Katelyn Tan | A Singapore Beauty, Travel and Lifestyle Blogger
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Fresh Durians from 8Durian

Wednesday, 5 August 2020


My family loves durians and we are really impressed with the quality of the durians delivered by 8Durian! They were delivered fresh but chilled and were not watery when we first received it, though there were some condensation in the packaging. These durians are best to be taken within 3 days from the delivery if kept chilled. Well, they say a picture speaks a thousand words so here are the photos of the durians from 8Durian, taken on the 3rd day!

Places to Dine This Christmas

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Festive bells are ringing. It's the time where everyone will be busy setting up their Christmas trees, buying gifts for their family and friends and thinking of venues for their Christmas gatherings! Looking for a venue for your christmas gathering? Here are some places you can consider this Christmas for an afternoon tea, set meal or buffet!

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Chef's Table by Capella Singapore


Have a special Festive Afternoon Tea at Chef's Table by Capella Singapore this year! Enjoy a quiet afternoon with your love ones or friends and celebrate this Christmas with a variety of handcrafted sweet and savoury petite festive treats, paired with unique tea choices.

The Bird Southern Table & Bar

Wednesday, 20 September 2017

“Did you know Holland invented Chicken and Waffles?” Never mind the factual accuracy of that last statement, but if you got that reference, then you might be able to guess my fascination for this classic southern soul food that American movie characters always seem to be craving for.


Imagine my excitement when we received the invite to visit the newly opened The Bird Southern Table & Bar at Marina Bay Sands. I (Katelyn's bf) was so excited I even volunteered to write this blog post. Tucked alongside other famous celebrity restaurants at MBS, The Bird Southern Table & Bar prides themselves on farm-fresh ingredients, classic Southern cooking, culture and hospitality. 

Afternoon Tea at Cassia Restaurant @ Capella Singapore

Sunday, 11 June 2017

Spent a relaxing afternoon at Capella Singapore with the bf and enjoyed an Oriental Dim Sum Afternoon Tea at Cassia Restaurant! For those who don't know, Capella puts in the effort to refresh their menu every quarter and the Oriental Dim Sum Afternoon Tea set is the special menu this quarter.

Montreux Jazz Café

Tuesday, 27 December 2016


Looking a for a venue for your year-end gatherings? Here's a recommendation - Montreux Jazz Café Singapore; the venue bringing together East and West to showcase performances championing the spirit of the Festival for global citizens.

Los Angeles Week 5

Saturday, 11 October 2014

Well, week 5 in LA was quite a quiet week!
Either it was really quiet or I didn't take much photos :/

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Monday - 23 July 2012

Skipped class with my friends and had salad on the grass!
Anw, that was the only class we skipped in USA hahas.
Hardworking right?

Los Angeles Week 4 Part 2

Friday, 12 September 2014


I am back with part 2 of the post!
This part consist of mainly Hollywood related stuffs!

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Friday - 20 July 2012

Universal Studios Hollywood (USH)!
We went to the one in Florida already but the rest wanted to come here so we tagged along.
Photo from my camera which was surprisingly rather clear hahas.
Following photos from my DSLR!

Los Angeles Week 4 Part 1

Sunday, 31 August 2014


Back with another USA travelogue post!
Been rather lazy and kept procrastinating :/
But... I still want to record everything down!
Anyways, this is my second time writing this post!
Gonna write it with no date references (hope I get them right).
My first post got overwritten by me accidentally :(

For this Los Angeles Week 4, I'm gonna break it up into 2 parts!
Cause we didn't travel out of LA that week.
Part 1 will be mainly Santa Monica related.
Part 2 will be mainly Hollywood related.
Santa Monica is a city on it's own (I think) but Hollywood is only a district?
Initially I had no idea how I should label the post...
But since they are all inside LA, I shall just do it as a full LA week post!

Los Angeles Week 3

Sunday, 16 March 2014


I'M BACK WITH ANOTHER POST!
Really haven't been able to find the time to blog :(
This was drafted weeks ago. I merely added the summary photo before posting today.

Anyways this is gonna be a long Sunday to Sunday blog post!
Back in LA on a Saturday, spent Sunday resting (or I think there was an upcoming quiz).
Monday to Thursday spent in school.
Friday went to a theme park (six flags) in LA.
Saturday was shopping day.
Sunday was beach day cause the rest went to sky dive!
I wanted to sky dive but my dad threatened me -.-
He was like "if you go without my permission, i will ban you from traveling in the future". Boo.

Anyway, here are the details of the week!
P.S All my LA Week photos are mostly of a lower quality cause most were taken using my S2 then.

My Month In Photos (Jan 2014)

Wednesday, 5 February 2014

It's Feb and I haven't done any my week in photos!
Decided to do "My Month In Photos" post instead.

Updates for the month of Jan.
I didn't totally go missing with my week in photos.
It's just that I've been posting them all on Dayre (@tanhuiping)!
So now I shall refer to my Dayre to do this post hahahas.
Convenient much. No need to test my memory.
Shall only include things that I want to highlight.

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1st Jan 2014
It's new year! I did nothing special though.
But here's my New Year blog post.
Next day I had a funny dream LOL want to know what's the dream?
Find it on my Dayre @tanhuiping =P
Also, next few days I was packing and prepping for my HK trip!

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4th - 7th Jan 2014
First trip of the year - Hong Kong!
Here's a photo I took in HK Disneyland.
P.S my experience in HK wasn't that great.
Like a lost sheep there cause I don't know Canto.
And erms there were a lot of China tourists!
Nonetheless will be blogging about the trip soon.
Still enjoyed the time spent with grandma and sister!

To add on, I had internet connection during the trip all thanks to Telcom Square!
It's my second time using their wifi device overseas!
Did a review for them before - Telecom Square Review!
Used this again in HK and it was great! The connection was really fast!
This device lasted me and my sis for 10hours.
I switched it on for the whole day and there were two devices connected to it.
I will share this again in my HK travelogue!

Btw, rental fee is FREE for the first day!
All other days at a flat rate of $12 per day with unlimited data :)
It's way cheaper compared to using your plan's data roaming which can easily cost $15 per day!
Also, if I am not wrong, Telecom Square is the only company that has the first day free offer!
And it's less troublesome too! Won't have to apply for roaming and stuff.
All you have to do is reserve one online, have it sent to your place or collect it before your flight,
when you are overseas, just switch of your 3G/4G and use your wifi!
Convenient much right?

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11th Jan 2014
Went for a food tasting with Yingjie.
It's at a Food Court though. Didn't know till we arrived.
It's at Century Square.

Long queue though cause price is reasonable and their serving is really big!
We couldn't finish our food in the end! :/

They are having an on-going contest.


Food that we ordered that day!
We were told that 刀削面 Dao Xiao Mian is popular for this stall.
So we ordered one dry and one soup version.

刀削面 Dao Xiao Mian (Soup) with Chicken
This noodle tastes a lil like udon!
It's thick and has this thin layer around it.
I think this dish is not common elsewhere, right?

刀削面 Dao Xiao Mian (Stir-fried) with Seafood
Usual stir fried dish. The noodles felt a lil dry though.
I preferred the soup one!

P.S Both dishes above were of a super larger serving!
I could barely finish half a bowl (maybe cause it was early and I don't eat much in the morning).

Onion Pancake
Wanted to try cause some onion pancake don't have the strong onion smell.
This was full of onions. I don't like onion so I don't really like this dish.
Those who love onion will love it though.

Xiao Long Bao
I didn't really like the xiao long bao too.
A lil too dry to my liking. It's cheap though.

Photo with all the food :)

Ending this part off with a photo with Yingjie :)

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12th Jan 2014
A day before school start, I did a K-drama review!
*copy and paste from Dayre*

So this holidays i watched 3 k-dramas.
1. Inheritors aka The Heirs
2. You've Fallen For Me aka Heartstrings
3. Marry Him If You Dare aka Future's Choice

I think 3 is enough for me to do a comparison/review? Hahas. Anyways I don't usually watch drama when school term starts cause I'm the kind who will watch all the way and neglect everything else :/ This is why I'm always able to complete dramas within 2-3 days.


If I have to ranked the 3 dramas I've watch,
1. Heartstrings
2. The Heirs
3. Future's Choice

P.S I will try not to give too much spoilers in this k-drama review/summary ;)

“1st: Heartstrings”



I actually love watching both heartstrings and the heirs as much. I placed heartstrings as the first cause it's music related. I love watching romance dramas and plus point if it's music related. Reason why I love "you're beautiful" and "dream high" too. The ratings for heartstrings isn't as high as the heirs but I love the performances in the drama! Yong Hwa is so charismatic when he is performing!

Love the songs performed by Yong Hwa and Shin Hye! The drama reminded me of my guzheng too. Sold it away a couple of years back cause I no longer played it and it was taking up too much space. Hahas. Anyways, it's the usual happy ending drama.

“2nd: The Heirs”



This drama is rather unrealistic. I mean what are the possibilities that someone would go head over heels after another person only after a day of meeting that person?! Love at first sight... but to this extent?!

But... that's also what I like about this drama. It's unique the drama started like that. Not every drama goes straight to the romance part! It's not draggy at all. That's a plus point for the drama. Anw that's why it is a drama, not meant to be realistic.

Lee Min Ho is really sweet in the drama! How to not fall in love with him? Lols. That drama has a strong cast team too! All their casts are so lovable!

Anyways the drama has got a nice OST too. Love the songs by Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye. The songs are all used in the drama just that they were sort of like background music. And yes, another happy ending drama. I love dramas with happy endings!

“3rd: Future's Choice”



This was a definite 3rd out of the 3 dramas. Reason being it has a hanging ending! Everything infront was not bad. It's not the typical kind of drama and there are lots of twists. But the title is called mirae's choice and she didn't even make a choice? The future mirae did make a choice to take the risk and go back to the future to meet Kim Shin and she did survive it. But what about the past (another universe) Mi Rae?

Nonetheless, I choose to believe she ended up with Se Joo (Yong Hwa). Hahas I'm bias like that. And I choose to believe that cause he told her to keep the ring and she said that if he still wants her when he is back, he can put the ring on her again. This there's nth for me to spoil since she did not even make a choice!

Anyways I think it's somewhat a drama with a happy ending too (at least for the future Mi Rae).


So those are the 3 dramas I watched this holidays. School's starting tomorrow though I will not be going cause only lectures and the time slots are so far apart. Makes no sense for me to travel 4 hours just to attend one too.

Anyways, I enjoyed this holiday! Met up with most friends whom I want to meet (still got some whom I never get to meet though). Also, I enjoyed my Hong Kong trip :) Glad that sis and grandma liked the trip.
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14th Jan 2014
Real first day of school!
Official is 13th but the lectures are too far apart.
So... I didn't go on monday hahas!
That day was also the first day I met my FYP prof!

Set up Ubuntu on my mac air! :)
Even till now I'm still more comfortable using mac for coding though,
Haven't really touched Ubuntu much :/
But the installation was mad troublesome!
Get mac parallel, install Ubuntu, files access grants, etc etc!

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18th Jan 2014
Shopping day at Topshop!
*copy and paste from Dayre*



Ended up spending close to $60 at topshop! So much for saying that I'm gonna save money.



The $13 for 3 midi ring LOL. Bought a cardi too that's why it added up to almost $60. And i bought another of the $13 ring after that. Oh wells. Save up my CNY ang bao instead lols.



Parents went to yishun and my maternal grandma bought me what I've been craving for days! Tofu w cucumber w pork floss w sweet chili sauce! Yummy!
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27th Jan 2014
Skipped school, wanted to rest but end up running errands with daddy.

Managed to get my favorite laksa though - Sungei Road Laksa!

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28th Jan 2014
Visited MUFE Make Up School for a lesson.
After that I went to change my hair color.
Final look (makeup+hair)

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30th Jan 2014
Chinese New Year Eve!
*copy and paste from Dayre*



Brunch with Xinci at Eggs and Berries! After that the two of us went shopping hahas.


I bought this. $69 only!! After disc $55.60 only. And it's pink! How to not buy it right?


Xinci got a pair of shoes from Polo Ralph Lauren too hahas.



Reunion dinner! Just one corner of the table cause my family was hungry and they startes eating already. Well... I also forgot to take a photo initially hahas.
Then at night I did my nails and that was very much what I did!

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That's all for my first Month in Photos!
Will blog about CNY Day 1 and Day 2 in another post :)

San Diego Day 2

Monday, 20 January 2014


Guess where is this?
It's the carpark of...
Ok the header gave it away -.-

Mission Bay Beach!

San Diego Day 1

Saturday, 4 January 2014

No matter what, I have to finish my travelogues!
It's sort of like a diary for myself.
So no matter how back logged they are, I'm gonna finish them! =P
While you are reading this, I am already in HK.
Will be doing HK travelogues when I am back.
But no matter what I have to clear the USA ones first!
Aim to clear it before the two years mark opps.

So the last post was Los Angeles Week 2.
That was Monday to Thursday.
Friday (6th July 2012) - San Diego [this post]
Saturday (7th July 2012) - San Diego [next post]
Sunday we were back in LA so it will go into LA Week 3 ;)

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Another road trip! This time it's San Diego! :)
* warning: photo spam *

Los Angeles Week 2

Saturday, 23 November 2013


I'm back with another USA post.
It has been more than a year since I came back and I am still not done with my travelogues.

P.S Lots of photos ahead!
It's the same writing style as my previous travelogues.
But I didn't combine photos for this post.
Combining photos takes up a lot of time! Reason why I procrastinate.

DRx Clinic Luncheon

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

DRx Clinic luncheon at Hilton Hotel!
This happened before the Carlo Rino and Bobbi Brown event.
I thought I had the draft scheduled but...
it turns out that I left it as a draft and wasn't scheduled.
So here is the post!

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First thing. Limo cabs were arranged to pick up us at our house!
How awesome is that? Most thoughtful event ever!

Their service was super good.
When the cab arrived, the driver sms-ed me.
Then the driver was waiting outside the car to open the door for me!

Must camwhore in the cab!
Btw, I still think S4 has a horrible front camera :(
I didn't bring my GF6 out that day~

After an awesome ride, we arrived at Hilton Singapore.
I reached first, followed by Ying Jie and Jocelyn.
The 3 of us planned to meet at the lobby and go up to level 24 together :)

The restaurant name is called il Cielo, on level 24.
Dr Tan said it means heaven in italian :)
They have a nice outdoor pool. We didn't go out to take photos though :(

We were arranged to sit with our doctors!
Yingjie, Joey and I were all patients under Dr David so the three of us sat together! Yay!
Dr David sat opposite me, joey was on my left and the legendary Dr Tan was on my right.
Dr Tan is the director of DRx clinic, also the one who cured my friend's acne.
My friend totally don't look like he had have acne problems before!

So we were all chatting and chatting and having good food! :)

Here's the menu:
Pan Seared Foie Gras, Truffle Polenta Caramelized Apple Wine Reduction
Blueberry S Porcini Mushroom Risotto
Pecorino Crusted Sea Bass, Saffron Sauce
or
Balsamic Honey Marinated Baby Chicken, Purple Mashed Potatoes
Tiramisu il Cielo, Mascarpone Ice Cream


 Bread to start! :)


Pan Seared Foie Gras, Truffle Polenta Caramelized Apple Wine Reduction
Foie Gras is goose liver right? First time having it :)
It had the pig liver taste though. So conclude all liver have similar taste? lols.


Blueberry S Porcini Mushroom Risotto

I don't know how risotto is supposed to look like.
But I thought this looked like ravioli?
Guess they changed the menu for this dish ;)


Pecorino Crusted Sea Bass, Saffron Sauce
I chose the fish and the serving of the fish was huge!
I was feeling bloated by the time I had the fish.
Didn't eat the vege though cause they are all green and yellow peppers!
Dr Tan saw and he was like "If I am your dad, I will ask you why you didn't eat your vege." hahahas.

Next up, is our "main course" lols.
Cause everyone was looking forward to eating it.
The name sounds delicious enough hahas.

Tiramisu il Cielo, Mascarpone Ice Cream
Kill me please. I couldn't finish it cause I was too full by then.
I think my table all small eaters? All couldn't finish our dessert!
The other table cleared every single thing!


When you have a pretty dessert, you have to take a selca with it first! =P

Done eating, everyone just hang around to talk :)

As for us... we spam photos hahahas.

Photo with Joey, Yingjie, Chester and Doctor David (photo from Joey)
Chester is marketing in charge of DRx Clinic.
He's the one who has been helping us arrange all our appointments!
And he's also the one who has been answering all your DRx related questions!
He's leaving DRx already though. So this is sort of like his farewell lunch too? :(
Chester, thank you for arranging this luncheon and for sponsoring me DRx stuffs all these while!
My skin is now a lot better all thanks to you and DRx clinic!
All the best for your future endeavors!

P.S My face is alot alot sharper in this photo thanks to Yingjie.
She edited it for me :) I was too busy to edit any photos. Posted everything without editing.

Photos with more bloggers!
Left to Right:
Yingjie, Me, Mag, Joey, Huiyan, Jocelyn

Then time more photo spams :)
Selca, selca and more selcas hahahas.

Photo with Yingjie, taken from her ;)

Story behind the 3 selca with 3 different position.
Whoever is in the middle will look the skinniest!
Hahahas think there is some fish eye effect due to the lens.

Then selcas with Jocelyn, photo taken from her.

Photo with Dr Tan!
This photo and the next were both taken from Jocelyn :)

Outfit of The Day
Dress: Abercrombie & Fitch
Clutch bag: Dorothy Perkins
Wedges: Kiyo

Goodies for the day!
Tried the facial mask and I think they are meant for hydrating? :)
And we received the Skin Supplement SS too!
Heard that it's really good. It's like a sunblock pill!
Definitely useful for Singaporeans since the sun is mad burning here.

That's all for this post! :)
Was really nice to be able to catch up with the rest!
We don't often have such events where we just go, sit there and chat one.