPISODE 14