sweet tooth

I never thought that I actually have a sweet tooth. But looking at my Facebook albums, darn I do have a sweet tooth afterall. But they were seriously tasty! Here's some of my fave ones that I will return (in fact I do return to eat again:P)Who doesn't like an ice cream in our crazy humid weather? 

Or perhaps even a good old fashion A&W rootbeer with double float?

This is my fave from an Italian restaurant in town Trattoria in Jalan P Ramlee

And some of my fave cakes are:

And how can I forget Krispy Kreme. Its my weekly must have breakfast these days especially Fridays after my BNI meeting because there is one smack opposite the Bankers Club:D

And good old fashion egg tarts. These days I go for the one in Jalan Imbi that sells the mini ones. I'll wait for mine and normally would order at least 12 for myself. And when they come out form the oven looking so cute and fluffy - yummy!

I'm still looking for good ice kacang. Tell me if you have found them. So far, its these 2 following ones. 

 

But the following cute one tasted extra good coz I made it myself at Planters Inn - Crowne Plaza Kuala Lumpur Tonnes of brown sugar, lots of peanuts, lots of corn and coconut milk (the only time I take coconut milk). mmmmmmmm sedap!

And sometimes I kid myself that sweet tooth is healthy with sweeties such as mango pudding with freshly cut mangoes 

 

or chocolate fondue

 

So what's the conclusion? Do I have a sweet tooth or not? 

Caffeine

Yes...good or is it bad caffeine?

I have a love hate relationship with caffeine. It perks me up when I need that extra kick in the system. Somedays, the body and brains just don't want to work. LOL.

However it becomes a hate when I have such lousy caffeine intolerence. I used to be able to have my at cup of tea - yes Malaysians love our good ol teh tarik by 6pm. These days, the last caffeine form coffee or tea has to be the latest 11am - yes before lunch time. Failing which, I am still very awake even at 4am. Yes, even after more than 12 hours after my caffeine intake, I am wide awake.

So what to do? How do I stay awake after lunch? Green tea, chocolate, even coke is just a bad idea. The caffeine in it will still keep me very wide awake?

I know that when we are sleepy, we should sleep or rest. But not during working hours... So what do I do?

On an interesting note on caffeine. Do you know that caffeine increases the level of circulating fatty acids. This has been shown to increase the oxidation of these fuels, hence enhancing fat oxidation. Caffeine has been used for years by runners and endurance people to enhance fatty acid metabolism.

Interestingly I also read that green tea, unless it is decaffeinated, also contains caffeine. Normal green tea itself may contain more caffeine than coffee, but the length of infusion with hot water, and the number of time you use the green tea leaves can greatly reduce your caffeine intake.