On a hot sweaty day or cool breezy night, Ante Watermelon Soda is perfect and lit!
This watermelonsoda ($7) comes in a cute glass bottle with a sweet smelling watermelon scent once you opened the cap! It is also beautiful like diamond in the sky with those sparkling watermelon fibers.
The watermelons used are harvested from KanazawaDune, near to the Sea of Japan. The sand dunes are very cold in the morning, hot in the daytime and cool at night. The temperature differences of the sand dunes and the pure groundwater pumped from deep underground increase the sweetness of these Kanazawa watermelon.
This watermelon soda is also added with seawatersalt from SuzuCity, IshikawaPrefecture, which is rare and very tasty.
A slightly sweet and refreshing cider that gives you a taste of salt while quenching your thirst! Drink it chilled or with ice for the best satisfaction. Get this Watermelon Soda at MetroParagon (lvl 2) & MetroCentrepoint (lvl 4) IPPIN section along with many others food selections from Japan.
One of the thing I’ve learnt from the Japanese and trying to follow diligently is to adopt a tea drinking habit.
Knowing that the teas are full of antioxidants and could keep our cells energized and healthy, I tell myself must drink it regularly!
MarumoTheOneJapanTea from Shizuoka has many varieties. Shizuoka accounts for almost half of Japan’s overall tea production, and this prefecture has premium tea plantations because of its water quality and climate for production. In addition, Shizuoka’s tea can comes in a number of varieties, giving them very significant versatility.
IPPIN has imported not 1 but 8 varieties from Marumo and they are ranged differently by how the tea leaves are harvested, processed and serving suggestion.
The varieties include:
• Sencha (common green tea)
• Genmaicha (roasted rice + Sencha)
• Houjicha (toasted green tea)
• Umegashima (exclusive green tea coming from a tea garden instead of mountain)
• Fukamushicha (similar to Sencha but steamed for longer period)
• Gyokuro (highest class of green tea among all because of special treatment before harvesting)
• Boucha (made from stems of green tea plant)
• Konacha (powder that comes from production of Sencha)
Pick something that you fancy and start your tea drinking habit now. You can find these teas (ranging from $8 to $66) at Metro’sParagon (level 2) & MetroCentrepoint (level 4) IPPIN section along with many others food selections from Japan.
A multipurpose cooker is an essential for a functional kitchen in modern homes
I really like this MIDEAMMR5025RICECOOKER from Midea. It looks pretty sleek, compact and is as multifunctional as a bulky pressure cooker which I fancied previously, costing 3 times more than this!
Look at multiplepresetmenu. I’m hungry! Hahaha. This comes with smart 24hourspresettimer too. Imagine waking up to hot yummy porridge or coming home to warm fluffy rice where we just prepare everything in the pot and let the cooker do the magic, I like it. The cooker has softtouchcontrol with LEDdisplay, very user friendly.
Check out this thick2.5mmmultiplelayerspot (8 layers) that retains heat effectively. It has a non–stick surface because of Teflon Non-stick Layer while The Oxidation Resistant Layer, Honeycomb Shaped Layer, Alloy Oxide Layer and Thread Heat Conduction Layer ensure food is being cookedevenly at a fasterspeed. The dedicated design of the pot also matches the concave heating element of the cooker seamlessly.
Now, the bonus part, MIDEAMMR5025RICECOOKER comes with a stainlesssteelsteamtray that could endure high level of heat 🤩🤩🤩. This means you can use this cooker as a steamer or steaming delicious side dishes such as vegetable, meats or even frozen products while cooking the rice, literally a one pot sumptuous meal without any hassle.
While the cooker looks into dedication for every part such as a detachablecoverplateandsteamventcap where you can clean all residue after cooking, expect nothing but an easy to understand using experience. Simple accessories such as a measuringcup, ricescoop, soupladle and powercord in additional to the metal steaming tray with the cooker. The userguide is well illustrated with clear instructions too. 👍🏻
Guess what I’m making today? Not cooking rice, porridge or soup. Not steaming frozen siew mai or lotus paste buns too. I will be making my own yoghurt with Midea cooker’s YogurtMakingFunction!
The plan is really simple. Press ‘Cook Menu’ till you selected ‘Yogurt’ as an option, put in your ingredients and give a period of 8hours patience. Viola! A healthy low sugar homemadeyogurt is formed!
A 1L of cow’s milk can yields 100ml of yogurt but I’m using oats milk instead which is suitable for lactose intolerant people. The 2-in-1 coffee powder I’ve added prior to fermentation is optional and you can experiment with cocoa powder, fruits purée or anything you fancy too! The flavors should be added after the yogurt is formed but I’m experimenting for this recipe and it turned out well for me.
Homemade yogurt is full of gutfriendybacteria and should be eaten on regular basis. You can add any toppings you like and I like chia seeds and cocoa nibs in particularly. Drizzle some honey too if you like it sweet but I will usually skip it because of trying to reduce my sugar intake whenever I could.
I read somewhere that mood is made in the gut as there is a constant bi-directional communication between the brain and GI tract. The healthier your GI tract or gut health is, the happier you are. No harm believing and eat the right yogurt since sugary store bought ones are not exactly healthy anyway.
You can find MIDEAMMR5025RICECOOKER (1.8L) with recommended selling price at around SGD$130, available in major electrical stores and Qoo10 platform.
