back to the tummy.

okay so it's been uber long since either of us updated! haha anw anw there's a few awesome food i've to absolutely RAVE about =)

1. Cheesecake Cafe
okay i'm sure you've all heard of this nice little place tucked somewhere around frankel, finally went there last fri. ah the cheesecake was simply wonderful. not really a fan of cheesecake, but if i've to choose i'd prefer the dry baked kind rather than the heavy wet ones. so i had these simply awesome cheesecake from Japan from like one of those random shops at the airport [of all places!] the kind that's 'freshly baked' tho it's already packed in the box and my my don't underestimate that mild looking round thing! it just melted in my mouth. like melted. oh gosh i'm craving for it right now. so anw [back in sg] i chose the dryest-bakish looking one -- the rum and raisin cheesecake. and it was good. of course it didn't quite melt in my mouth and all like the other, but there was just the right amount of rum and raisins in every bite. not too strong and overpowering, it was love at first bite, yes cliched i know >_< so yes, if you've the time, please go over and try it! k but it's not as cheap and nice as the one from japan, but for a close alternative, why not! oh oh no pics coz they didn't allow =(

2. Durian Pancake
yes there's this nice little pushcart thing in chinatown. take exit C after you come out of chinatown mrt, or just walk along the people's park complex side. it's one of those pushcarts you see outside OG, right beside the one selling thai cakes or sth. now this one's value for money -- only 1.20 for durian oomph! hahaha. the pancake is nice and thin, with a huge dollop of durian sandwiched inbetween. best eaten fresh, like right after they pack it into that brown bag and hands it to you over the counter. really really. that's when the pancake is still warm and the durian dollop is cold and oozes out everywhere. whoooooooooosh.

3. Cheeky Chocolates
nice little shop along upper thomson, green walls decorated with pictures of chocolates and chocolate posters, brown tables and brown sofas... my perfect little haven! hahaha. so anw they've like sweet and savory crepes, choc drinks, desserts... [erm but they're date pudding wasn't that great it was more of a choc cake 0_0] and best of all *drumroll* CHOCOLATES! hello that's the name of the shop duh they'll serve it right. it's about $2.10-2.30 per chocolate, with like 12 different flavours. okay nvm forget about the other 11, just try the sad little rum ball. that's got to be the most awesome sad little thing i've ever had. like every bite packs so much oomph that everything just suddenly becomes happy and fuzzy and nice. dark chocolate and rum --that's gotta be the perfect combi man! seriously. anyone can bribe me with anything just with that one little small ball. or like propose to me with a ring inside that little ball of heaven. oh gosh. okay i'm getting carried away, but you get the idea. chocolate orgasm >_< [a word An coined when we had loads of chocs at max brenners]

yummibites

apologies for my absence while val has been helming the boat!

Location: yummibites@ amk hub B2

type of food: finger food, fried fritters

i ordered the sweet and sour banana fritter (goreng pisang) at $1 (slightly pricier than the norm which usually ranges from about 70cents and up) and the tapioca fritter at 70 cents. they have a special offer going on: red labeled items go at three for two bucks which is pretty good. the banana fritter isn't part of those red labeled items ):

sweet and sour banana fritter- $1. i am a sucker for goreng pisang. the other awesome goreng pisang i've eaten is the one at longhouse (thompson). i can inhale three at a go. when i first bought this one from yummibites i was secretly scoffing and regretting my decision... seriously.. SWEET AND SOUR banana fritter? but it really lived up to expectations i was mightily pleased. i couldn't wait to gobble it up once i started eating.

i don't usually eat fried stuff but i make it an exception for goreng pisang and chicken wings. this one was golden and crispy on the outside, and on the inside.. on the inside lay banana heaven. it's REALLY sweet and slightly sour so it's not overly cloying. there's something about the banana that oozes out once you bite into it. my saliva glands are starting to go into overdrive thinking about it. a good teatime snack if you aren't feeling too rich and you just want something to cure the itchy mouth.

i also tried the tapioca fritter. i was torn between the cheese fritter and the tapioca one but i went for the more conventional one instead. this one was practically a neon green on the inside.. overly bright colours are never a good sign when it comes to food for me. but it was good! it's my first time trying a tapioca fritter but i enjoyed it after the sweet goreng pisang. the taste to me is more 'boring' but it doesn't make it more plain. the colour was a plus! i secretly pretended i was eating a radioactive tapioca haha! this one goes for 70c so if you are feeling a little more tightfisted this is the one for you.. but if you don't really favour tapioca it might be a little strange for you, but enjoyable all the same :D

<3kw

all things chocolate.

funny how the number of pictures i have of food are fast overwhelming the human ones 0_0

so yes in tribute to my cam and my tummy, we shall kickstart enormouselephant val's escapades of delightful delectables with val's favourite endorphin-inducing euphoria -- chocolate. =)

#1 : cake and me

chocolate blackout [that's what it's called if i'm not wrong] from ps cafe has gotta be the most humongous slice of chocolate cake ever. they certainly do not skimp on the chocolate -- moist bittersweet chocolate spongecake that isn't too sweet with thick slabs of pure chocolate fudge, not cream, drowned delightfully in liquid dark chocolate served with a scoop of vanilla icecream. the balance was good, the cake and the chocolate went well and the vanilla enhanced its taste; good thing the liquid choc wasn't thick syrup too else it'd be too sweet. absolutely heaven in the first few bites but advised to be shared, coz after awhile the cloying sweetness gets to you and sadly too many bites stripped away some blissfulness. good thing enormouselephant val's companion liked the thick chocolate which was way too sweet for me thus i settled happily on the cake... maybe best shared with 3-4 ppl depending on amount of stomach space left. and yes, slothed right after on the comfy couch at ps cafe, couldn't budge due to blackout of the brain from all that chocolate.

#2: ice-cream

decided to try out U.d.d.e.r.s at goldhill shopping centre, mooishly good icecream at reasonable prices =) oh right for alcoholics this place would be good coz they've got a whole rack of icecream liberally doused with alcohol. so we got lychee martini and triple sec dark choc [for the darkchoc nut moi], both alcoholic hmmm. the lychee martini rocks - slight tinge of alcohol with little lychee bits in the icecream which had great texture, a mix between cream-based and sorbet. ah but the dark choc was way too much for me, alcohol overload. it was too strong and totally masked the chocolate =( ben and jerry's chocolate therapy and haagen daaz's midnight cookies still the best heh. oh but the owner was pretty nice, very receptive to suggestions. he let us try rum and raisin -- whoots! GREAT. yum and yayzin. hahaha >_<

#3: hot chocolate

darkchocolate pastilles + marshmallows + hot milk = creamy hot chocolate! the boss of U.d.d.e.r.s wanted to try out his recipe of hot chocolate and asked us to be food samplers -- our lucky day! =) floating melting marshmallows in the froth and rich dark choco with the right amount of bitterness, really good and thick, creamy with just the right amount of sweetness from the marshmallows and the rich taste of the chocolate. perfect for all, since my white-chocolateish friend liked the marshmallow sweetness and i liked the dark choc richness, yet it was neither too sweet nor too bitter. moooolishes!

yeaps okay so that concludes our chocolatey trip. now for abit of sth else...

had lunch at Zambuca and there was this really AWESOME tiramisu. i'm not really a fan of tiramisu but this just melted my heart =) the sponge: mascarpone cheese ratio is simply perfect. the sponge was soaked with just the right amount of liquer and the texture of the mascarpone was great, neither too fluffy nor too thick. dusted atop it was the ideal amount of cocoa powder, finished off with fresh blueberries, raspberries and half a strawberry. blissfully wonderful.

okay yes not forgetting the brownie you spy at the corner of the picture >_< it's nicely moist, not too dry nor too heavy. the icecream is good, not the usual vanilla but something creamy and caramellish, with a drizzle of chocolate and a sprinkle of nuts. not bad, but the tiramisu still owns =)

okay so that concludes this delightfully chocolatey trip from chocolate-brown val.

this udder with four teats sticking out haphazardly was spied resting atop a sidetable, producing *gasp* not milk, but water! better stop those genetically-modified, chemicallish stuff!

and the elephants enter...