These hawker centers (food courts) here in Singapore is flooded with Chinese cuisines. I terribly miss Japanese food and all those restaurants that serve pasta! Despite its close resemblance to Chinese food, I also terribly miss Filipino dishes. Yet, in our company’s big events like the last one we had last May, these dishes were served:
I love seafood, especially shrimp! However, we cannot eat shrimp at home because my mother is strongly allergic to it. Well, I am allergic to shrimp, too. It makes me feel itchy all over after a few hours of eating. When I moved to Singapore, I was really delighted because I find it cheaper even compared to the Philippines. So, on weekends, I often have shrimp. As a result, I have more severe acne breakouts that no beauty face cream could control. So, I decided to avoid shrimp as much as I can. Now, my acne is no longer as bad.
Non-Pinoy style does justice to the name but, I still like the Pinoy version more. Not only because of the milk and cream but because there’s a lot of banana in it.
Years ago, I loved chocolate cakes. But some reasons that I’m not aware of, I fell “out of love” with chocolates after I gave birth to Shaynna. That’s one one less source of extra calories. But, when I moved to a place where cheesecake is abundant, such as Japan, then I found my new addiction.
Here in Singapore, a slice of cheesecake at cafes cost S$5-7. I’d definitely be bankrupt if I go there daily. Not to mention a cup of tea would be another S$5. But months ago, I discovered Sara Lee cheesecake. A box, that’s approximately 6 regular slices, only costs S$9. Of course it doesn’t taste as good as the cheesecake at the Marriott Hotel but it still tastes good. It’s cheesecake! Weeks after regularly eating cheesecake, I’ve gone way past my limit at 55kgs! The annual big event is in two weeks. I want to look and feel good at least once a year. Still, I shy away from weight loss diet products. For now, I’ll just stop myself from going to the cheesecake stand.
One of the Filipinos in the company I’m working for got promoted. He was so kind to share his blessings with us that he treated us to lunch at Earl Swensens in Changi Airport Terminal 3. Rare occasion such as this one makes me postpone once again my plans to losing weight. But even if no one’s treating us to lunch, I’d most likely have lunch again at Earl Swensen’s. They have this 1-for-1 lunch treat from Mondays to Fridays at 11AM to 2PM. So if you and a companion take two main dishes, you only pay for the more expensive one. Really a good bargain, right? But the best deal with eating at Earl Swensens is that even if you avail the 1-for-1 lunch treat, you can get anything from the salad bar at your heart’s content! So with 1-for-1 lunch treats here in Singapore, you would most likely gain weight even if you’re taking dieting pills! Everything at the salad bar are really good. And in there I’ve found the best black-pepper chicken rice I’ve ever had…
There was a company trip to Hongkong 2 weeks ago but I prefered to stay in Singapore. Why? Because I still had to pay SGD400++. Company subsidy became lower as the number of participants increased. Plus, the trip could eat up two days of my annual leaves. Anyway, when some of my friends came back, they brought some chocolate coins!
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