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Food Review: Fluff Bakery

Without any explanation needed, cupcake is generally a good food. I don't know which part of the world did you came from but I personally LOVE cupcakes (or cakes, or just sweets in general). There's a lot of cupcake store in Asia, not to mention Singapore. But let me introduce you one of my favorite store here, Fluff Bakery.




I first knew them because I followed NylonSG's instagram, and they tagged Fluff Bakery in one of their pictures. Well, as a cupcake lover I couldn't say no and I opened their profile. I was genuinely in shock when they repeatedly post pictures that state their cupcake were sold out. As the result, I was so curious to taste one.

I visited them on the next day, and unfortunately I missed the chance to taste the cupcakes because it was, no surprise, sold out. But it was a new thing for me to experience a cupcake store that runs out of cupcakes. I mean seriously, among all of those cupcake stores, how come they could sell out their cupcakes. Moreover, they opened their store around 12 p.m. and at that period of time they will completely sell their cupcakes at around 2-3 p.m.

I decided to dedicate one of my day to taste their cupcakes and it was one of the best cupcakes I've ever tasted. I never regret the moment I tried their cupcakes in my life!

I'll give you a review on my recent visit to their store! So right now they are expanding the amount of cupcake they sell, which mean there are more cupcakes available for more cupcake monsters and that makes me a happy camper!

The place is located near Bugis MRT. You need to walk quite a bit and I suggest that if you want to buy their cupcakes, it is better for you to spare a bit of time because you might need to queue (although now it is not as bad as before) and it would be much better if you could leave your cupcakes in air-con room or best inside a fridge. They are using buttercream frosting, and because Singapore weather is very warm and humid, it would melt the frosting if you keep them outdoor.

What makes Fluff Bakery more special is that they provides different flavors every week (aside from their top-notch Nutella Red Velvet and Salted Caramel). So you can try more flavors (in which all very yummy). Sometimes they also sell cake and cookies, which is also very delicious.

The staffs there are very friendly and I could feel the warm vibes that they gave. One down point is their store is pretty small and when you queue, you have to queue outside. But overall, the store decorations are very nice and lovely, and more importantly, the cupcakes are very good!







Okay, moving on to the cupcakes. Their cupcakes are special because the texture is extra fluffy (that is where the name came from, I guess) and I have no idea on how could they achieve such texture. The cake tastes flavorful, but not artificial. All of their cupcakes matches well with their frosting. Once you had your first bite, you will surprised with the extraordinary fillings inside individual cupcakes in which give you... mouth-orgasm? Oh, and did I mentioned that they sell halal cupcakes?





Each cupcakes are S$ 4.00. They currently didn't accept payment by credit card and only by cash and NETS. Also, they don't take reservations and orders at the moment (but cross your fingers so they could do it soon!)

If you are interested to pay a visit to their store (in which I highly recommended), their store is located at:

FLUFF BAKERY
12 Jalan Pisang Singapore
Tuesday to Saturday
12.00 P.M. - all bakes sell out

Instagram: @fluffbakery

Food Review: Yoğart



Who doesn't love yogurt? I personally LOVE yogurt and recently it is a new hyped-thing in Singapore. There's a lot of frozen yogurt shop like one of my favorite, llao llao. The nearest store from my school is at Plaza Singapura or Bugis+, which is quite far actually.

Anyway, not too long ago a new yogurt shop opened, just in front of my campus. Which is great because if I feel like eating yogurt, I don't have the hassle of walking too far away.



The new yogurt place is called Yoğart. They sell the typical frozen yogurt; 3 different sizes with different amount of toppings, as well as the one that is similar to llao llao's Sanum. In Yoğart, they call it Bliss.



I decided to go with Bliss for my first try on this yogurt place. First impression: they have decent amount of yogurt, as well as the toppings that they gave. Unfortunately in my opinion, they don't have that much variety of toppings and sauces. When I try the yogurt, it is more sour than llao llao, but it still suits my liking because I do like sour yogurt. Thumbs up!

After that I went for my class then I still feel like eating yogurt (yep, that's how crazy I am with sweet foods). So I decided to buy one of they good-looking popsicle.



I literally fell in love with their popsicle. Not only they are looking good, but also taste super nice. I tried the 1/2 & 1/2, which is yogurt with Nutella. You can never go wrong with Nutella.


Overall, for the price and everything, I think they are a very good yogurt shop and if you are nearby, you should grab your portions of yogurt too!

Restaurant Review: Tanuki Raw

Last weekend I decided to eat something a bit fancier. So I went to this restaurant located in Somerset, Tanuki Raw.


When I first entered the restaurant, the ambiance was pretty nice. It was cozy and it wasn't too crowded because I went there at 2 p.m., which is not the normal lunch hour. The staff greeted me, and she asked whether we want to eat inside the restaurant or outside. Since the weather was pretty warm, I decided to eat inside instead.


So for lunch, I decided to go with sushi and donburi.

The sushi came first and how delighted I am to see this delicate dish.


This dish is called Chicken of The Sea ($10). Basically it is a sushi roll with crispy salmon skin, topped with aburi salmon with yuzu sauce and chicken floss. It is truly lip-smacking!

Not too long after that, my donburi came.


Today I decided to go with Salmon Don (lunch hour price $12). It suitable for me which is a salmon lovers. It is a hearty Japanese rice bowl with fresh sliced salmon sashimi, lightly seared aburi salmon and with additional of plump ikura served with their homemade spicy mayo and yakiniku sauce. 

It was delicious and as a salmon fan I am more than satisfied to have this to fill my belly. The portion is just nice for me, it is not too small but not too big until I have food coma.

Overall I am very satisfied and I will recommend this restaurant to every one of you that wanted to eat Japanese dish. It is not suitable for me to eat here everyday since I am an uni student and I have my own budget too... but honestly speaking the food that they served is really worth the price as the ingredient that they use is very fresh and it would taste different with those cheaper Japanese restaurant.

TANUKI RAW
181 Orchard Road
#02-03 Orchard Central
Singapore 238896

ph: +65 6636 5949
tanuki@tanukibar.com

11.30 AM - 10.30 PM daily
11.30 AM - 03.00 PM lunch sets daily
05.00 PM - 08.00 PM happy hour daily
last orded of food at 09.45 PM and drinks at 10.15 PM

Please not that they don't take reservations

My Review: Betty Crocker Warm Delights

Sooo I was wandering around at the supermarket and I found this little guy:



I was like; "Say whuuuttt?" because first of all, I don't have oven at my apartment, but I would love to spend my sunday with a homemade cake. So when I saw this, I immediately put it on my basket. The retail price for this is S$ 3.95.


So it came with two packets, one is the cookie dough, one is the chocolate topping.



Basically what you do is just open the cookie mixture, put it to the bowl then mix it with a tablespoon of water. If the mixture comes too thick, add another teaspoon of water.


After you done mixing, pop it to the microwave for 45 seconds! Add another 10 seconds if needed. Mine got smoke after it done but the result were ok.


Here's the outcome product. What you do next is just spread the chocolate over the fudge cake.


I know. The chocolate is too thick for drizzling. I guess it's better if you put the chocolate pack into hot water, just to melt the chocolate. What I did was just take a spoon and spread it all over the surface of the fudge cake.


There you go! 

Overall it is a good, fast cake. But it just taste so... thick so you won't be able to finish it by yourself. And it is better if you spread the mixture evenly so you will have an even consistency of cake, because what happened to mine is that the middle part is soft, but the edges were crunchy hahaha.

Spoiler Alert!

I just watched MasterChef Junior Season 1 Finale...


AND after the heart-pumping final, WE FINALLY HAVE A WINNER!

And the winner is.....!


Alexander Weiss!!!!! YEAY my favorite boy won the title!


Congratulation Alexander for winning the title! Keep on dreaming, and never lose the love of cooking! I support you all the way from Singapore // Jakarta! :D

Put Your Aprons On.

FINALLY watched all episodes of Masterchef Season 4

AND MY FAVORITE CHEF MADE IT TO THE TOP! (Hell yeah!)




Congratulation to Luca Manfè! (a late congrats, of course)

I knew he would win the title as he is THAT GOOD! I love the way he cook with his heart and of course being less bitchy with the other contestants by (suprisingly) giving away loads of butters hahaha

Next obsession?



WELL OF COURSE HAHAHA!

Masterchef Junior! I don't know why I'm so into cooking series than other series, like Gossip Girls and such... I do prefer Masterchef, Hell Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares (guess what, all of them have Gordon Ramsay)... Although I doubt everything was real (I do sometimes think that they created such 'dramatic' scenarios but WHO CARES!), I really enjoy watching them. I obviously don't have such passion nor talent with cooking, but watching people cooking does give me thrills!

Despite the fact that I think Junior Masterchef is faking things out (well who would believe 9-13 years old kid to make such incredible Beef Wellington? Even Luca would have a hard time!) and I don't really like how the judge always try their best to use words that doesn't hurt the kids' feelings (so they won't hate cooking), BUT STILL! Cooking reality shows are THE-BEST.

My favorite on this competition?



Of course this chubby boy —full with bundle of joys! named Alexander Weiss. He's super talented in his young age, and I really hope that he won't turn out to be bitchy throughout the competition or I won't give my vote for him!

So in mean time, go Alexander! #TeamAlexander

Hunger S.O.S!

Just before I open this blog I felt super duper hungry and I neeeeed to eat something. Then I went to dining room and found NOTHING to be eaten! So I decided to cook something.

To be honest, I'm not a very skilled cook. But because I have to eat something so... ya.

Then I made a very basic fried-tuna but this dish I made is verrrrry good! Seriously hahaha.



What you will need:

 1. 2 cloves of garlic
2. 1/8 of onion
3. 1 - 2 tbs of margarine
4. Half of canned tuna chunks (I used 'tuna in water' one)
5. Salt and Pepper (depends on your taste)
6. Frying pan, knife, and spatula

The ingredients I used is basically the things you could find at home, very easy right?

How to make it:

 1. Diced the garlic and onion into small pieces
2. Put your margarine into the frying pan in medium heat
3. Put the garlic and onion into the frying pan. Fry it until the color changes into golden-brown, and it should smell nice in this phase!
4. Put the tuna flakes into the frying pan gently (or the margarine will react like nuclear bomb). Add salt and pepper according to your taste.
5. Fry until the tuna color changes (from pinkish to slightly pale grey)
6. You're done!

Try this! Super easy anddd delicious!
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