Drinking Up your Body!

Ever wonder about the calories you are getting from alcoholic drinks? Surely they aint cal-free but on the other side has quite some value losing out only to fat (Fat contributes 9 cals per gram while alcohol 7 cals per gram).

Nevertheless, my experience tells me a night made of alcoholic drinks such as whisky and wine with food wont hurt that much when you weigh right the next morning. The reason is probably your body got dehydrated a little and so, the pounds dont add up. Check it out yet another day and the pounds are on their way back.
This is especially true if you consume cocktails such as Pina Colada, Irish Cream, Butterscotch and the likes.

Here's a sample of some of the more popular drinks, together with their calorie counts...

1 glass of Bailey's lrish Cream - 468 calories
1 glass of Margarita - 453 calories
1 glass of Martini - 413 calories
1 glass of Pina Colada - 297 calories
1 glass of Vodka Cranberry - 250 calories
1 glass of Rum & cola - 240 calories
1 glass of Screwdriver - 200 calories
1 mug of beer - 150 calories
1 glass of white wine - 120 calories
1 tequila shot - 100 calories

Calorie Count Source:
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Chinese Carrot Cake - Lo Bo Gao

Chinese carrot cake is again totally different from the western carrot cake. It is not baked but requires some frying and steaming to be done from the pan and are made from rice flour with milk. The basic ingredients are shreds and cuts of onions, garlic, radish or yam, shrimp and sausages to taste together to be mixed with a ratio of 2 water/milk: 1 rice flour. The trick is to fry the onions and garlics first in order to create the base crunch. Followed by the sausages and the shrimps for their known perfect blend to taste. After you got these, time to mix them with the flour and water or milk ready to be steamed or microwaved until they solidify.

Chinese carrot cakes are one of the favorites and must haves considered as a snack plate or dim sum. They are available almost in any Chinese restaurant outlet that sells Dim Sum (small savory plates of Chinese delicacy). Find and taste one today!

Heard of Chinese Sticky Cake - Nien Gao"?

Chinese Nien Gao is a brown colored steamed sticky cake made from brown sugar, dates and milk. Very different in its texture from traditional sponge or butter cake. It tastes absolutely different and basically are sweet like honey. The nicest ones are soft enough to melt in your mouth and has very tempting fragrant. Touch it through the finger tips and you will know instantly whether it is a good quality one as mostly good ones feels elastically soft and smooth.

Chinese folks usually eat them during Chinese New Year seasons. The way to eat them is to cut them into slices. Another way is to fry them with eggs and usually this needs to be done if the cake has already been cooled or frozen from the fridge. They are part of the Chinese living culture and the story behind its name is upon eating makes us grow taller every year -- (Nien = Year , Gao = Grow Tall). In ancient times, parents make them for the children to eat so to ask them to grow healthy, strong and tall.

World Famous Peking Roast Duck - Ready to Stand in the Queue?

Speaking of Beijing China, people will not forget to ask about its famous mouth watering roast duck. I have been there to witness the scene myself, there stood hundreds of people waiting outside for their table turn.. It just gives me the impression that people can not win over it.. They will have to have it... that Peking Roast Duck....

Cool is, the dish originated from the imperial era and is considered a world class favorite.  To check out the one that you are probably eating, check up on the skin to make sure it is paper thin and chip crispy. Usually, eaten with pancakes and other traditional Chinese condiments such as oyster sauce, sweet bean and spring onion sauce.

Try it to believe it :)

Love to Eat without Guilt for Weight Gain! - Slim Taste!

Check out these healthy and beautiful rice dumplings. Inside, they are packed with all types of stuff available such as red beans, green tea, green beans and nuts. There is another type which fills all types of non-vegie stuffing and hence are not for the sweet tooth. The concept is about eating multi grains and making them look fancy and easy to eat. A bit like 'Sushi' concept only that they are taking to the roots of rice eating Chinese culture.

The menu is exciting as it is filled up with all healthy and low in fat options such as 'slim taste yam/carrot/wheat noodles' with chicken feet, 'slim taste bbq reduced calorie paus'. Feels like being allowed to eat almost anything which tastes good and yet is low in fat and calories.