J Obsession 2012

 

NICI Beaver is at J-Obsession 2012 yesterday at The Cathay. J-Obsession is an event to promote local musicians with the passion for Japanese music.

J-Obsession gives local young aspiring musicians a stage to showcase their talents and their love for Japanese music.

There was also a cosplay event at J-Obsession yesterday and we spotted some cosplayers loitering around nearby The Cathay.

On the right the gorgeous Hizaki (cosplaying)! Lead guitarist from the J-Rock visual kei band - Versailles.

Then we see some familiar faces from our previous AFA11 - Anime Festival Asia 2011.

Also another familiar face from the AFA11 event. You can check out their pictures here

Viewer discretion alert! We found this weird looking guy in eeyore stitch's costume.

One of our local band - HYDRA performing on stage for the J-Obsession 2012 event.

Check out the facebook page for J-Obsession 2012 for more details. Today is the last day for this event 4:30pm - 8.00pm at The Cathay. Please go support our local musicians!

Spot The Wolf Game 1

Welcome to the brand new segment from NICI-Mania called "Spot The Wolf Game"

This segment is where our NICI plush toys will take pictures in interesting places while staying discreet from view. Hugo Wolf will be leading the first episode. Let's get started!

Picture One - Hugo Wolf with the ship model

Did you spot the wolf?

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Hugo Wolf: Hello~ I'm here!

Picture Two - Hugo Wolf on the man-made fountain

Did you spot the wolf?

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Hugo Wolf: It's not hard isn't it? ^_^

Picture Three - Hugo Wolf in a boutique

Did you spot the wolf?

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Hugo Wolf: I think I can be a fashion model, don't you think?

NICI Beaver (2011 NICI Summer)

Summer pants!

Flat broad tail..

Cute front teeth!

NICI Beaver is here!

NICI Beaver, the 2011 NICI Summer series finally arrived at Singapore. NICI-Mania flock are overly thrilled by these 2 cute beavers!

The 2011 NICI Summer series was not planned for released in Singapore, but thanks to special import from CNS Plaza Singapura, we get to buy this cute NICI Beaver.

25cm NICI Beaver with 10cm NICI Beaver key ring

NICI Beaver immediately made friends with Hugo Wolf. These little beavers will certainly enjoy the all summer season here in Singapore.

-Do Re Me-

Sweet and Sour Pork (咕嚕肉)

NICI-Mania presents Sweet and Sour Pork recipe! Sweet and Sour Pork often known locally as 咕嚕肉 "goo-lok-yok" is one of the most classic Chinese dish ever.

Sweet and Sour Pork, the name says it all about this classic dish. It is fried pork in sweet and sour sauce together with vegetables like cucumber, pineapple, onion, green capsicum, etc..

The vegetables in the Sweet and Sour Pork dish can vary up to personal likes but it must always have cucumber in it. Our sweet and sour pork recipe today uses tomato, cucumber and onions.

Sweet and Sour Pork is always cooked with the ingredients in cube shape, cut the tomato, onions and cucumber into cube shape but cut the lean pork meat into 1 inch slice and half inch thick.

Marinate the lean pork meat with 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, some pepper, half a fully beaten egg, and a lot of corn starch that is enough to cover all the meat evenly.

Add copious amount of oil into a hot pan and deep fry the lean pork meat in about 150-160°C of hot oil. Even though the lean pork meat is quite thick, it will be cooked in 40 seconds flat.

The lean pork meat will be browned like this after deep frying it in hot oil. Restaurants do not serve such a big piece of meat for sweet and sour pork. But since we are cooking it ourselves, the cost is lower so its alright to be spoilt sometimes :)

The lean pork meat is going to be tender-licious because the egg and corn starch protects the juiciness of the meat and the high temperature of deep frying locks all the juice within.

The Sweet and Sour Sauce

The sauce is the most important factor that decides the success or failure of this dish.

Prepare the sweet and sour sauce for the Sweet and Sour Pork in advance. 

6 tablespoons  of plain water
6 tablespoons of tomato sauce
3 tablespoons of vinegar
3 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt. 

Mix the sauce well. You can up or lower the ratio accordingly to the size of your dish.

The perfect ratio is the key to make any tasty sauce.

Now we can start frying our Sweet and Sour Pork. Remove all the oil from the pan earlier and leave about 4 tablespoons of oil in the pan. Start frying the onions and tomatoes first until fragrant. Then add in the well mixed sweet and sour sauce.

Add the deep fried pork into the pan and stir it well. When it is almost ready, add in the cucumber last and serve. Because of the sugar in the sweet and sour sauce, it will turn sticky and wrap around the lean pork meat.

Home made Sweet and Sour Pork is done! It is a very simple recipe and it taste very good! You can use the same recipe to cook sweet and sour fish or sweet and sour chicken.

Sweet and Sour Pork is a very popular dish you can easily impress your friends or family with it.

NICI Just Married (Jolly Mah)

NICI Just Married Jolly Mah Bridegroom and Jolly Mah Bride just landed at NICI-Mania. Our flock eagerly joins them as they tie the knot at their nuptial.

I, Jolly Mah Bridegroom take you, Jolly Mah Bride for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, til death do us part.

 I, Jolly Mah Bride take you, Jolly Mah Bridegroom for my lawful husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, til death do us part.

Jolly Mah Bridegroom gingerly lifts Jolly Mah Bride's veil

The beautiful face of Jolly Mah bride unveils...

We lawfully pronounce you, husband and wife and you may now kiss the bride!

NICI Jolly Mahs - Just Married ♥♥

NICI Just Married is the latest 2012 offering for the Jolly Mah series.

There are lots of lovely merchandise from the NICI Just Married series. NICI-Mania got quite a few of them.

NICI Just Married pink heart shape cushion plush 40x36cm

NICI Just Married "I Love You" cushion plush. It has "I Love You" written in many different languages.

NICI Just Married cushion pink heart shape with 10cm Jolly Mah couple

We absolutely love the new NICI Just Married series for Jolly Mah. They are all so cute!

NICI Just Married is gonna be very popular as non NICI collectors will also buy them as gifts for couples getting married or decorate them for the wedding.