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Xing Fu Tang Brown Sugar Boba Fresh Milk For $1 With Any Purchase – Tomorrow Only!

The ooey gooey, oh so chewy boba at Xing Fu Tang has got to be the best, it is no.1 in Taiwan after all! Tomorrow Xing Fu Tang are celebrating their one year anniversary since they first opened in Singapore, so for one day only you can get their Signature Brown Sugar Boba Fresh Milk for only $1 (U.P. $5.30) with any purchase! This promotion is only valid for the first 80 redemptions per branch (express outlets are not having the promotion). So make sure you turn up early and all you have to do is flash this post on the Xing Fu Tang Facebook page when making your purchase, to get the deal. The promotion is limited to one redemption per person.

Two Free Reusable Masks – Collect From Your Nearest Temasek Foundation Vending Machine

All residents of Singapore can get two free MaskSafe DET30™ masks provided by Temasek Foundation that are reusable, antimicrobial and  washable up to 30 times. Masks can be collected for yourself as well as on behalf of others from any of the 1,200 Temasek Foundation vending machines at more than 800 locations islandwide, comprising Community Centre/Clubs, Residents’ Committee Centres and bus interchanges, from Monday 29th June (10am) until Sunday 12th July (11.59pm)

In order to collect your masks at one of the vending machines, you need to bring your NRIC, Birth Certificate or any government-issued identification that has a barcode (as well as the ID of those that you are collecting for) and scan it at the vending machine.

The masks have three layers of protection – the outermost layer is water repellent and antimicrobial, the middle layer performs particle filtration and the innermost layer is made from light woven cotton fabric for comfort.

To find out the location of your nearest vending machine and to check it’s stock availability, see here.

Get A Free Sample Pack Of Pursoft Mini Wipes

Get a free sample of Pursoft Mini Wipes (contains 8 sheets) which contain 100% food-safe ingredients so you can use them to safely clean your cutlery before use or use them as hand or mouth wipes. They are alcohol-free, don’t contain any nasty parabens and are dermatologically tested to be safe for use for both adults and babies.

Get your free sample pack of Pursoft Mini Wipes here.

Redeem A KFC Zinger Burger And Pepsi Black For Only $1 !

Get a KFC Zinger Burger and regular Pepsi Black (or equivalent drink) worth $7.40 for only $1! Simply download the UPGREAT app and claim your unique promo code from there. This amazing deal is applicable for takeaway and delivery, via KFC’s self-service kiosks, app or website and is not available for redemption over-the-counter. There is no minimum order for takeaway but a minimum order of $14 is required for KFC Delivery. Promotion is not available at KFC ARC, Cathay Cineleisure, Jcube, Jewel Changi Airport, NTU, Singapore Poly, Singapore Zoo, Takashimaya Shopping Centre and Toa Payoh Lorong 1. Offer ends on the 8th June or until all promo codes have been fully redeemed.

Free Ebooks For Children

With just under 3 weeks left of the circuit breaker to go, if you’re running out of things to keep the kids entertained, EtonHouse Community Fund have launched three beautiful bilingual ebooks to explain COVID-19 in a sensitive and meaningful way to children, which you can download for free. With beautiful illustrations and a child-centred narrative, it explains the facts about COVID-19 and how children can protect themselves against it. To download your free ebooks, visit their website here.

COVID-19: Where To Buy Masks In Singapore To Protect You From The Coronavirus

With the coronavirus situation getting worse in Singapore and the government implementing stricter measures, protective masks are in short supply with many local shops out of stock with no estimates on when they will be replenished. However here is a list of some online stores which have plenty of stock and you can receive them in as quickly as 3-5 business days.

Light In The Box

Light In The Box have a range of disposable face masks including N95 and FFP2 masks, with masks starting at less than $1 each. They also sell thermometers, disposable gloves, goggles and even toilet paper in case you’re finding it hard to get hold of these items here! DHL express shipping to Singapore and worldwide in 3-5 working days is free for orders over $195!

>>Click here to visit Light In The Box<<

AliExpress

This online store carries disposable and reusable face masks as well as other items such as UV mask sterilisers and phone sanitisers that will come in useful during this difficult period of time. They provide many different delivery options so you can opt for express delivery to receive your masks quickly.

>>Click here to visit AliExpress<<

YesStyle

Based in Hong Kong, YesStyle have a range of masks available including cute Hello Kitty masks and Winnie The Pooh masks for the kids! Shipping to Singapore is free for orders of $50 or more.

>>Click here to visit YesStyle<<

Mini In The Box

With a huge range of masks to choose from to protect you from the coronavirus, Mini In The Box provide free DHL express shipping in 3-5 working days if you purchase 4 boxes of 50 masks in your order.

>>Click here to visit Mini In The Box<<

Kuro Maguro Japanese Restaurant’s New Seasonal Menu Review – Tanjong Pagar Singapore

Last weekend I was invited to Kuro Maguro Japanese restaurant in Tanjong Pagar courtesy of JPassport to try their new seasonal menu. Hailed as serving up the freshest tuna in town, Kuro Maguro imports all their tuna and seafood directly from Miura Misaki Port in Japan by renowned tuna wholesaler Maguro Donya to bring patrons a variety of tuna dishes as well as other seafood dishes at very affordable prices. The majority of their menu consists of raw fish however those who are not partial to sashimi will be delighted with the new Premium Well Done Set ($19.80++) on their seasonal menu!

The Premium Well Done Set consists of a bowl of rice seasoned with vinegar topped with deep fried oysters in breadcrumbs, boiled mussel, boiled octopus, grilled eel, tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette), boiled prawns, cooked tuna flakes, steamed crab and fried whitebait – so everything is cooked! All the seafood in this rice bowl had been prepared with great care to ensure the freshness and flavour was retained in each bite, I particularly enjoyed the deep fried oysters as they were crunchy on the outside and juicy on the inside, perfect with the tonkatsu sauce that accompanied them. The set also included a portion of their delicious, crunchy, lightly flour coated karaage (deep fried chicken), silky smooth chawanmushi (steamed egg custard), miso soup and slices of orange. All-in-all a great set for those that would prefer to eat a cooked meal over a raw one.

The Kaisen Chirashi Meshi Set ($19.80++) which is also on Kuro Maguro’s current seasonal menu was deliciously fresh and beautifully prepared as before when I previously visited the restaurant and first tried it. It consisted of a bowl of seasoned Japanese rice topped with anago (salt-water eel), slices of raw salmon, maguro (bluefin tuna) and kanpachi as well as negitoro (minced fatty tuna), crabmeat, ikura (salmon eggs), raw prawn, mussel, cucumber and a shiso leaf. This set also came with karaage, chawanmushi, miso soup and slices of orange. It still tops my list of the best Chirashi Don in Singapore.

In light of the current happenings in the world, Kuro Maguro also have these sets available for takeaway if you prefer to eat them in the comfort of your own home. Although dining there is always a pleasure with consistent excellent and polite service, I think I may be picking up some of these sets for takeaway in the near future! They are available at Kuro Maguro’s Tanjong Pagar outlet only, on weekdays from 5.30pm to 10pm and on weekends and public holidays from 5.30pm to 9pm until the 31st May 2020. For more information, check out the JPassport Kuro Maguro page.

Kuro Maguro
Address: Tanjong Pagar Centre, 7 Wallich Street, #01-04, Singapore 078884
Tel: 6386 8561
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday: 11.30am – 2pm, 5.30pm – 10pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11.30am – 2pm, 5.30pm – 9pm

Hope you’ve enjoyed my review of Kuro Maguro’s new seasonal menu, please feel free to leave a comment below with your own review or if you have any questions!

Free Coffee For shopFarEast App Members

From now until the 24th March shopFarEast app members can get a free coffee at any of the outlets above! Just show the voucher in the deals section of the shopFarEast app to redeem yours! 🙂

Free Admission To Jewel Changi Canopy Park Till End Of March!

Until the end of March 2020, Jewel is giving free admission to their Canopy Park! A Canopy Park ticket will usually set you back around $5 per person so it’s worth making the trip to catch a glimpse of their cherry blossoms as well as admission to the following attractions:

Topiary Walk – as night falls, come experience art in nature as the garden transforms into an interactive light and sound display.

Discovery Slides – it’s a work of art, it’s a playground, it’s a viewing deck. Discover the different ways you can enjoy this giant 4-in-1 sculptural playscape.

Foggy bowls – let your toddler slip in among puffs of cloud and hide away in gentle bowls of mist.

Petal Garden – enjoy creative displays of seasonal flowers from around the world at this perfect spot to capture fabulous photos as a memento of your day at Jewel.

The Canopy Park is currently open from 10am to 11pm daily. Also you can get 50% off all other attraction tickets in Jewel by showing any receipt from any Jewel outlet! On top of that, if you drive you can get free parking for 3 hours in Jewel’s car park as long as you spend a minimum of $10 in a single, same-day receipt at participating retail and F&B outlets in Changi Airport T1-T4 public areas!

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Review – Great World City Singapore

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Great World City Singapore

Ginza Anzu, one of the best tonkatsu restaurants in Singapore, is a farm-to-table eatery originally from Kyushu and well known around Japan and Asia for their delicious and authentic tonkatsu. If you’re familiar with Japanese food, you’ll know that tonkatsu is a deep-fried breaded pork cutlet. Ginza Anzu imports most of their ingredients from Kyushu and sources it’s pork from farms in the US and Canada that maintain the highest levels of hygiene to bring you the freshest pork of the highest quality. They then use their very own unique ageing process to create a world-class pork, namely Ginjo Pork.

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Great World City Singapore Ginjo Pork Katsu Set.

Previously located in Wisma Atria but since the end of last year has relocated to it’s new home in Great World, I was invited courtesy of JPassport to try their signature menu which consists of their Ginjo Pork Katsu Set and their Hot Pot Loin Katsu Set, both of which apparently now use improved recipes. For the Ginjo Pork Katsu Set we were able to choose between two different cuts of Ginjo pork for our tonkatsu – either a lean pork fillet or a fatty pork loin. The set comes with refillable Japanese rice (either white or purple rice) and salad, pickles and miso soup (either miso soup with wakame seaweed or miso soup with pork and vegetables). The set is priced at $38 for the fatty pork loin and $32 for the pork fillet. We chose to try the fatty pork loin tonkatsu and it did not disappoint! With it’s perfectly light and super crunchy breaded exterior, the succulent Ginjo fatty pork practically melts in your mouth as you bite into it. Normal tonkatsu sauce as well as a slightly sweeter version is available on the table to pour over the tonkatsu. This together with roasted sesame seeds which come in a small pestle and mortar so that you can grind them to release the flavour, made one hell of a tasty tonkatsu!

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Great World City Singapore Tonkatsu Sauces and Salad Dressings.jpg

There was also a choice of two salad dressings, either a yuzu dressing or a shiso salad cream. Both were great, had a light flavour and complemented the simple green salad of lettuce, cabbage and peppers well. Pickled daikon and preserved Japanese cucumber and daikon were also served with the meal.

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Great World City Singapore Freeflow Salad and Pickled Radish

The Japanese rice that comes with the set is made in a traditional Japanese rice cooking pot called an okama which gave perfectly cooked, soft and fluffy rice.

Ginza Anzu Japanese Restaurant Great World City Singapore Hot Pot Loin Katsu Set

The Hot Pot Loin Katsu Set ($28) also comes with refillable Japanese rice and salad, pickles and miso soup. If you’ve ever had a dish called Katsudon, the Hot Pot Loin Katsu is basically the same except the tonkatsu in the broth comes separate from the rice instead of on top of it. The tonkatsu was made using pork loin and it came in a slightly sweet dashi broth together with onions and beaten egg. Served piping hot and bubbling in the stone bowl, the tonkatsu was still wonderfully crisp as well as juicy, having soaked up some of the delicious broth.

Service at Ginza Anzu was fantastic, the servers were friendly, informative and attentive, never letting our cup of green tea go empty. The restaurant has a casual, laid-back atmosphere with an open kitchen and a huge communal table in the centre as well as tables to accommodate couples and large groups.

Beside their signature menu items, Ginza Anzu have a huge new menu consisting of a range of other sets with deep fried breaded chicken, seafood and of course pork as well as curry, side dishes, kid’s meals and desserts. They also have a $15 set lunch limited to 20 sets per day and if you don’t have time to stop for a meal you can take away a box of tonkatsu sandwiches or deep fried breaded chopped prawn sandwiches.

For more information about Ginza Anzu and their latest promotions, check out the JPassport Ginza Anzu page.

Ginza Anzu
Address: 1 Kim Seng Promenade, #01-174-175 Great World City, Singapore 237994
Tel: 6262 3408
Opening Hours: Daily 11am – 10pm

Hope you’ve enjoyed my review of Ginza Anzu, please feel free to leave a comment below with your own review of the restaurant or if you have any questions!