Soyabean Ice Cream

Everyone who lives in Singapore should try Mr. Bean's Soyabean Ice Cream. Especially if you like ice cream and/or soyabean milk. Sadly, there are no pictures, because i was too busy eating my ice cream to think about things like photographs, but this ice cream totally rocks. it's advertised to be low in fat and cholesterol and all the other things that are bad for you, which makes sense, since it is made from a bean. so, when you think about it, it does not sound very appetising, especially in my book, where stuff thats good for you is rarely good to eat. Plus, it sounds almost sacrilegious, ice cream, made with no..cream?? it sounds on par with reduced fat potato chips!!
so why did i even eat this ice-cream-imposter? well, my mum and i were at suntec's food fair one year and i decided to try it, because i wondered how it would taste. man, was it good. today, whilst working, i suddenly had an insade craving for it, so after work, M and i headed down to AMK Hub to eat it. mmmmmmmm-good.

it's thick, rich, creamy, and so, so distinctively soyabean in flavour that it quite boggles the mind for a moment after that first bite. soyabean is not supposed to taste rich and creamy, and, in M's words, sinful. soyabean is what my aunt eats/drinks when she's on a diet! but this ice cream will just smash to smithereens your previous ideas about soyabean. the texture is somewhat akin to that of coconut cream, especially when you eat it all the way into the cone, where the ice cream has sort of melted, and there's this thick, creamy sludgy thing that is oh-so-goood. mmm. i love it. lurrve it. love the creaminess, love the flavour, love the price too! a cone costs you only $1.20, and ice cream fills the entire cone, plus about 3 swirls on top. is that value for money or what?

man. thinking about it makes me want it again. pity it's soft-serve and you can't take a pint home...

random foods

yup, my latest obsession is the lovely, chocolatey, creamy-sweet, almond-crunchy Magnum Bar. yumm. and the best part is, 7-11 is having a one-for-one sale on magnum, so instead of the usual PRICEY $2.90, your (or mine, if you're feeling nice. grin) magnum is now $1.45. mmm.

oh and my latest discovery at Starbucks is the Caramel Frappuchino. Well, not precisely new discovery per se, but my drink of the moment, rather. Extra foam lattes are good and all, but when one is sitting there for hours, it is better to have a drink that melts than a hot coffee that goes stone cold. and i love whipped cream. :) i wonder if they have hazelnut fraps, though. caramel gets a tad too sweet.

oh and candy empire has these amusingly named 'potato snacks': Chio brand junk food. funky eh. haha. although they are cheap, at $2.80 for a 100g bag, they did give a little bit of a shock when i opened them and discovered they were not potato chips as I had expcted, but rather, the healthy, baked, puffy sort of 'potato snack'. now you know why they're called potato snacks. haha.

oh and M and i discovered a new place to buy cheap snacks that are also healthy, and depending on what you buy, can help boost brainpower. It's that shop I believe I once scoffed at, Pat's Oven, which sells nuts, seeds, dried fruits and the like. And when I say cheap, it does depend on what you buy. for instance, nuts like macadamias are expensive wherever you go, so don't expect $1 for 100g. but think about it this way, as a movie snack, $4plus for a bag of macadamia nuts isn't that expensive. seasalted sunflower seeds are $1.70 for 100g, and are really nice. they're not too salty, and the really cool bit—for me, at least—is that you don't see a single grain of salt on them, nor do you taste any, but the seeds are uniformly salty. yumm. cheap and good. :) haha.

well, that's all for this week. hopefully when the exams end next week i'll have more time to putter around in my kitchen and i'll be able to post about more food.

oh and if anyone wants to buy cookies, i'll be free after the 7th! :)