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Since I’m currently on a craze for good salads, I shall dedicate an entry for salads- the salad joints I’ve been to and also the salads I whipped up myself!

So first up, is a salad and soup bar at one of the most atas shopping centres in Singapore, Orchard Ion. I chanced upon this while looking for something for a light lunch with my partner. This salad bar is perfect because despite being opened by Cedele, the prices are quite reasonable and it’s located at Orchard!

 

I had the regular-sized salad which included fresh & crispy romaine lettuce, fragrant brown rice, cranberries, edamame beans, sesame, beef pastrami and chicken breast. Together with a cup of freshly squeezed orange juice, the simple meal cost $12.90. Not exactly cheap.. but considering the fresh and nutritious ingredients that is healthy on the waistline… SOLD! There are tons of toppings for you to mix and match to your liking.

Toss & Turn Salad and Soup Bar
Orchard Ion Basement 4

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I was craving for salad last weekend and was scratching my brain to whip up something different with chicken. Just so happened that I was looking at a blogger’s blog post on Katsu Don and I suddenly craved for crispy and light chicken cutlet covered with bread crumbs! Even though I have no recipe at all and basically just mashed up everything together, I think my chicken turned out pretty decent!

Chicken cutlet (serves 3-4 pax)

You’ll need:
– 300g Chicken thigh
– 2 tablespoon worchester sauce (my secret ingredient)
– pinch of salt
– 1 tsp lemon juice
– Corn flour
– Bread crumbs
– 1 egg
– 3 tablespoon olive oil

1. Marinate chicken with the worchester sauce, salt and lemon juice. (Lemon juice helps to tenderize the chicken or even beef)
2. Leave in frige for about 3-4 hours.
3. Heat up pan and pour in the olive oil. (MAKE SURE IT’S HOT HOT!)
4. Beat up the egg into a small bowl, mix the chicken with flour and dip into the egg and bread crumbs before sliding into a frying pan. I made sure the entire slab of chicken is covered with tons and heaps of bread crumbs!
5. Let it cool on kitchen towel (to soak up the oil) before serving.

I mixed in romaine lettuce, brown rice, sun-dried tomatoes, olives, cranberries, carrots with balsamic vinaigrette to compliment the chicken cutlet and voila! A healthy (yet sinful) meal. 🙂

Make-your-own salad @ Tossz

It’s quite relaxing to be walking along Anson Road on a day where you don’t see OL clad in office wear and high heels or businessmen in suits and ties. I was introduced to this salad bar located at the new shopping place 100AM at Tanjong Pagar area and for such huge proportion of the salad, I must say that it’s worth every penny!

My tastebuds were a lil picky today so I custom-made my salad that has all of my favourites – Romaine lettuce, hard-boiled egg, corn, pumpkin, baby potatoes, cherry tomatoes and Cajun Chicken. All for just $10!

Make-your-own salad (Romaine lettuce + 6 toppings + 1 meat), $10
Rating: 9/10 (although it’s a little biased given it’s my own creation afterall. :p)

The greens were really fresh and crunchy, chicken was flavorful and tender and I was quite glad I chose honey mustard dressing as it went really well with all the ingredients we picked. Will definitely go back to try another kind of salad with roast beef instead!

Tossz
100AM, 100 Tras Street
#01-11 Tanjong Pagar