When reality starts

Teaching!
J
The reality of teaching in front of classess and classes of students has began.
The thought of making mistakes are no longer permitted really hit me.
4 years of studying and working for something which we decided on.
I believe we can do it.
Keep running for the going CST.

Angela :)

Ice ♥ Cream

Comparitive Shopping Project!
Ice-cream cafes in Singapore J
For this project, we are expected to select a consumer interest (teenagers) and conduct comparitive project on it.

And so our group (Jit, Justine, Absa, Myself and Gmah) decided to work on different ice cream cafes in Singapore.
Till now, we have completed two ice cream cafes (Udders and Ice Cream Chef).
Out of these two cafes, we prefer Udders.
Do check out the outlet at katong, its huge and has a superb ambience.

http://www.udders.com.sg/

http://www.icecreamchefs.com.sg/

                              
Do recommend us nice ice cream places that you have came across and share with us your opinions. :D
Many many thanks.


Project Enterprise:
Delievery Serivce at NTU hostel
Yes! for this project, we are doing a delievery service around NTU.
Our charges are:
10% of the total bill + $3
(we accept anything and everything around jurong area with minimal waiting time!)
More details will be up soon.


Thanks :D

Consumer Studies

Happy 2011 !
Pardon for the long break from bloggging. J
With the new semester for year 2011, the main focus will be on consumer studies.
Yes, consumer studies is applicable not just only to our students, but in all of our daily lives. Consumer studies never stops as the world develops to match people needs and wants that are always changing. That is why, we live in such a competitive society, marketing companies are constantly generating new ideas/products with new marketing strategies to keep up with demanding consumers.
But, it is important that us as consumers manage our finances well through making informed choices. Thus, as teachers, to deliever this topic to our students, it is of utmost importance to be a smart consumer. One that is able to relate well with our students on trends that attracts them, as well as other finance part such as credit cards/bank accounts/car and housing loans to inculcate rights and responsibilities in them as a consumer. J

With that, let me share with you an Straits Times article which I came across during my one-month break:
(Perhaps a number of you have seen it before as it was on Stomp as well)

have seen it before? basically, I am not sure what purpose this huge bear-like creature thing serves. According to this website: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_590100.html 
it did not any advertising company that use this bear, perhaps it could be a prank?
Anyway, I found that using such a huge bear-like mascot as an advertisement could be useful as it attracts the attention of people who are travelling. I would definitely stop and look :D

What is your take on this?

OH yes, i received an email on advertisements that features creative approaches that is adopted by overseas marketing companies ? (Take a look J)

Nescafe advertisement that relates its aroma of coffee beans to perfume.

Pepsi Recycling Advertisment

Career building advertisement


That's all J

♥  Angela insights of Home Economics

Afternoon Tea

♥  Fosters the english rose cafe

Have anyone been to Fosters the english rose cafe at Holland Village? 
Have been a afternoon tea lover and would like to try out :D
The price is affordable as state on their website:
http://www.fosters-restaurant.com/menu.html

Devonshire Cream Tea Set

At $10.50++ per set,enjoy our freshly-baked scones served with butter, home-made strawberry preserve and cream, fruit cake, finger sandwiches and a choice of a pot of coffee or tea.

Do let me know if you have tried it :D

thanks
cocoangela90@gmail.com / leave a comment.

Everything satisfied at Everything with Fries.

Everthing with Fries 
A place where you would be satisfied J

Have you heard of Everything with fries?

If you love the American cuisine such as fries, chicken chop, chicken wings or perhaps desserts such as hot fudge brownie, banana crumble and many more, you should pay a visit here J

Like the name of this restaurant implies, Everything with fries simply means that all their main dishes are served with fries J

What I love about Everything with fries?

I am a fan of fries, especially crinkled-cut fries.

At Everything with fries, you can not only select the cut of fries you prefer (thick/thin/crinkled/waffle), you can also select the seasoning/flavour of your fries, such as (sour cream and onion/curry/tomato/chilli/garlic).

Interesting isn’t it J Personally, my friend and I tried the sour cream and onion as well as the curry flavoured fries, it was awesome and I am heading back for more.

Besides the fries, we had main courses, the tandoori chicken (mega fan of tandoori) and the cheeseburger.

I would give a higher rating for the tandoori as it is more flavourful and well-cooked compared to the cheeserburger.

Overall, we were satisfied J  too satisfied that we could fill ourselves further with desserts.

Definitely heading back for more.

*PS: its value for money as the portion sizes are HUGE and food is of great quality. Have fun there.

Microteaching

Microteaching 5:
Seafood J

That’s our microteaching on seafood. This brought back to my Olevel pratical examination where I prepared seafood dishes for my O'level topic J

From the dishes which we had prepared today, the tempura prawn, chili crab and preparation of the fish, were the highlights for today’s practical.

Preparing the fish was the highlight, we did de-scaling, cleaning and washing of the fish.
To be honest, this is the first time which I am doing it.
Have not done it before, and this is a great experience as it adds on to our knowledge, especially when we will need to teach our students in the future.

Oh yes, preparation of the crab was an eye-opener. Some of the crabs that my classmates were preparing were still alive. Despite the screams and getting freaked out, indeed all of us had a real experience in handling of crab. Like ICT course always emphasize, learning by doing is one of the most effective ways to learn.

And so, heres the overall evaluation of the dishes which we had prepared today:


Overall Evaluation of Dishes

Tempura Prawns

J Technique : Deep-frying and making of wasabi sauce
J Key Ingredients: Prawns, wasabi and egg white
J Learning Points: Making of mayonnaise
J Thumbs up number: 4/ 5

Comments:
The batter was great and it seals the flavour of the prawn.
Wasabi mayonnaise sauce adds an overall zest to the flavour.
A great dish :)

Chilli Crab
J Technique : Simmering, Stir-frying
J Key Ingredients: Blue Crab
J Learning Points: Preparation of the crab
J Thumbs up number: 4/ 5

Comments:
Love the sweet and sour chilli sauce. It was another great dish.
Definitely worth the screams we went through.


Saba Fish

J Technique: Grilling
J Key Ingredients: Selar Fish
J Learning Points: Grilling
J Thumbs up number: 4/ 5

Comments:
A malay-style fish that captures the flavour of nasi lemak. The use of banana leaves rather than aluminium foil seals the flavour and preserves the traditional look of this dish.


To end off, heres a video on de-scaling of the fish:

And so J what’s your say on This microteaching?

Do leave comments/queries.

Many many thanks. 

♥ Angela insights of Home Economics

Microteaching :)

Microteaching 4:
Protein-rich Foods J

That’s our microteaching on protein rich foods. Don’t they look yummy. J

From the dishes which we had prepared today, the ngoh hiang and egg tart was the highlight for today’s practical.

I had always wanted to learn how to prepare these food items. Learning these dishes would definitely prepare me for my future teaching J

Overall Evaluation of Dishes

Egg Tart
J Technique : Baking
J Key Ingredients: Egg yolk, pastry
J Learning Points: Making of crust
J Thumbs up number: 3 / 5

Comments:
The egg yolk filling was a little tough and coagulated, can be better improved via adding lesser sugar and shorter baking time.

Baked Rice with Fish
J Technique : Baking
J Key Ingredients: Dory Fillet
J Learning Points: Baking
J Thumbs up number: 4/ 5

Comments:
Love the cream cheese sauce, it blends well with the fillet and rice.


Ngoh Hiang
J Technique : Deep-frying
J Key Ingredients: Chicken, Tofu cream cheese sauce
J Learning Points: Deep-frying, rolling of Ngoh Hiang
J Thumbs up number: 4/ 5

Comments:
A traditional dish which will be useful in educating our students.

And so J what’s your say on This microteaching?

Do leave comments/queries.

Many many thanks. 

♥ Angela insights of Home Economics

Microteaching 3 Fruits and Vegetables

The 3rd Mircoteaching on Fruits and Veg.:

todays microteaching menu 20 OCtober 2010:
And so the mircoteaching done by Miss Angela, Miss Jehan, Miss Shijia, Miss Nur, Miss Khaty and Miss Xi ling begins :)

1.      Carrot Cake
2.     Cabbage Rolls
3.     Cream of broccoli leek muschroom cheese soup and fruit trifle

Carrot Cake
J Technique : Baking
J Key Ingredients: Carrot and Fruits
J Learning Points: Baking; Deoration of cup carrot cakes with cream cheese
J Thumbs up number: 5 / 5

I love the carrot cupcake, it does not only consist of carrots, but also pineapple cubes which adds a zesty flavour to the overall taste.


J Learning Point:
Instead if making sliced carrot cake, I can teach my students to make carrot cupcakes as well.

Cabbage Rolls
J Technique : Steaming and Stir-frying
J Key Ingredients: Meat, mixture of vegetables
J Learning Points: Making of Fillings and rolling
J Thumbs up number: 4 / 5

If you are a cabbage and meat lover, this dish is a  perfect dish for you to prepare :)

Cream of Broccoli and Leek Mushroom Cheese soup and Fruit Trifle
J Technique : Simmering, Mizing and Chopping of Inregdients
J Key Ingredients: Broccoli, leek, Mushroom and Cheese; Fruits
J Learning Points: Making of slurry, arranging of fruits and making of cream-based soup
J Thumbs up number: 5 / 5


This dish is prepared  by me. There were lots of doubts before finalising this recipe. However, when i finally got the right recipe and blend of ingredients, with the help of Ms Chin, this soup turned out great. It is easy to prepare, and whats more, healthy and nutritious as all the ingredients are blended together. I would definitely teach my students this dish in the future.

Overall presentation of Fruits and Vegetables

And so J what’s your say on this post?

Brunchie Time at Wild Honey

Brunchie Time at Wild Honey

First visit at Wild Honey
After much persuasion from my friend and wonderful food reviews which I gathered online, I decided to try out the brunch menu at Wild Honey.
Indeed, the one time experience there made me want to go there as I share with you guys on the place.

Wild Honey, located in the heart of town, is well-known for its all-day brunch menu. It specialises in american cuisine.

OH yes, there isnt any menu, so patrons got to view the menu off an ipad.
Its really technological, yet warm and quaint environment.
5 / 5 thumbs up for the ambience.


What did I tried?

1.      Tunisan Breakfast

Rating: 4/5

Tunisan breakfast consists of poached egg, turkey ham, pork sausages, served with 2 slices of break and a salad. It was awesome. The tomato-based sauce adds the overall perk to this dish. Simply awesome.

2.      Pancakes

Rating: 3.5/5

Though soft and fluffy, the pancakes proved to be too heavy for my liking.

There was nothing spectacular about the wild berry and hibiscus compote, and I was disappointed with the tough bacon as well.

Seems like my best pancakes search still continues :).

What I Say about Wild Honey

If you're actually still thinking of checking out the Canadian breakfast, do request for butter and a top-up to the meagre portion of maple syrup served when your food arrives.

Nevertheless, I hope to be back at Wild Honey sometime for the popular Tunisan breakfast sets which I had.

AnDDDDD, do share with me good places for pancakes :) thanks.

Do check out http://www.wildhoney.com.sg/ if you would like to try it out :D

Do leave comments/queries .

Do leave down comments and share what you know about brunch places too J

Many many thanks. 



♥ Angela insights of Home Economics

We See, We Sense and We Evaluate (2)

See, Sense and Evaluate Part 2 :

todays dessert menu:

Hello Kitty Restaurant

 Have you heard of The Hello Kitty Restaurant located in taiwan before?

In my previous post, I talked about PatbingSu which I tried  in korea as well as in Singapore recently.

In this post, I will be providing you great insights on my recent overseas trip to Taiwan, where I explored nice dessert places and went into this Hello Kitty Restaurant due to great online recommendations.

The exterior of the restaurant greeted me with a wide smile on my face.

Look at it, so beautiful isn't it. :)
Even though I am not a Hello Kitty fan, I am really impressed and amazed by the decoration.

So what did i chose from the menu ?
Here comes the dessert menu:

i ordered these 3 J
The decorations and plating of the desserts were so beautiful that it made me hesitate so many times before I destroy the Hello Kitty face, hahaha.

Evalutaion:

Attractiveness level:
5/5 (very eye-catcing) 

Taste:
4/5 (Relatively sweet due to fondant)

Texture of cake:
5/5 (Sponge cake was lovely, it was light and fluffy, accompanied with a fruity appealing aroma and taste)

Smell: Sweet-smelling Price: NT 120, S$6 ++

Evalutaion of chocolate cake:

Attractiveness level:
5/5 (very eye-catcing)

Taste:
5/5 (Not too sweet/bitter)

Texture of cake: 4/5 (Chocolate cheese cake inside. Chocolate was too rich. Great for chocolate lovers)

Smell: Strong cocoa chocolate taste

Price: NT 150, S$7 ++

Evalutaion of fruit trifle:

Attractiveness level: 5/5 (beautiful plating. has depth and variety of colours from the fruits used)

Taste: 5/5 (Well-balanced tartness and sweetness level)

Texture of cake: 4/5 (sponge cake were used for layering, similar to the 1^st dessert)

Smell: Strong tart appeal and flavour due strawberries and other fruits used
Price: NT 200, S$10 ++

This reiminded me of the Fruit trifle cake which jehan, my partner made for microteaching.:))

So what else did i chose from the menu ?
Here comes the dishes ordered from the MAIN menu J

J Point : love the plating of the salad at the side of the baked pasta

J Point : Likes how fizzy drinks are served in tall cups

J Point : likes the well-balanced portion of meat to vegetables

J Point : likes how garlic powder are sprinkled at the edges of the plate

So what else did i chose from the dessert menu ?

Here comes the dishes ordered from the Dessert/Drinks menu J

J Point : nice plating of fruits and frosting on a large white plate to fill the emptiness

J Point : sides of the cake are have square white choclates nicely aligned.

J Point : Beautiful plating of chocolate flan cake.

J Learning Point:
The different plating techniques for main dishes/desserts/drinks can be taught to students in aid of their coursework plating skills.

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And so J what’s your say on Hello Kitty Restaurant?

Do leave comments/queries.

Do leave down comments and share what you know about other non-local desserts too J

Many many thanks. 

♥ Angela insights of Home Economics