It was an informative session with 林青医师 from HAN TCM Medical yesterday. We covered all 3 trimesters of pregnancy — things to take note of and what to avoid at each stage. I like that Dr Lin is very "Real" and the tips she shared are very easy to comply with. A huge thank you to @wingjooloong for the support and for making this live session happen! Topics which were discussed during the live session: - Signs of spleen Qi deficiency commonly observed in first trimester - Signs of heatiness towards second and third trimester - How to keep your body warm during the first trimester - Tips for a smooth natural delivery - What is gestational diabetes and how to cope with it. - Most importantly, foods to avoid Herbs shared and discussed in this Live Session are: - Bird’s Nest - Cordyceps (Dong Chong Xia Cao 冬虫夏草） - American Ginseng vs Korean Red Ginseng - Codonopsis (Dang Shen 党参) - Astragalus (Bei Qi 北芪） - Eucommia (Du Zhong 杜仲) - Chicken Essence - Chinese Yam (Huai Shan 淮山) - Pearl Powder Visit @wingjooloong for more information on how to use them, their friendly staff in-store will be more than happy to assist you!

Masterminded by @kenloon, @magicsquare.sg in 2018 was a radical venture. The year-long hothouse for the three young chefs he had chosen, proved a breath of fresh air for Singapore’s dining scene. While the trio - Abel Su, Desmond Shen and Marcus Leow, got properly schooled in what it takes to run a successful restaurant, many (me included) were all too happy to pay for the privilege of being their “guinea pigs” month after month. Fast forward to September 2021. After almost three years, Magic Square 2.0 has re-emerged, as a bigger and much slicker machine. Located barely a hundred metres from their original location, one look at this place and you know they mean business. And it is only the beginning, because plans are afoot to re-invest in building facilities to support food processes (fermentation, R&D etc.) all around the restaurant. Chefs Eugene (@abangkau), @jonathan_gan, @lawjiajun and Gail (@hungryatmidnight) were cherry-picked by Ken for this second edition. But the flagging-off honours belongs to alumni and mentoring Chef, Marcus Leow (@markerpenn), who is also @nakedfinn’s Head of R&D. His 9-course menu which runs from September (reserved for family and friends) to end of this October is priced at $168++ per pax (subsequent months’ will be $98++). Reservations will be purely via an online ticketing system that’s due to launch soon, so I suggest stalking @magicsquare.sg for updates. Thanks to Ken’s invitation, I booked 4 seats (they only do counter seating) and got to embark on a most exciting culinary adventure last Friday. It was almost emotional to see how much Chef Marcus has grown in every way. Talent honed with passion and dedication over time, can indeed be formidable. Here is his menu: 1. Snacks - All three dazzled. The Aori Ika (bigfin reef squid) on rice cracker with octopus stock was so creamy due to multiple tiny cuts. My fave was the choux puff made with laksa crust sandwiching confit Indian Halibut, shaved ginger flower and black pepper. The third bite, a sugar snap pea and savoury kaya tartlet, was familiar to those of us who’d visited the first #MagicSquareSg. ⬇️Continued in Comments⬇️

折扣碼：SHEN（怕你們忘記先打出來） 常常有一些學生跟我上課一陣子之後才知道我吃素，每次得到的反應幾乎都是：哇！教練妳從小到大都吃素哦？那怎麼練得這麼壯啊！！（實在很難確定這是褒是貶🤷🏻‍♀️）那妳平常都怎麼吃啊？ 各位～想變粗想變壯想變辣請來找我上課🤡 . 問我怎麼吃的話，這陣子的心頭好就是 @lovericorico 的健身餐，因為說實在的，在台灣傳統的素食飲食習慣普遍來說，攝取的營養素比例 碳水和油脂還是偏高，蛋白質如果沒有刻意攝取的話，一天下來蛋白質還是很容易吃不到身體所需的量， 但貼心的 @lovericorico 都幫我們設想到了，每種口味的熱量、營養素都有專業營養師把關，而且蛋白質平均都有二十克以上！真的是超級優秀👍👍 . @lovericorico 裡面所有健美餐的口味我都吃過了，都很不錯，我個人偏好✅日式地獄辣咖哩、還有✅椒麻宮保未來雞，喜愛程度是可以天天吃不會膩的那種！我這個人比較專一喜歡就會一直喜歡下去🤤 . 再來， @lovericorico 的理念我一直都覺得很棒，從創始之初，就有參加了「捐1%給地球 (1% for the Planet) 」的全球商業聯盟，用實際行動守護山林與海洋！ . 最後，中秋連假結束了，該好好認真甩油一下了吧？吃 @lovericorico 的健美餐，不僅美味、熱量又低、還有豐富的膳食纖維，不用擔心吃完沒有飽足感，根本體態管理期間首選啊！ . . #ricorico#健美餐#多一餐豆少一餐肉#vegan#vagetarian