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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Ritz Lemon Crackers

 

Ritz Lemon Flavoured Crackers in packet

I first try this Ritz Lemon Flavoured Crackers on 10 May 2021.  I chanced upon it during my visit to Giant at Woodlands North Plaza.  There were only a few packets left on the shelf.  I only bought a packet to try.  Back at home, I opened up the sandwich to try.  

Ritz Lemon Flavoured Crackers 

My first try of it was a good experience.  It was so good.  It was a good snack.  Better than peanut butter crackers from Julie.  It was sweet, tangy and salty.  The cream was just nice, not too much, not too little.  In a few days, I finished the whole packet of Ritz.  I wanted to buy more of it.  

I went online to look for it, but Redmart and Fairprice did not have it.  All no stock.  I went to Woodlands North Plaza to buy from Giant, and there was no stock also.  Every now and then I checked for stock availability, but to no avail.  Finally yesterday at Cold Storage (Causeway Point), I saw it and grabbed 4 packets of it -- 2 for me and 2 for my mother.  

Four Packets of Ritz Lemon Flavoured Crackers

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Fried Kway Teow Mee

Photograph of  SG Soybean Sprouts (Bean Farm)

Recently I bought bean sprout from the wet market.  Came home, opened up the plastic bag and saw that the bean sprouts were not fresh at all.  So this time, I ordered bean sprout from Redmart.  I planned to cook Fried Kway Teow Mee and so I ordered all the ingredients that I need -- yellow noodles, kway teow, fish cakes, bean sprout and Xiao Bai Cai.  

Photograph of soybean sprouts

So I opened the soybean sprouts.  Looking at it from outside the plastic bag, I already can see that this soybean sprouts are so huge.  They were so thick and big as compared to normal beansprouts from the market.  So I picked one by one to pluck away all the root and to select the good ones, throwing away rotten ones.  

Photograph of my Fried Kway Teow Mee

The final product of my Fried Kway Teow Mee is shown above.  I cannot wait to try the soybean sprout.  I tried the Fried Kway Teow Mee.  It was nice, with the bean sprout giving it crunch.  However, I think it is not so aromatic as the normal bean sprouts.  Also the seed leaves, the cotyledons seems too big.  I think I will buy it again, this time, I would try cooking it with chives.  

One thing which is lacking in my fried kway teow is cockles.  If there are cockles, it would be perfect. Nowadays, a lot of Fried Kway Teow stalls do not add cockles also.  Some have very small cockles also, very hard to find a kway teow stall with nice kway teow and cockles.  

 

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