We went to mushroom farm today!

Following the fire station tour last wk, Aunt Chris has invited us to this mushroom farm (Mycofarm) along Seletar Farmway and we are glad we came coz there's so much to learn abt mushrooms and the kids loved mushrooms when we were there (as in love eating them haha)
But besides Seth and Joy, Ian din know any of the jie2s (yes it was whole load of girls at the place hahaa) there were 9 kids....guess alot of laughter and noise from the kids during the tour hehee but it was kindof raining so din manage to see alot more but still its was a fruitful one (besides our buying I mean hhehe)

We were introduced to the Shitake mushroom and could see them sprouting and glad the kids din attempt to pluck off hehee...but these mushrooms were staying in cool rooms!!! There are harvested within a few days hhmm kindof tempted to get 1 and try to grow but with our climate quite hard huh unless we blast the aircon everyday hhmm

And there the guide explaining the no. of cycles the log could go thru and how they bundle the white oyster mushroom's log so that the mushrooms grow only in 2 directions unlike the shitake they allow them to grow in all directions....

Here's 1 of the white oyster mushrooms...they feel real soft....if only we could try to grow them then no need to buy whole loads of mushroom every wk hehee

And it was 'testing' of food time....when the kids were 'scrambling' for more samples hehee here's Ian with the mushroom bak kwa! Yummy huh but of coz for a buy who just love the bak kwa no matter its meat or mushroom or anything...he just love biting them =)

And then it was the endless quest for the mushroom floss!!! Yea the kids had endless handfuls of them (gd thing we weren't asked to go off after endless times of requesting for it) and this was the final cup for Ian....yes, we did get a box from the farm....hhmm more of a snack to them I guess but it sure tasted yummy hehee...can munch the mushroom in it...and the owners did cook us a plate of mushroom and it sure tasted yummy...oh boy, were we hungry or what?? hahaa but we got their mushroom sauce as well, gonna cook this wk =)

And here's the big box of mushroom we got from the farm....fresh from the harvest, we do see their brand at supermarket altho we usually get the pasar brand coz mama used to cooking white button mushroom which they dun have but glad we are introduced to more varieties of mushroom and could get them when we are on our way to po2's place I guess!

Then near the corner, we came to this animals resort, not v much animals and it was bad weather but we just walked ard the farm to check out for future visits! Alot of dogs tho and some are for sale...

And here are the 2 boys with the horsie! So happy to see the horse moving its head for this shot otherwise it was muddling with its grass...kindof 'touristy' before we embark on our real farm tour hehee we will be back again! But for the mushroom farm guess we won't be able to get such privilege again coz today was Aunty Chris' BIL who brought us ard and had all the privilege to come up close to it!

Since we were so near po2's place so the kids went there for nap instead and we were gearing up for Joy's early bday celeb! The kids were happy to be together for the whole day and the finale was the Princess cake....hhhmm Ian was going thru all the steps of the 'cake ceremony' hhmm capture this shot, who's holding the knife?? hhmm well guess it was a yr again when Ian was so fast in blowing out Joy's candles....so glad he din do it again this yr altho he did try to blow out the blown out candles hhaaa....just an early birthday wish to Joy!