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[ REVIEW ] TASTE OF THAILAND

Monday, April 29, 2013

TASTE OF THAILAND @ YISHUN.

Here's another food review and as we all LOVE food, I am sure you will love this recommendation.

Firstly, I must declare that I am a HUGE fan of Thai Food! The top 3 authentic Thai Food in my mind now would be (1) Nakhon Kitchen @ Kovan. (2) ...... a Thai food stall at Orchard Towers which I cannot remember the name already but I remember the way there and that is more important!

Please, if you have any great Thai Food places to recommend in Singapore, please leave a comment below or EMAIL me. Share the love!

I know it's funny that I am starting the post with my own self-shots but I kinda miss seeing me on my updates. I have been regularly updating so much of other photos but not my own.. I know you all also miss me a lot right?

I have reviewed before a Thai-Chinese food stall in another post which was called Hui Wei Chinese-Thai Cuisine.

This place I am reviewing is also a similar food stall located at Yishun!

Address here : 1001 Yishun Industrial Park A

#01-1001 Yishun Industrial Food Centre

Tel: 67589121Fax: 67540053

Located in an industrial park, who would have thought the place will be so fully packed? They do not charge GST or service charge, which is definitely a plus point! We reached there around 7pm and the whole, yes, I mean WHOLE coffeeshop was packed, all of which were eating from "Taste Of Thailand"! Thank God that Shi Hao and family stayed near there and were already queuing beforehand. We were to order our dishes before we were seated.

Look at the crowd!

Here are the dishes that we had that day and as I was really hungry, I missed out a photo of the Tom Yam soup but we can all imagine what the soup looks like right? Hee.

This is their famous fried fish and I must say that it was really a key dish that day. The skin was fried to the ultimate crispiness and it tasted really good when matched with the sauce.

I give it a 4.8/5!

The reason why I took a close-up photo of the Pineapple Fried Rice was because all of us were so eager to dig into it that by the time I wanted to take a photo, there was only a quarter left! We had like 4 big plates of these! How hungry were we, can you imagine! There were 11 of us and as soon as the rice was out, we scooped it empty, almost immediately.

4/5 for this dish!

Hot-Plate Tofu was a dish that I think many would enjoy because the piping-hot sauce had a tangible sour and spicy taste which was just right for a Thai-Chinese cuisine. We really enjoyed this dish and finished it before it even had a chance to turn cold.

4/5 for this!

We actually ordered "Long Bean" vegetable but apparently, the wrong dish was presented. Being hungry ghosts, we didn't bother to ask for an exchange and ate it after all. This was the most "meh" dish that day because it tasted beyond average. Not to our liking, I guess?

2/5 for this!

THIS was the star that day and we had ordered 2 of it! I just don't know of anyone who doesn't like fried squid or also known as "calamari" because it is just so nice! (Unless if you are allergic to seafood of couse!) As long as this dish was served piping hot, I am sure everyone will love it as much as we did.

4.5/5!

The "Lemon Chicken" was a tad too sour for me in my opinion but as I don't really like sour stuffs, it could be tasty for you if you are a person who loves sour food! The chicken was fried to a neat perfection so no complains about that.

3/5!

The "Tom Yam Soup" we had was a 4.9/5 for me as I am not only a sucker for soup, I especially love Tom Yam Soup! The one served here was really nice and really Thai! I dislike those Tom Yam Soup whereby all they do is add some tomato and some spices to conjure the Thai flavor into it, which normally fails and is always too blend. I don't think a portion of the soup was enough for the 11 of us though as we all seemed to enjoy the soup very much!

I love gatherings like this whereby we catch-up and bond over good food but I hate to be the planner because usually, nobody cares about replying me and they usually take advantage of the planner so one of my resolution this year was to not bother so much! As compared to Hui Wei Chinese-Thai cuisine, both was affordable as we spent only about $11 per pax. So overall, it depends on where you stay and where you prefer to go for your meals! Both are highly recommended by food guru, Snow =D

Ending this post with a really nice photo of James and Thaddeaus!

I can only imagine how he will look as a father, real loving! :)

Xoxo, till the next time!

Labels: Food, Friends, Friends :), Reviews, Thai Food

SATELLITE BFF.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Hui Qi and I can communicate without words and she always says that we communicate through satellite.

Actually... I don't really like her lah, I quite hate her lor. She is such an annoying peanut.

So, she wanted to take part in my Levi's giveaway and I didn't allow her so she threatened me via email. I feel so scared now and I think I need extreme protection from bodyguards now.

Here was our email conversation yesterday :

2013/4/22 Lam Hui Qi wrote :

Hi Jolene,

I know you when I was in Hougang sec! You rem not? Same class. And landyard?? And Vincent?

I love following you cos I like to see you act cute face.

PLEASE LET ME WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!

You owe me ice cream and 3 fish balls FOREVER.

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 10:49 AM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Application rejected. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

Pls give me a valid reason

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 12:38 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

You never attach photo of you following me on Twitter.

No more second chance. Kthxbye.

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

It is not the right way to treat your fan

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 12:53 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

You did not obey instruction. Cannot talk to your idol like that okay. Shoo.

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 12:54 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

You asking me to shoo?

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 2:53 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

你很吵啦。去炒一盘啊力哦，哦力哦。

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 2:56 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

酱讲就不对了wor. 关面什么事

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 3:11 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 3:59 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 4:19 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

Hen chio leh. 我们可以生孩子

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 4:57 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Eeeee, I am formally rejecting your request for sex.

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

For the sake of more beauty in Singapore.

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 6:47 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 8:51 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

Why your blood is green one? Eeeeeeee

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 9:25 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

I am so going to blog this conversation. Make you famous.

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 9:52 PM, Lam Hui Qi wrote:

Please credit me. Tank ni de kwew

Best regards,

Hui Qi

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 10:22 PM, "Jolene Goh" wrote:

Excuse me. You have not update your blog since 1 million years.

Yours sincerely,

Jolene Goh

On 23 Apr, 2013, at 10:28 PM, "Lam Hui Qi" wrote:

What is a blog?

Best regards,

Hui Qi

SO,

if you managed to read through the whole conversation above, you must be damn bored and I thank you for your patience. Now do you guys understand the pain of having a mentally unsound friend like her?

Xoxo, till the next time!

Labels: Daily Rants, Friends, Friends :), Giveaway, Gratitude

#Okcan

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Hello darlings!

Do you all notice that I am blogging more regularly now? I deserve praise for that right? right? right? Say yes lah, please! I updated Jolene's Story today and am now updating my personal blog, SO HARD-WORKING please.

The title of this blogpost is totally off-topic but I guess we just like to hash-tag everything nowadays due to the influence of twitter and Instagram. Am I not right?

I was just looking at my blog statistics and I realized something very very saddening. This personal blog of mine was started since 2008 and that's like 5?! FIVE?! 5?! -> FIVE YEARS AGO. It has received like 6296 page views as of date while the blog about "Jolene's Story" started ONLY this year and already has 3171 page views as of today. #OKCAN

So you all like to read more about my dark secrets, tormented past than my current trying very hard to be successful life lah! #OKCAN I want to be as successful as PSY. Is that a very big dream? Never mind, I shall visualize it everyday. #TheSecret

Enough teasing, it does not matter. As long as I know all of you like really am supportive of me. I know all of you are super excited for my book to be out, so am I. But stay connected to this blog as well alright? Because I promise to update regularly.You all can use this post to threaten me if I ever stop blogging for months. PEACE!

Today marks the second last day of my job in my current company. Nevertheless, I am still going to work as a freelance salesperson so if you all know of anyone who wants to sign up broadband/mobile lines/cloud services/telephone lines for their company, please refer them to me. I need my RICEBOWL! Haha. Sounded really dramatic there.

I must update my camwhore photos here because I am afraid tha you all may forget how I look like. This was what I wore to the ST photoshoot that day and I thought I looked really really nice so I must share my happiness with all of you. Selfless me! *tongue in cheek* But say real one, I don't look very nice on normal days one you know. WHY? You ask me.

(1) I am super lazy.
(2) I am super lazy.
(3) I am a sloth.

My photo always makes me look sweet and cheerful and happy and joyous etc etc etc... But in real life, I am super lazy to make up + dress up. I am always afraid that I will bump into someone I know on my lazy days and I am practically always lazy. Okay lah, I will try and change and try to look better and take nicer photos for all of you. But can I bribe you all to click on my Nuffnang Ad? I have never cashed out any Nuffnang cheques before lor :( Blame myself for being such a lazy arse.

This was what I wore to the photoshoot and this is a super awkward pose because I was at a void deck and I was very SHY.

I find this photo of mine super artistic. Or maybe I just think too much. IN CHIOBU WE TRUST. So...... please TRUST me. Yours truly!

This very sweet boy of mine got me a gift but he was pretty upset because he bought the item online and yet the merchant sent the transaction receipt to me instead. He was damn furious I tell you! He is not someone who always throws me surprises but when he tries to put in a little effort, it was spoilt by the merchant. But nevertheless, I love the gift very much! I don't think I will bear to use it though, it is SO nice!

Thank you, James!
*Image courtesy of Viv Ng.

A specially customized pen with a very sweet and thoughtful note.

I met my girls yesterday for dinner at town and we never fail to snap self-shots because we just love our faces too much! Every photo is a memory for us.

DOH-REH-MEE

Lastly, before I end this post.... I would like to share this super good deal with you guys. $10 NETT per pax and you can sing for 5 hours straight at KBOX!!!! I chanced upon this deal and I think you guys should fully utilize this deal! Super worth it please, no meh?!!!!!! $10 inclusive of a drink and the snacks, WHY YOU NO GO SING NOW? The only catch is that you have to be a KBOX memeber. So don't wait anymore, go SIGN UP like NOW! It's only $10 for a LIFETIME membership card. WHY not right?

P.S : Nobody paid me to advertise for KBOX so I am being so nice to share this deal with you fellow people who loves singing as much as I do. Now do you love me more? :)

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Labels: Friends :), Kbox

Food makes me happy - PART III (Finale)

Friday, August 24, 2012

This shall be my last post for the title : Food makes me happy.

I told you all already right. I sold my soul to food. Hahaha I love food this much. Really really really.

But of cause I will not stop posting about food, duh. Food is my life.

First Stop : Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

Apparently, I went to visit their webpage and they actually origin from Japan. O_o

Confused but nvm, whatever the country, good food is still good food. Am I right? They are a Japanese chain of Italian style restaurant.

Their escargots (read: cooked land snails) are awesome!!! Recently, there have been new facial products that have snail slime in them and are apparently good for the skin. Why do we always squeal when seeing snails?!! They seems to do so much good to us. Hahahahaha.

Seafood chowder soup. MEH. Just plain.

Asahi Clam Pasta. You wouldn't get drunk, don't worry but this is really nice with a lot of chilli flakes! Hahaha.

Salmon Pizza. I didn't eat this but my friends said that they are amazingly good. Looks appetizing too huh?

I went to 2 of their branches before.

(1) 177 River Valley Road, (S) 179030 @ Liang Court
(2) City Square Mall

Both made me really happy because the food there was SOOOO affordable! Really. Go give it a try!

Second Stop : Bakerzin @ Tampines 1

Had this with Hui Qi, Amanda and Mumsy. Their Shrimp Pasta was good but the portion was kinda little. (FOR ME only, maybe)

It was a little pricey so it wouldn't be a place that I would frequent often. Maybe those like once in six month kind? I am an auntie at heart plus Hui Qi said she could cook the exact Aglio Olio for me so why not let her cook for me for free right!!!

Mushroom Soup & FREE flow of bread - The soup tasted weird, seriously. Maybe it was the cream or something but I'd never have it again. Budget Princesses, Hui Qi and I went to stock up their free flow of bread but in the end we only fell in love with one type. Atas bread is so hard to differentiate please and I don't even know what they are called. So if you want to know, head to Bakerzin tonight for dinner!

Udders with the clique the other day(I forgot which day la but whatever ok, it's not important). It was my first try that day. I went to the one located at :#01-11, MyVillage Mall, 1 Maju Ave, Singapore 556679.

I tried their cookies & cream + kit kat flavoured ice cream on a waffle. It was a sure satisfaction for anyone's sweet tooth! I so wanna try their "Mao Shan Wang durian" flavour next!

Western food is my bf's ultimate favourite food. He can have western for like all his meals everyday so as his very loyal girlfriend, I became a fan of western food as well and this western food outlet is one that you SHOULD visit.

HAPPY CHEF WESTERN FOOD. They currently have 2 branches.
(1) Blk 466 Crawford Lane, #01-12 Tai Hwa Eating House, Singapore
(2) Blk 554 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, #01-2040

First two photos are from Crawford Lane. This outlet is in a small coffeeshop and it is pretty crowded and stuffy here. The queue is crazy because the famous Tai Hwa Pork Noodle is here as well... (Yet to try) so the servers there were all so busy and they were shouting here and there. The place was not very comfortable and the food was a little different from the one at AMK! Serious, they had a difference somehow!

The below photos were of the times I dined at the one at the AMK outlet. I dined there up to 3 times already. It was better here because it was spacious over here and not as hot and stuffy as the one at Crawford Lane. They had a nicely designed menu for us to order from. And here, we were allowed to choose our side dishes to go with the main course =)

Their pork ribs are damn good and soft!

SEE THEIR MENU! So nice!

Last 2 solo items here.

RONG CHENG BAH KUT TEH.

I have had this like maybe 6 times already and I am still loving it. This is one of the best Bah Kut Teh I have tried as compared with Ng Ah Sio and Klang Bah Kut Teh. I cannot deny that Ng Ah Sio's Bah Kut Teh is very tasteful but the one at Rong Cheng always makes me keep going back for more!

This is the ONLY photo I ever took at Rong Cheng's because everytime I am there, I just dig into my food immediately without remembering to snap a photo beforehand!

Address here : Rong Cheng Bak Kut Teh, Blk 26 Sin Ming Lane #01-114/117,Mid View City,Singapore 573971 (7am to 9pm daily) 96681412 Lionel Lim

You can see this other blogger's post for a more detailed version : HERE

LAST ITEM : JAVIER'S !

I think many of you should know of Javier's right? Hui Qi and Amanda introduced me to it. You just go there and order the type of chicken you want and than add on $5.90 for a salad. They give you a plate and you just pile up whatever you can find at their salad booth. It was super value for money I tell you.

You can locate them at B1 of Cineleisure. Just down the escalator on the left hand side. You wouldn't miss them!

Awwwwwwwww, we have come to the end of my Food Makes Me Happy sequel here. Did you enjoy yourself? Was I a good host?

Hahahahahahha, what have you learnt after 3 blogposts about food?

I LOVE FOOD, VERY MUCH. Period.

Why not you follow me on my Instagram to see more food pictures and also hear me blabber about being hungry on twitter?

@JoleneSnow

Labels: Bakerzin, Family, Food, Friends, Friends :), Happy Chef Western Food, Javier's, Love, Rong Cheng Bah Kut Teh, Saizeriya Italian Restaurant, Udders