Kki ケーキ

Moi was totally, completely mesmerised by this place. It was so cosy, quirky and simple and nice. Every piece of furniture, deco, cutlery, cake, item was specially thought of, selected and made. There are 2 sections to this shop, the pastries section and the little dorm shop selling all the little retro items that we used to play when we were kids. I got really excited while I am in there.... like visiting an old museum.

This blog has some good photos of the interior of Kki Cafe.

Kki specialised in Japanese cakes. The traditional Japanese western cakes that taste very smooth and very soft and very sweet. Moi loves the Antoinette especially when my taste bud touches the first ooshing mango puree. Heavenly. Coffee was also the Japanese aromatic coffee.. really transport moi to the little cafe along Tokyo street that moi has adored.

My Black $4.00, His White Coffee $4.50


Antoinette $8.00 - mango creme within the white chocolate

Mont Blanc has been a HOT favourite for moi... cause it is a very traditional Japanese cake. Taste wasn't that bad but I have tried better ones so I got a little disappointed with this one.

Mont Blanc $8.50 - almond tart base topped with sweetish sponge and twirls of chestnut puree



Kki ケーキ
7 Ann Siang Hill
Tel: 6225 6650
Website :
Little Drom Store
k ki cafe

Opening hours
Tue–Fri & Sun: 12pm – 7pm
Sat: 12pm – 4pm
(Closed on Mon)

Marmalade Pantry

Someone was raving about this place so I specifically went over to try their dessert. Unfortunately, their signature cupcakes were all sold out by the time we arrived so I got to settle with their chocolate cake which I found it too sweet. Like their idea to use the spider chrysanthemum as a centre-piece. Gives it a little orient fusion to the modern setting.

Marmalade Pantry
#03-22 Orchard Ion
2 Orchard Turn
Tel: 6734 2700
Website: www.themarmaladepantry.com

Opening hour
Mon - Fri, 11.30am to 9.30pm
Sat, 10am to 9.30pm
Sun, 10am to 4.30pm (all day brunch)

Mescluns

Never thought plain green salad could taste so filling and so nice. A nice cosy place that I would like to drop by during a quiet afternoon and mesmerise in a book while munching the greens away. The combo set came with the soup and a wide selection. Can't recall what I ordered but I remember it was nice.



Mescluns
24 Circular Road
Citylink Mall
Tel : 6221 8141

Opening hours
Daily 11.30am - 6pm

Hatched

Hatched serves whole-day-brunch from morning to dinner. Love the ambience there. Encountered quite a bad bottle-neck when they have a lot of orders but I like the commitment of the whole team behind Hatched, from family members, to hired staff. They were all very committed to provide the best possible services and food and so even though they were not able to meet some of the expectations, I was touched by their sincerity and commitment.

Moi loves egg so anything in egg will be great.

Left to Right : (1) Where's Waffle $12 - Waffle served with butter, fresh cream and maple syrup, topped with ham and egg (2) Sir Benedict $16 - Poached egg with Hollandaise sauce together english muffin, black forest ham and homemade mash


Ozzy Baked Egg $8 - Eggs baked with bacon, mushroom and tomatoes with a thick layer of cheese

There were a few non-egg items like the BAR-B-Q drumlets and pancake. Well, I found the drumlets too sweet for my liking but I know little aka enjoyed her beary pancake tremendously.

Left to Right : Non-egg dishes (1) Bar-B-Q Drumlets $10 - coated with honey (2) Animal farm $6 - for little aka

Hatched
#01-6 Evans Lodge
26 Evans Road
Tel : 67350012
Website : http://www.hatched.sg

Opening hours
Daily 10am - 10pm (except for Monday)

Margaret Drive

Margaret Drive Food Centre is a haven of good food from Char Kway Teow, fried carrot cake, white coffee, chicken rice and popiah. Dropped by the other day wanting to try the Char Kway Teow but it was not open so settled for the fried carrot cake, popiah and white coffee instead. YUMMY!







White Coffee
Margaret Drive Food Centre

With a Pinch of Salt

Someone recommended this place that was featured on TV and was very much similar to a restaurant in Thai with similar theme. So Moi went there not once but twice. First time with SuSe and second time with twinny and family. Little Aka went "wild" in such a decorated cafe. She kept us so busy, climbing up and down the platform and trying to pull down the cloth cover of the piano. Phew!! She was such a rascal.

We loved the banana with bacon. It's really a very unique way of combining fried bacon with banana. Sweet and crispy taste. Portion was rather BIG here so if you are a small eater, you can consider sharing with another. An example is "Mr MacDonald". SuSe could finish his.

Banana with bacon


Mr MacDonald

It tasted ok when I ate it for the first time but when Twin's hubs tried it (after my recommendation), we found the meat having a strong uncomfortable smell. We fedback to the management and they asked us to select another dish to replace instead. So the man ordered "Mr Dory Pan - Seared" instead. I would say they are better with fish than meat. The 2 fish dishes with and without sambal tasted quite well.

Mr Hai-na-nese


Mr Dory Pan - Seared


Mr Dory Sambal

Noticed this interesting theme @ the restaurant....



With a Pinch of Salt
297 Tanjong Katong Road
Tel : 6348 2297
www.withapinchofsalt.com.sg

Coffee Connects

Though I am not a good coffee drinker...since Moi is someone that PUTS 2 packets of SUGAR into the coffee, I am a regular coffee drinker. Never once a weekday afternoon, will i miss my caffein dose. Went down to T3 the other days to gather with the girls... we talked a lot and shared a lot always. The close group of chums that have been with us all these years, who knew me inside out and whom I know I can count on should the sky falls on me. I am really fortunate to have you ALL.

HUGZ!!!

Surprisedly TCC serves rather palatable stuff despite being a coffee joint.

Spice Chic


Portobello Delight


Macaroni Gratin


TCC cheesy tofu deck


Snow Fish Fantasia


Miso Snow Fish with Daikon Cream

The Coffee Connoisseur
65 Airport Boulevard
#01-22 Terminal 3 Arrival Hall
Tel : 6214 0680
Opening hours
Daily, PH & PH Eve - 24 Hours

#03-23 Terminal 3 Departure Hall
Tel: 6214 1693
Opening hours
Daily, PH & PH Eve - 10.30am to 11pm

Website : http://www.thecoffeeconnoisseur.com

Buffet in Raffles Style

It was a lovely treat from Gucci. Our second lunch after the first. Our next destination is nonetheless, the posh Bar & Billard Room at Raffles hotel. Called me Sua-ku but it was first time for me to have buffet at Raffles and it was a wonderful experience. ^_-) Gucci had a 1-for-1 deal so with a price for 1, we enjoyed 2 pax buffet. Kekeke! The spread was very wonderful and the chef never failed to keep filling up the plates with fresh oysters, lobsters, crabs, sashimi, crayfishes, etc., etc. The meat was also grilled nicely and the desserts are just so delectable sinful. Well, it will definitely make our money more worth if we had come on a lazy weekend afternoon. Heehee!

Next time, Tiffin Room? =P

Bar & Billiard Room
Raffles Hotel Singapore
1 Beach Road
Tel : 6412 1816
Email : dining@raffles.com
Website : http://singapore.raffles.com


Opening hours
Cocktails : Daily - 11:30 am to 12:30 am
Lunch : Mon to Sat - 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Champagne Brunch : Sun - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Afternoon Tea : Mon to Sat - 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Sun - 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Dinner : Mon to Sat - 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Teatime

It's amazing how this little cafe is hidden within the takashimaya shopping center. I fell in love with this place when i first visited many years back when it was still relatively unknown and quieter... the food and coffee was nice and to be able to sip from the quality and beautiful Copenhagen cups and plates did make it extra-special.

Our tea corner


My coffee


My scones


Your chicken curry


Your chicken curry set

Really enjoy our tea cum lunch break here.... love you always.

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge
2F, 391 Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City
Tel : 6735 6833

Opening hours
Daily 10.00am to 9.00pm

OldTown White Coffee

Went BIG SPLASH during one HOT Afternoon, coincidentally, the same afternoon that Radio 91.3FM roadshow was onz... And SuSe was really all gee to see Rod Monteiro and The Married Men. YUP!! He is their FAN, so dun you dare switch his radio channels when he is tuned in The Married Men.... =P Alas, SuSe was so shy that he was busy trying to "escape" from the roadshow "tugging" and thus we ended up in Mark Lee's OldTown White Coffee. Well, this place seems like a fusion between the typical kaya bread kopitam and Hongkong Cafe.

Food was nothing too memorable but still platable. Service was blended and staff were clearly not well-trained. Moi felt that it was rather disorganised as the dedicated queue line was unclear (just beside the payment queue), so some customers were "jumping" queue unknowingly by walking straight in and sat on available tables. The ordering pattern was also a little confusing as servers did not provide menus promptly. In fact, we just ticked off the paper menu found at the table and passed it to a waitress. We only knew menus were available much later when we saw her providing menus to others. Well, the dinning experience will be like a air-con foodcourt one where you come fill in your tummies with reasonable food at reasonable price and just leave.

Moi's Nissin noodle was very maggie. SuSe quite liked his Nasi Rendan. Not much complaints as he whipped up the whole plate. * SLURP!! * The names of the drinks were rather unique but taste was just ordinary. NaYang Memorably was coffee and Xi Mut Milk Tea was tea. Hahahhaa! Obvious? Anywhere we were trying hard to figure what is Xi Mut and whether it was a kind of NUT or plant. Well Xi Mut in cantonese means stocking or pantyhose. It was called such because the tea was made by straining through the cloth bag over many many times and causing the cloth bag to turn brown yellowish like the stocking. It was supposed to be very smooth tasting. I enjoyed my Xi Mut milk tea. ^_-)

Nissin Noodle with Ham and egg $3.50


Nasi Rendan Chicken $6.50


NaYang Memorably $2.50 + Xi Mut Milk Tea $1.90

Well, one good thing is that at present, there is only service charge and no GST at OldTown White Coffee. I wont specifically come but if I happen to be around, I wont mind dinning here.

OldTown White Coffee
BLK B #01-08/09 Playground@Big Splash
902 East Coast Parkway
Tel: 6344 4404
Website : http://oldtownwhitecoffee.com/

Cookie Museum

Had pass by this unique posh-looking cafe in Esplanade and had wanting to go so Moi managed to cheoh Bread Marmas there to celebrate Mummy's day. heehee! And she damn adores our new "chit-chat" corner. Heehee!

Photography is not ALLOWED so this is a secret snapshot. Heehee! Isn't it pretty? LIke some victoria european little classic cafe. Well, the girls will most probably love this place very much. They have a wide selection of teas and desserts and each item is served in an unique tea cup and saucer. Just looking at the utensils and cups is already quite a feast. Service was excellent and all the staff seems to know very clearly all the items and can recommend something suitable for you. We had the cookies since there are famous for baking cookies without EGG and MILK!! Can you imagine?? MILKLESS, EGGLESS cookie so it's very palatable nearly for everyone. The staff were also very patient letting us taste all the different flavours... hahaha! But it just too many flavours and each one tasted so differently, Moi got difficulty remembering. They even have localised tastes like nasi lemak, hae bee hiam and ikan billis. We were spoilt with choices. Heehee! But each tin of cookie doesn't come cheap. Price ranges from $28 - $32 per tin. Well, sweet Bread Parpas got Moi's Mummy one tin... Moi chose the Cran Mango flavour.

The place really plays on its ambience and service and of course it's super unique cookie that are really light tasting, soft and very brittle. The cookies practically just break inside your mouth with every bite, very fresh. Though Moi will prefer a harder texture cookie. =P The butter and ingredient tastes were really distinct from the cookies, and you would definitely not be getting a huge chuck of butter and cream taste in your mouth.

Menu


CranMango cookies

The Cookie Museum
C/O The V Tea Room
8 Raffles Avenue
#01-02/04 Esplanade Mall
Tel: 6333 1965
Website : http://www.thevtearoom.com

Opening Hours
Sun-Thu: 12.30am - 10.30pm
Fri-Sat: 1pm - 11.30pm

Superfamous

Today is one of rare occasion that Moi could enjoy a slightly longer lunch with a satellite office colleague of mine who has been with the company just about that long or somewhat longer than Moi. We practically see each other grow and age in the company. Ironically this is our first non-official, non-business lunch together.

I still recall our first meeting was rather unpleasant, as she appeared super aloof and dao and I felt she was just pushing her weight around just because she stepped into this office a little ahead of Moi. Moreover our work are closely interwinded, so it didn't take much time for her to get on Moi's nerves when I, being based in the office got to be her main support since she is based on home most of the time. Over the years, we ironed out our differences and now we are more than just colleagues. Was really looking forward to our pre-arranged lunchie for the whole of this week.

Went down to Superfamous as highly recommended by a Chum for lunch. Superfamous is a little stand-alone cafe bistro located just next to OCBC Centre, beside the giant bronze sculpture "Reclining figure" by Henry Moore. A scenic little cozy place in the midst of the concrete jungle. Had wanted to try their Lobster Bisque with prawn ravioli but it wasn't on the menu anymore. * Disappointed *

Well, Gucci, who is always so "figure-conscious", decided to take just a salad... and Moi who has been bio-ing their breakfast menu, decided to try their Eggs Benedict.

Crabmeat Caesar Salad $16.00

Stole a few spoonfuls of Gucci's salad. It tasted quite well. The crabmeat is really fresh and well-marinated. Not too bad a choice.

Eggs Benedict $12.00

Superfamous's Eggs Benedict made up of a toasted muffin, topped with ham, salmon, poached eggs, with hollandaise sauce. Hollandaise sauce is the yellowish thing in the bowl, the main super licking, yummy ingredient in Eggs Benedict. A little explanation that the hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, usually seasoned with salt and pepper. The sauce might look and sound rather simple but actually it requires quite a bit of skill to prepare. Improper emulsified will cause separation or the yolks coagulating together. Superfamous's hollandaise sauce tasted just smooth and creamy. * SLURP *

To fight the afternoon Zzzzzzz monster, we had double espresso with vanilla ice-cream. Heehee! Affogate is a tango between coffee and dessert. Ummmm!!!

Affogate $5.50

Food was great but like always, the company is the best. We shared a lot of our feelings and bondings towards the company especially with Parpas and our detest for the Crapaud family. Our passion for our work and our common decision and conclusion that it's high time for both of us to move on after serving in the company for 10 years.

Yup...Moi has been seriously thinking about it. I can't wait to be release away like a bird... into the sky... far, far away.

Superfamous
67 Chulia Street
Tel: 6223 0038
Website : http://www.superfamous.com.sg/

Opening hours
Mon - Fri
9:30am - 5pm, Bistro/Cafe
5pm - 12midnight, Champagne/Martini Bar