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Rangoon Road: Ba Kut Teh at Ng Ah Sio Again

Posted on March 15, 2015 by bookjunkie

Felt like having something relatively light after all the heavy meals so headed to our usual place for bak kut teh. I just have the yu tiao with rice and soup as I don’t care for light coloured meat.My preference … Continue reading →

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Blueberry White Tea

Posted on March 3, 2015 by bookjunkie

A new blueberry white tea drink ($3.70 – 140 calories) at Cedele (City Square Mall) that’s not too sweet and just a hint of blueberry flavour, but I prefer to go with Perrier ($3 – zero calories) and completely cut … Continue reading →

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I Wish Apples Tasted Like Burgers

Posted on March 8, 2013 by bookjunkie

Why do the yummiest foods have to have so many calories in them? And that awful thing called saturated fat. A McSpicy chicken burger has 585 calories and an almond croissant 330 calories. No wonder they say an apple a … Continue reading →

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Omu Rice at Ma Maison

Posted on February 21, 2013 by bookjunkie

I quite like the Omu Rice served at Ma Maison. This was at the Central branch. From what I read it’s 520 calories for this Japanese take on the omlette.

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My Favourite Singapore Hawker Foods & Calories

Posted on February 20, 2013 by bookjunkie

I often do a disservice tempting you with unhealthy hawker food, so I thought I’d balance it out with awareness of the various calorie counts. I believe in indulging in the best when you do indulge and not going low … Continue reading →

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Had Amazing Chicken Satay at Eunos Crescent Hawker Centre

Posted on September 19, 2012 by bookjunkie

Lots of good Malay food here, but I would come back for the satay. I dare say it’s one of the best I’ve had lately. The freshly made potato curry puffs were so yummy and here’s where you can get … Continue reading →

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Yayoiken: The New Japanese Restaurant at Liang Court

Posted on January 16, 2012 by bookjunkie

Been to Yayoiken twice already and I find the food authentic. You can tell by the fact that there are many Japanese patrons as well and there’s always a queue. Tried the Oyaku Don and Udon and they were both … Continue reading →

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Singapore Hawker Food & Desserts Below 500 Calories

Posted on August 11, 2011 by bookjunkie

I am really quite appreciative that the Health Promotion Board has the cool tool where they provide you with the calorie count and nutritional content of local hawker food. This kind of information has been hard to find in the … Continue reading →

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Singapore Food & Calories (Briyani, Claypot Rice & Wan Tan Mee)

Posted on August 11, 2011 by bookjunkie

The Health Promotion Board has a very useful tool where you can calculate the nutritional content of various hawker foods found in Singapore. I was surprised by some of my findings. Food that I thought was healthy, turned out to … Continue reading →

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Sweet Indian Snacks: Jalebi & Kesari

Posted on July 22, 2011 by bookjunkie

Jalebi: North Indian dessert, with Persian origins. Deep fried flour with ghee, sugar, rose water and saffron. I searched the web and the calorie count for this dessert is listed as just 250. That’s about the calorie count for a … Continue reading →

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Japanese Burgers vs American Burgers

Posted on December 15, 2010 by bookjunkie

Plain hamburgers are known to be the heathiest, but since I don’t eat cow but I do eat chicken I decided to do a post comparing how decadant the various burgers are.  I was really surprised when I checked the … Continue reading →

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Auntie Anne’s Pretzel: Caramel Almond

Posted on November 19, 2010 by bookjunkie

Indulging in a caramel almond pretzel at Suntec City. Sinfully good! Skip the caramel? I think not. In case you were wondering, the pretzel is 390 calories and that doesn’t include the caramel sauce.

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Cedele at Raffles City

Posted on November 10, 2010 by bookjunkie

Blew my diet again, once I saw the generous topping on the cupcake. It was orange flavoured icing on a banana cupcake and wouldn’t that have won you over too? Sadly I was disappointed. The cupcake was dry and the … Continue reading →

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David Lettermen Makes Waffles With Butter for Kate Hudson

Posted on August 31, 2010 by bookjunkie

Kate Hudson is another actress among the younger set that I really like. She has the most amazingly pretty face and she has the best smile in Hollywood. She truly smiles with her eyes and her laugh that lights up … Continue reading →

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I Really Need to Detox: Singapore Food and Calories

Posted on August 18, 2010 by bookjunkie

Why is it such a battle to diet and detox? It used to be so much easier. You know, blogging about food and reading blogs with pictures of yummy food makes it almost impossible to diet. I even find myself … Continue reading →

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