Little Nonya's Cookies - Creative Chinese New Year Pastries

Surprise your guests this Chinese New Year with these Singapore festive favourites
from Little Nonya's Cookies

Golden Salted Egg Chips ($17.80)

Fresh potato chips are dusted with a layer of salted egg yolk. The end result is golden brown crisps with that mild tinge of fragrant salted egg.

Crab In A Stick ($16.80)

Something that Merlion Wayfarer has not tasted before - crab sticks dipped in batter and deep-fried to crunchiness with the sweetness of the original taste.

Love Letters ($17.80)

Unlike many other brands of egg rolls, Little Nonya thoughtfully places its love letters in tin boxes. 

This, together with the cushioning inside, ensures that the egg rolls are opened in mint condition...

Prosperity Pineapple Tarts ($18.80)

This traditional Chinese New Year favourite is glossed with a layer of egg yolk to create the bright yellow delicious sheen. What makes this pantry is the thickness of the pineapple paste in a crust that disintegrates slowly in your mouth.

A selection of other traditional favourites include coconut-flavoured Happy Kueh Bangkit ($19.80), Italian-inspired Coffee Meringue ($16.80), melty crunchie Vibrant Green Peas ($16.80), and fragrant baked Blissedful Amond crisps ($16.80)...

Best of all, each tin of cookies comes encased in an elegant gold box, 

with a heart-shaped window to show the passion Little Nonya puts into each little package...

Even the paper bag is reflective gold, perfect to symbolize "遍地黄金" for a Chinese New Year gift...

For the full selection of Little Nonya's Cookies' exciting Chinese New Year range, visit littlenonyascookies.com or or www.facebook.com/LittleNonyaCookies/.

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Chinatown - The Chinese New Year Pasar Malam On A Hot Hot Day

Chinatown

Central, Singapore

January 2016

Merlion Wayfarer was recently at the Chinatown Festive Market just before the Chinese New Year weekend. Held in yearly, the festive market spans the grid between Smith Street, Temple Street and Pagoda Street. Here are some of the more interesting snapshots of the walkabout...

Joining the "Packed Like Sardines" crowds this weekend to soak in the festive mood
on a sunny day under a clear blue sky...

A stall full of pomelos (柚子) in the Festive Market. Pomelos signify abundance, prosperity and family togetherness (by the large and round shape)...

Need some cooling from the hot sun and "heaty" cookies? 

Go for these watermelon blouse and matching green shorts on sale...

Rainbow colours abound with biscuits and jelly from Taiwan...

Lost in the crowd at the Chinese New Year Festive Market...

The regular roast/waxed (烧蜡) meat stall at the Festive Market has changed hands and changed location. This outlet is quieter and with a smaller selection...

What better way to usher in the Year Of the Monkey for the kids
than to get one of these colourful Monkey Balloons?

Golden-orange pomeloes with "福" (Prosperity) stickers near Lucky Chinatown. Huat Ah!

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Yang Yang Cookies - Simple Yet Irresistible

Chinese New Year feasting came early this year as Yang Yang Cookies shared their springtime range with Merlion Wayfarer.

Baked by the famous Aunty Yeo, Yang Yang Cookies is a collection of traditional Chinese cookies and pastries recipes from the Yang family passed down through the generations. Yang Yang is a home-grown company that produces quality local pastries for the past 50 years. Tested, proven, and authentic, each pastry has come a long way from family recipes passed down through the generations.

Brightly-decked in a brand new bright classy packaging, the Chinese New Year range is beautifully presented in hexagonal-shaped tins with attractive new year motifs...

Savour the signature all-time favourites with Premium Pineapple Tarts ($28), Premium Green Pea Cookies ($18.80), Premium Almond Cookies ($18.80), Chocolate Chip Cookies ($15.80), Premium Kueh Bangkit ($17.80), Premium Dark Chocolate Cookies ($16.80), and Kueh Lapis Original (Whole $52 / Half $32). Or taste the newly-launched 2016 products which include Crunchy Peanut Cookies ($15.80) and Coconut Cookies ($15.80).

 This selection of Coconut Cookies may look ordinary, but...

pop one into your mouth and you'll soon realize they are simply irresistible!

In a single sampling, half the box was gone!

Flavourful and mildly buttery, these Cranberry Cookies are bite-sized with a healthful dose of fragrant cranberries...

Premium Dark Chocolate Cookies are baked laden with the goodness of bittersweet premium chocolate. You know it's THE REAL STUFF when you don't get the uncomfortable aftertaste from lower grade ingredients...

For those with a strong aversion to the rawness of almond paste, no fear!

Yang Yang's Premium Almond Cookies are mild yet filled with crushed almonds that remain when the silky smooth crust melts away...

Yang Yang Cookies' Chinese New Year range is available at:

• Takashimaya CNY Fair (B2 Atrium) from 14 January to 06 February 2016
  
• Vivo City CNY Fair (Level 1 outside Tangs) from 19 January to 06 February 2016
  
• Orchard Tangs Plaza (B2) from 20 January to 06 February 2016

For Corporate Orders, contact sales@yangyang.com.sg. Visit www.facebook.com/yycookies or www.yangyang.com.sg for details.

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Singapore Motorshow 2016

Suntec Singapore

January 2016

Following the success from the 2015 exhibit, the Singapore Motorshow returns for a second consecutive year from 14-17 January 2016 at Suntec City Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Making its debut at the Singapore Motorshow 2016 is the Subaru VIZIV 2

concept car, a next generation crossover vehicle, which similarly to its

predecessor, the VIZIV, takes its name from “Vision for Innovation”.

Colours abound at the various booths...

However, white seems to be the predominant colour...

It does help to have attractive models posing beside the cars, always ready with a smile...

Not to mention key attractions like game booths and MediaCorp personalities...

There were also photo opportunities with the friendly Russ Swift,
who wowed the crowd with his stun driving skills...

|  Feature : Toyota Prius  |

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Monsters Of The Sea - A Journey Into The Depths

Science Centre
Jurong East
January 2016

In days of yore, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, sea monsters thronged the deep blue seas. With a single themed exhibition, Science Centre Singapore brings the world of massive marine beings to life with 14 prehistoric marine monsters side by side with their present-day sea counterparts with informative displays and interesting stories on mythical sea creatures.

“Monsters of the Sea will heighten interest among our visitors to discover more about these mighty marine animals - their ways of life, survival and possible causes of extinction. Perhaps this would initiate some to embark on a journey of revolutionary research on environmental change or conservation in future.”

- Associate Professor Lim Tit Meng, Chief Executive, SCS –

Pliosaurus was a massive marine reptile with a short necks and a large head with formidable teeth. Built for speed, this sea monster had limbs that were paddle-shaped to help them move swiftly through the water...

Educational panels illustrate key learning point for adults and children alike -

This panel here illustrates the difference between bioluminescence and biofluorescence,

and drives in the point further with glow-in-the-dark jellyfish and UV lights on pebbles...

Known to have the strongest jaw bite amongst four-footed animals, Purussaurus was an apex predator at the top of the food chain, and is capable of attacking very large vertebrates. with conical teeth curved backwards and slightly inwards...

A life-sized submersible with cardboard figures for photogenic poses...

Tylosaurus (or KnobLizard) was dubbed the “Predator of the late Cretaceous Seas”. It was ate sharks, flightless birds, large marine reptiles like Plesiosaurs, and other Mosasaurs...

For each letter of the alphabet, there is an accompany panel to list a monster from the depths...

A predator of the upper oceans, Mosasaurus tended to wait for other marine reptiles to surface for air, before using its tail to provide a quick burst of speed to launch its attack. Using its fearsome array of teeth, it ensures that any prey sliding down through its throat could not escape easily...

Young children can create their very own take-home monster in a jar or vibrating isopod at $5 each at this hands-on counter and learn about electron flow and buoyancy here...

Other fun stations to dig in the sand for fossils, fix a monster jigsaw,
or test your strength to generate enough "bite force"...

With a name meaning "Big Tooth", Megalodon lived during the Miocene period and had huge teeth that grew up to 18cm. These serrated and multiple rows of teeth allowed the sea monster to latch onto its prey tightly and rip it apart before swallowing...

Finally, be awed by the fascinating array of fossils from Singapore's very own Fossil Hunters...

The “Monsters of the Sea” exhibition will be held at the Science Centre Annexe Hall till 28 February 2016. For Singapore citizens and permanent residents, exhibition tickets are priced at $16 and $20 for children (3 to 12 years old) and adults respectively. Child and adult tickets are priced at $20 and $25 respectively for all other visitors. More information is available at www.science.edu.sg/exhibitions/Pages/MonstersoftheSea.aspx.

|  Meet The Monsters  |

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