Green tea Macarons and TWG

So i've been into macarons again...mostly cos i just crave the taste of green tea macarons and pistachios as well hehe.

So talking about all things green i ask my fren Joline (a fellow macaron enthusiast) how about did she do her green tea filling and also in the pursuit of good macarons. We concluded that Canele and Bakerzin didn't do justice to really good macarons. However, she did reccommend me to TWG's macs. (Later in the post)

 Green tea brown rice macarons

I use french style macaron shell recipe and i basically added 3 teaspoons of green tea powder into the shell mixture. 

As for the filling its white chocolate + alittle milk + 2 teaspoon of green tea powder. Of course you should add accordingly to how much you like the taste of green tea. Mine is rather mild.

The outcome is surprisingly good because everyone loved it, including my sister WHO almost NEVER eats anything i BAKE. HA!

Now TWG macarons:

You can get them at ION 2nd floor (i think) and these babies are $2 a pop! and comes in boxes of 6 and 12.

Theres limited flavors but whats great about TWG macarons is that they are tea-infused flavors with is different from the typical flavors available and amazingly good to eat.

 I'd say their texture is almost as good as laduree. A light light crisp and soft slight chewiness and a filling thats soft but holds well. I cant say much for the rest of the macs i've tried in singapore (except felicia's macs!)

So i bought 6 and i've eaten 2 before i could take a picture hahaha! so these are the flavors i've tried:

1) Grand wedding tea, passionfruit and coconut (purple)
2) Earl grey with chocolate ganache macaron (brown)
3) Bain de rose Macaron (Pink)

4) Lemon bush Macaron (yellow)

5) Black tea and currant (dark pink) not seen in pic

Other available flavors but i've not tried:

1) Napoleon tea and caramel (black)
2) Camelot and parline (dark brown)

3) Morroccan Mint tea (white)

In any case its so worth the try... my favorite were the purple and pink!!!

Eating in Beijing!!

Yum Yum this early march i was in Beijing!! I love the food in beijing! Extremely good and cheap chinese cuisine!! 

Click here for the full blog entry!!

Rainbow Cake!!!

 For more details on the cake!! click on the picture or on this link!!

A rainbow awaits!

I have decided to make rainbow cake for my friend Jiawen as thats what she reminds me of! Vibrant and colorful and everyone loves a rainbow and it cheers you up on a rainy day!

So wait for new post on rainbow cake soon!! in the meantime...here are some rainbow cupcakes made from the leftovers of the cake batter!!

The success and failures of a macaron..

So for the Picnic party i was over ambitious and wanted to make 2 type of macarons (first mac attempt other then a chocolate one!)

1st one is Raspberry macarons
and the 2nd is Lemon curd macarons!

Personally, i dont like macarons so it turn out a tad bit too sweet for me. But my frens love it and so did my cousin so i guess all turned out well!!

Picnic with Jiawen and Evon!!

Gelato Discovery in Rome!!

Hi guys,

I'm back from Italy last week and italy is a great sightseeing place! i went to venice+lido+burano and also Rome!! how can we miss rome?

The sights were breaktaking to see old Rome...you really need to be there, no pictures could ever show u the beauty of rome!!

BBBUUTT!!


Pictures of GELATO is EVERYWHERE!! haha well i mean Gelato is everywhere and we tried as often as we can and we've been taking pictures non stop of our gelatos!! half dripping and collapsing!!

Plus gelato is alot cheaper here than anywhere else in europe...like france is about 2.50 to 3 for a miserly Small single scoop.. where as in italy they just slab it on!!

I'll list 2 of my favorite Gelato (however pictures of only 1 shop sorry!):

In Italy they have a myraid of flavors that i cant even understand the name...ranging from sweet caramels, liquer, cake flavors and different nuts and berrie combinations and different fruit sorbets!! the choices are endless and all the flavors are yummy!!

My favorite however is Pistachio and Morello cherries and mostly thats all i've been eating (My fren eats every other flavor in the sun and i just try!)

Their yummy tarts!!



Italian desserts!!

I found 4 cherries in one scoop of morello cherries!!

Me is DAMN lucky girl.

Aww would u look at that!!

This ice cream cost about 2.50 (2 flav) to 5 euros (3 flav + deco)

Ok if u like the icecream shop above you can find it at:

Bar-Gelateria

Via Di Propaganda

Roma, Italy

If youre wondering...its near the Famous Spanish steps near a roundabout with a huge tall pillar, Find that(near the spanish steps) and look around for the road..you'll find it!!

Next!! Me and Dawn have decided its the best among all the stores we've tried!!

Its actually along the walls of the vatican city

I didnt take down the name but its near the open square called: pizza risorgimento and if i had to guess the road is called

Via del bastionni de michelangelo

Roma, Italy

Heres 5 reasons why u should go and try:

1) The gelato taste damn good!!

2) they serve it with a huge dollop of whipped cream

3) its only 1.50 euros for the same size as the other gelato!!!

4) handsome italian men serving u and call you "bella"

5) its near the vatican city...gelato cant get any more blissful than this ;)

i think one of the angels is holding a gelato.
I've tried a couple of pizzas in Italy and i have to say that i've gotten afew bad experiences. Venice had the worst pizzas around but i should have seen it coming since it was made by a CHINESE...lol sianz

Next was at a authentic italian restaurant with curious waiters looking and flirting with us non stop...thin crust..HUGGGEE but i didnt like it.

The next was my last and final stop..i discovered on my way to Fountana de trevi (the most famous fountain in europe) And it taste awesome...esp if you like thick crust!!

My happy italian waiter!

If you wanna try this pizza:

Pizza in Trevi

Via di San Vincenzo 30-30A

Roma Italy

tel: 06 6785986

You know its good when locals are eating there too. They sell by weight and different pizza has different pricing. but its approx 4 euros per slice (which is about 2 slices sg standard)

You must try!!

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Ok if You like cakes and cupcakes its surely because they are cute and colorful so although the next few set of pictures arent about food nor cupcakes it'll still be interesting :)

When in venice we strayed into another island nearby called :
Burano

This island is unique in the way that every house is painted in bright colors each to complement the neighbouring house setting off a rainbow island.

Its very quaint, quiet and hardly any tourist...mostly locals getaway here.

The food here is also alot better, they sell interesting local pasteries(sorry i didnt take) that you wont find down south in Rome or any major cities.

Its REAL ITALIAN local pasteries..like chocolate salami and some cornetto chocolate stuff. Different nougats and confectioneries.

When you come to Venice just ask how to take a boat to Burano but it should be:

Vaporetto NL (or LN cant remember) from San marco polo!

or alternatively take a boat to Lido island, they have more boats going to burano there.

Also i advise you to buy a full day pass instead of a single ticket cos transport in venice is very expensive!!

Cute pasta!

Ti amo Italy!