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These cupcakes are so quick to prepare it literally only took me about 20 minutes to get them into the oven. Despite the minimal effort required, taste and texture are not compromised! This recipe yields fluffy, moist, green tea scented cupcakes that aren't too high in oil and sugar either :-) Everyone who's tried them loves them and I know you will too :D


Matcha cupcakes 
Yields around 6 cupcakes

The Ingredients
1 tbsp corn starch (aka corn flour to Americans)
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar (for greener cupcakes you'll have to use white sugar)
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp organic matcha powder
3/4 cup soy milk
1/4 cup neutral flavored oil
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
3/4 tsp vanilla extract

How to
1- Preheat oven to 180C.
2- Whisk dry ingredients together.
3- Add in wet ingredients and whisk everything together just until a smooth batter is obtained. Over mixing results in gummy cupcakes ..... so don't do that.
4- Fill prepared cupcake liners and bake at 180C for 20min.

Just a quick post of some of the meals I've had at the cai fan stall at the hawker centre above Bishan's bus interchange! They have a good range of mock meats, veggies, noodles and dim sum at an affordable price. They also offer brown rice (actually it's red rice).

Address: 30 Tanjong Pagar Road S088453 
Website: https://www.facebook.com/ObeanOrganicSoyaStore
I've been to O'bean at Tanjong Pagar twice now and was really impressed by the food both times. Highly recommend bringing non-vegans here as they'll definitely enjoy the food! They have good lighting here for photo taking ahaha and nice ambience.






The kway chap soup is the same as the dumpling soup from earlier so I loved it! The kway texture was great too. Highly recommend trying this :)

Address: 190 Middle Road Fortune Centre 
Website: http://www.herbivore.sg


From the outside, Herbivore seemed to be closed.... fortunately, it was not :-) The glass is the one way sort, so from the outside you can't see through to the interior of the restaurant! Inside, the atmosphere was really really nice. The restaurant was dimly lit with jazz playing in the background, and flickering "candles" on each table. #vibes

Herbivore Vegetarian Restaurant is located at Fortune Centre which is right next to Sunshine Plaza where Teng Bespoke Vegetarian Dining, another Japanese vegetarian restaurant is located. In my opinion they both serve delicious food, but I prefer Herbivore as the menu seems to be wider! My only complaint is that the lighting makes it impossible to take good food photos lol.


Their menu is ridiculously extensive and we had an awful tough time deciding what to order. They even have a section for western dishes! Although orders are placed through an iPad, we were still given wonderful customer service and our waitress was really attentive. When she saw I indicated no mayo on the sushi order she immediately asked if I was vegan because some other components apart from the mayo (such as sesame sauce and dessert) also contain dairy. I said yes and she helped us edit our order. In addition, without us asking, one of the staff took the initiative to provide us with 3 small plates for us to share the food!



The miso ramen was nice but it wasn't my favourite of the three dishes we ordered. I personally found it too salty. I think that tends to happen when cooking with miso paste because it's rather concentrated in sodium, so its easy to over do it. I was very impressed with how much detail went into the ramen though. There was corn, beansprouts, mock char siew, fishcake, mushroom and another type of "meat" that even had pieces of fake "fat" inside it :O When I wasn't vegan, I was never a fan of the fat layered inside meat, but this just shows how legit the food is!

Overall we all thought the food was on point! The bill ended up being $45 in total for 3 persons excluding GST and service charge. Although the meal was on the slightly more expensive side, I think the prices are reasonable given the ambience, generous portion sizes, excellent food and service, and the novelty of being able to eat classic Japanese dishes as a vegan :D I wish they had omurice (never tried it) and healthier options on the menu though! (and better lighting... or maybe I should sit at the outdoor seating area in future)