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Thursday, July 24th, 2008Welcome to our newest feature – food of the week, wherein each week one of us will try a new food and we’ll blog all about it for you! To start off, we have the KING of FRUITS – duh nananana – the durian! The durian is native to Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia and can […]
Black Sesame Almond Blizzard
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008John’s always been the experimental type when it comes to trying new foods, and of course living in Singapore is absolutely no exception. I’m more, hmmm, how do I say it? I’m more timid, I guess, when it comes to trying new things. For one thing I have a bit of an aversion to meat, […]
Peranakan Adventure
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008I went on a tour today and learned lots – I’m so excited to tell you all. Just a disclaimer first, everything here I learned from my tour guide, so I assume it’s true but if it’s not, you’ll probably never know. Here goes. A long, long time ago, in a far away place – […]
Which one is your favorite?
Friday, July 11th, 2008I will try them all and report back
Really expensive cordyceps
Monday, July 7th, 2008These are crazy expensive. Will explain later. Update: Ok, so I said I would explain this cordyceps stuff. From answers.com: Cordyceps sinensis, also called Chinese caterpillar fungus, Cs-4, Dong Chong Xia Caoor, or semitake, is a fungus native to the Tibetan plateau in China. The fungus is parasitic, and grows in the moth caterpillar. Spores […]
Expat Life at Treetops
Monday, July 7th, 2008With John gone at work all day today, I’m starting to settle in to life at Treetops. It’s so nice that they serve breakfast in the Sunbird Cafe every morning – John and I are able to go down and have a nice brekkie with coffee before he leaves for work. I’ve been sticking to […]
Mexican food, Holland Village and Chimps
Sunday, July 6th, 2008So last night I put on jeans for the first time since arriving in Singapore (seriously). It actually wasn’t too bad. I think the key is to simply not walk far distances while outdoors. We’ve certainly been told as much by some of the locals. Anyway, I put jeans on as part of an overall […]
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