5 random food facts!

I hope you guys aren't bored of me, Waffle girl yet! Recently, I came across some interesting food facts from Daily Random Facts! Well, you can be a DIY Food idiot, but never be an idiot of the food you put in your mouth!

I bet you never taught of these food facts before. If you have any other food facts, do share with us in the comment box below!

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Happy Mookata



Tired of eating the same old steamboat with the same ingredients and style of cooking? Last night was my first time eating something of the same concept, yet not the usual ones you eat in Singapore. Mookata is a tradition Thai barbeque steamboat whereby instead of the soup being in the middle of the pot and the frying at the surrounding, it works the another way round. 

I was recommended by a friend to this newly opened shop- Happy Mookata, which is located at Golden Mile Complex, where it is known a place that many Thailands visit. A buffet style mookata, there is a wide variety of food to choose from and it comes with a affordable and reasonable price of $19.90 nett per pax!

What I liked about it is that the ingredients are very fresh tasted and the marinated meat is a must try. It also comes with fried snack such as nuggets and fishcake that goes well with their special chilli sauce that will definitely suit the taste buds of Singaporeans. 

Personally, I am someone who dread the smoke from steamboat but Happy Mookata is the first brass mookata in Singapore thus there is lesser smoke as compared to aluminium ones. Apart from all these, the service was good too and the ingredients was served fast, it is worth the try!

Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road #01-55D Singapore, Singapore 199589

Leon: 9380 9028
Tex: 8113 0774
Opening Hours: 6:00pm - 6:00am 

Published on 18/01/2013 11:36

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Hungry and Itchy for cheap food

Hate queuing for food during lunch hours? Feel an urge to get your cook on in school? Bringing food from home getting too damn boring? You are not alone. We feel the same way.

As my tummy started grumbling in class, I wondered what I could eat for lunch. A little later, Miss French Fries arrived and complained about the endless queues down at the canteen. Waffle Girl overheard and cut in.

“Wouldn’t it be awesome if we prepared our own snacks in school?”

“Like what?” Marshmallow Boy asked.

We started discussing what snacks we could possibly put together in school and agreed on the following: 1) the ingredients should be cheap and easy to find, 2) the preparation time should take less than 5 minutes, and 3) the steps should be simple.

We were up to some mischief early in the morning and here is a video to proof it!



This is what we came up with:

Sausage Spooned Mash Potato

Mash potato alone is boring, why not dip your sausage in it? ;)
The saltiness of the sausage is balance by the mild flavor of the mash potato.
Your sausage will be more savory, and your mash potato will be more filling.

Marsh-scuit 

Cream crackers and marshmallows, bet you didn’t think of that.

Step 1 - Stuff a marshmallow in between two crackers
Step 2 - Place it in a microwave oven for approximately 20secs
Step 3 - Remove and enjoy

The chewiness of the marshmallow complements the crackers. Not only is it sweet, but it’s both chewy and crispy.

Instant (egg + noodles) 

Most of us find cup noodles dull and “jelak” (sick of eating the same food, in Malay) and often crave an additional ingredient with the instant noodles.

For only 75 cents, you can get a tea egg from 7-11 and add it into your cup noodles.

So these are a few snacks you can try when you feel an urge to cook in school or are simply lazy to queue. Your experiments may or may not turn out well but it’s always fun to try, especially with your friends!


If you have any suggestions or ideas for snacks, feel free to share them with us in the comment box below.

Have a good day fellow cooking idiots!

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Grocery prices are rising; it’s time to get smart!

Buying in bulk provides you with a cheaper alternative. 

We as people who cook should stop paying high prices for their groceries simply because it is not worth it. Especially when there is a cheaper alternative out there; this would be buying in bulk.

According to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Department of Statistics) prices for groceries has been on the rise. Consumer Price Index, which is what people pay for, has gone up 6% from 2010 to 2012. Click here to see more - Statistics to Rising Food Prices


Opinions on rising food costs from Cooking for Idiots on Vimeo.
Today, we do what normal human beings are best at doing; complain. However, if we just took the time to explore other options like purchasing food ingredients in bulk with our neighbors around us, such a thing would not be a problem for us no more.

Buying in bulk is not only cheaper; there are possibilities of getting promotional discounts. This may sound weird to some but clearly from the video we know it has been done and is regularly continued up till today.

So do not just sit around and sob about the grocery prices being high. Start doing something, go to your neighbors and introduce this idea to them. ASK THEM! Ask them if they want in. And if you are already buying in bulk with your friends, neighbors or family, tell us where you are getting the offers from!

SHARE THE LOVE WITH OTHER FELLOW SINGAPOREANS JUST LIKE YOU! Fellow Singaporeans, who are trying to save money, feed a family and/or feed themselves!

Also, feel free to drop us pictures of you and your neighbors or family and friends picking up a fresh new batch of delivered groceries. You can also mention us on twitter at cookforidiots .

Stay tuned for the next article where we show you some of the best offers for buying in bulk and also the differences of buying in bulk and just buying individually.

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