Kaiten Shabu Shabu @ Sakae Orchard Central

Look at these!!!!!! I am sure you can find something you like in there, are you drooling over at your PC while wondering which item to pick for your Shabu Shabu treat :) The great new is..... You can have all of these and other extra more items at an Special Promotion price of S$28.00++ now.........

Recently Sakae is having a very good deal promotion on this Kaiten Shabu Shabu (Japanese Style A La Carte Steamboat) plus Sushi Buffet at two of their selected outlet whereby you can pick your choice of ingredients from the great varieties of list and a choice of broth from 3 of their premium soup base.

We took a while to decide whether to go for a Kimchi(which is spicy) or Chicken Broth base and in the end we settle our choice on their chicken Broth base which is full of flavour even before adding those ingredients. I am admit we did make a good choice on the broth which eventually will act as a important factor for those ingredients that we are going to add in.

The Shabu Shabu A La Carte Menu consists of a few columns such as assorted vegetables, mushrooms, meatballs, seafood, meat, noodles and etc. You can select any or all items from those columns but except only 1 type of broth. Look at all these ingredients; we are so shock to see that they are so generous on the servings which is meant for 2 person.

The ingredients are arranged nicely in two well presentable trays whereby they separated the vegetables, meat and seafood accordingly. We have some lobster meatballs, cuttlefish balls, tofu, assorted mushroom and vegetables, udon and etc.

Overall we are delighted with their prompt services as well as their seafood selection which was relatively good and fresh. We ordered the huge clams, half shell scallops(with roe), flower crabs, mussels, oyster, salmon, prawns and etc. Most of it are great except the prawn and flower crabs which don't seems to have any "meats" but they do act as an extra flavour to sweeten the broth.

For meats, we ordered some chicken and beef shabu shabu slices. I love their beef slices which is so tender and fresh with no odour and with a very nice colour texture of red and fat. And don't forget other than all those fabulous food above, we are also entitled to enjoy all the normal colour plates from the Sushi Buffet(except for the pink and red plates).

Eggless Durian Tiramisu

It has being such a long time since my last making of Tiramisu. This yummy dessert is often one of my choices while dinning in most western restaurants if they have this dessert available in their menu section. Today’s recipe is specially made for one of my best friend, whom Rey and I wish to cheer her up by using one of her favorite fruit “Durian” as ingredient. So let’s take get ready and take a look at this Eggless & Sugarless East-West Fusion type of Tiramisu whereby Fresh Durian Paste is used in this recipe.

Tiramisu is one of the most popular Italian cakes whereby Savoiardi is dipped into Strong Coffee then layered with the whipped mixture of Egg Yolk and Mascarpone. But today our ingredients will be slightly different whereby we will use Durian and Chocolate Milk to replace the usual Strong Coffee and Egg Yolk. So I am sure this is a great recipe for durian lover as well as those who don't prefer using raw egg yolk as one of the ingredients.

This is a very simple recipe that you can prepare in the morning and served it as dessert after dinner or during gathering. I am sure everyone will be able to follow the steps and made your very own Tiramisu without any hiccups. If you don’t prefer Durian you can always exchange it with other fruits like mango, strawberry, raspberry or etc just let your imagination run wild……

Ingredients: serves 8
1 Packet of Sponge Fingers (24 savoiardi)
250g Mascarpone
300ml Whipping Cream
300g Fresh Durian Flesh
200ml Chocolate Milk
Dutch Cocoa, for dusting

Method:
1. Pour chocolate milk into a shallow dish. Set aside.
2. Beat the durian paste and whipping cream in a large bowl with electric beaters for about 15 seconds till thick and creamy.
3. Add in mascarpone and give it a quick whisk until just combined.
4. Dip Sponge Fingers biscuits, 1 at a time into the chocolate milk then arrange in a single layer over the base of the container. (do not dip the sponge fingers for too long or else it will be too soggy and spoilt the taste of the tiramisu)
5.Cover the biscuits with a layer of the mascarpone mixture and repeat another layer on top, ending with the cream.
6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Dust generously with cocoa and serve.

Note:
~ This recipe can make two 12 x 12 cm square plastic containers.
~ You can Thickened Cream instead of Whipping Cream if you prefer a more creamy texture.
~ Chocolate Milk can be replace with plain low-fat or full cream milk.


So by looking at this….. Are you interested to try out my combination of Tiramisu whereby you can have “Durian + Cheese + Cocoa” together in one dessert :) And most important it is without any trace of Raw Egg and extra Sugar…… And if you are interested in more chocolate and cheese dessert maybe you would like to take a look at this "Durian Cheesecake With Chocolate Fudge" too!

2010 Singapore Blog Awards - Best Food Blog

Dear Readers,

I am so excited to share with you that this is the 2nd year my blog "Cuisine Paradise" has been shortlisted (out of more than 1000 other blogs) to be one of the 10 Finalists for the category under Singapore Blog Awards - Best Food Blog. Voting is open to public from 24 May 2010 till 30 June 2010. You can vote only ONCE for each category per day.

Just like previous year, if you like my blogs and recipes please help to cast your valuable votes for me, ok :) But proceeding, , you need to register an account as a member with the blog award organiser (OMY.sg) if you are not a member yet. So if it is not troublesome for you to help, please follow the steps below for your voting:-


Steps for voting my blog:-

1. Register as a member of OMY if you are not a member. You can find the online registration form here (click here to register). For overseas voter you can use your passport number for the "Nric/Fin" option.

2. Upon successful registration as a memeber, login onto the Singapore Blog Awards Category link @ http://sgblogawards.omy.sg/category/ where you will be directed to the Voting Page .

3. On the left side of the screen, you will see something similar to the photo shown belown, click on the Best Food Blog(最佳饮食部落格) category to display all the 10 finalists so as to cast your votes.



4. You will see a PINK label "VOTE" on the bottom right corner of my avatar . To cast your votes, you need to click on the word "VOTE" instead of the picture which will be re-direct you back onto my foodblog URL.

5. You will see this yellow confirmation box for you to verified your voting. Click on the word "Confirm" and upon successful voting, you will see a Yellow label showing "VOTED" on my avatar.

6. Other than supporting my blog with your votes, you can also participate in voting for other categories to stand a chance to win these fabulous prizes too (click HERE to view the prizes) . Good Luck Everyone!


And lastly, remember to help me cast your vote whenever you are free to login into the "Voting Page". Thank you everyone for your all support! Because of each of your valuable votes and time, Cuisine Paradise is able to be listed in the top 10 finalists or even stand a chance for this year winning award too :)