The World Of Instant

This entry is about the types of instant food we can find in supermarkets. Mind you, not in the normal NTUC - I cannot seem to find any of such exotic selections in the normal NTUC meant for the poor middle class (i.e. me).  I think the organization thinks we are not high class enough. 

Anyway! This is not an entry advocating instant food. In fact I am against it for health reasons (oh the contradiction!), but we all need a quick and fuss-free way of preparing our snacks as we watch our kdramas right?

Er.. right?

whatever. 

So I came across three: 

Initially, when  I saw it, I could not believe Nestle hid this from the Singapore population and selfishly gave this to Germany.
Found this at Cold Storage in Holland V and it costs about $2.

So this is potato powder + roasted garlic + croutons. Add some water and you get mashed potato.

Verdict: the packaging looked nicer than how the actual thing tasted. It was too salty for my likely even though I added water to the "line" that was there. Any further, I would have potato soup instead. Speaking of potato soup,

This would actually be a good alternative to the mashed potato. It can be found in Daiso for $2 also! 

Next up, instant aglio olio. 

This is definitely for the lazy considering how quick it usually is to whipped up a plate of pasta. 

This can be found in Isetan supermarkets (I went to the one in Westgate - Westies, thank the Japanese living in your vicinity ok).  

I love how the Japs made it even more fuss-free. You know how retarded Singapore cup noodles are. One example is the mee goreng from Super. There is no good way to prevent the noodles from spilling out from the cup but okay it is cheap, no complains. This is about $4 o.0 and it has the tiny holes for you to pour the water away. For some reason the pasta will not drop out from the bowl which was amazing. Taste wise, it does taste like aglio olio pasta, but the noodle wasn't the 'real' spaghetti so there was a disappointment there. It was a little too springy for my liking. 

This can also be found in Isetan supermarket (again ~$4). Now this is even more genius than the previous. The manufacturers created the slits in the opposite direction from where u pour the water in so there is no frigging way your pasta can drop out. This is carbonara by the way, in case you cannot tell. The pasta was better than the previous one but they were a little too stingy with the carbonara sauce. 

But really, if an instant food cost like $4, you are better off with a bowl of bak chor mee from the coffeeshop downstairs. Equally unhealthy (the lard?!) but you will at least fulfil more parts of your energy requirements for the day (think the 2 slices of veggies, some proteins and certainly the fats). Even McD is better now with its 500 calories meal ;)