Spicy Thai Mango Salad For A Tongue Numbing Experience

Thai Mango Salad 3

Thai Mango Salad 1

I finally had a chance to try out authentically impressive Thai food at the Golden Mile Complex some time back in December. The restaurant was called ‘Na Na Thai Food‘, located at the first level of the complex. The basil fried rice with pork was spicy and juicy; the Thai iced tea was refreshing and fragrant; the Thai mango salad was extremely appetising; it was spicy, sweet and sour all at the same time. The gravy in this salad was also all-out-fiery. Yet it didn’t stop me from trying to slurp up everything, rendering a burning sensation in my tongue after the meal.

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Creating A Camera From Scratch With Photoshop

Nikon A90

This tutorial is (really!) catered to intermediate and advanced users of Photoshop who are looking for new challenges. I almost pulled my hair out attempting this tutorial, especially when it came to the steps involving subtracting and/or intersecting shapes repeatedly using the shape and pen tools. At this point in time, I am still trying to figure out how this technique could be skilfully executed with minimal effort.

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Creating Daily Objects From Scratch With Photoshop

MP3 Player

This tutorial touches on the creation of an MP3 with the use of the shape tools (rectangle, rounded rectangle) and many layer styles (gradient overlay, shadow, glow, bevel and emboss) to create the sleek, metallic effect of the player interface. An interesting thing that I have learnt is that there actually is such a font (free to download) called Guifx v2 Transports which allows users to type in the common symbols found in video and audio interfaces!

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Home-Made Spicy Pork Floss Roll (Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!)

Deep-Fried Pork Floss Roll 3

Deep-Fried Pork Floss Roll 2

My family members love eating this snack during the Chinese New Year, one which isn’t readily available at the local stores or supermarkets. The common ones that are sold off-the-shelf are those wrapped with shrimp floss and not pork floss, perhaps because the latter isn’t halal. Hence we would always have to resort to making these for ourselves at home.

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Home-Made Pineapple Tarts For Melting Moments

Pineapple Tarts

Pineapple Tart 3

Pineapple tarts are just one of the many pastries well-loved by Singaporeans when it comes to celebrating festive occasions, be it the Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa or Deepavali. These tarts are made of butter, egg and flour and filled with pineapple jam. For the Chinese, the tart symbolises the arrival of prosperity: ông lâi in dialect refers to the pineapple, which is also the homonym of ‘旺来’, or ‘prosperity is coming’. This symbolism is undoubtedly most apt for welcoming the new year.

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