Coffee- The international beverage

Just realise I had left this blog untouched for so many months!! @@
I haven't been cooking much nowadays unless when I invite friends over for dinner, moreover, I try to post only recipes thought up by me and not dishes that I cook using other recipe for reference.(thats what JK creations is all about isn't it?) So the hanjuku egg, taiwanese wine basil chicken are not posted here. If anyone who is interested to know how those are cooked, you can just watsapp me for the recipe.

This morning while I am preparing for work, the radio (FM 88.3) DJ was talking about coffee from all over the world. And this inspired me to write this entry.

I am an coffee addict, no kidding, without coffee,I am a zombie!!! I need at least one a day as if its medication. During MJ sessions, if i start behave like a blur sotong, K never fail to ask " do you need your coffee??" LOL all the Mahjong Kakis sure have heard that before.I started drinking coffee since primary school days. This runs in the family, I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing. Everyone in my family drinks coffee, even my 80 year old grandma.. she drinks that everyday! And K has tasted the coffee she made, she is so proud of it! ^^

I am so glad that coffee is a worldwide commodity and I can get it almost everywhere in this world. I have no problem getting my coffee fix when I went travelling. (not that i travel often though..) But, what's the difference in the coffee around the world?

Penang

Year 2009 in Penang

Having coffee in penang is zero challange. Most/all of the coffee shops sell coffee the singapore style. Old town, georgetown coffee is sighted everywhere and you can easily get your coffee fix. I even loot back lotsa coffee from 'the coffee tree'. Its coffee heaven in penang!

Hongkong- Year 2010

There are lotsa 茶餐厅 (tea house) in HongKong, and it seems like their speciality is their HK milk tea, lemon tea and warm coke with lemon. Coffee don't seem to be in their culture. Either that, or I went to the wrong place for my coffee, the coffee tasted sour, and there is no aroma at all. I added sugar and it doesnt taste like coffee either. If I am not wrong, that was the first coffee I had, and the last thru out the 4 days trip. The other days I depend on milk tea to wake me up. My upcoming trip, I guess I will rely on starbucks and pacific coffee.. haha..

Taipei- Year 2011

I was lucky, the two minsu i stay in the first two days had a expresso machine in the house. Its superb good expresso coffee!

Other days of the trip I have tried coffee from the breakfast stores in the neighbourhood which is really nice and have a unique fragrance.. ( i just realise i did not take any photo of my take-away coffee as it was a very rush breakfast in the cab) and I also get my coffee from the bubble tea outlets. They have this 微醺咖啡 which is so bitter that my face twisted.... but i swear that the bitter has a v pleasant taste to it which i like. hahaha..


Bitter face with bitter coffee near 师大。。

And did i tell you that this morning the radio also reveal that Taiwan is ranked one of the top countries that serve good coffee? I must agree on that!!! *thumbs up!!* Now I still craving for that coffee that made my face twisted!

My liking for coffee is so strong that I even choose to hold our ROM ceremony in a cosy cafe at Haji Lane. too bad its closed down already.. :(

And they even use our ROM photos to decor their wall..(can you find us in the photos? ^^)

Maybe its time to cook up some coffee recipe now, coffee pork ribs maybe??

Aunty or SIA girl? Your choice.

When K suggest to buy this trolley bag from cold storage for our groceries, i was thinking why is he so "aunty" and so keen about a trolley bag? I even told him, "WOW lau so aunty, you pull the bag yourself k.. i am not going to pull the bag to NTUC or market".:p

However,I change my mind about this trolley bag today. :)

I have invited my friends over for steamboat dinner this evening, and since K is working and I took leave, I have to go to the supermarket for steamboat ingredient shopping alone. I need to bring the trolley bag in case I bought too many things and cant manage.

How to not look like aunty when pulling that bag

1) Wear something that makes you look younger. I wore a pink top with a big smiley face and match with black shorts. (no photo as i am very bad at cam whoring..)

2)Tie up hair into a ponytail. (a very high one that swings as you walk)

My wallet/wristlet is tucked neatly into the back pocket of the trolley bag..

and I am all ready to go.:)

Head up, chest out, stomach in ,ponytail swinging and lugging the trolley bag behind me, I walked down a distance of about 2 bus stops to the NTUC.
I don't know if i am sensitive or what but i saw a lot of aunties and uncle who are on the way back from the NTUC,hands full of plastic bags looking at my bag.. Do they wish they have one of this too? :D

At the NTUC, i put the whole trolley bag into the shopping cart.. and push the cart around to get my stuffs. At the cashier, i load all the groceries which are packed into the plastic bags into the trolley bag (still on the cart). After i am done with payment, i just push the whole cart with the trolley bag on it to the shopping cart station where all the carts are parked. I met an aunty who doesnt have a dollar coin and saw me coming she paid me 2x50cent coins to get my shopping cart. haha.. i just unload the trolley bag and that's it. :) Feeling almost hands free, i lug my trolley bag to MOS burger for breakfast while it sits neatly on the ground beside me and i happily go home with my trolley bag without any sweat. When the wind blow my fringe i can even swept it away easily. LOL!!

My purchases:

My grocery trolley bag is also a "stair climber". As my unit is not on the lift landing, we have to get this type.

Look at the wheels:

I have tried going both up and down the stairs and it works! But the trolley cannot be too heavily loaded as i feel the wheels may not last long if the weight is too much for it. (its a "first choice" brand, so you know you cant expect too much)

You do not have to feel like aunty to bring a shopping trolley around, you can imagine yourself to be like SIA girl. I used to work in a co for corporate training and i am suppose to bring training props in satchi luggage trolley bag down to trainer. And i remembered the trainer commented, " wow you look like SIA girl when you pull that bag". LOL

Look forward to our steamboat dinner tonight!!! :)