Let's create the Singapore National Day fast food zodiac

So I realised every National Day season, the fast food chains vie for the hearts of Singaporeans by coming up with the most Singaporean flavour burger.

Previous years we have seen:

  • Nasi Lemak
  • Salted Egg Yolk (not sure whether it was a National Day tie-in specifically or not)
  • Chilli Crab

This year, seems like all the fast food chains have the consensus to do something curry related.

I actually think it's fun to have a "zodiac" of twelve Singaporean flavours that will rotate every year. What do you think should be on the Singaporean flavour zodiac?

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 6 hours ago

Work in Progress - Cave Base

So, when I was first exploring the frosty mountains of the Albaneve Summits, I was close to freezing to death in the mountains. This was basically an area where you were supposed to glide back and forth along the updrafts. Anyway, at one of the checkpoints, I notice that the interior of the mountain was somewhat warm. I decided to dig inside and place a flame.

Soon, I grew to love that area and committed into building a mountain base that loose out from the cliff. I also decided that the flame that protect this base from the freezing cold, deserves a slightly more regal surrounding.

The idea is a four way bridge connection reaching out to a star light ceiling, with a viewing gallery around the area.

I really like the contrast between obsidian blocks and castle blocks. I wanted to do something with the starlight blocks, but they didn't come out as nicely as I wanted. But I did learn that starlight pairs really well with blue luminescent blocks. But blue luminescent blocks betrays the spongy texture of the luminescent blocks because it's not as bright as the white ones.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 3 days ago

Burger King Singapore advertising feels a bit... sketchy?

Anyone thinks this meal is worth $13.35? Don't worry! Burger King got you covered with a 44% discount. Even with that insane discount, it's still so expensive.

Attached Mac coupon for comparison. Not really rooting for Mac. They have been trying to breakthrough the $6 barriers with several pricing tests for quite a while now.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 7 days ago

Optimum Nutrient Whey Protein - Salted Caramel Flavor

I by no means endorse any products on Reddit, but I need to tell my fellow Singaporeans to stay away from the above flavor.

I can tell from the taste that they really made effort, but that's really where the positives stop.

The powder is by far one of the poorest mixing powders I have ever encountered. I can shake vigorously for minutes and still will get clumps (caveat I don't use mixing ball because I lazy to wash).

The taste is a facsimile of real salted caramel and like I said there is effort there, but the aftertaste somehow tastes oily? Quite a bad aftertaste.

Then if you don't immediately wash your bottle, and I don't mean rinse, I mean wash with dishwashing liquid, there will be this smells that will cling to your bottle.

I solely use ON because I think they are economical, so this is not a hit on the brand, but this particular flavor. For the love of everything holy, please avoid.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 14 days ago

Jiak! NBCB at Big Besar Foodhub

Anybody tried this before? Feels like not associated with NBCB. I went there and they said not ready to do burgers until next month.

Not that I'm a bit fan of NBCB, I've heard that their standards has been dropping, and I feel like the burger competition has been ramping up in Singapore. Still, I would not want their reputation to get ripped off.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 16 days ago

Rice Dumpling / Ba Zhang Recommendations Please

Dumpling season is here and I have not had it this year. None of my families are making this year so I guess maybe I should just make a meal of it outside.

Help me not pay overpriced mediocre ba zhang at Toast Box please! Recommend me your most recommended ba zhang. Price is not an issue as long as you think the filling is worth it!

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 19 days ago

Lacemaker Pond Unique Equipment

Is there another unique equipment here? I already find the Gem of Lycantrophy. I thought these markers generally go away after you find the item.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 22 days ago

MALT craft Beer Bar

Just wanted to share this with you guys. Happened to pass by this bar. MALT right? Clean but nothing extraordinary unique.

Then I noticed the Chinese words there - 红毛凉茶. In mandarin, that's hong mao liang cha. But in my country, the Fujian dialect is also quite common and it's read as Ang Mo Liang Teh (AMLT)!!! I don't know whether it's on purpose but I thought it's really witty.

Also, ang mo is a local term for caucasian and liang teh is basically cooling/herbal tea. In local parlance, it refers to beer.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 23 days ago

Looking for recommendations for a good mandolin in Singapore

I have mandolin slicer. It's okay but can be better. I tried to find a cheap one back then and all in all, I think it was okay.

Side note: I bought a cheap veggie chopper also, the kind you slap the cover on it and force veggies through a grid. Should not have cheap out on that one. Totally useless.

Anyway, thinking of upgrading my mandolin slicer. Anyone has a really good one to recommend that I can find in Singapore? Looking for something that glides through veggies like butter. Lol.

If anyone wants to recommend a veggie chopper, I am all ears also. But the mandolin takes priority.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 27 days ago

AI Food Posters

Not a big fan of AI food posters, but this one is probably the worst I have ever seen.

Spotted (pun intended) in Fortune Centre, it guarantees triggering anyone with trypophobia. The more you look at it, the worse it gets.

u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 1 month ago

Anyone syncing to Healthy 365?

I'm a bit uncle and like to sync to Healthy 365 for the Fairprice vouchers.

Recently I got a smartwatch which is none of the mainstream brands. Was thinking what is the best app to pair with Healthy 365 now.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 1 month ago

How to fight that Drak spellcaster?

So I'm a sword and board fighter splashing into some Ranger. I still do not understand how to find the Drak spellcaster. His spells phase through walls and have a bit of tracking and hit me for tons. On a good day, I get hit for 80% of my health. On a bad day, he one hit kill me. I'm not quite sure what I am missing.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 1 month ago

打是疼骂是爱

Hi folks, anyone feels that the logical pairing of the above saying feels mismatched?

I feel like 爱 is stronger than 疼, and 打 is more intense that 骂, so the pairs should be swapped. Something like you scold someone for their own food, but you hit/discipline someone because you love them.

I did try searching for the reason, and the primary one seems to be that because of the wordplay on 疼, 打是疼 becomes non-negotiable, so to speak. Is that understanding complete, or is there some meaning that I am not grasping?

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 2 months ago

Hey Singaporeans, any of you make your own sourdough starter?

So midlife crisis hitting a bit hard and the baking itch is biting. I was thinking of making sourdough starter to eventually make some bread.

I understand that the flour is kind of important. I know rye is pretty much the preferred type. I'm not sure whether brand and country of origins matter. My thinking is that it might matter because the yeast that is present in the flour is the one that brings the flavour, yeah?

So to the bakers among our Singaporeans, is there any flour easily found here that you will vouch makes the best sourdough starter?

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 2 months ago
▲ 9 r/asksg

I'm a bit of a cheapo. I've been using Watson's house brand razors for a few years. Recently realised that are no longer as cheap (roughly 10-20% cheaper than Gillette, used to be more).

Is there some budget brand out there that delivers on quality? Don't gatekeep please. Help a cheapo brother out.

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 2 months ago

Just saw a Zermatt video at Roland and suddenly thought that restaurants at carparks are becoming quite uncommon these days, or at least not as popular among the younger generations (I suspect).

What other restaurants in carparks do we still have around the island?

I know Raffles Place OCBC has Beng Thin.

There used to be one at Harbourfront but I sort of think it closed down already?

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u/Adventurous-Hand-648 — 2 months ago