Beanstro by The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

If someone were to ask me the number of times I stepped into any coffee houses, I would be embarrassed to say probably less than ten times in my whole life.

The reason is because neither am I a caffeine addict, nor do I crave for one. Well, probably once in a blue moon? Invitation by The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf simply changes what I had for them before! Just coffee and tea? Nah.. Their breakfast simply awes me, especially their recent launch of Breakfast Specials, exclusively available at Takashimaya for a limited period!

With their Breakfast Specials only available at Ngee Ann City, it makes it quite convenient for diners to start their shopping spree in the midst of Orchard Road! Branch at Ngee Ann City has dim light, cosy ambience, and friendly crew to begin your meal with :)

Azur

Was invited for food tasting due to their new menu change, located at Azur, Crowne Plaza. It was my first time visiting them, and I am holding lots of anticipation!

Quite like the ambience of the restaurant, and they are able to accomodate to large groups. So if you are looking to have group gatherings, Azur is able to fit you in.

They have quite a variety of food, and it seems quite impossible for me to know the name of each dish. But luckily, I have pictures to share :)

Homemade - Stringing Sausages

I admit I am not a great cook, but I have interesting ideas going round my head to decorate my food presentation, and trying out possible ways of new food!

For hardcore instagram-ers, I believe you will find this dish familiar since weeks ago. It seems easy to prepare, and here I am... Standing in my kitchen, trying to get it started, without any proper recipe to follow.

1 Green/Red Capsicum
1 can of cocktail sausages
Some amount of Black Pepper Sauce
Small amount of Raisins (optional)
Some amount of Mozzarella Cheese
Few sticks of Spaghetti

Since the spaghetti is still raw, I basically try to poke it through the sausages. It looks so cool isn't it?? This is my impression of it when I saw it in instagram the first time!

Left it to boil for the spaghetti to soften and be edible, as well as the sausages... I leave it to boil for around 10-15 minutes.

After boiling, I took it out and left it to cool for awhile, before pan-frying it for couple of minutes. I liked my sausages to be pan-fried :) In the meantime, I cut open the green capsicum, digged out the contents and cook it under boiling water, and there's my presentation prop!

Last few steps includes stuffing the stringed sausages into the emptied-capsicum, black pepper sauce to go with the plain spaghetti, and mozzarella cheese to create the oozing out effect. Finished it off with some raisins, for no reason...

Doesn't look very appetizing, but it still tastes ok.. Spaghetti is springy and overall does not result in any weird taste. Probably any great cook able to improvise from my recipe and make it even better? :)