Food tasting at Raffles Hospital

Do not worry, nobody is sick or hospitalised at Raffles Hospital.

When it comes to Menus and Cuisine presentation, no efforts are spared in the design and display section. The menu even has a kids section, or Halal and Japanese meal to cater to all patients.

Unfortunately, Daddy cannot show you the detail menu items, as there are some trade secrets involved (joking).

Ambiance can be improved, as Daddy felt we are still dining in a hospital ward hehe.
The presentation is what you will normally see from a Hotel’s four-course banquet.

Let us show you the four dishes which we will be enjoying today. We got a miniature portion with cute utensils. But the flavour did not disappoint πŸ™‚

“Steamed Herbal Fish”

When we lift the lid off the herbal soup, we can literally smell the tonic essence from the chicken broth. Daddy’s favourite dish is the confinement set (with Dory fish). Now, who says only pregnant ladies can enjoy confinement cuisine.

This dish helps to meet the nutritional demands for lactating mums.

“Braised Tofu with Mixed vegetables “

The assortment of vegetables are a good source of proteins, fibre and isoflavones, which helps improve heart health.

Chef Richard explained how chicken stock has replace msg to retain the aroma. Hospital food need not be bland.

“Penang Seafood Kway Teow”

We are still in a hospital, so all food must be healthy and nutritional. This Kway Teow is a healthier version, approved by our dietician. Health conscious patients will be glad to know the calories and fats intake are half that of the sinful less-healthy version.

Daddy confess he misses the sinful version, where Kway Teow comes with lard and hum (cockles). Chef Richard and his team are always trying to come up with more “healthy” versions of Singapore’s famous hawker food.

“Beef Lasagne”

The last dish is packed with protein and iron. Our lasagne is laden with cheese and tomato. Delicious.

Daddy is still pleasantly surprised with his first Hospital food-tasting invite. Not many people will find Hospital food delectable (gulp), but thanks to Raffles restaurant Hospital, Daddy’s perception has changed πŸ™‚

Our friendly hosts emphasize that their objective and attention towards healthier yet delicious Cuisine has only one objective. That is for patients to absorb sufficient nutrition, so that they can quickly recover and go home.

More information about Raffles Hospital can be found on the links below :
Raffles Medical Group
Fanpage

Smart Kids Asia activities

We pop by Smart Kids Asia last week. The organiser mentioned it is the World’s largest educational kids’ fair. The event is split into three general themes “Smart Edu”, “Smart Health” and “Smart Family”. Click for more info.

Held at Expo Hall 5, from enrichment to sports, we dabble in everything, just for Fun πŸ™‚
Kids can enrol in all sorts of classes and activities, just to see which one they prefer.

Boating, rock climbing, bouncing castle and even cross-country biking. The amount of activities is dazzling.

Our kids are crazy about balls, be it soccer or basketball, or even Zorb !

Wei and Yi partnering each other to bang into the other “zorb” ball ! It was fun for us to cheer from the side too.

Video : Zorb ball fun.

Among the Fun and Enrichment classes, KindsVille reminded kids to be courteous and gracious.

The exhibitors are so generous, keep on stuffing freebies or food to our kids.

We learn how to eliminate dengue threat too, through some cool CGI shooting. A happy and healthy family, always start from our own home.

The coolest thing about kids-events must be the roaming characters. We had fun posing with them πŸ™‚ Too bad we miss Garfield, Dora, Mutant Ninjas and SpongeBob, which only occur on Sat and Sun.

Sports council taught us how to improve our motor-skills, correctly. How do we walk, bend, throw, the Basics.

Then we upgrade to some slick Gymnasts twist and turn wow. Daddy did not know our kids are such fast learners !

The finale for us must be dancing with Mr Skippy. Yi and Xin enjoy their little dance routines πŸ™‚

Daddy and Mummy could not cover all the booths, but we like the way SmartKidsAsia brings every one under one roof. It is really a one-stop hub for everything whichΒ child needs πŸ™‚

We would like to thanks the management of SmartKidsAsia for the tour. For more details and photos, pop by :
–> SengkangBabies album
–> http://www.smartkidsasia.com
–> http://www.facebook.com/smartkidsasia