I just had purple noodles from Koka for lunch! If you didn't already know, I am a 'fan' of instant noodles haha. I think it's a brilliant invention, and they were my constant companion during my Berkeley days... :P From time to time, mum still allows me to indulge in instant noodle lunches... and today, she surprised me with a bowl of purple wheat noodles.
The packet of 5 packs comes (unsurprisingly) in purple packaging. The product summary on the packet claims that 100g serving of KOKA Purple Wheat Noodles gives you as much antioxidants as 80g of blueberries. I've never heard of noodles rich in antioxidants, but if it were really true, I wouldn't mind having these as a staple in my cupboard ;) But they tasted like normal maggi instant noodles lor. I also couldn't quite figure out why these S'porean-brand noodles had a french name.
Personally thought the individual packaging was surprisingly no frills but quirky :)
As for Astroboy, I discovered him in the most unlikely of places - 7 Eleven @ Sentosa Palawan Beach. I never knew 7-eleven stocks toys, but well, they did. Ok lah, this isn't considered a toy, but rather, a bubble bottle. It was so cute i couldn't resist buying. Thankfully I didn't have to pay too much for my whim -- $3.90 only lah. My kid (if i had one) would be thrilled blowing bubbles from this! Since I don't have any kids, I'm also not sure what I'd do with this. So... if anyone wants an Astroboy bubble bottle, can email me and check whether it's still available. I'd be most glad to give it away...
I also attended an ice-cream making workshop at UDDERS (@ their Kilat Court store) on Wednesday, together with all my colleagues and director. It was a Housing Division Retreat (first half was at Sentosa) and I had a lot of fun making and eating ice-cream. Seriously, it's not that difficult to make your own ice-cream! All I needed for my Vannila ice-cream was:
200ml milk
200ml cream
half a vannila pod
50g of sugar
Then, using a very simple method of cooling ice way below its melting point, we froze our own ice cream mixture in 15-20 minutes. But of course, after a few mouthfuls, most of us abandoned our messy creations for the professionally made ice-cream. It was certainly yummier than the Swensens ice-cream buffet... though more ex too, of course.
Sigh, what fun we can have outside work!