I'm In Love With The Cheesy Baked Crab At Hualong Fishhead Steamboat

Hi Huneybees,

Looking for new places to gather after a tired day of work? Fancy some casual Zi Char, why not come join me at Hualong Fishhead Steamboat in Ang Mo Kio? I super love their Cheesy Baked Crab tossed with Salted Egg (黃金鹹蛋芝士焗蟹), coz not everyone does crab in this style and everything tastes so much better with my favourite CHEESE!!!!

As described by ladyironchef - "Zi Char (also known as Zhi Char/Cze Char/Tze Char/Zhu Chao) is a term used to describe a wallet-friendly, home-style cuisine from a Chinese stall, which serves a variety of ala-carte dishes and leaves you spoiled for choice."

So, this place that I am recommending is not only light on the wallets, you can also choose from a wide variety of delicacy. Here's some of what I would suggest...

Start off the dinner with a big helping of Imperial Shark's Fin with Conpoy & Crabmeat (海皇干貝魚翅). Though the Shark's Fin was more of a subtle touch to the soup, I liked the large helping of crab meat in it. Try having the soup with green chilli, it will bring out the flavour even better than the conventional way of adding black vinegar and pepper.

Then have a plate of Homemade Beancurd with Crispy Radish Floss (家鄉菜脯豆腐) to share. The beancurd is fried to the right crispiness on the outside, leaving it soft on the inside. I love the crispy radish floss on the top and I can't stop munching on them, I can have just this dish to go with my rice. :)

And of course, not forgetting the Cheesy Baked Crab tossed with Salted Egg (黃金鹹蛋芝士焗蟹) mentioned above. This is the one time, where I will be licking the shell for the sauce and I find that the kids will love it too! The meat is fresh and the shells have already been cracked for easy dining. You don't even need to use the shell cracker...

Another style of crab dish would be the Signature White Pepper Crab (白胡椒螃蟹). I never liked my crabs being too spicy, but this would actually be my alternative choice to the Cheesy Baked Crab.

Lastly, you can have the Duo Scallop Combination (鴛鴦雙拼帶子) where the scallops on the outside is crisp-fried and sautéed with XO Sauce for those in the basket. It very refreshing to have 2 styles of scallop in a dish with the XO Sauce bringing out the freshness of the scallop, whilst the crisp-fried version locks in the sweetness of the scallop, bringing the ocean to you within a dish.

And don't forget dessert! This nice cool bowl of Sweet Temptation (今日甜點 - 龍眼) is here to cool you down from the spicy White Pepper Crab and also our warm weather, leaving you going home, licking for more.

Those are just some of my favourites at the stall. You can also find some of their specialty dishes like the Spinach with Jade Abalone (菠菜扒冬菇玉鮑), Herbal Stewed Duck with Sea Cucumber (藥材海參鴨), Clams(Lala) Stir-fried with Chef's Butter Garlic Sauce (牛蒜炒啦啦) or Signature Wok-fried White Beehoon (華龍招牌白米粉) if you are bringing more friends and family...

Spinach with Jade Abalone

Herbal Stewed Duck with Sea Cucumber 

Clams(Lala) Stir-fried with Chef's Butter Garlic Sauce

Signature Wok-fried White Beehoon

Hungry yet? Make a date and come on over, enjoy a nice meal at Hualong Fishhead Steamboat. But be sure to make reservations before heading down as it is usually pretty packed. I like that the service is good, dishes get served fast and piping hot. The dishes are also pretty special and some are uniquely theirs, standing out amongst the usual Zi Char stalls.

Hualong Fishhead Steamboat 華龍魚頭爐
Address: Block 347, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 #01-2142
Tel: 6457 2275 / 9696 5663
Opening Hours: 11am-2.30pm , 4.30pm-11pm daily

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WIN an Exclusive Limited Edition Xin Wang Wee Owls Membership Card !

Hi Huneybees,

Yippee! Great news for all fellow Night Owls like me! Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe is jumping in to join the mid-night crowd as the supper place for all Hungry Owls out there! With 13 out of 16 Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe outlets operating till 4am daily islandwide, supper-goers need not fret anymore on where to go and what to eat.

Wee!!!

Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe (Wee Owls Branches)

• Anchorpoint
• Changi Airport
• Holland Village
• Northpoint S.C
• Sun Plaza
• West Coast Plaza
• Yew Tee Point
• Cathay Orchard Cineleisure
• Heartland Mall
• Marina Square
• Springvale
• Tiong Bahru Plaza
• White Sands Shopping Mall

Yes! Great food and free WIFI till 4am daily!

Met up with Celine and Clarence at the media event that day and we had an Owl-y good time!

I attended their media event for the launch of the event and we were treated to a night of fun games and of course tasty food! Guest bloggers - Ladyironchef and Misstamchiak were there to play games with us as well as host Noel Boyd.   

I was on Ladyironchef, Brad's team and I was one of the chosen one to do charades for my team to guess. *shy*

Owls owls everywhere! I love Owls! My design studio is also called Night Owl Design Studio. Woohoo!

First, the food. This was our table's menu for the night.

Woohoo! Free flow of Milk Tea!! My Fav!!

DESSERTS!!!!!

To celebrate the newly revised operation timings, Xin Wang Hong Kong Caffe is launching a new Facebook 'Spot the Wee Owls' Contest. The contest will commence in mid-October for 4 days throughout the month - 14th (Sunday), 20th (Saturday), 26th (Friday) and 1st November (Thursday).

 Wana WIN an Exclusive

Limited Edition Xin Wang Wee Owls Membership Card?

Visit any of the 5 selected Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe outlets on every contest day from 12am to 4am and spot Xin Wang Wee Owls cozying up in the restaurant. Snap a photo together with the Wee Owls and post it on Xin Wang's Facebook Page.

There will be a total of 12 Lucky Winners with 3 chosen per contest day. Each winner will receive an Exclusive Limited Edition Xin Wang Wee Owls Membership Card, So, be sure to stay tuned to their facebook page for the 5 selected participating outlets that's to be announced a day before every contest day!!!

Cheers to Xin Wang! Yum Seng!!

That night, there was a little Facebook and Twitter contest and I won for the Twitter one. This was the photo that I won with. Cute?

Thank you Xin Wang!

"LIKE" Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe on Facebook today to get more updates on their promotion and contests.

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Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011

Hi Huneybees,

The Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011 (NAPBAS) just ended this evening in Kuala Lumpur and big thanks to Nuffnang for letting me be part of the big event~

This is the first time I am blogging from overseas and I am writing this blog post from my hotel room (eating my room service Caesar Salad) in Putrajaya Marriott Hotel. The connection's not so good here, so I'm just gona be posting this group photo I took with some of the Singapore bloggers and Nuffies who were present tonight. Do stay tuned to my blog for more photos to come.

Tonight, I am giving you the results first hand, the winners for the respective categories are:

Best Parenting Blog - Childhood 101 (http://childhood101.com)

Best Geek Blog - Geekout (http://geekout.ph)

Best Photography Blog - Photoblog  摄影札记 (http://photoblog.hk)

Best Food Blog - LadyIronChef (http://ladyironchef.com)

Best Fashion Blog - Cheeserland (http://cheeserland.com)

Best Lifestyle Blog - Jenni Epperson (http://jenniepperson.com)

Most Original Blog Design - Eat, Show and Tell (http://eatshowandtell.com)

Best Travel Blog - Just Wandering (http://justwandering.org)

Best Entertainment Blog - Beautifulnara (http://beautifulnara.com)

Best Micro-Blog - @Kennysia (http://twitter.com/kennysia)

Hidden Gem - Googly Gooeys (http://googlygooeys.com)

Most Influential Blog - Xiaxue (http://xiaxue.blogspot.com)

Region's Best Blog - Xiaxue (http://xiaxue.blogspot.com) Xiaxue was so happy to receive the award a second time and she teared up on stage...

Congratulations to the winners, all their hard work has paid off!

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Magic, The Churp Churp Event

Hi Huneybees,

Can you believe it?! I've hit my 100th post on this domain already. It's just seems like yesterday I started blogging with Blogger.....

Anyway, I had a magical weekend with the wonderful people of Churp Churp. I got to bring my hubby along for a blogger event, spents a magical day with him and other fellow bloggers. Nice and cosy would be the perfect way to describe the day.

When we arrived, we got our pictures snapped and we were told to go Churpie-hunting and to twitpic the photos of us and Churpies. So hubby and me went on a hunting frenzy....

 

Spotted: Angie and Fenny colouring the Churpies while we waited for the event to begin.

Ok! *Waves Wand* Time for the magic show.

Our hosts for the day.

Check out the little art room we got.

Love those lamps!

Ice breaker time. This was a pass the charades game. Everyone had their own interpretation and as it went down the line, more and more weird actions were displayed.

Next up, Guest Magician Matthew Lee was invited to show us some of his tricks. No, nothing Harry Potter-ish, no spells like Wingardium Leviosa or Expecto Patronum, just simple up close magic tricks. When I first met Matthew Lee was when I attended some of the JC Sum and Magicbabe Ning shows, he was superbly wonderful with his hands and he specialised in close-up magic.

Matthew did a bend the spoon trick, money changing trick and a card prediction trick. All in just seconds, super impressive and I totally couldn't see how he did it! And then, the few top bloggers that were invited went up on "stage" to perform their magic and everyone did superbly!

Never forgetting to pose.

First up, Quiting aka Bongqiuqiu performed a huge poker card in bag trick. She puts the card in the bag but it disappears....

 

Ain't Beatrice just sweet standing there in her brightly coloured dress? She performed a magic trick with dice. Selected guest chooses the number on dice and Beatrice has to guess the number through an opaque container.

Jessica's trick was to guess the word from a random page of a book that was not shown to her. Pretty neat eh?

And finally, it was Brad's (ladyironchef) turn. He tried charming his way out by sitting on the table, but with his skills, he did manage to guess the card Jas picked.

Then Matthew was back for more tricks and this time round he got me and hubby up too.

We each picked a coin and only one is marked with an 'X'. Matthew had to ask  questions and guess who has the coin.

He tried cornering Jalormee.

Sophie and my hubby tried go emotionless and lie their way through.

It was down to me and Sophie, we tried lying, but Matthew still got the answer  right. Sophie was the one with the coin.

Sophie was left behind for another little 'blind-spot' trick.

After the show, Churpies and thumbdrives were 'dished' out.

Tweeting game.

And we had a pic after the whole magical event.

FOOD AND DRINKS! AND SUPER DUPER CUTE CHURP CHURP CUPCAKES!!!!!

So cute, I can't bear to eat them....

And what do bloggers do when they are done with having fun and full with food? CAMWHORE!!!

Matthew Lee and Boss Ming.

Elise from Churp Churp.

The wonderful crew of Churp Churp.

 

Beatrice did her version of Churpie and I won the drawing! Grab a pic with her...

Why no _??? It's huney_84

The sweet people of Churp Churp even help us get our photos printed!

Bye bye Canvass art studio

One last pic with the bloggers before leaving.

Here's the little souvenir for us to bring home. Pity I didn't get the plushie or the thumbdrive. Hope to get my hands on them soon!

For a little side note, if you wana know more about Churp Churp, feel free to visit their website -- http://sg.churpchurp.com/prevaricator84/share/churpinvite-sg and go sign up with them to earn some cash. 

If you love sharing with your friends on the latest happenings, trends and brands that you like and love, then Churp Churp is definitely for you! We are a community that rewards social media influencers like you for sharing messages on the latest updates, campaigns and events! As a member, you can also join the different contests & events that we have from time to time to mingle around with like-minded fellow Churpers! You will get email notifications regarding the latest updates and events from time to time! Awesome, yes?

More photos can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150265279051254.325202.566861253&l=68abf2482b&type=1

Muahz,
Christina aka Huney

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