That said, I noticed that moon cakes have gone on sale for nearly a month already. And the mooncake festival is still about a month away! That means it woudl have been 2 months of moon cakes by the time the festival comes around.

Won’t people be sick of it already? I remember when moon cakes were a rarity, coming out about 2 weeks before the festival. It was exciting then. Now, I’m just jaded

For some, fasting is better than any best weight loss pills for losing weight but for others, it might be a time to put on weight too if food intake is not watched. Its easy to over buy at a pasar ramadhan (shopping when hungry is a bad bad BAD idea!) and this is also the time when Ramadhan buffets are a-plenty so again, its easy to overeat both for muslims and non muslims who want to break fast with their friends.

For me I might be checking out the pasar ramadhan for some good ikan bakar or kuih. Its about the only time in the year that I do!

When I first heard of the RM1 soy sauce chicken promotion at Dragon-I restaurant I was sceptical. What on earth can RM1 get you these days? But one day I went to try it and to my surprise, it was a whole spring chicken cooked in soy sauce. All for RM1.

The conditions are:-

• You cannot take away the chicken
• You must have minimum 3 persons dining or if 2 persons you must order a minimum of 3 dishes

We had 3 persons so it was great and the chicken wasn’t too shabby. For RM1 I mean. The promotion runs till 30 April 2009.

While we were there our order exceeded RM50 which qualified us for a free Shanghai Dumpling (Xiao Lung Bao) if you use a Citibank Card to pay. However, the condition required that you leave your Citibank card with them.

I was wary. Haven’t these people heard of identity theft protection? You aren’t supposed to leave your credit card all over the place!

When it was first announced that Krispy Kreme donuts would be in Malaysia soon, the excitement level was so high you’d think it was the latest boy band coming to Malaysia

Having eaten J.Co Donuts which I hear shares the Krispy Kreme recipe, I am not that impressed. Then again, I’m not a donut person so who am I to judge right?

Krispy Kreme sure knows how to make an entrance though. They promised a dozen free doughnuts every week for a whole year to the first person in line when the store opened on 27 April 2009 (Monday). I joked with a friend to start queuing from Saturday evening.

We would have been too late because the first person in line at Krispy Kreme queued from FRIDAY for 65 hours! 65 hours!

They win a year’s supply of doughnuts of a dozen doughnuts a week. I reckon at the end of the year they’d either be dead sick of glazed doughnuts or looking for the best diet pills to take care of the pounds that would have piled on by then!

Still, kudos to them for their patience. I’m going to wait till the furore dies down before going to take a bite of the famed glazed doughnuts that someone would queue 65 hours WITHOUT BATHING for. Ew…

When someone called me excitedly to tell me about free eye cream I was excited too… until I realised it was free ICE CREAM – the line was bad

Anyway, New Zealand Naturals has been giving away limited quantities of free ice cream to those born in certain years which they will disclosed on Facebook and through email.

I have been monitoring the years so far but damn! Its all so recent! There are NZN fans who aren’t born in the 80′s too you know! Hope they get round to realising that soon. Or maybe those born in the 80′s are the ones with the spending power at the moment? Hmm… food for thought eh?

If you are on an appetite suppressant you might want to give Secret Recipe a miss these couple of weeks. If you aren’t and are up for a good bargain meal, then you might want to have a Secret Recipe Pocket Savers meal.

I saw this at the Secret Recipe at Lucky Garden Bangsar yesterday. RM9.90++ for a meal which is pretty affordable in an air conditioned clean environment. This week you get Singapore Laksa and next week, you get Spagetti with Meatballs.

I wanted to try it but I wasn’t keen on Laksa. Maybe next week I’d give it a go. You can check the different dishes on offer each week for RM9.90 by clicking here.

Feasting aside, have you remembered to take your supplements? I am horrid at remembering even if I find Evening Primrose Oil beneficial, especially for that time of the month.

If you are a regular consumer of Kordels Evening Primrose Oil, you might be interested in this promotional offer.

Get 230 capsules of Kordels Evening Primrose oil of 1000mg at only RM98 and get a free trendy bag while stocks last. I’m going to check out Guardians soon – my stock is running out.

My Smart Money Tips is running a really easy giveaway for discount vouchers from Manhattan Fish Market and Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Just leave a comment telling them what money saving tips you’d like to read about and you can win the vouchers. Easy peasy! No need to rack your brains and nothing as difficult as asking you how many Ferrari parts are there in a Ferrari LOL… Or do you know?

Lookee what I saw on the YTL Platinum Plus site? A 50% off Jogoya meal for Ladies only! This is in conjunction with Jogoya’s 3rd Anniversary and Ladies get 50% off from October all the way to 19 December 2008. There are some restrictions of course.

The offer is only available on weekdays Monday-Thursday for all day dining and on Friday for Lunch or Late lunch only. I have only been to Joyoga once and I was not terribly impressed for the price that you pay. Essentially, for the uninitiated, Jogoya is a Japanese buffet restaurant from Taiwan in the upmarket Starhill Gallery and although you get a decent selection of foods, the price per head is expensive. I remember it as being something like RM88 for dinner.

Still, a 50% discount for ladies as an anniversary promotion beats giving out promotional pens or vouchers and I think I might want to visit again if only because with the discount it looks attractive.

I discovered the Isetan Hokkaido Summer fair at Isetan Kuala Lumpur last year. Since then, I’ve been on the lookout for it again this year.

My reason for looking out for it?

<– This - Flake Seasoning

Last year when I was browsing through the stuff on offer, there was a little Japanese lady who was quickly making Onigiri (rice balls) at this counter. She told me in limited English, that I could use the seasoning to make onigiri at home. I was sold!

What it is is essentially a mixture of seasonings, ranging from little silver whitebait to flaked scallops mixed with various other bits of seasoning that only the Japanese can make. It is absolutely heavenly, and I had a great time making onigiri at home with it. One packet retails for RM25 which is quite pricey, but you don’t use very much. I have been planning to go back this year to get some but haven’t found the time yet. I should hurry though because the fair is ending on 26th August 2007 and won’t come around again till next year!

If you go there, you could possibly look at (I can’t afford to buy them!) these super expensive ice-creams and cheese cake!