White Rice

                                SongHe Thai Hom Mali Rice 5KG, $15.89 from PandaMart

This is my first time buying this brand of white rice -- SongHe, Noble Pine Crane as shown above.  I ordered it from PandaMart delivery.  Normally I buy white rice from Redmart or NTUC.  But that day I had to buy coconut cream and it was raining.  So I ordered grocery from PandaMart.  If ordered above $50 then is free delivery so I purchased a few items from PandaMart above $50.  

                                  New Moon Jasmine Fragrant Rice 5Kg, $8.95 from Redmart

White rice is said to be beneficial for our body.  It contains carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins that give our body energy.  Rice is an amazing source of a variety of B vitamins. Because rice is so rich in B vitamins, eating it helps to improve the health of your nervous system. Eating rice is a sure way to regulate your digestive system. Consuming high-fiber foods like rice also helps to reduce our chances of getting cancer! There are of course more benefits of eating rice and rice is our staple food.  My family almost eat rice everyday as my children loves rice.  They prefer eating rice to noodles.  You can see photograph of the Chinese New Year Reunion dinner which was rice being served too at this post, The Opportune Time.    

For my own preference, I prefer to eat Japonica Rice and it cost $9.90 at Redmart.  But Clara like to eat Jasmine Rice, so I mostly cook New Moon Jasmine Fragrant Rice as it is cheaper.  So that day I try out SongHe, the more expensive rice with many recognition like Trusted brand 2020 (voted by consumers), Influential Brands/Top Brand in Asia, Brand of Singapore and Department of Foreign Trade (originated in Thailand).  It is 100% whole kernel and after eating I think that the difference from this rice and the other cheap one is that this is much 'softer' when ate in the mouth, something like 'glutinous rice' but is not like glutinous rice as it is not sticky at all.  The cheaper rice tend to be 'siap siap' (in Teochew language, like very dry) and not at all 'fluffy' (SongHe rice is like 'fluffy' but not really that kind of real fluffy, and it smell so nice).  

A plate of SongHe white rice for our lunch on 21.2.2022

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$8 Foodpanda Voucher

 

I used the $8 Foodpanda Voucher to purchase the above items.

Today I received three Pandamart deliveries.  On other day I also delivered Pandamart deliveries.  But today the 2 Pandamart deliveries that I received was so bulky.  I had problem picking up, but I still try, cannot cancel order.  

From now until 15 June 2021, Foodpanda gave $8 voucher to buy from shops with a minimum amount of $15.  Obviously customers are making use of these offer.  I check online and came to know that the bottled drinks (1.5L) cost only $1.49.  From two of the Pandamart deliveries, I had drinks, so many bottles of drinks until I had to carry it all the way up to the customer's premises.  In the end my hand was so painful with red marks.  

Photograph showing first Pandamart delivery with so many bottled drinks

Photograph showing second Pandamart delivery 

At first I thought the first case with the mineral water and green tea drinks was bad, but the second one was even worst.  I cannot carried it up to put in my bicycle box.  It was simply too heavy to raise up from my hand.  I had to take out 3 bottled drinks and put them into my front basket.  The photograph above did not showed the 3 additional bottled drinks that I had taken out.  I put the bag into my bicycle box and my pink box was out of shape.  

As I was cycling, I had to cycle slowly from the wobbly bicycle due to the heavy weights.  What if in future there are even more items?  Anyway, I made use of the $8 voucher too, as shown in the uppermost picture.  It cost $17.15 and after deduction I pay $11.64.  For me, its like buying Lactus with 2 free gifts consisting of bread and plasters. 

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