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Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Was trying to find a cafe for a late night supper and managed to find a Hong Kong styled cafe, Gossip Cafe 港是讲啡 in Serangoon Gardens that operates till 2.00am daily. Like most Hong Kong styled cafe in Singapore, their cafe was also beautifully decorated with tons of pictures of Old Hong Kong streets.
I browsed through their menu and saw a wide range of food items, most of them are inspired from Hong Kong cuisine, such as Baked Rice, Spaghetti, Pork Chop Platter rice and reasonably priced. Their burgers were however rather interesting though as they were named after the different areas in Hong Kong, e.g Central Beef Burger, Causeway Bay Mini Pork Burger. If I am not wrong, the food items should be available till late as well.
Because it was too late at night, I decided to opt in for a dessert instead. I ordered the Chilled Gingko Barley ($3.50).
It was served in a gorgeous bowl and was chilled just nice. The taste of the dessert was excellent as well, it was thick and you can chew the barley seeds in mouth unlike some other dessert stalls out there which served Gingko Barley that was mushy.
I am happy with their service as well and am definitely looking to make another trip back to the cafe to taste their food items. If you are looking for a quiet and comfortable place for dessert, don't hesitate further!
Gossip Cafe 港是讲啡
87 Serangoon Garden Way
Singapore 555983
I browsed through their menu and saw a wide range of food items, most of them are inspired from Hong Kong cuisine, such as Baked Rice, Spaghetti, Pork Chop Platter rice and reasonably priced. Their burgers were however rather interesting though as they were named after the different areas in Hong Kong, e.g Central Beef Burger, Causeway Bay Mini Pork Burger. If I am not wrong, the food items should be available till late as well.
Because it was too late at night, I decided to opt in for a dessert instead. I ordered the Chilled Gingko Barley ($3.50).
It was served in a gorgeous bowl and was chilled just nice. The taste of the dessert was excellent as well, it was thick and you can chew the barley seeds in mouth unlike some other dessert stalls out there which served Gingko Barley that was mushy.
I am happy with their service as well and am definitely looking to make another trip back to the cafe to taste their food items. If you are looking for a quiet and comfortable place for dessert, don't hesitate further!
Gossip Cafe 港是讲啡
87 Serangoon Garden Way
Singapore 555983
Monday, 29 July 2013
Good news for all Krispy Kreme doughnuts lover, the American doughnut franchise have announced that it will open its first Singapore outlet!
Posted on their official Singapore Krispy Kreme facebook page on 29 July 2013, the shop will be open at Tangs Orchard in mid-October.
According to TODAYonline, as part of its pre-opening “donut bomb” tradition, the outlet will be giving away 100,000 doughnuts in public areas and offices in the forty-five days period leading up to the launch of its outlet. (well, it seems like there is something for all Singaporeans to go queue again!)
Watch this space for more exciting news!
According to TODAYonline, as part of its pre-opening “donut bomb” tradition, the outlet will be giving away 100,000 doughnuts in public areas and offices in the forty-five days period leading up to the launch of its outlet. (well, it seems like there is something for all Singaporeans to go queue again!)
Watch this space for more exciting news!
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Visited Saizeriya at The Cathay a few weeks back (in fact, this was my second trip to the restaurant, my first was the one in Liang Court), both trips were just a huge disappointing.
Saizeriya is a Japanese chain of casual low-priced Italian Restaurants which was well known for their affordable food. After reading tons of positive reviews on different blogs, when I first tried Saizeriya at Liang Court, I was not very impressed with their food.
Certain servings of food were cold, while others were still pretty alright.
Back to my experience at The Cathay, I placed an order for a tomato spaghetti with baby clams. The food came and it tasted fine, actually even better than the first one I had at the Liang Court outlet. However, I soon found out that the bottle of tabasco sauce provided might be expired (the date printed on the bottle neck was dated back to January, 2013. At that point of time, I didn't really google and find out that the date was actually the production date and that the expiry date were I think a few years after the production date because the label on the bottle itself stated that the expiry date was printed on the bottleneck!)
I immediately pointed the issue out to a waitress whom came back and told me in an impolite way that the manager said it was the production date. After she left, I was quite certain that I was right about the expiry date, so I asked her over for the second time. Upon hearing my feedback, she walked away and didn't bother to return to my table for any further explanation. Thereafter, I requested to speak to the store manager. I mean, even if the customer was wrong, shouldn't the service crew sincerely apologise and speak in a better tone that the supplier had already informed the restaurant that the printed date on the bottle neck was the production date. The date was printed there so that we could add on 5 years to the sauce to know it's expiration date.
The store manager came a few moment later and his attitude was equally atrocious. He said in an really unwilling tone: "I have no time to answer you okay! It is the production date". And he walked away, back into his kitchen.
Overall, I am extremely upset with this kind of service in a restaurant and I don't think I will ever step back into this particular food chain again.
As food bloggers, I am aware that we should only post positive food reviews and not to target at any individual. However, like what my blog tagline states: "honest opinions of cafes & restaurants around Singapore", I would certainly leave my best and upmost honest reviews of all restaurants. I strongly believe that all F&B outlets should definitely practice good service for diners to enjoy their meals there.
Monday, 22 July 2013
The Fabulous Baker Boy is located opposite Liang Court, just along the foot of Fort Canning Park. It was in fact not too difficult to get there by public transport, and if you are lucky, several buses actually stop along The Foothills @ Fort Canning Park.
They offer a huge variety of food genres ranging from sandwiches, pies, pancakes, salad to the most important and ever-delicious, cakes.
Something to note though, they do not bake all types of cakes every single day and several days, if you are unlucky, their cakes would have all been sold out. I have read from many food blogs that their Red Velvet Cake was one of the better cakes compared to many cafes and bakeries in Singapore. However, during my visit to the cafe, they did not have them for sale (Too bad! They probably ran out of the cake due to it's popularity).
That said, I did have the privilege to try the other cakes, the Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake ($8.00) as well as their Apple Cider cake ($8.50). Both cakes were moist and really rich in flavour. The chocolate was in fact not too sweet, therefore, together with the taste of caramel, it's like the best of both worlds. The Apple Cider cake was excellent as well, you guys should definitely have a taste of their cakes because to me, they were so good beyond words.
They offer a huge variety of food genres ranging from sandwiches, pies, pancakes, salad to the most important and ever-delicious, cakes.
Something to note though, they do not bake all types of cakes every single day and several days, if you are unlucky, their cakes would have all been sold out. I have read from many food blogs that their Red Velvet Cake was one of the better cakes compared to many cafes and bakeries in Singapore. However, during my visit to the cafe, they did not have them for sale (Too bad! They probably ran out of the cake due to it's popularity).
That said, I did have the privilege to try the other cakes, the Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake ($8.00) as well as their Apple Cider cake ($8.50). Both cakes were moist and really rich in flavour. The chocolate was in fact not too sweet, therefore, together with the taste of caramel, it's like the best of both worlds. The Apple Cider cake was excellent as well, you guys should definitely have a taste of their cakes because to me, they were so good beyond words.
The Fabulous Baker Boy
The Foothills
70 River Valley Road Singapore
Singapore 179037
Monday, 1 July 2013
A few days back, I visited Youmenya Goemon outlet at The Star Vista. By re-inventing the way to eat pasta, each diner was given a pair of chopsticks for the meal instead of fork and spoon.
I had their Half & Half set ($20.00*) which consists of a plate of Tomato Sauce spaghetti with Basil & Mozzarella, a plate of Cream Sauce spaghetti with Crab, Shrimp and Scallop, as well as a dessert and a bowl of Miso soup.
Thinking that the portion of the spaghetti will be quite small since there are two different plates of spaghetti in a single set, I was proven wrong. Their regular size spaghetti was comparably larger than the pasta dishes of many other shops, hence with the Half & Half set, a plate of spaghetti was just enough to fill one's stomach.
Both Cream Sauce and Tomato Sauce spaghetti tasted fine and ingredients used were fresh, neither would I have to say, value for money. Also, what I liked about the restaurant was that the food was prepared and cooked only after we have ordered them, hence they were piping hot when the waiters served them to you. The service staffs were friendly as well, which is a plus point!
Their dessert in the set (which I chose their Mango Pudding) though looks appetising, could have been better.
Overall it was a satisfying meal!
Yomenya Goemon
1 Vista Exchange Green
#02-04 The Star Vista
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