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Teck Sing and the Mind-Blowing Chicken

By Changmoh • Monday, 17 March 2014 • Day Trips, Food & Drink, More Dash than Cash, Restaurant Reviews, Shop Local, Travel

Last time I checked, Johor Bahru was not listed in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s recent global survey as being one of the most expensive cities to live in. On the basis that neighbouring Singapore has reportedly overtaken Toyko in terms of its cost of living, JB is now, if it wasn’t before, a thoroughly useful place to go to.

I pop over the border sporadically, to stock up on all manner of things that cost at least 50% less than they do here in Sing, including contact lenses, reflexology and…yes, really…herbal chicken.

Giveaway: Seed & Bean Organic Chocolate

By Changmoh • Wednesday, 12 March 2014 • Brit Stuff, Food & Drink, Online Shopping, Shop Local

A square or two of dark chocolate after lunch is my guilty secret. As it’s dark, I feel I can justify it more easily than if the sugar content was higher (who am I kidding, it just means I can eat twice as much).

There are, though, a few ground rules to my chocolate scoffing: it obviously it has to taste great; if it’s organic, so much the better but taste is my main barometer. It also has to contain at least 60% cocoa solids, preferably 70%. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, it can’t have been made for the Asian or Australian market as I hate the anti-melting additives they slip in, giving it entirely the wrong texture.

Old School Invitations

By Changmoh • Tuesday, 11 March 2014 • Brit Stuff, Online Shopping, Parties and Premieres

I love receiving a proper, heavy invitation in the post. It gets the party you haven’t even gone to yet off to a very good start. But where can you find a place that produces engraved, weighty invites that, whilst never cheap, are marginally better value than what’s on offer here?

There’s Elephant & Coral in Wheelock Place of course and a sudden slew of individual letter press companies such as Paper Tigress and The Fingersmith Letterpress to name but a few but they don’t produce what it is I am after. I want to send out some super trad invitations that you could doff someone over the head with.

From The Horse’s Mouth

By Changmoh • Friday, 7 March 2014 • Food & Drink

I had a real internal struggle as to whether or not I was going to write about this new drinking den. Partly, and selfishly, I wasn’t going to because I didn’t like the idea of it becoming too mainstream…but then on the other hand, every bar needs customers or it will close.

So, let me tell you about the Horse’s Mouth.

Organising My Life

By Changmoh • Tuesday, 4 March 2014 • Beauty, More Dash than Cash, My Edits, My Holidays, Travel

I have a veneer of organisation. A thin one. Scratch the surface and it’s chaos. I am, however, feeling a new sense of empowerment having more or less tipped my house upside down and shaken it.

Everything that came loose has been edited, boxed, labelled or thrown out. ‘Geeeeek’ I hear you scream. Yup – fair comment. The bit I enjoyed most? I am almost afraid to admit it….the labelling.