I was recently sent 4 bottles of Hellenic Gaia's honey to sample, and I'm here to review them! I was rather excited when I heard that I'll be receiving some because honey is one of the most underrated food items out there, and like a bear from the cartoon I cannot get enough! I learnt that 'hellenic' means anything pertaining to Greece, and Gaia means Earth, so this honey brand is all about what the Greek Earth has to offer.






Hellenic Gaia's Greek honey is good for you because they are:

Raw & Unfiltered: Collected from Mt. Pageon and other areas in Greece, Hellenic Gaia's honey is raw and unfiltered, meaning that it is not heated, pasteurized, or processed.

Contains natural nutrients: In contrast to pasteurized honey, raw honey is an alkaline-forming food containing natural vitamins, enzymes, powerful antioxidants and other important natural nutrients – the very ones that would be destroyed during the heating and pasteurization process in other types of honey.


What I am having now is a mild cough from a itchy throat and I have been drinking the thyme flowers honey with lemon. While I really can't taste much of the thyme flowers, it's done wonders to help soothe my throat! I also like to add a small tablespoon of it to my drinking water bottle just for a hint of sweetness in the otherwise very plain water.

I am also thinking of baking a honey cake using my Philips AirFryer with this simple recipe:



The possibilities are endless! I like the genuine taste of the honey and how it is not processed, and how it is from Greece (where they could do with some support). I'll highly recommend everyone to check out Hellenic Gaia's honey in all good supermarkets.

It's festival galore! Other than Negroni Week which is happening right now, the Singapore Coffee Festival 2016 will also be showing from this Friday 10th to Sunday 12th of June at the F1 Pit Building with over 100 exhibitors. While we have had coffee festivals in the past, this is the first time it is so organised with big brands like DBS presenting and The Straits Time hosting it, so you know it's going to be a great experience. Get your tickets from Sistic here.



Personally I am a great fan of specialty coffee and delicious brews (in fact, would be so good to have some right now!) and was glad to hear that other than 'hipster' cafes, roasters and other coffee and food companies will also be there. There are so many things happening, I couldn't possibly list all of them, so read this Straits Times article to find out all about it.
We did a #SGCoffeeFest Trail last weekend in order to have a mini preview of what's to come during the festival itself! It was loads of fun.

First stop: Oriole Coffee at 96 Somerset Rd, Singapore 238163
Together with a much-needed latte (which I always get whenever I want a coffee in town) sampled some of their delectable brunch offerings such as the crabcakes, eggs benedict, salmon rosti and the crowd favourite being the Oatmeal with Berries. What's cool about Oriole is that other than winning at competitions, they also produce their very own dairy-free milk and Taisho cold brews.










Thanks to Food News PR and SG Coffee Fest for the invite!