online delivery salads and pasta is hot right now, you get to pick from an online menu and have the company deliver them to you fresh the next morning. if interested, you may check out heartlands and goolai.

since my sister posted a simple sandwich recipe for those on a diet, i’m going to post a salad recipe i’ve “copied” from oliver’s sandwich. hehe. it’s an attempt, but hey, it’s edible.

chicken and mango salad

2 grilled chicken breast, shredded (or whatever u call it)
cubed mangoes (if it’s huge, then half of it will suffice)
diced red bell pepper
spring onion, sliced thinly
chopped lettuce (to your liking)
coriander (optional, but better if you have it)
olive oil, enough to drizzle over the salad
parmesan cheese (just a little to taste)

mix mix mix, and voila! a decent balanced salad!

we went to a resto/bar tucked away in the 2nd floor of eastwood’s mall. there were no dining customers when we arrived. this resto serves one of the best gelato i’ve ever tasted! i’ve only tried their smoked pork pasta and it’s really yum yum to the core. *drool*

*photos were taken using a 6630.

cafe benissimo’s retro lights

smoked pork pasta Mmm Mmm Mmm!!

want some tea? *burp*

i.
am such.
a klutz.

WEEKEND MENU: siomai. lots of them.

two days ago, i bought a kilo of ground pork—or at least i THOUGHT it was; the card read ‘GROUND MEAT’ and it was beside a tray of pork tenderloins. (YES, i know perfectly well what a tenderloin looks like. hehe.. defensive ba?) i was wondering why the meat was reddish and finer than usual. ah well, i thought, maybe it’s a fresh healthy pig!

so this morning i was getting ready to make some siomai, had the frozen chunk thaw a bit and began kneading the chilly meat. the meat began to turn really sticky as expected, but what i wasn’t sure of was the meat’s texture which reminded me of corned beef.

i smelled it closer, it didn’t smell like pork.
i sampled a teeny bit of it… WTH!! it DOESN’T taste like pork!

nevertheless, i continued to wrap the small chunks into siomais, placed them neatly in a steamer and waited for it to cook. 20 minutes has passed, i opened the lid to check if it’s ready. lo, and behold! dark colored siomai.

the horror. it was only then that i concluded that it’s really beef and not healthy fresh pig. -__-o

it’s not so bad, actually, but i think these would go best with red spaghetti sauce. hehehe.