Monday, March 29, 2010

Warehouse Tour :- Brown Rice Tea

I do not like to do balancing. I hate to have a balance diet, I hate to balance my or other people accounts and I hate to balance my time. What I love is to eat what I like, screw the balances sheet and profit and loss statements and to play all day!

Sound like a dream? Well it is a dream until we do something about it. Anyone got any great idea, kindly inform me.

Brown Rice tea is all the craze recently. It purports to improve blood circulation, aids digestion and relieve stress (how a tea can relieve stress is beyond me...I drink tea when I got tonnes of work and need to keep awake) and the nutrients in the tea constitute and important part of an balance diet (that dreadful word again) .

Highlander is one of the main importers of Brown Rice tea in Singapore and they sell several other products related to Brown Rice Tea. Situated in Aljunied, booking is required and participants will be served a cup of hot desert and some herbal soup made from Brown rice.

This tour will be classified under the Warehouse Tours.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

You can also purchase a list of Top 40 Must Visit Places in Singapore with Sample Itineraries at the Donation/Payment Details page.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Kelong Tour Updates

Have anyone heard of Linzhi "Po Pi Bao Zhi Fen"? I am given two boxes of such powder free of charge. I am told that this is supposed to be a great but expensive tonic. Being a greedy pig that I am, I start taking them immediately. However, there is a curious side effect...I keep having to "LS" at night (LS is diarrhea) but feeling very good during day time. Weird!

Anyway, I have revisited the Kelong the other day and the Lady Boss has kindly shown the group several interesting stuff! This is an update post from the original Kelong Tour article.

During the tour, we saw how the fishes upload at Changi Point is monopolized by a family (down with cartel I say) of trader.

Cartel is bad because fishes by local fishermen or Kelongs are force to sell to this Cartel at a ridiculously low price but at sell to the logistic or other middleman at twice the price, who sold to the restaurant at twice the price and then to us at twice the price again!

A fish sold by the fisherman for say 16 dollars could become 64 dollars by the time it reaches us!

After viewing the upload, we went to the Kelong and witness the feeding session for Cobia and Tiger Grouper. Oh there are lobsters in the Kelong too...but it seems that lobster feeds on the crap that flow around in the sea and do not need feeding (they are omnivorous scavengers...same as Cockroaches).

After the feeding session, climb up onto the Kelong to witness how the nets are lower and rise. On a good night the high power lamp is able to attract up to 800 kg of fishes. These fishes are then used to feed the fishes in the fish farm. On a bad night, the lowest record is 8 kg.

After the tour, enjoy a good meal of Nasi Lemak and Otah (from this otah factory) and drinks before leaving the Kelong to Singapore.

This Kelong tour will be categorised under both educational tours and Farm/Nursery tours.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Farm Tour - Hay Dairy

I am back after suffering a serious bout of food poisoning...anyone misses me?

Hay Dairy is the only goat farm in Singapore. The milk are not sold through retails, rather it is by direct delivery. This ensures that only the freshest milk is delivered to you...just like old times.

Visit Hay Dairy only in the morning. In the morning, the farmers will milk the goat and will give a detailed explanation of the type of goats, the advantage of goat milk vs cow milk, etc. During the explanation, see how the milking process is carried out.

As a quick introduction, goat milk differs from cow milk in the following way:-

1) Goat milk is alkaline while cow milk is acidic (Goat milk is good for those with gastric)

2) Goat milk has less lactose compare to Cow (suitable for those with lactose intolerance)

3) In Chinese medicine, Goat milk is cool effect while cow milk is heaty effect (If you do not understand what I am talking about, never mind)

Due to HSA restriction, feeding of Goat is NOT allowed.

Oh a last trivia, there is only 1 male goat to satisfied the hundreds of female goat there (the goats need to be pregnant to produce milk)....Chew on that guys!

Booking is required and there is a entrance fee of $3 per person. Contact us for more info.

This tour will be classified under both Farm Tours and Educational Tours
 
If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

You can also purchase a list of Top 40 Must Visit Places in Singapore with Sample Itineraries at the Donation/Payment Details page.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Gardenia Factory Tour

I am shock that I have not introduced to you guys this interesting tour...Bread Tour!! Okay, it is the Gardenia Factory Tour.

I have posted so many tours that I have forgotten what I have posted and what I have not.

Gardenia for those interested is actually a genus of flowering plants under the same family as coffee (I am positive most employees of Gardenia are not aware of this).

Some history lessons here. Gardenia is actually a Singapore Company. Many mistook it to be a Malaysia Company due to its numerous bakeries from KL to Johor. It started off as a small Bakery shop in Bukit Timah founded by an American.

During the tour, participants will be introduced to the wide range of products that Gardenia offers. This is followed by a video show introducing Gardenia baking process using modern technology.

Once the talk and video has ended, participants are allowed to tour the factory on an elevated walkway. Within the tour, be amazed at the huge cooling tower which allows the breads to be cool before packing. See the tunnel oven which precisely bakes the bread to the correct temperature in a stipulated time.

End the tour with a free bun for everyone!

Booking is compulsory before visits. Please contact us for booking (at least 3 months booking)

This tour will be classified under the Factory Tours and Educational Tours.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

You can also purchase a list of Top 40 Must Visit Places in Singapore with Sample Itineraries at the Donation/Payment Details page.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Factory Tour - Yakult

Who has not heard of Yakult? Please raise your hands!

Yakult LadyYakult has been around since 1960s in Japan. It was brought to Singapore in the 1980s. Yakult has her own manufacturing plant in Singapore (amazing if you ask me) so that the bottle can be delivered to us as fresh as possible either through the Yakult ladies or through retail shops.

Currently there are a few types of Yakult Drinks. In Singapore, two types are common. One is Yakult with 10 billion unique probiotics L.casei Strain Shirota and Yakult Ace Light with 30 billions unique probiotics L.casei  strain Shirota.

Situated in Senoko, the factory is open for group visit only. So contact us if you are interested (6 months advance booking is required).

Inside the factory, a guide will talk about the benefits and history of Yakult which contains billions of L.casei Shirota which is discovered by Yakult founder Dr. Minoru Shirota. After the talk, a video will be shown educating us on our immune system and how Yakult drinks can help us. During the talk and video, all participants can enjoy a cold bottle of Yakult..FREE.

After the video we will be given a guided tour around the factory from the cultivating room, to seeding room, to making the sugar syrup room to the bottling and labeling room and the bottle making room.

Do note that photo taking are not allowed in some parts of the factory.

This tour will be classified as part of the Factory Tours and Educational Tours.

If you need transportation services to visit this place, please refer to our product listing page.

You can also purchase a list of Top 40 Must Visit Places in Singapore with Sample Itineraries at the Donation/Payment Details page.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Places I have been :- Top of Blk 6C Margaret Drive

Another part of Singapore history that is about to be removed - Margaret Drive.

Margaret Drive with her Bowling Center used to be a famous and bustling part of Singapore. Now it is awaiting the demolition team to remove the last of the HDB blocks in this area.

Before it goes, I thought that I should climb to the top and take some photos. In this case I accidentally load my camera with a 2 MB card, so I have to resort to my Handphone camera instead. Nevertheless, the view and thus the photos are still fantastic.

Refer to blog which provides a much richer background and desciption to this area than mine.

This location will be based under random places of interest.

Crap:- How come the picture seem bluish...any ideas how to change it?