The Soup Spoon

Well, hello again!! Yesterday was A Level's release of results day and it was a repeat of the day 2 years ago when it was instead the O Level's release of results; day of heart thumping, anxiousness and worry. But before reporting to school, I met my mum for lunch at Soup Spoon at Plaza Singapura and so I wanna blog about it hahaa.

We both ordered the Pot Pie set which was what I had always wanted to try! At $11.50, we got to choose a soup from the 3 Classic Soup choices (Roasted Pumpkin/ Tangy Tomato with Basil/ Meatless Minestrone) topped with a pie puff accompanied by a side salad and a choice of beverage from their home brewed Iced Teas (Lemon/ Hibiscus/ sugar free Sakura Sencha) or bottled water. Alternatively, you can top up $1.50 or $1.80 to choose from their Premium Soups or Souper Inspirations respectively.

I went along with tomato soup while mum chose the pumpkin soup and we both got their Iced Lemon Tea.

Firstly, let me say that this set is kinda aesthetically pleasing hahha to me la. The soup is ladled into the small cauldron bowl which has a lion head at each side and covered with the perfectly puffed up pie crust (mum's less puffed up haha #xiaolucky) and that small lil salad at the side hahhha #xiaoelegant

Tangy Tomato with Basil is always my go-to soup 'cause it's spicy and well tangy (duh) so I won't feel jelat finishing the bowl. It may be too spicy for some though but perfect for me ah 'cause well, I practically eat chilli, on its own hahha. #cantlivewithoutspicy #spicyislife and omg I saw their Soulful Vegan Chili soup/ stew from their Souper Inspirations which looked tempting!!! The bowl was choked with ingredients man!! To be honest, I was surprised when I realise that chili was not just the sauce/condiment I had been exposed to all my life but is also a soup/ stew which has like beans and many other ingredients inside!!

I've tried the Roasted Pumpkin before and I quite liked it 'cause it's slightly thick and has sufficient pumpkin flavour! It has some roasted almond silvers sprinkled on which gives the soup some contrast! Mummy thinks it gets slightly jelat for her though.

The pie puff is flaky in a good way and reminds me of roti prata dipping into curry when I dipped into my soup (since it's also spicy and orange HAHAH) but a healthier version (?? I hope?? #selfdelusion) It's very nice!! Mummy loved it heheh.

The salad has lettuce, arugula and some raisins as well as a dressing at the side. The dressing is slightly sweet and tangy which we quite liked!!

Their Iced Lemon Tea may be slightly on the bland side but I think it's fine for me!! Saw a cup of purple pink drink and thought it looked quite interesting :o I wonder if it's the hibiscus or sakura one, would like to try it next time!

Mummy rated the set a 4/5 anchors (I like anchors, so just let me be unique HAAHHA) and thinks it's worth the price. The classic soups themselves are $6.50 on their own so basically it's a top-up of $5 for the pie, salad and drink. Okay maybe it's worth it but sigh wallet will die HAHAHA. I too, might rate it 4/5 anchors as I really enjoyed my meal and am very full from it.

Headed to school afterwards and it was pouring outside lol, suited the mood of the day well. It was extremely nerve-wrecking having to collect our results after the talks and Principal's speech, fearing of failing GP and Economics which were my 2 super weak subjects. Heck, I've been failing Econs since J1... Although I'd say that my results slip may not be what a JC kid should be aiming for, at least I didn't fail Econs and GP and got what I wanted for my other subjects so I guess I'm kinda satisfied and grateful :)

Really happy for my friends who did extremely well 'cause they've worked hard for it!! But also have some friends who didn't fare as well :( Bad at comforting people but I won't say "it's ok" to them 'cause I definitely don't want to hear that if it was me. But I believe that there can be other routes to take and doors to be opened, reaching the same destination just albeit later, hoping they'll stay strong and push on :)) Relieved and proud to see some of them having a positive outlook or decided on another plan to follow afterwards. I'll be there to provide support if they need as that's what I learnt from the JC experience; that having friends and support is extremely important to push through the extremely physically, psychologically and emotionally tiring 1.5 years journey. Heck, it has been traumatic lol.

Okay now I need to like research on universities and do up applications and what courses I want and stuff ohmytian MEEP SO LOST okie bye!!!

Paik's Bibim

Hello I'm back with another post!! Hehe, went out with Ki yesterday (since I'm blogging this at like well 12am on 21 Feb) and went quite a few places and ate something off my Food Bucket! Nomz, let's start!

So, we agreed to meet at JE at 1230pm and this girl overestimated her journey time and reached there like 20mins earlier LOL talk about excitement #jk We headed down to Jem 's basement to eat Paik's Bibim for lunch!! It supposedly sells pretty good bibimbaps although theirs are not the hotstone versions. Besides their bibimbaps which are served in relatively generous portions in damn big bowls (for easy mixing I suppose), their other mains include 2 types of noodles and Cupbap (ie a smaller version of its big bibim-brothers), as well as side dishes like Japchae (ie stir-fried korean glass noodles), Tteobukki (ie spicy korean rice cakes), korean steamed egg and fried chicken coated in your choice of either one of the sauces. The fast-food restaurant itself is a relatively small space in my opinion and serves up food relatively quickly!

The previous time Ki went with her friend to eat, she ordered their Bulgogi Beef Bibimbap and tried a bit of her friend's Warm Noodles with Soy Sauce, in which she claimed that both are damn delicious la! So she was very conflicted over what to order yesterday HAHAHAH while I've already decided on what I wanted.

So, her final decision was to try the Spicy Bibim Noodles while I ordered the Teriyaki Chicken Cupbap and Steamed Eggs. We also ordered the Fried Chicken in Sweet/Spicy Sauce.

The noodles were cold noodles and it tastes pretty refreshing, and basically Ki loved it hahah. The bowl includes cold noodles, shredded lettuce, crispy stuff, carrots, cucumber seaweed flakes and spicy sauce. It also comes with a bowl of soup (that tastes like kelp to me) and a very small plate of kimchi (spicy sour preserved cabbage/turnips which are a staple in korean's cuisines) Although it's already supposedly a spicy dish, she thought that the spiciness level wasn't that bad so she added more Gochujang (spicy bean paste chili that they provide in a red squeeze bottle on the tables) to it and regretted it near the end of the dish HAHAHAH

The soup was meh, bland so I didn't really like it but the kimchi was a different story!! It has a good crunch and has a good level of spiciness and sourness. The only gripe I have is, WHY THE SERVING SO SMOLL SOBBLES. Can refill not HAHAAH

Omg their bibimbaps really very nice lor?!?! The Cupbap has small cubed chicken pieces, crunchy bits, shredded lettuce, carrots, seaweed flakes and mayo. Yes, there's mayo, weird but it works!!! I added 2 huge dollops of Gochujang to it and mixed (well, it's pretty damn hard to mix the rice, ingredients and sauce together in the smoll cup lmao, but the end product was worth it) The mayo lends a creaminess to the spicy mixed rice and you just can't stop eating hhaaha. I love when my rice is mixed together with ingredients (like fried rice) and slightly wet in gravy/sauce/soup omg glorious. The crunchy bits and veges added a nice contrast in texture to the softness of sauced rice. I found the chicken pieces slightly dry/tough though :/ But it's okay, it's still amazing overall. But I do find it slightly ex for the portion. Well but since I couldn't finish their normal bibimbap bowls, their smaller serving Cupbap was more suitable for me plus I got to try more from their menu too!

These are pretty damn good fried chicken pieces?!?! The taste of the fried chicken it self reminds me of Japanese Karaage, the batter is really crispy! I found the sauce leaning more towards the sweet and not that much of spicy? I think that the fried chicken are coated in honey for the sweetness due to the stickiness texture! Oh, they're topped with some almond flakes too! It's a rather small cup for the price though haha.

This is actually quite nice and soothing!! It's more plain-tasting at first mouth but it grew on us. The simplicity of this allowed us to taste the natural eggy taste and the sesame oil fragance that I believed they added in. There are little carrot bits and spring onions in it too. The hotness of the egg is very soothing hahah especially on rainy days!! Its texture resembles more of the Chinese styled steamed eggs as it's much firmer as compared to the soft and smooth Chawanmushi (Japanese styled steamed eggs)

The entire meal was around $10.90 for each person. Slightly pricey but it's good AND VERY FILLING!! Would wanna try their Japchae next time as it looked really tempting as well as their other bibimbaps selections when I get to share them with someone hehe! I'll be back!

We went to walk around Jem and Westgate which we visited Miniso and Tokyu Hands respectively. Miniso has such cute soft toys ohmy hahaha and we bought stickers from there since it was 2 for $3!

The carousel one reminded us of the one we bought from The Paper Stone previously but a less glam looking one hahah #ripoff

Tokyu Hands look so cool!! Ki was introducing to some of the brush pens she used since I starting to have some interest in letter-writing hahah so we ended up buying a brush pen each for $2.10 (will show in the photo further down the post) It was one of the cheaper ones and should be good to practice lettering with it as a start. Damn my lettering cmi haahah need more practice!

We were supposed to leave at 2pm to head to somewhere else but overshot by a lil hahah wished we could spend more time browsing through the shop though!! We headed off to City Hall afterwards to visit Kikki.K at Raffles City as I wanted to use the $10 welcome voucher for signing up as a member which is ending on 23!! So must faster use la, if not waste sia! HAHAH

Walked around the shop to look for something worth to buy that is not too ex also hahaha. Was trying to decide between gold alphabet stickers ($8.90) or the metal polkadot rollerball pen ($19.90) Ki was trying her hardest to advice me on getting the stickers which will last me longer plus I won't need to pay extra. But hor, using $10 to buy stickers really not worth it leh to me HAHAH so I ended up getting the pen instead 'cause it's s pretty!!!! Plus to me I think more worth la HAHHHA (50% off kinda, #selfcomforts)

Kikki.K pen (top), black brush pen (bottom)

Walked around Raffles City and went into shops like Owndays, Vans, Craftholic, Charles and Keith and Muji. Omg I wanna try the Muji Cafe food someday man although it's like some super overpriced chap chye peng (economical rice) AHHAAH  but we were standing near the trays of food and the savory, shouyu smell was so alluring!! Gosh sobs why good and healthier food all so ex sighs. We ended up leaving only at 7+pm lmao HAHAHH only reached home at like 830pm hhehehh, tiring but fun day out!! 3 more working nights until the dooms-day of receiving results..... damn worried gosh. Meep, kay bye!!