[Review] D.I.Y Mini Yule Log Cake with Icing Room

I made my way down to Icing room (Tampines) after my Sunday V-singer class to collect my Mini Do-it-Yourself Yule Log Cake.

Christmas is ALMOST HERE!
For those who doesn't know about this, Christmas is my favourite festive occasion! As you read on, you can listen to my favourite Christmas Song (favourite version) at the same time.

Last Christmas by Cascada:

I'm listening to this cover on repetition as I'm blogging. 

By the way, are you ready to visit the Christmas lightings in town, I am!

(Sings)ching-ker bell, ching-ker bell, ching-ker all the way...

Icing Room reminds me of DIY.

Bought & designed a DIY birthday cake from icing Room with my younger sis & cousin for a good friend. We had so much fun decorating the cake together. I genuinely miss those days; times I felt so loved despite being in singlehood. Still, I feel blissful & complete now that I'm with MyDreamGuy. :)

Alright, I'm ready for my 2nd DIY cake but this time it's for Christmas!







Mini Design-It-Yourself Yule Log, $18.80 each
Flavours to choose from: vanilla, strawberry and chocolate
Available in-stores from 15 November

I chose chocolate.



Each DIY set includes a mini log, 5 piping cream and 2 Christmas icing décor 

Additional festive-themed décor are sold separately.

I bought the 2 packets of deco & snowman separately.

Look at these Oh. My. Tian. 
TOO CUTE!






Guide to DIY your mini Yule Log cake 


#1 Brainstorm for a story.



#2 Go through all your decors and decide which are the designs you want on your cake.



#3 Set aside those decors which you think you won't be using.



#4 Following your storyline, decide where you want your decors to be & start decorating!















#5 Practice squeezing your cream on a piece of paper BEFORE you write on the cake. (Especially for those who've never done this before)




Eh babyboy, your letter 's' looks awkward.

It'll be easier once you get the hang of it.
Check out the results of practising:




What can you do with leftover decors?



Make a guess what they are made of first...



Then pop a piece in your mouth to sample the taste. (some taste better when consumed with the cake)
The gold stones are dark chocolates, yeah!



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Naughty Xmas!

MyDreamGuy thought of a naughty Xmas theme where Santa stole Snowman's present of Love. Santa didn't realise that he had left trails of love(from the box) behind. Lucky finders who chance upon the trail receive love to keep for himself this Christmas. Now there's love for everyone this Xmas!

Join the Who has the Best Design-It-Yourself Yule Log Facebook photo contest

Icing Room is holding a Who has the Best Design-It-Yourself Yule Log Facebook photo contest where you stand a chance to win attractive prizes such as ipad mini, Canon camera, Selphy photo printer, Universal Studios Singapore passes, Golden Village gold class vouchers, etc worth up to $2,000. 10 participants with the most number of votes will be invited to an exclusive The Icing Room DIY Christmas Party on 22 December 2012. 

Who knows, you might win one of these Xmas Presents home this Christmas!

More details available on www.facebook.com/theicingroom.

Apart from the DIYs, log cakes can be purchased too.

Pre-orders start 12 November, available in-stores from 1 December.

These X'mas cakes cost between $40.80 to $48.00

How about X'mas Cookies for your loved ones? 

Christmas Cookies (1 for $2.60, 5 for $11.50, 10 for $23.00)

In-store Promotions

Early Bird Joy: Till 30 November

·         Pre-order: 25% off whole Christmas themed cakes (collection from 1-21 December, not applicable for sliced cakes).

Festive Shoppers Treat: 19 Nov-25 Dec

·         Receive $8 off Christmas themed cakes voucher with minimum purchase of $6 in a single.

Citibank Credit Card Promotion

·         Citibank credit card members enjoy 15% off Christmas themed cakes.

*NOTE: Additional information and hi-res visuals of The Icing Room’s Christmas products are available via email upon request.

Read the promotions here. 

Wishing you an early Merry Xmas!


Thank you Icing Room & OMY.SG for the early Xmas cake. :)

Mint Sings for Ch8 Kids Drama Theme Song: We are Good Kids!

Finally found the song on Youtube, enjoy!




Read here to find out who the rest of the singers are:  http://mintleong.blogspot.sg/2012/07/theme-song-recording-for-upcoming-ch8.html

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About "Like Performing Love Sony" Campaign 

Interested youths between the ages of 18 and 30 can decide to participate individually or in a group of no more than six members and record their musical performances (song, dance or instrumental) either privately or at any of the organised roadshows held at various tertiary institutions. Entries can be submitted online at the Sony Singapore Facebook page and the top 12 finalists will be invited to perform ‘live’ to vie for these prizes:

Top prize of S$2,000 cash 

S$7,000 worth of Sony products

An exclusive weekend stay at a five-star hotel to be pampered like a celebrity.

In addition, the winning act will be filmed for a music video that will be uploaded onto Sony’s Facebook page for stand a chance to win a cash prize of US$5,000 against the winners from other South East Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Other than an exciting line-up of performances from the contestants, there will also be food and drinks served. What’s more, popular local band 53A will also be there to perform live on stage!

Special Performance By 53A

I've heard them LIVE at the SONY Walkman Z Launch previously and my heart melted. They are SOOOooo good. You have to listen to their LIVE performances, go go go!

The 12 finalists

A total of 12 finalists will battle it out for the title and I've embedded my personal favourite THREE so far. Watch the rest of the audition videos of the finalists here. Good luck to all and may the best wins!

A Guzheng Cover of What Makes You Beautiful, how cool is that!
I've 'LIKE' this video myself.  

What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction by Lim Teck Yi :

Beatbox (Meow Brothers):

Zhen Shi (真实) , the only finalist who sang a chinese song:

Like Performing Love Sony local Grand Finale will be held on:

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[Food Review] Welcome 2 TaiPei... STATION

Anyone who knows me in person would know how much I'm in love Taiwan; the people, the food, the culture, EVERYTHING.

The moment I received the invitation to a food review at Taipei Station(Bugis+) & learnt that the food are prepared with authentic Taiwan Recipes, I was over the moon!

I'm homesick "taiwansick".
I need Taiwanese Food.

You know that I can literally live on Bubble Tea alone right~
*beams*



I'd try my best to filter out all photobombers but this group of photobombers is so epic I just have to feature them.

They were strolling towards my direction and of all places, stopped RIGHT in front of my lens, stood there for a good 5 minutes and even continued to block me after realising I was trying to take pictures. One was even staring into my camera!

Grade A* Photo-bombers

Call +65- 4321 2345 and quote 'Mint Leong' 

to get a 20% off their packages now!

"We Don't Apologise!"

Seriously these people.

Back to my happy food review,  \( ^ . ^ )/

Taipei Station is a new opened Taiwan-inspired eatery located at Bugis+ (formally Iluma), Level 4.





The stall has a dine-in concept which most similar eateries don't have. Instead of the usual buy-and-eat-as-you-go, they have tables & seats for patrons to dine in at Taipei Station. Also, they don't serve and bring the menu to you. It works like a normal bubble stall where you place your order & make payment, then wait for your Q-number to be called. (remember to take your receipt!)

IMPORTANT NOTE: *** NO SERVING CHARGE****





Even the seating arrangement is so Taiwanese; you can share your table and get to know more friends~ (Maybe you should even ask if they have Phewtick and earn more ka-ching!)

Apart from the authentic recipes, their food & beverage preparation equipment, spices and seasoning as well as their premium tea leaves & pearls came specially from Taiwan.



Choices on the menu are standardise and straightforward like other Taiwan eateries.
You don't get headaches from choosing what to eat:




THE DRINKS

There are 4 drinks & sugar level to choose from:

• Jasmine Green Tea (S$2.50)
• Milk Green Tea (S$2.50)
• Honey Oolong Milk Tea(S$2.80)
• Toffee Milk Tea (S$2.80)

Colin and I had the Honey Oolong Milk Tea and Toffee Milk Tea. 

I like their Honey Oolong Milk Tea and it happens to be one of their STAR ITEM!

Can you tell which flavour from which?
The cup with brown spots are honey. :)



THE MAINS ( S$4.20 to S$4.90)

STAR ITEM 2: Crispy Chicken in Original, Cheese & Wasabi Seasoning (S$4.20)
They should come in bags but this time they served it in bowls for me to take pictures for you!



Original:


Wasabi:


Cheese:





Actual serving, Cold Noodle with peanut sauce (spicy/non-spicy), S$4.50

Their Lu Rou Fan is A MUST-EAT!!! 

Check it out:

Actual serving, Braised Pork with Ricce (S$4.90)



Oyster Rice Vermicelli (S$4.90)




THE SIDES (S$3.00 to S$3.50)

They all taste SOoooo Good, I don't know which one to recommend ops.
Oh yes, you may want ot order their Crispy Vegetable Combo for just S$4.50 if you're too spoilt for choices like me.


Mushrooms



broccoli


Tofu Cubes

I can have 5 servings of these:

French Beans


Sweet potato fries

Their menu: http://www.taipeistation.com.sg/menu.html



SET MEALS & PROMOTIONS

The food comes in SET meals as well.

Choice of 1 main + 1 Side Dish + I Drink (S$7.90 - S$8.60)

For the executives & retails working in the area, Taipei Station has

WEEKDAY LUNCH SPECIAL: S$6.90

Chicken Cutlet rice bento with choice of sauce (Traditional/ BBQ) + Choice of drink (Jasmine Green Tea or Milk Green Tea) 

I'm so lucky that day!
Finally after almost a year, Zir and I finally met up at a blog event.

It was great meeting Zoeraymond for the 1st time too.
She's really sweet and friendly! Awwww.....

Thank you, Babyboy for accompanying to blog events!

I'd really loved for everyone of you to meet him! Meanwhile you can check out his new blog and find out why is he 'the minute man'. He writes so differently that sometimes I think he's not a local and doesn't stay in singapore when reading his posts. Personal opinion, don't quote me hor~

Colin Chang: www.theminuteman.sg

Left to right: Silver Ang, Colin Chang, Me, Zoeraymond, Alvin


LOVE THE GIRLS!

I'm giving away this S$10 dining voucher from Taipei Station.
Thank you, Taipei station!

First person to drop me an email at mintmintLeong@gmail.com, telling me that you wish have this voucher gets it!





TAIPEI STATION

Address: 201 Victoria street #04-03 Bugis+ Singapore 188067
Opening Hours: 11am - 9pm Daily
website: www.taipeistation.com.sg
twitter: @taipeistation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/taipeistation


I SO BADLY WANT TO GO TAIWAN!