Honestbee Chinese New Year for AMW Family!

In a super traditional Chinese household like ours, we celebrate Chinese New Year seriously.  We take "food abundance" seriously.

Every year, I slave the kitchen by cooking various dishes - Noodles of course must be included for Long Life, sticky Tikoy is also a must or in our case, we prefer Oyster Cake which is sticky as well!  Various forms of meat from Fish, Beef, Pork and Chicken must also be on the table to represent a fruitful and healthy year for the family!

As years go by and I'm obviously not getting younger but gets busier, Mr. AMW advised me to go for take away!  We would usually be stuck in traffic or have a hard time looking for parking space especially since most of our favorite Chinese restaurants are located in crowded places! 

Can you just imagine how crowded it is in Chinese restaurants and Chinese supplies stores on CNY eve?

Thankfully, this momma has a solution!  As I was browsing through my favorite online shopping app called HONESTBEE, I recently saw a category I really like --- "We Will We Will WOK YOU!"

Click on it and you'll find list of Chinese restaurants you may order from (location close to the address you input for delivery).  I was so excited I gave it a test run!  

TIP:  Best of all, you can advance order by choosing "Order for Later" option!  

Christmas Essentials Delivered Straight to Your Doorstep!

That's all I've been doing as I cannot handle the traffic and busy schedule nowadays.

Thanks to online shopping app like Honestbee who has been consistently partnering with my favorite supermarket and stores! 

This time, with Shopwise!

And truthfully, this happened to me so many times!  Though I do my groceries once or twice a week when my son is in school, I always ended up "missing an ingredient" whenever I start cooking!  I guess I get easily distracted whenever I go from aisle to aisle purchasing items I don't need instead of things I really need.

And the best part?  I do not need to carry these items from the supermarket down to the parking lot!  Seriously, ang bigat minsan ha!

So to help me get through the jam packed times, Honestbee, Asia's fastest growing food service has partnered with another leading hypermarket chain (one of my favorite!)  --- SHOPWISE.

And because of this app, I can now bring everything I need especially for Holiday Gifting essentials straight to my doorstep!  Brands such as Papa Alfredo, Sunharvest, SnapMax and Southdale Farm, and also quality affordable wines from French Cellar, Wine Makers Reserve, and Red Peak to complete you holiday dinners.

And what excites me the most?  The fact that Shopwise always gives to most competitive pricing and unique finds that I can't seem to find in other supermarket!

Check out my loot from Shopwise!

Have you tried honestbee app?  What's your favorite restaurant/supermarket/hypermarket chain?

Download the honestbee app for free on Apple App Store or Google Play Store and sign up for
an account now. For more information, visit www.honestbee.ph.

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

Braised Tofu with Minced Pork and Shrimp Recipe

You all know I love my tofu, I cook Tofu dishes at least once a week and I've found the best Firm Tofu in grocery stores!  It's a Korean brand and so far, I've only purchased 1 out of 50 sour ones!  You all know sour tofu are boo-boo unless you are eating Stinky Tofu!

This is the exact brand with price lifted from Honestbee website via Robinsons Sueprmarket.



So here's my simple recipe but made a great impact to the family becaues of the fresh shrimps added!
Ready to know how to cook this simple dish?

Ingredients:

• Firm Tofu
• Ground Pork
• Fresh shrimps cooked and peeled.  
• Shrimp water (the water used to cook the shrimps)
• Soy sauce
• Hoisin Sauce
• Onion and garlic
• Pepper
• Cornstarch slurry
• Optional: Enoki Mushrooms

Steps:

• Cook shrimps for 3 minutes max.  Lift the shrimps and peel them off saving the shrimp water.
• On a separate pan, saute garlic and onions and add ground pork.
• Add enoki mushrooms.
• Pour soy sauce, hoisin sauce, pepper to taste and stir well, add a bowl of "shrimp water" (the one you used to cook the shrimps).
• This is the time to taste everything and it is okay if it is a bit salty as you will add in shrimps and tofu later on.  The reason for adding Firm Tofu on the latter part is for them not to break from all the stirring.  As for shrimps, best to eat shrimps cooked just right, overcooked will lead to dry and hard-to-chew shrimps.
• Once you're happy with the sauce, add cornstarch slurry, turn off heat and pour cooked shrimps and sliced firm tofu.

Voila!  You're done with the restaurant-tasting Braised Tofu with Minced Pork and Shrimps!

Have you tried this dish?

Do you order this dish in Chinese restaurants?

Keep smilin'

Stay happy!

S&R Groceries Delivered Straight to Your Doorstep with Honestbee!

Do you shop a lot ONLINE like I do?
I shop for clothes, shoes, kids toys and even pay all my bills online!  That's how I manage the household without lifting my toes (just fingers!) 

One thing that I still do manually is to shop for groceries.  I go to the Supermarket at least once a week with a long list of items to be purchased.  It was fun the first few times but traffic gets crazy and the weather goes along with the crazy traffic --- I can't seem to enjoy that task anymore.

Thankfully, Honestbee, Asia's leading online concierge and delivery service, helps you shop for groceries and basic household needs in the comfort of your own home.  I've actually shopped at Robinson's Supermarket together with an Honestbee guy!  I've realized, why not try out their service?