Recipe: Egg Roll aka Love Letter

Chinese New Year is just 3 weeks away, so it's time to start making some CNY goodies. I found this recipe online 2 years ago & I attempted to make & it tasted quite good. 

Didn't have time to make last year, so I decided to make this year. Had a trail run last week. A little hiccup in the start but end result not bad.

Ingredients:

3 Eggs

190gm Sugar

500ml Coconut Milk

100gm Plain Flour

80gm Rice Flour

20gm Starch (I sue Tapioca Starch)

Method:

1. Beat eggs & sugar together till sugar dissolves

2. Add coconut milk, mix well

3. Add plain flour, rice flour, starch, mix till no lumps

Heat & lightly brush the electric grill with oil, and I'm ready for baking!

I don't have the proper equipment for rolling the egg rolls (love letters), plus it's way too hot, so I only fold it into fan-shape. 

Also, I feel it looks quite pale when the light on the toaster goes off, so I toast it a little longer, in the end it looks quite dark but still good for own consumption

Daryl insisted on helping, so I let him keep it into the container

I found heavy-duty glove & inspired by the TVB Drama, I added some pork floss into some of them. Taste pretty good! However, instead of folding it shaped like envelope, I also fold it into fan-shape cos I'm a little slow & it started to get hard when it is slightly cooled & it also started breaking.. hahaha

Shall do one more round sometime next week. Hopefully it'll look better =)

MK Restaurant & Miam Miam

Ivy dated us (Angela, Charlie, Whye Wan & myself) for dinner at Westgate, so I suggested MK Restaurant cos I've been wanting to see if it meets the standard of the ones in Bangkok

MK Restaurant is one of the most competitive restaurant in Thailand, with about 400 outlets in Thailand. They have also ventured into other countries like Japan, Indonesia & yes... they opened their first outlet in Somerset313 & the 2nd outlet at Westgate last year! 

We were not aware that reservations are available, thus Ivy went to 'chope' table first. All the bigger tables were reserved, so 5 of us gotta squeeze into a table for 4. Queue started to form at about 7.30pm, so be there early if you do not have any reservations

The restaurant decor, table setting, pots & utensils are exactly like the ones in Bangkok

2 types of sauces available, the traditional MK sauce & MK Spicy Sour sauce. MK sauce is spicy yet a little sweet. If you prefer it to be spicier, you can asked for chili padi & garlic. I personally prefer the Spicy Sour sauce.

Original & Tom Yum Soup $4.90 - Chicken soup is not oily, not too band. Tom Yum is sour & spicy yet not too overwhelming

MK Suki Platter $34 - ingredients were fresh

MK Assorted Vegetable Platter (L) $25

Mushroom Platter $20

Sliced Chicken, Tofu Shishamo Egg Roll, Crystal Fish Egg Ball, Shrimp Roll with Crabstick $4 each

1/4 Roast Duck & Char Siew $12.90 - Roast Duck is tender while char siew is just so-so only.

Service here is very prompt & friendly, I won't mind coming back again as it brings back memories of Bangkok =) 

Then we head over to Miam Miam for desserts

 2 different colors of glasses for water. Can guess why is it so? Not difficult lah.. Red is for hot/warm & blue is for iced water

My order of Mixed Berries is a little sour

Ivy & Angela had the drip coffee. Coffee is already dripped before serving to customers instead of having it dripped on the table

I had the Valrhora Chocolate Souffle $13.80 

While the rest of them share Vanilla Souffle $9.80 & Matcha Souffle $10.80

The souffles are pretty good, soft yet didn't collapse. Sweetness level is just nice. Service here is also good. I'll probably come back to try the other desserts

MK Restaurant

Westgate

3 Gateway Drive, B1-12

Singapore 608532

6465 9774

11am - 10pm (9.15pm last order)

Miam Miam

Westgate

3 Gateway Drive, 01-21/22

Singapore 608532

Monday - Friday, 11.00am – 11.00pm

Saturday – Sunday, 10.00am – 11.00pm

Public Holidays, 10.00am – 11.00pm

Hot Tomato & KBox

 Went dentist at Jurong Point on Monday to remove the stitches. After which, I went to Westgate to meet up with Angela & Ivy cos I needed to buy a pair of red heels. Couldn't find one, so we went for dinner at Hot Tomato.

The girls had Caesar Salad with Prawn/ Salmon $9.50 

 While I had Mixed Grill (Pork Chop, Chicken Chop & Sausage) $14.90; top it up with $3.50 for a soup & drink. It surprised me when it's being served with Pasta at the bottom. Pasta is done al dente, drizzle with a bit of olive oil. Both pork chop & chicken chop are tender & juicy while the sausage taste pretty normal. Greens are drizzle with a little balsamic dressing. Pretty good & reasonably prized.

Tuesday, 31 Dec 2013  New Year's Eve

No plans in mind cos preparing for month-end closing at work. When leaving office, whatsapp-ed with Angela & Ivy landed 3 of us at KBox CCK

Fwah... tidbits is at $7 each!

NYE, so they gave a pack of party novelties for everyone

Some pictures to welcome the new year

Then I realized the Night mode on my S4 can be used in front camera, so it's not so dark =D

Anyway, for those who have celebrated NYE in one way or another, I hope you've enjoyed! 

Happy New Year, Folks! 

Hot Tomato
3 Gateway Drive,
#B1-11 West Gate 
Singapore 608532
Tel: 6465 9886

KBox Choa Chu Kang Centre
Blk 309 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4
#05-01/02 Choa Chu Kang Centre
Singapore 680309
Phone: 6769 3113