Petit Bowl

The family was invited to Petit Bowl for a food tasting session!

I have heard of them way back 4years ago when V was a lil bub, but didn't get a chance to go down to United Square to try out their foods when.  Years down, my girlfriend Sharon was introducing 1st foods to her son Declan and casually mention to me about Petit Bowl. She is on their "My First Weaning Pack" and it got me interested just because he sounds easier than me going to get a new machine - the blender which also allows steaming (Apparently its the trend now) I'm sure all of you know it. But being a shrew businesswomen, it just didn't seem logic sense to buy something worth $200 + that can be used only for 2 months or so. It didn't help that I will need to get food trays, spend the whole afternoon preparing them, freezing them etc. Then there are the veggies (organic or not) that I have to choose (not cheap btw) packets of rice, brown rice. Then when you do all the sums and the effort, it seems something I can consider trying.

I believe you must be thinking that I can always use the helper to do such, but I have a constantly confused helper when it comes to baby care. So it still boils down to me... then I am staying with the MIL that packs her fridge like we are going to war. A kitchen top that doesn't allow any more machines and I still remember that 6 months ago we were "fighting" for my that 1 compartment to put Baby Kate's bottles, steamer etc. I spent sleeping nights thinking how to better wean Kate, come on! Each mum has their woes.. The grass is always greener the other side. 

The time has come to wean Baby Kate; we made a trip down to their shop in Siglap to see if it is something we should adopt. For those who aren't sure, it's almost near the famous Les Amis Peperoni pizzeria at Frankel.

For the Complimentary group food sampling, I had invited Mum bloggers Irene and Lynn who were weaning their child at about the same periods. Bernard from Petit Bowl stared the session by introducing to us the concept of their business and how they engage Ryan (the one with the glasses) a food technologist - apparently that what he studies professionally - Foods.  They share that foods that are cooked, freeze and recook immediately retains a high percentage of nutrients. I'm sure a lot of mummies like me would think that de-freezing the food should be the way- like how we were taught by our mummies. WRONG!!! We should not even allow de-freezing, as it will lower nutrients level and of course allow bacteria multiplication!

If you have a child that is still young and cannot finish the portion, it is recommended that we cut it into halves WITHOUT thawing it and pop it back into the freezer!

Ideally they shared that we should pop the foods straight into a traditional steamer - with water and wok.

or invest if you have not already, a machine that specialize in steaming foods. 

If you do have a fussy child, he recommends a quick pan fry to bring out the flavours. 

Now if you are thinking, OMG so much work! Yes you may pop it into a microwave as the foods are packed in food grade microwavable containers that are Made in Singapore

Now, to the true taste of a baby tongue. We got Baby Kate and Victoria to do the taste and of course the parents gets to try too! The 1st course was their butternut squash, which was a winner!! A touch down!!

Next comes the zucchini which sort of didn't go very well with the both, even for the father who frown at the taste . But it is a green veggie that taste vegetal! *duh

Seriously NOT patient!

u can see it in her puppy dog eyes what she thinks of the zucchini

Black rice that rocked!

Baby Kate was clearly upset that it was just a food tasting and was screaming for food! Josephine the owner, kindly steamed her some white rice which appease the food gourmet. 

We absolutely enjoyed the food tasting session and I must say learnt a lot more from this. It helped even as a 2nd time mummies and I believe it will benefit those who are weaning the 1st time ever!

See us here on YOUTUBE!

Petit Bowl is offering $50 vouchers  (I have 2 sets ) for our readers!!!! All you have to do is post a comment with your name and email, I will get Kate to draw them in 1 week time!!  If you don't have babies, try your luck and give the vouchers to your friends as great gifts! Mummies ALL love anything that can help them make life easier! Oh Victoria eats their pasta range, yeah for those days...

*Disclaimer. We were invited for a complimentary food tasting session. I chose to write this review for Petit Bowl for their session and they gave us 3 weeks of complimentary frozen food for Baby Kate to thank us for this review. If you must know, Baby Kate loves it :)