Where & how did Singapore Bee Hoon 星洲炒米粉 originate

Jollybee — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:24:10 +0800

As early as a kid - in late 80's, I already discovered that Singapore Bee Hoon does not originate from the place that it is called, because you don't find one there. Yet in Malaysia, it is a very common dish. Sometimes I find Malaysian hawkers are very good at marketing their products & talents. We got a dish that is named after a place that does 'NOT' have the dish on their menus. Just like many local shop owners name their shops - Singapore Bird Nest or Seafood Trading etc.

Surprisingly, the dish becomes so popular even HK, Aussie, US, UK, Canadian Chinese restaurants list the dish on their menus. Many foreigners are becoming aware that this dish does not originate from Singapore.

Quote from Wikipedia,

The dish appears on the menu of almost all Chinese-style (mainly Cantonese-style) eateries in Hong Kong, the dish is also very popular in English, Australian and American Chinese cuisine. It is important to note that Singapore style noodles is not a cultural product of Singapore and is virtually non-existent in Singapore. Its naming may have been based on the stereotype that Singapore cuisine is generally spicy, and might have originated from an enterprising restaurateur eager to add a dash of exoticism to his menu.

1. http://eatbma.blogspot.com/2007/07/singapo...-singapore.html

2. http://sheylara.com/2011/07/lets-boycott-singapore-noodles/

3. http://www.notquitenigella.com/2012/11/08/singapore-noodles/

New Kopiko Low Acid white coffee caused me gastric

Jollybee — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:02:31 +0800

Misled by the name, Low Acid (LA) White coffee caused me sleepless night and stomach cramp. Those who have this problem at night can be saved by just two Calcum carbonate pills, or a Glucosamine pill, or both tablets each. Last resort is a glass of milk.

100 Plus is no more isotonic Sport Drink but

Jollybee — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:04:54 +0800

100 plus used to be called isotonic Sport drink. The word isotonic drink is meant to replace the body fluid lost during workout, therefore it contains lots of sugar, table salt and other electrolytes from mineral like Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Citrate, Phosphorus and others. However, these days 100 plus is no more isotonic drink in any sense, whether for sports or even indoor activities because it has already eliminated ALL electrolytes from the minerals except those from table salt, Sodium and Chloride. Now 100 Plus is just basically a salt and sugar carbonated drink, not even with Vitamin C.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-z_qxzFL8M

Whether 100 plus and other Sport drink should be kept minimum intake to our body if we don't do regular sports or active physical work because of the high sugar content. The Carbon gas also going to bloat our tummy if we sit the whole day at home or office.

Instead of buying any Sport drink, we can make our low sugar "isotonic" drink at home, especially consumed for indoor activity or even in office. It is also called the Oral Rehydration Solution. Way to prepare a simple ORS:

Ingredients
1 litre of plain water,
few slices of lemon,
2-3 tablespoon of sugar or glucose, can mixed in 1:1 proportion
1 teaspoon of table salt or Himalayan salt

Those ingredients can be mixed well in a blender bottle. This home remedy is good for kids who suffers from diarrhea and asthma. Remember to feed your child with one tablespoon every hour and not the whole bottle if he or she is having diarrhea.

Besides Sodium Chloride, it contains many minerals from the lemon that form the electrolytes. One lemon without peel contains

Potassium - 116 mg
Phosphorus - 13 mg
Magnesium - 7 mg
Calcium - 22 mg
Sodium - 2 mg
Iron - 0.5 mg
Selenium 0.3 mcg
Manganese - 0.025 mg
Copper - 0.031 mg
Zinc - 0.05 mg
Also contains small amounts of other minerals.

Vitamin A - 18 IU
Vitamin B1 (thiamine) - 0.034 mg
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) - 0.017 mg
Niacin - 0.084 mg
Folate - 9 mcg
Pantothenic Acid - 0.16 mg
Vitamin B6 - 0.067 mg
Vitamin C - 44.5 mg
Vitamin E - 0.13 mg
Contains some other vitamins in small amounts.

I noticed some fortified glucose like Glucolin also supplies some electrolytes like Phosporous and Potassium. Besides, you can enhance the ORS electrolytes with other minerals by adding Himalayan salt instead of table salt. The content of Himalayan salt is listed here;

Element Ion Atomic # Concentration Method/Source
Hydrogen H 1 0.30 g/kg DIN
Lithium Li 3 0.40 g/kg AAS
Beryllium Be 4 <0.01 ppm AAS
Boron B 5 <0.001 ppm FSK
Carbon C 6 <0.001 ppm FSK
Nitrogen N 7 0.024 ppm ICG
Oxygen O 8 1.20 g/kg DIN
Flouride F- 9 <0.1 g/kg Potentiometer
Sodium Na+ 11 382.61 g/kg FSM
Magnesium Mg 12 0.16 g/kg AAS
Aluminum Al 13 0.661 ppm AAS
Silicon Si 14 <0.1 g/kg AAS
Phosphorus P 15 <0.10 ppm ICG
Sulfur S 16 12.4 g/kg TXRF
Chloride Cl- 17 590.93 g/kg Gravimetrie
Potassium K+ 19 3.5 g/kg FSM
Calcium Ca 20 4.05 g/kg Titration
Scandium Sc 21 <0.0001 ppm FSK
Titanium Ti 22 <0.001 ppm FSK
Vanadium V 23 0.06 ppm AAS
Chromium Cr 24 0.05 ppm AAS
Manganese Mn 25 0.27 ppm AAS
Iron Fe 26 38.9 ppm AAS
Cobalt Co 27 0.60 ppm AAS
Nickel Ni 28 0.13 ppm AAS
Copper Cu 29 0.56 ppm AAS
Zinc Zn 30 2.38 ppm AAS
Gallium Ga 31 <0.001 ppm FSK
Germanium Ge 32 <0.001 ppm FSK
Arsenic As 33 <0.01 ppm AAS
Selenium Se 34 0.05 ppm AAS
Bromine Br 35 2.1 ppm TXRF
Rubidium Rb 37 0.04 ppm AAS
Strontium Sr 38 0.014 g/kg AAS
Ytterbium Y 39 <0.001 ppm FSK
Zirconium Zr 40 <0.001 ppm FSK
Niobium Nb 41 <0.001 ppm FSK
Molybdenum Mo 42 0.01 ppm AAS
Technetium Tc 43 unstable artificial isotope
Ruthenium Ru 44 <0.001 ppm FSK
Rhodium Rh 45 <0.001 ppm FSK
Palladium Pd 46 <0.001 ppm FSK
Silver Ag 47 0.031 ppm AAS
Cadmium Cd 48 <0.01 ppm AAS
Indium In 49 <0.001 ppm FSK
Tin Sn 50 <0.01 ppm AAS
Antimony Sb 51 <0.01 ppm AAS
Tellurium Te 52 <0.001 ppm FSK
Iodine I 53 <0.1 g/kg potentiometrie
Cesium Cs 55 <0.001 ppm FSK
Barium Ba 56 1.96 ppm AAS/TXR
Lanthan La 57 <0.001 ppm FSK
Cerium Ce 58 <0.001 ppm FSK
Praseodynium Pr 59 <0.001 ppm FSK
Neodymium Nd 60 <0.001 ppm FSK
Promethium Pm 61 unstable artificial isotope N/A
Samarium Sm 62 <0.001 ppm FSK
Europium Eu 63 <3.0 ppm TXRF
Gadolinium Gd 64 <0.001 ppm FSK
Terbium Tb 65 <0.001 ppm FSK
Dysprosium Dy 66 <4.0 ppm TXRF
Holmium Ho 67 <0.001 ppm FSK
Erbium Er 68 <0.001 ppm FSK
Thulium Tm 69 <0.001 ppm FSK
Ytterbium Yb 70 <0.001 ppm FSK
Lutetium Lu 71 <0.001 ppm FSK
Hafnium Hf 72 <0.001 ppm FSK
Tantalum Ta 73 1.1 ppm TXRF
Wolfram W 74 <0.001 ppm FSK
Rhenium Re 75 <2.5 ppm TXRF
Osmium Os 76 <0.001 ppm FSK
Iridium Ir 77 <2.0 ppm TXRF
Platinum Pt 78 0.47 ppm TXRF
Gold Au 79 <1.0 ppm TXRF
Mercury Hg 80 <0.03 ppm AAS
Thallium Ti 81 0.06 ppm AAS
Lead Pb 82 0.10 ppm AAS
Bismuth Bi 83 <0.10 ppm AAS
Polonium Po 84 <0.001 ppm FSK
Astat At 85 <0.001 ppm FSK
Francium Fr 87 <1.0 ppm TXRF
Radium Ra 88 <0.001 ppm FSK
Actinium Ac 89 <0.001 ppm FSK
Thorium Th 90 <0.001 ppm FSK
Protactinium Pa 91 <0.001 ppm FSK
Uranium U 92 <0.001 ppm FSK
Neptunium Np 93 <0.001 ppm FSK
Plutonium Pu 94 <0.001 ppm FSK

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