Tonight I was in full meat loaf making mode when I went to add the bread crumbs and noticed some of the bread crumbs moving. Clearly this was cause for alarm and upon further inspection we had a full on bug take over of the bread crumbs. My first fear is how many other foods have these buggers gotten into, second fear how long have these bugs been in take over mode? Immediately I start to recall when I last used the bread crumbs as Nate headed off to the store to get me some creepy crawler free bread crumbs. After fully inspecting everything else in the pantry I think they only infiltrated the bread crumbs, apparently closed containers are no object for these bugs. This was our first infiltration by the bugs and hopefully the last! I have however found certain items are very difficult to keep as the Singapore humidity just kills them. I went to make a coffee the other day to find my powder creamer in one massive ball. After trying to chisel some of it off I gave up and threw it away.
Continuing on the food theme Nate and I tried a restaurant that serves up Nate's favorite xiao lim bao. I, being the timid eater have not indulged in these yet so I was living on the wild side. I relied on Nate to order ones that he thought I would like. We opted for 8 regular which contain pork meat, 4 shrimp ones and chicken fried rice. We did opt to remove the chicken floss from the fried rice. Floss in my mind should not be utilized in any other fashion, but to clean ones teeth. The fried rice was delicious as always, although I still struggle to eat rice with chop sticks. The xiao lim bao are definitely interesting and take a bit to get used to the consistency. They resemble a dumpling, but contain meat surrounded by a broth. When you first bite into them your mouth is flooded with the broth and then you bite into the meat. It is almost like eating soup out of a dumpling. The shrimp dim sum was my favorite. I will make sure to bring any guests to Crystal Jade to try something a bit of a signature in Singapore :)
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From food to workouts. Back in July I stumbled across a groupon for a bootcamp. Bootcamps are not a common occurrence in Singapore so this is not one I could pass up. On Saturday morning I was suited up and ready to get down and dirty. I quickly found that the Singapore version of the bootcamp is a bit different then the US version. I still sweated as it was outside and any time you move outside you sweat, but it wasn't quite the hardcore workout I was expecting. They did however post up some of the pics on their website so I thought I would share...
