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Osmanthus Jelly/ Gui Hua/桂花糕 ... or at least it looks like it is

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Yes, I like the fragrance of osmanthus! Got my first try eating the Gui Hua Tang Yuan and felt in love with the fragrance. It took me a while before I am able to try making my own jelly because I wasn't successful in finding the flower. Thanks to technology, I found the place to purchase the flowers (in Singapore) from a lady who wrote in her blog . Knowing exactly where it will be available, I decided to look if my neighborhood area has it. Surprisingly, it is available in the Chinese Medical Hall. Thus, it's not that difficult afterall. Just head to your nearest Chinese Medical Hall and ask if they have it. Note that this is one of the recipe that I came across for making Osmanthus Jelly. There seems to be several ways to making Osmanthus Jelly. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to the recipe , I started with a packet of 10g Konnyaku Jelly Powder (Unsweetened) 950ml water (following the instruction

It's all about food~And I am not going to backdate my post~

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Back dating seems a bit difficult so not going to back date my stuffs anymore. Thus, there are photos which are taken some time ago but only uploaded now. A couple of food shots from several outings. If you missed the chee cheong fun with sweet sauce, you can still find it at Chinatown. This is an sweet dessert which has looks like cheong fun wrapped with mango + mango sauce but the white sheet is actually not. Not sure if I remembered correctly it being nata de coco but I was looking forward to a mochi or cheong fun wrap. Anyway, the big chunk of mango is as good as eating the mango itself. A sweet treat from South Korea. I prefer the Crunky Lotte than the White Chocolate Dice. And the spicy rice cake bought from NTUC