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These are some of the most instagrammable cafes that opened in Singapore in 2017 (1-2 very late last year).

What would constitute to “instagrammable”?

There could be some corners of the cafes that makes that perfect “got-feel” shot, serve food that is attractively photogenic; or has that distinct personality that make it stand out from the rest.

I have also included some under-the-radar ones, and perhaps that simple quietness is the charm.

12 Most Instagrammable Cafes In Singapore 2017

House Of AnLi Bistro
Tanglin Mall #03-17, 163 Tanglin Road Singapore 247933
Tel: +65 6235 3851
Opening Hours: 9.00am – 9.00pm Daily

Probably The Most Gorgeous Undiscovered Bistro Café
House Of AnLi at Level 3 of Tanglin Mall is probably the most gorgeous bistro to open in Singapore of late.

This is an extension of the House of AnLi furniture store, and therefore the entire European design and homely setting carries on over.

Mains include Maria’s Moussaka ($28 – layered eggplant with minced beef and béchamel), Ghentse Waterzooi ($26 – chicken broth with chicken fillet), Beetroot Risotto ($24), Sole Meuniere ($38 – lemon sole with butter caper sauce) and Carbonnades De Chez Nous ($28 – beef cheek with fondant potato and baby carrots).

Price wise is on the steeper side, as it was obviously attracting the relatively higher-spending-power target audience. House Of AnLi (Tanglin Mall)

The Glasshouse: Specialty Coffee and Toast Bar
#01-K11 CHIJMES, 30 Victoria Street, Singapore 187996
Tel: +65 9793 0234
Opening Hours: 7.30am – 5.00pm (Mon – Fri), 8.30am – 6.00pm (Sat – Sun)

Hidden Specialty Coffee and Toast Bar At CHIJMES
Natural light – checked; plants – checked; glass windows – checked; earthy-coloured furniture – checked; free wifi – checked.

The Glasshouse’s focus is on quality ingredient on artisanal sourdough breads, served alongside specialty coffee.

Coffee available include Flat White ($4), Cold Brew ($4.50), Mocha ($5) and Filter ($7).

One thing to note is The Glasshouse uses a rotation of various roasters. Therefore, if you are a regular, you get to try something different monthly. However, perhaps that may exclude those looking for that familiar taste.

The Glasshouse will also be collaborating with local botanical artist Charles (@mossingarden) to bring in interesting plants such as coffee trees, as well as local artists, craftsmen, artisans to conduct workshops within.

It was a tranquil, well-thought-out space to soak into that coffee and book-reading atmosphere.

PS.Cafe One Fullerton
1 Fullerton Road, #02-03B/04 One Fullerton, Singapore 049213
Tel: +65 8812 3198
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 11:00pm (Mon – Wed), 11:30am – 12:00am (Thurs), 11:30am – 1:00pm (Fri), 9:30am – 1:00am (Sat, PH), 9:30am – 11:00pm (Sun), Last Order for food 10:30pm

Waterfront View. Really About The Ambience
PS.Cafe has opened its latest outlet at One Fullerton, and I must say it is gorgeously chio, complete with spacious interior and waterfront view. Time for an afternoon of tai-tai (or man-tai) meal and coffee.

The Fullerton outlet has a design which supposedly evokes a beachside boathouse ambience, with bespoke furniture, display of greens, different seating sections which can possibly create a varied experience every time you come.

There is an open air terrace where most of the diners I noticed were seated at, well to enjoy the cool bay breeze. I chose the air-con side for obvious reasons.

The exclusive new dishes here include Chargrilled Skate ($34) with green harissa and broccolini, Moules Vin Blanc ($28) with crusty dipping bread, and Chargrilled Chunky Prawn Sandwich ($27) with spiced pickled mango, kaffir lime aioli, shoestring fries and house sourdough.

Enchanted
88 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218374
Tel: +65 8813 1086
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Tue – Fri), 10am – 11pm (Sat), 10am – 9pm (Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedCafeSg

Fantasy Themed Café With Elixir Drinks. Charming Interior For #OOTDs
Enchanted is a charming café beautifully done up with a fantasy theme, found at 88 Rangoon Road. #OOTD alert.

It serves a range of hearty brunch menu such as Big Breakkie ($17.90), Croque Madame ($14.90), Pesto Linguine ($15.90) and Shakshuka ($16.90).

Hmmm… sounds a little average, lacking of more fairy-tale themed food which one would expect.

For drinks, the Sorcerer’s Elixir ($9.90) would probably garner some Instagram worthiness with its presentation, as well as changing colours upon mixing two potions together. Enchanted (Rangoon Road)

Mellower Coffee Singapore
108 Middle Road #01-01, The Prospex, Singapore 188967
Opening Hours: 8am – 10pm Daily

Candy Floss Over Coffee
Mellower Coffee is a coffee house from Shanghai which specialises in specialty coffee from various places around the world.

This outlet near Bugis is its 2nd in Singapore after the outlet at 77 Robinson Road.

One of its highlight is the Sweet Little Rain ($9.80), where you get a ball of cotton candy suspended over a cup of Americano. The heat from the coffee supposedly will melt the candy and drip back into the cup. Supposedly. Surely an Instagram hit, for the time being.

Bee’s Knee at The Garage
50 Cluny Park Road, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore 257488
Tel: +65 6264 7978
Opening Hours: 10am – 6pm (Tue – Sun), Closed Mon
https://www.facebook.com/thegaragesbg/

Dine At A Heritage Building In The Botanic Gardens
This colonial building at the Botanic Gardens has now been refurbished into a F&B establishment which houses two dining concepts – Bee’s Knee at Level 1 and Botanica at Level 2.

At level 1, Bee’s Knee is the café arm that serves a menu of pizza, pasta, sandwiches and desserts.

One can choose to dine at the exterior garden seating, or within the comfort of air-conditioned seating. Bee’s Knee (Botanic Gardens)

Wildseed Cafe
3 Park Lane, Singapore 798387
(Bus Service 103 from Yishun Bus Interchange, Bus Service 117 from Sembawang Bus Interchange)
Opening Hours: 10am – 7pm (Tues – Fri), 9am – 7pm (Sat – Sun), Closed Mon

Garden Themed Café At Seletar
Foodies in Singapore, especially those in Punggol, may just find more reasons to venture up to Seletar Aerospace Park.

Once entering Wildseed Café, you may have an out-of-country experience, as it reminded me of some of the hipster cafes in Bangkok.

Lots of green potted plants, natural sunlight, concrete flooring, and a florist (Poppy) on the side which provided natural fragrance.

The café offers a Sandwich Menu which is divided into Pulled Pork ($10, $15), Braised Beef Brisket ($18, $24), Vegetarian ($18, $24) and Seafood ($18) series. Wildseed Café (Seletar)

Shop Wonderland Cafe & Floral Studio
134 Telok Ayer Street Singapore 068600 (Telok Ayer Station)
Tel: +65 9299 4593
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 6:00pm (Mon-Sat), Closed Sun

Garden Themed Cafe And Floral Studio Opens In The CBD
Shop Wonderland Cafe has moved from Haji Lane to 134 Telok Ayer Street, right next to popular coffee shop Sarnies.

The café was known for its floral and botanical-inspired space, that would give you a sense of ease and tranquility while having cakes and coffee.

Food offered during lunch includes Beef Goulash ($15.00), The Wonderland Om Bowl ($15.00) which is a veggie grain bowl, Sausages with Egg ($23.00) and Soup of the Day served with Toast ($9.00).

I generally think the cakes are the strength here, with favourites such as Earl Grey Lavender ($8.00), Gula Melaka Avocado ($8.00), Rose Raspberry ($8.00), Green Tea Black Sesame ($8.00) and Guinness Chocolate ($8.00). Shop Wonderland Café (Telok Ayer)

Groundstory Stories
756/758 North Bridge Road Singapore 198726
Tel: +65 6297 6166
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 5:30pm (Tues – Fri), 12:00pm – 4:30pm (Sat – Sun)

Where Coffee Meets Craft
Another café which can be an Instagram heaven with feel.

Groundstory Stories is a merge of café on one side, crafts and hand-made tableware on the other. Therefore, every cup and plates that come with the cakes and drinks could be an art in itself.

Coffee is sourced from Common Man, while cakes are from a home-baker. I liked the Black Sesame Cake.

Nesuto
53 Tras Street, #01-01, Singapore 078992 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 8.30pm (Mon-Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/dear.nesuto/

Japanese Style Cake Café With Yuzu Raspberry Cake And Matcha Azuki Tart
“Nesuto” which means “Nest” in Japanese is the latest concept by the folks behind SHUU by KOKI Tamagoyaki.

The interior is painted in pastel pink and white, giving a sense of comfort and minimalism which could be a pull-factor for the tai-tais and OLs for an afternoon respite.

The menu offers a selection of Japanese-French inspired desserts. Signature items include Suzette ($9.80), Blush Berry ($9) and Yuzu Raspberry Cake ($9).

The Yuzu Raspberry Cake ($9) is made with yuzu meringue mousse and chunks of fresh raspberries, the citrusy and tanginess of the fruits cut through entire combination, making the cake light and refreshing. Nesuto (Tras Street)

Monument Lifestyle
75 Duxton Road, Singapore 089534 (8 -10 min from Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 7:00pm (Mon – Fri)
www.facebook.com/monumentlifestyle

Stylish Menswear Retail Store & Café At Duxton Road
Monument Lifestyle is a part retail store, part café. Can I say finally – the collection is for men.

Many brands featured are exclusive in Singapore, and it is where you can get a wardrobe revamp from labels of Katin, Alex Mill and Hari Marit, accessories, and grooming products.

Coffee beans were from Four Barrel Coffee, known to be one of the best coffee roasters in San Francisco. Light bites available include Artisanal Toasts with toppings of Cinnamon, Apple Caramel, Lemon Curd, Nutella with Sea Salt or Avocado ($6.50 – $9.50). Monument Lifestyle (Duxton Road)

Lickety Ice Cream & Waffles
34 Bussorah Street, Singapore 199452
Tel: +65 6291 7670
Opening Hours: 12noon – 10pm (Sun to Thu), 12noon – 11pm (Fri & Sat)
https://www.facebook.com/licketysg/

Insta-worthy Egglet Desserts
Making its round on social media, one cannot help but being attracted to Lickety’s visually appealing pastel-colored shop front as well as their eye-catching Hong Kong-styled egglet（鸡蛋仔）served in a bouquet.

The color combination reminded me of unicorns, My Little Pony, and rainbow pastel paddle pop ice cream.

Located at Bussorah Street in the vicinity of Kampong Glam, the pastel-colored shop front stood out amidst the row of Turkish eateries, naturally attracting crowd to satisfy their sweet tooth or hide from the scorching hot weather.

Lickety carries a wide assortment of ice cream flavour ranging from Earl Grey & Fig, Speculoos to more Asian flavors such as Taro Yam & Coconut and Mao Shan Wang Durian. Lickety Ice Cream & Waffles (Bussorah Street)

* Compiled by Daniel Ang @DanielFoodDiary, Nicholas Tan @stormscape and Lewis Tan @juicyfingers.

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This is one of my favourite hawker centres in Singapore. Amoy Street Food Centre located in the central business district continues to offer quality hawker fare at very affordable prices.

Located just a few minutes’ walk away from Telok Ayer and Tanjong Pagar MRT stations, the place is very crowded during lunchtime when office workers head down in droves for lunch, although that is also the only time most of the stalls are open.

(Click PLAY for highlights of Amoy Street Food Centre.)

The hawker centre was opened in 1983, and has been constantly undergoing changes and renovations.

It also boasts a wide range of stalls with both foods from older generations to newer, more modern stalls selling all kinds of food items from age old favourites like char kway teow to more ‘modern’ foods like ramen and muffins.

Instead of some of the other food guides where I would gather a small group of friends to command and conquer, I made it a point to visit Amoy Food Centre at least once a week from the start of the year, each time ordering from one stall or two max.

I know I haven’t included some of the other famous stalls, because I had only that much stomach space, and some are always closed whenever I am there. (Will continue to update this guide.)

Han Kee Fish Soup
#02-129
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm, Closed on Sat

Fresh fish soup cooked to order, super duper long queue
This must be the stall with the longest queue at Amoy Food Centre at lunch hour, and can go up to 1 hour during peak periods.

Their signature dish is their Sliced Fish Soup ($5, $7), complemented with generous servings of fresh chunky pieces of fish, resulting in a clean and flavourful soup base.

I am fan of its cooked-to-order fish soup as only the freshest ingredients are used, and the portion is substantial for its price. I would suggest going slightly before 11:00am if you do not want to wait too long in line.

Piao Ji Fish Porridge
#02-100
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 3:00pm, Closed Thurs

Reasonably priced fish soup loaded with chunks of fresh fish
The other popular fresh fish soup stall, though the queue is shorter than Han Kee’s if both are opened together. (This stall is closed for a number of times, suka-suka open kind.)

Piao Ji’s signature dish is the Pomfret with fresh Prawns Soup ($10, 12, $15). Both the fish and prawns used were very fresh, with sizable portion for its price. They also offer other fish soups which use batang or mackerel.

The stall also uses a unique chili that goes very well with their fish soups, made with chilli padi, fermented beans and pickled ginger that goes very well with their fish soups. Extra serving of the chili sauce is chargeable at $0.50.

Yuan Chun Famous Lor Mee
#02-79/80
Opening Hours: 8.30am – 4:00pm, Closed Mon, Tues

Lor Mee with thick, gooey sauce and long history
Yuan Chun serves up signature Lor Mee ($3 onwards), and can sell up to hundreds of bowls daily. The stall is steeped in history and has been serving customers for up to 40 years.

The sauce that goes with the flat hokkien noodles is smooth, slightly on the thicker side, and packs a strong flavour.

The overall portion may be slightly small for some people though, and larger options are recommended if a larger portion is preferred ($4, $5).

Hoo Kee Bak Zhang
#01-18
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 5:00pm, Closed on Sun

Hand-made Michelin Bib Gourmand Rice Dumplings
Hoo Kee serves Hokkien style Bak Zhang or traditional Chinese dumplings. All their dumplings are made by hand and are thus of a quality that cannot be reproduced by machines. (However, the dumplings sold here are made somewhere else, not at this stall).

The Bak Zhang comes in a number of flavours including original, salted egg yolk as well as mushrooms ($2.80 for original, $3.60 for salted egg yolk or mushrooms).

Made in a traditional Hokkien style, the dumplings are more robust in flavour than its Nyonya or Cantonese counterparts, with prominent use of salted egg. The glutinous rice is also more sticky than the usual.

Wah Kee Noodle
#02-125
Opening Hours: 9.30am – 2.30pm, Closed Sun

Char Siew Wanton Noodles with springy texture
The stall manned by a Cantonese speaking couple has a number of signature dishes including Wanton Noodles ($3.50/$4.50), Dumpling Noodle ($3.50/$4.50), Mushroom Noodles ($3.50/$4.50), and Shredded Chicken Hor Fun ($3.50/$4.50).

The noodles served are light, springy with a good bite while not overcooked. Their char siew while sliced quite thinly, were still sweet with a nice fat to lean meat ratio.

Spinach Soup
#02-114
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 2:00pm, Closed Sat – Sun

Healthy Spinach Soup popular with office ladies
The Spinach Soup stall gotten so popular that it has expanded to two stalls early this year.

The stall has two options for their signature spinach soup: spinach soup and minced pork with either wolfberry and mushrooms or century and salted egg. Both options cost $3.50 for just the soup or add on additional $0.50 for bee hoon, macaroni or rice. There is also sambal belachan which you can mix in with the soup for an extra kick of flavour.

While the stall is also a relative newcomer, it has already established a name for itself. This is because the soups are cooked from scratch, nutritious tasting, light enough that do not feel too heavy to induce food coma after lunch.

Pepper Bowl
#02-102
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm, Closed Sat – Sun

Beef Horfun and Beef Rice with wok-hei
The Pepper Bowl stall is helmed by a self-taught couple, and recently got quite popular after being featured in a number of food blogs.

The stall has a few main signatures including Spring Onion Beef Rice ($5.00), Spring Onion Pork Rice ($4.50), Chicken Rice Rice ($4.50), and Black Pepper Beef Rice or Horfun ($5).

Additional ingredients such as onsen egg ($0.60) can be added on, and the stall actually has a highly customisable menu with a variety of combinations available.

I liked that the bowl was quite full-on and ‘powerful’ in the black pepper flavour, and no lack of wok-hei.

Ah Ter Teochew Fish Ball Noodles
#01-14
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 4:00pm, Closed Sat – Sun

Signature Teochew Fishball Noodles
The stall is helmed either by Ah Ter (usually I see him at night or during the weekends), or his son – who was voted best looking hawker by The Straits Times in 2005. Years have passed, but the macho-ness got more.

The queues during lunch hours can get very long though, and it is recommended to go after peak hours to avoid the queue.

The stall’s signature dish is the Fishball Noodles ($3.50, $5, $6) that come in both soup and dry options.

Although the fishballs are not made by hand, this is made up for by the very generous amounts of ingredients heaped into each bowl. The noodles are also light and springy and go well with the spicy, tad oily sauce base.

Bee Kee Wanton Noodles
#02-130
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 3:00pm, Closed Sat – Sun

Unique truffle wanton mee
Bee Kee which was formerly also at Golden Shoe Food centre, serves up Wanton Mee ($3/$4) and the Truffle Wanton Mee ($6/$8) drizzled with truffle oil.

The truffle oil adds that distinct aroma and slippery texture to the noodles, while the original version could be slightly dry. However, truffle oil is also an acquired taste, especially to local noodles, and may not be to everyone’s liking.

Quan Ji
#01-56/57
Opening Hours: 10.30am – 2:00pm, 4:00pm – 10:00pm, Closed Mon – Tues

Beef Hor Fun and San Lao with wok-hei
The stall may look like typical zi char stall, but they serve up dishes relatively fast, and their rendition of Beef Hor Fun and San Lou Hor Fun are one of the best I had in Singapore.

I once interviewed fashion designer Keith Png, and he said the Beef Horfun here was his favourite, “It serves the best beef horfun I have ever had. The kway tiao has a slightly burnt taste to it, the amount of gravy and beef are generous and the beef is ohhhhhhhhh soooooooo tender yummy.”

Most of the dishes are also affordable priced, such as $5 for the noodles, which also come with wok hei. Other recommendations would be their Prawn Paste Chicken, Sliced Fish Soup and Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs.

Famous Crispy Curry Puff
#01-21
Opening Hours: 8am – 4pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun, PH

Michelin Bib Gourmand Curry Puffs
Also known as J2 Crispy Curry Puff, this comes with layered flaky pastry and spicy potato, black pepper chicken, sardine and yam paste fillings. Each at $1.20.

Chef Willin Low recommends the sardine ones, “One of the best around”. I agree.

Hong Kee Beef Noodle
#01-42
Opening Hours: 11am – 7:30pm (Mon – Fri), 9am – 2:30pm (Sat – Sun), Closed PH

Michelin Bib Gourmand Beef Noodles
This stall is said to be around for more than 50 years, moved from Tanglin Koek Road, to Cuppage Centre to its current location at Amoy.

Gooey gravy, tender beef slices, slippery kway teow and a sprinkling of salted vegetables make a satisfying bowl ($4, $5, $6).

A Noodle Story
#01-39
Opening Hours: 11:15am – 2:30pm, 5:30pm – 7:30pm (Mon – Fri), 10:30am – 1:30pm (Sat) , Closed Sun, PH

Singapore style ramen
Opened by young hawkerpreneurs, A Noodle Story serves “Singapore-style ramen” ($7, $9).

A bowl with Japanese style charshu, soy-flavoured braised egg, Hong Kong style wontons, potato wrapper prawn fritter for that crunch. Aesthetically pleasing and well-arranged, for a hawker stall.

I like it – you don’t get a bowl like this anywhere else.

[Closed] Taste Affair
#02-128
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 3:00pm (Mon – Fri), 11:00am – 3:00pm (Sat)

Saveur’s Co-Founder Opens Stall Serving Affordable European Fare
Taste Affair at Level 2 of Amoy Street Food Centre, is formed by Joshua Khoo (previous co-owner of Saveur) and Joel Tan, focusing on serving European style food with Asian ingredients.

For lunch, a selection of flavoured rice and angel hair pasta dishes are offered.

I would recommend the Boneless Poached Chicken Leg with Chorizo Sausage, Sauté mushroom with Angel Hair Pasta. Prices remain very affordable, with most items priced at $5 – $7.

Coffee Break
#02-78
Opening Hours: 7:30am – 2:30pm (Mon – Fri), Closed Sat – Sun

Traditional Kopi & Teh with different flavours
Coffee Break’s coffee is sock-brewed the traditional way. The beans are initially roasted with sugar and margarine, which brings out the natural, rich flavours of coffee.

For their latte, an additional shot of arabica is added.

The stalls helmed by 3rd generation owners serves up flavoured kopi, from Black Sesame, Taro Milk, Mint, Melon Milk, Masala and Almond Ginger, well-received by the office crowd.

Amoy Street Food Centre
7 Maxwell Road Singapore 069111 (Tanjong Pagar MRT Exit G)

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Zion Riverside Food Centre, also known as Zion Road Food Centre, is a popular hawker centre located directly opposite Great World City – considered one of the prime (aka expensive) locations in Singapore.

However, this is where you can still find affordable eats, with many stalls still being here since as I was young.

During the ‘good old days’, I remember that Zion Road Food Centre is also a popular supper haunt for those who chiong Zouk and clubs nearby (until Spize came along, and many stalls also started closing earlier.)

Even though there are only 32 stalls and it may be one of the smallest food centres around, its offerings definitely do not pale in comparison to any of the other famous ones.

No. 18 Zion Road Fried Kway Teow
#01-17
Opening Hours: 12.30pm – 10:00pm Daily

Dark, Oily Char Kway Teow Previously Patronised By PM Lee
Easily the stall with the longest queue. The stall sells only Char Kway Teow fried-to-order in varying sizes, with the $3 plate being the basic option.

I found that the rice noodles were darker than usual, due to the substantial addition of the sweet sauce which also gave it a robust flavour.

The plate also came with a good helping of ingredients including cockles, fish cake, egg and Chinese sausages. (I found this much better previously, so I am not its biggest fan.)

It has even been patronised by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong before. (Come to think of it, it is one of the nearest food centre to 38 Oxley Road?)

Lau Goh Teochew Chye Thow Kway
#01-26
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 2:00pm, 7:00pm – 11:00pm (Mon, Wed – Sat)
10:00am – 3:00pm, 6:00pm – 11:00pm (Sun). Closed Tues

Black and White Carrot Cake by Deaf Hawker
Carrot Cake seller Peter Goh might seem to be your usual hawker at first sight. In fact, he was extremely polite and smiled thoroughly, asking if you wanted more chilli and pepper.

It was only after reading a sign that I realised that he was deaf, and had to take orders by either lip-reading or through gestures.

Disability had not prevented him from taking over this popular stall from his father (who is Lau Goh).

The stall specialises in classic Teochew style carrot cake and sells both black and white carrot cake ($4 onwards depending on portion size). Those who cannot decide between the two options can simply get the black and white mixed version – the best of both worlds.

I found his version to taste ‘healthier’ and less greasy than usual, probably because Peter used vegetable oil instead of lard.

Noo Cheng Adam Road Big Prawn Mee
#01-04
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 3:00pm, 6:00pm – 11.30pm (Mon – Fri)
12:00pm – 1:00am (Sat – Sun)

Hae Mee With Broth That Packs An Umami Punch.
Of all the stalls at Zion Road, this is the one I frequent most often, and I don’t seem to get bored of its taste.

It is a branch of the original at Adam Road, and as such there may be some difference in terms of taste of the two.

The stall serves both dry and soup versions of their signature prawn noodle from $6 onwards. The size and number of the prawns do get progressively larger with the prices, but I always order the most affordable bowl.

Because I am there really for the soup.

Cooked for hours with pork ribs and prawn head, the broth was incredibly tasty (and I don’t get MSG attacks after.)

Boon Tong Kee Kway Chap Braised Duck
#01-24
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 10:00pm Daily

Tender Braised Duck and Smooth Kway Chap
I initially wondered about the stall name, though it had no relation with the other famous chicken rice of similar name.

Boon Tong Kee Kway Chap Braised Duck specialises in Kway Chap ($3 onwards) which comes with braised eggs, duck meat and other ingredients. I liked that the rice noodles used was smooth and silky.

There are two types of chilli sauce, and I would recommend a combination of both. The thicker chilli for the meats, and the watery type for the kway and beancurd.

The stall is run by a relatively young Madam Yang, and although the recipe was derived from the internet and through experimentation instead of being some age old family recipe, it has already earned the stall popularity from customers.

Mohamed Sultan Road Hot & Cold Cheng Tng
#01-32
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 9:00pm (Tues – Sun), Closed Mon

Cheng Tng of Old Family Recipe
I need to tell you that this version of Cheng Tng is different from the traditional types you may be used to.

It comes with canned longans and lychees that may put off some fans of the classic recipe off. The base is also clear (and not brownish), with some of the sweetness coming from the canned syrup (I guess).

The stall only sells a few items, including Hot/Cold Cheng Tng ($2), Ginkgo Nut Longan Soup ($2.50), Ginkgo Nut Soup ($2.50) and Ginkgo Nut Sweet Potato Soup ($2.50). I would usually add on the soft ginkgo nuts.

Xin Fei Fei Wanton Noodle
#01-06
Opening Hours: 9.30am – 3:00pm (Mon – Sun)

Springy Old-School Wanton Mee
Seriously, I have no idea what the relation to the famous Fei Fei Wanton Noodles is. But to no offence to Fei Fei fans, I liked this version more. insert *shocked* emoticon

The stall specialises in Wanton Mee ($3, $4, $5). While it looked plain and unassuming in presentation, once you take a bite, you would know what I mean.

The noodles were thin and springy, coated in this addictive, somewhat lardy sauce. Its slightly plump and crisp deep fried wanton were also worthy of mention. Long queue, long wait.

Ah Wang La Mian Xiao Long Bao
#01-18
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 10:00pm (Tues – Sun), Closed Mon

Cooked To Order La Mian and Guo Tie
This is one of the newest stalls in the food centre, taking over the corner unit which changed hands quite frequently. I hope this stays!

Ah Wang La Mian Xiao Long Bao run by a Chinese couple specialises in Guo Tie or Pan Fried Dumplings, Xiao Long Bao ($6 for 10 pieces), and Steamed Pork and Chive Dumplings ($4.50 for 7 pieces).

The Guo Tie had a thin and crisp outside layer, while the fillings of minced meat and vegetables were juicy. The stock within might just spurt out if you eat them hot.

For you woulld prefer something more substantial, you can try the Dan Dan Noodles ($4) or any of the other la mian offerings.

Seng Huat Western Food
#01-12
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 9pm (Wed – Sun)

Value for Money Western Food
The stall sells classic western food items such as Fish and Chips ($5) as well as more exotic options such as Ostrich Steak.

They also have Fried Fish rice dish which comes with fried egg for just $3.

If not, go for the old-school classic options such as Grilled Chicken Chop and Chicken Cutlets ($5.50) which comes in sizeable portion of fries and baked beans.

Riverside Good Food
#01-20
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10.30pm (Wed – Mon), 11.30am – 6:00pm (Tues)

Fried White Kway Teow
Okay, this has generally a shorter line than the other Fried Kway Teow stall.

Riverside Good Food sells a variety of local delights such as Fried Hokkien Mee ($3 onwards), and Fried Oyster Omelette ($5 onwards).

The special item here is the White Kway Teow ($4 onwards), which is like normal fried rice noodles without the addition of sweet black sauce. Tasted less flavourful and ‘healthier’, so might not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Hock Heng Fish Soup
#01-08
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 8:00pm (Thurs – Sat), 11:00am – 2:00pm (Sun)

$3 Fresh Fish Soup
Hard to find $3 Fresh Fish Soup nowadays, and it comes in quite a comfortable portion.

Hock Heng Fish Soup is run by an elderly uncle and auntie, who mentioned they just wanted to work a 3-4 days a week.

The Seafood and Fish slices tasted fresh, and the soup base was towards the lighter side. The addition of fried garlic and seaweed added a tinge of aroma and fragrance.

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When something becomes popular in Singapore, many will jump on the bandwagon. Case in point – Tendon 天丼, short for Tempura Donburi 天ぷら丼ぶり. Guess we all need some Tendon-loving-care.

The Japanese rice dish started getting in the radar when Keisuke’s Tendon Ginza Itsuki and Eat At Seven’s Kohaku Tendon opened to great fanfare and long lines.

Within two years, we are seeing Tendon almost everywhere in Singapore, and the trend does not look like it is stopping yet.

A bowl is made of deep fried tempura over a bed of rice, covered in light soy dressing, though some restaurants serves the sauce with salt separately.

One of the best known tempura speciality restaurant is Tenshin at Regent Singapore. Here are 15 other Japanese restaurants in Singapore where you can get your fill of an oishii bowl of Tendon.

Kohaku Tempura
Eat At 7, 3 Temasek Boulevard #03-311 Suntec City Mall Singapore 038983
Tel: +65 6333 4386
Opening hours : 11am – 10.30pm (Last Order 10pm)

Tendon Kohaku Boat Quay
64 Circular Road #01-01 Singapore 049418
Tel: +65 6211 8311
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 4:00pm, 5:00pm – 10:00pm (Mon – Fri), Closed Sat, Sun

Kohaku specialises in Edomae Tendon, where bowls of Hokkaido rice piled with tempura drizzled in a specially made sauce are served. So, so good.

The options are straight forward – the signature Kohaku Tendon ($15), Vegetable Tendon ($14), Spicy Flavour ($15) and Vegetable Spicy Flavour ($14).

This is for once that I liked almost every piece in the bowl, from the sweet soft pumpkin, crunchy long beans to fresh-tasting squid.

My friend didn’t quite like the chicken breast which she thought was dry and chunky, but I found the piece acceptable (maybe because I am so into protein of late).

However, beware of smelling like tempura due to the ventilation issues in the small eatery. (Read: Kohaku Tendon Suntec City)

Kogane Yama
Bugis Junction #02-50, 200 Victoria St, Singapore 188021
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm Last orders 9.30pm (Sun – Thurs), 11am – 11pm Last orders 10.30pm (Fri – Sat)
https://www.facebook.com/koganeyama

This should be the only Tendon shop in Singapore that allows diners to customise their own tendon bowl, from the key ingredients (chicken, prawn, vegetable or mixed), to base (rice, soba, udon), sauces (choice of four), and add-ons of chawanmushi and miso soup.

You would find that the tempura looked more yellowish-golden, and upon eating would have a moderate *crunch*, crispier than the average brand – which might have turned soggy sometimes due to the drizzling of the sauces (or otherwise). Kogane Yama (Bugis Junction)

Ami Ami
Shokutsu Ten Japanese Food Street, #B1-03/04, Great World City, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, Singapore 237994
Tel: +65 6835 9071
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 3:00pm, Last Rrder 2.30pm (Mon – Sun)
5.30pm – 10:00pm, Last Order 9.30pm (Mon – Sun)

Ami Ami is a new tempura restaurant at Great World City which offers a Tendon Set ($23.80++, ala carte $20.80++).

See that egg. The must order. Tempura Prawn, vegetable and original egg tempura on rice served with pickles, miso soup and chawanmushi.

The highlight is the Tempura Onsen Egg, first wrapped in deep-fried beancurd skin then deep-fried. Crisp on the outside, oozy on the inside.

Watch it burst, then mix it with the rice or use the runny egg yolk as a dip for the tempura.

Take note, the Tempura Rice Bowl set is limited to only 10 daily. (Why…)

If you add $3.50 for an upgrade, you get a flask of dashi broth. Pour the soup over the tendon (towards the end with some rice), with sprinkled spring onion, shredded nori and a dash of wasabi for a different way of eating. Ami Ami (Great World City)

Haru Haru
61 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 #02-03 Jubilee Square Singapore 569814 (Ang Mo Kio MRT)
Tel: +65 6451 3201
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 3pm, 5:30pm – 10pm (Mon – Thurs), 11:30am – 10pm (Fri-Sun)

Who would have thought? A humble restaurant at Ang Mo Kio’s Jubilee Square actually serves up a decently satisfying bowl of Tendon that could give bigger players a run for its money.

While the menu has another (cheaper) version, order the Premium Tendon ($21.90) which is value for its buck.

The bowl arranged with a deep fried large sea prawn lying across with vegetables below, won us over with its tasty sweet-savoury tendon sauce served separately. This would have been a perfect 10 if the rice was fluffier with a glossy sheen.

Tendon Ginza Itsuki
101 Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore 088522 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6221 6678
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 2:30pm, 5:30pm – 10pm
Note: Cash only

This is probably Singapore’s most well-known and IN tendon specialty shop. Located right next to Keisuke’s turf ground of Orchid Hotel, Tendon Ginza Itsuki is a collaboration between him and chef-owner Mr Naoki Takaku of Ginza Itsuki Sushi.

Two types of Japanese Tendon are available – Special Tendon (Tempura Rice Bowl, $13.90) and Vegetable Tendon (Vegetable Tempura Rice Bowl, $12.90.

2 tempura prawns resting on top of a mixture of deep fried vegetables of melon and lady’s finger, slices of chicken breast meat and yolk-oozing tempura egg over a bed of rice, covered in light soy dressing, all in an elegant Arita porcelain bowl.

If only we didn’t leave with our shirts smelling quite like tempura. Oh, the smell. (Read: Tendon Ginza Itsuki Tanjong Pagar)

Ryu’s Japanese Restaurant
Capitol Piazza #01-87, 15 Stamford Road Singapore 178906 (City Hall MRT)
Tel: +65 6384 9087
Opening Hours: 12pm – 12am

While understated and off-the-radar, Ryu’s has become one of my favourite new Japanese restaurants. The tempura chef used to work at Tokyo’s famed Edo style tempura restaurant Tempura Yamanoue Roppongi, whose culinary skill is shown in a deceptively simple bowl of Tendon ($25).

The bowl is filed with 2 prawns and fresh-tasting vegetables, matched with crisp light and airy batter. It has been a long time since I last tasted tempura vegetables this crisp and almost ‘garden-fresh’. I found the oil a wee bit too much, as every bite would leave that gleam on the lips.

Tensho
#B1-20 The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road, Singapore 238843
Tel: +65 6733 0449
Opening Hours: 11:30 am – 10:00 pm (Mon-Thurs), 11:30 am – 10:30 pm (Fri-Sat), 11:30 am – 10:00 pm (Sun)

Tensho opened by Ministry of Food (MOF) serves up just two types of Tendon – Mixed Tendon ($14.90), and Vege Tendon ($13.90). The good thing is the meal is served with chawanmushi and miso soup.

The Mixed Tendon contains tempura prawn, two slices of dory fish, onsen egg and vegetables on notably a higher grade of rice than what MOF typically serves.

I liked the accompanying savoury-sweet Tensho-sauce and wished there was more (there is a side bottle where you can add more on your own).

My feedback is, I wished that the batter could be crispier with a crunch, and the onsen egg could improve in execution – a tad on the over-cooked side. Tensho (Centrepoint)

Don Meijin 丼名人
Ramen Champion Bugis+, 201 Victoria Street, #04-10, Bugis+, Singapore 188067
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 10:30pm Daily

What will the Japanese feel when they find Singapore chilli crab sauce doused over tempura?

Don Meijin 丼名人 is a donburi eatery added to the Ramen Champion fleet at Bugis+, located at Level 4.

The eatery offers a couple of donburi items, including Tendon ($13.80), Roast Beef Don ($18.80), Pork Shogayaki Don ($12.80), Jumbo Chicken Katsu Don ($13.80) and a most intriguing Spicy Chilli Crab Tendon ($14.80).

The Tendon pieces include tempura prawns, asparagus, pumpkin, seasonal fish fillet, eggplant and kakiage.

They are supposedly fried at a specific temperature in a water fryer. The water cleans and helps prevent degradation of the oil, as well as filters food residues to keep the oil clear.

As the sauce is so intense-tasting, the flipside is that it can distract from the flavours of the tempura pieces, such as the sweetness of the prawns and vegetables. Don Mejin (Bugist+)

Don Meijin at Ramen Champion
6 Eu Tong Sen Street, #03-89 The Central, Singapore 059817
Tel: +65 6221 2156
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 11:0pm (Mon – Sun)

I once wrote in jest that Don Meijin, known for its Chilli Crab Tendon, would release a Salted Egg version. And they did!

What you get is a Tempura Donburi ($16) topped with crispy prawns, onsen egg, chicken fillet, green beans, pumpkin, crabsticks, green pepper and seasonal fish fillet tempura, all drizzled with a savoury, creamy salted egg sauce.

The sauce is cooked with salted egg yolk, curry leaves, butter and evaporated milk, and is slightly on the sweet side. For those with risk-taking taste buds.

Akimitsu
68 Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura #04-65 Singapore 238839
Tel: +65 6264 3390
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 10:00pm Daily

Vivocity #01-54, 1 Harbourfront Walk, Singapore 098585
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 9:00pm, Last Order 8:30pm (Tentative opening hours)

Akimitsu is an award-winning Tempura and Tendon restaurant which originated from Asakusa in Tokyo, Japan with over 128 years of history. It has also got Singaporeans diners curious enough to fill the restaurant with long lines.

Price-point is not considered expensive in comparison to other tendon shops in Singapore, and Akimitsu Signature Tendon ($14.90) also comes with chawanmushi, miso soup and free flow of pickles.

The best parts were probably that egg and chawanmushi – the former successfully yolk-oozing, the other smooth and flavourful.

The major pitfall was that every piece was greasy, with much oil seeping to the rice. You can imagine consuming the bowl not exactly pleasurable, with that queasy feeling after bites. Unless you do not mind oily and salty tendon, which is fine with some I guess. Akimitsu (Plaza Singapura)

Ginza Kuroson
Ngee Ann City, 391 Orchard Rd #03-10 Singapore 238873 (Orchard MRT)
Tel: +65 6235 3785
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 2pm, 6pm – 10pm

While the company behind Ginza Kuroson is in fish exporting business and thus more known for its sashimi, the Tempura Don ($26) is worthy of mention.

The batter used is also towards the lighter side, and the bowl was more subdued in the use of seasoning. Ingredients such as the prawns were plump and juicy. The rice was somewhat dry though, and we found ourselves needing some additional sauce to enhance the overall taste. (Read: Ginza Kuroson)

Manzoku
18 Purvis Street #01-01 Singapore 188597
Tel: +65 67344436
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm (Mon-Sun)

The Tendon ($14), rice with tempura, was not too bad a choice and wasn’t expensive. The winner coming from the light soy dressing drizzled over matched with fresh ebi tempura.

However, the batter could have been crisper and some items turned soggy quickly from the watery sauce. (Read: Manzoku Purvis Street)

Tempura Tsukiji Tenka at Japan Food Town
435 Orchard Rd, #04-39/54 Wisma Atria Shopping Centre, Singapore 238877
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm Daily

I liked the freshness of the ingredients used in the Tendon ($19.80) – the prawn was sweet, and squid surprisingly tender and NOT rubbery (my friend commented finally no ‘jun jun’ bite).

However, for a place with links to a Sushi Academy, I was surprised that the rice was the weakest link – dry, not fluffy enough.

The batter could have been crisper and less oily though, and the sauce was un-impressionable. (Read: Tempura Tsukiji Tenka Wisma Atria)

Tempura Ten Ten
252 North Bridge Road B1-13 Raffles City Shopping Centre (City Hall MRT)
Tel: +65 6336 7457
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm, Last Order 9:30pm (Mon – Sun)

Tempura Ten Ten is one of the newest in the Singapore market, located at the slightly obscure side of Raffles City basement.

Its offerings include BOTH Tendon and Ramen, with signature items being Unatendon – Unagi & Tendon ($19.80), Special Tendon ($13.80), Jumbo Prawn Tendon ($24.80, limited to 10 bowls a day) and Unaju ($24.80).

In terms of crispiness, I would place Tempura Ten Ten somewhere in the middle among those I tried. It could do with less oiliness, but at least not as soggy as some of the other brands.

The highlight piece was a meat patty hidden somewhere in the middle. Tempura Ten Ten (Raffles City)

Niku Kappo
ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, #B3-23, Singapore 238801
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10:00pm (Mon-Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/NikuKappo.sg/

Probably the first in Singapore to serve Pork tempura in a Tendon bowl.

As the name implies, there was only meat (pork and chicken) with fried seaweed and the usual vegetables, without the usual prawn tempura.

Drizzled with a sweetish savoury sauce on the thin, crispy, golden battered crust, I loved the light and airy batter that coated the pieces.

For the price of $12.90, this is probably also one of the cheapest Tendon (aka Tempura Donburi) in Singapore. Niku Kappo (ION Orchard)

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These are some 10 of the best Cake Cafes in Singapore, which serves up attractively gorgeous, appetising cakes.

From Galaxy Cakes, Watermelon Strawberry Cakes, Rose Cake to locally inspired Chendol Cake, this is for you to fulfill your sweet tooth cravings.

I have every intention to expand this list, but will probably revisit some of the old favourites (so look out here for updates). For a start, many are home-grown patisseries that we should be proud of.

Mad About Sucre
27 Teo Hong Road, Singapore 088334
Tel: +65 62213969
Opening Hours: 12:30pm – 10:00pm (Tues – Sat), 12:30 – 5:30pm (Sun), Closed Mon

I have friends who are mad fans of Mad About Sucre, because this French patisserie (which has diversified to offer savouries) is just out of the ordinary.

Their cakes are exquisite, made with reduced sugar, using organic and/or natural ingredients with no artificial colors, no preservatives, no artificial flavours.

If Eric is there, get him to explain some of the cakes, and he will paint a beautiful story for your understanding.

The signature cake since Day 1 is the chocolate dome-shaped San Domingue ($12.80+), mousse made from 70% single origin chocolate, rum jewel box, caramelized plantain vanilla cream, and brittany crunch.

If this cake was a piece of jewellery, it would be a sparkling diamond. You could first consume the chocolate box filled with rum, allowing it to first create rich sensations in your mouth. Mad About Sucre (Teo Hong Road)

Antoinette
30 Penhas Road Singapore 208188 (Lavender MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 10:00pm (Mon – Thurs), 11:00am – 11:00pm (Fri, Eve of PH), 10:00am – 11:00pm (Sat), 10:00am – 10:00pm (Sun)

333A Orchard Road #02-33/34 Mandarin Gallery Singapore 238897 (Somerset MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 11:00pm

Antoinette at Penhas Road and Orchard Mandarin Gallery, has been known for its elegantly crafted pastries and Parisian bistro favourites.

There are 8 eight existing cake creations: Antoinette, Chloe, Jasmin, Le Royale, Strawberry Shortcake, Mont Blanc, Superlova, Le Fetish Éclair, and 5 have joined including La Rose and Orient.

The La Rose ($12) is just gorgeous. Each petal is hand-piped, and then fanned to create a rose. The cake is made with grand cru dark chocolate mousse, exotic caramel, almond nougatine, cocoa sponge, grand marnier and dark chocolate Chantilly.

Gets you in the mood for romance. Antoinette (Penhas Road)

Non Entrée Desserts
204 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218451 (Farrer Park MRT)
Opening Hours: 2pm – 10pm (Tue-Thu), 2pm – 11pm (Fri), 12pm – 11pm (Sat), 12pm – 10pm (Sun), Closed Mon

Non Entrée Desserts has been known for its experimental, fun, ever-changing, occasionally nostalgic cakes.

Being an ex-sous chef for pastry line at Basilico Regent Singapore, Francis Wong, together with 2 other friends, Toh and Goh, went through ‘thick and thin’ during their National Service days and decided to venture into the F&B industry.

Their aim is to introduce exquisite fine dining (aka non- entrée level) desserts to the ordinary café-hoppers (like us) at affordable price.

Drip drip and ooze ooze – the Chocolate Avalanche ($13.90) has been their signature.

Made up of 70% Valrhona chocolate lava, chocolate soil, almond nougatine and orange infused vanilla ice cream, the way to eat it was to stab the chocolate lava cake and almond nougatine with a knife to create the ‘avalanche’.

The updated version is a warm Matcha Green Tea Lava Cake ($13.90) with Azuki Beans flowing onto smokey roasted green tea gelato, crunchy almond nougatine and chocolate soil.

While it did seem gimmicky initially, the combination of various textures and taste worked. Non Entrée Desserts (Rangoon Road)

Patisserie G
Millenia Walk #01-40/41, 9 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039596
Opening Hours: 7:30am – 9:00pm (Mon – Thurs), 7:30am – 10:00pm (Fri), 9:00am – 10pm (Sat), 9:00am – 9:00pm (Sun)

6A Shenton Way, Downtown Gallery #01-30/34, Singapore 06881 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6222 0390
Opening Hours: 7:30am – 7:00pm (Mon – Fri), 9:00am – 4:00pm, Closed Sun

Patisserie G is a pastry and café brand founded in 2012 by Gwen Lim, an entrepreneur and pastry chef, born and raised in Singapore.

The brand is homage to artisanal French techniques, simplicity and the love of high quality ingredients.

Combining that pursuit with Asian flavors has resulted into original creations such as Patisserie G’s version of a mooncake, the Gâteau Blune.

I generally enjoyed their chocolate-based cakes. What I would recommend would include The G Spot ($9) with dark chocolate mousse, chocolate meringue, chocolate hazelnut praline crunch; and Lychee Rose Cheesecake ($8.50) with lychee jelly at the top, crumble as base.

Boufé Boutique Café
308 Tanglin Road, Phoenix Park, #01-01, Singapore 247974
Tel: +65 6734 7656
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 7:00pm Last order 6:00pm (Mon – Fri), 9:00am – 7:00pm Last order 6:00pm (Sat – Sun)

Boufé Boutique Café is quite ulu to get to, but this is not stopping fans to visit Phoenix Park for their cakes and tranquil surroundings. (While I am at this, I used to teach at this location. Do you know Republic Poly used to be using the buildings here as temporary classrooms?)

Good to know too, everything in the menu is $20 and below.

Their best-selling cakes are the Mini Unicorn Cake ($8.50) and Milky Way ($8.50).

Made of white chocolate yoghurt mousse, honey genoise, chocolate sable & calamansi jelly, the Milky Way is pretty galaxy cake which is light and sweet, balanced with the tanginess of the calamansi jelly inside.

Cake Spade
83 Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore 088504 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 64443868
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 9:30pm (Mon – Thurs), 12:00pm – 10:30pm (Fri, Sat, Eve of PH), Closed Sun

I have been supporting Cake Spade since the good old days when it was a small little shop at Orchid Hotel. It has since moved a couple of shops down to 83 Tanjong Pagar Road with a bigger, more comfortable shopfront.

Cake Spade believes in baking from scratch and using the best fresh ingredients – no use of chemical stabilizers and shortenings to extend the shelf life of the cakes and pastries,.

Some of the recommended include the Mississippi S’mores Cake, Mao Shan Wang Durian Cake, Hummingbird Cake, and Lychee Rose Cake.

The Strawberry Tofu Cheesecake ($6.90) has been a main-stayer. The tofu cheesecake with a smooth texture, is melded with a layer of Digestive biscuit crust or Oreo cookie crust and adorned with fresh strawberries, encased in jelly. Cake Spade (Tanjong Pagar)

Pantler
198 Telok Ayer Street Singapore 068637 (Telok Ayer and Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6221 6223
Opening Hours: 8:30am – 7:30pm (Mon – Fri), 10:30am – 5:30pm (Sat), Closed Sun

Popular with the CBD workers, Pantler is a place where straight-out-of-the-oven viennoiserie, pristine entremets and delectable sandwiches can be enjoyed with a good cup of coffee.

Everything is freshly made on-site using the highest quality ingredients, and its signature items that include the simple yet luscious Pantler Cheesecake.

Head Chef Tomoharu Morita who used to be part of the pastry team at Grand Hyatt Tokyo, has brought their signature cake The Yatsura ($8.50) over.

It features a dark chocolate mousse, a thin and crunchy feuilletine layer, a base of hazelnut dacquoise and covered with a chocolate glaze. Both delicate and intense at the same time. Pantler (Telok Ayer)

Chef Yamashita
Blk 1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, #02-44, Singapore 082001
Opening Hours: 10:00am – 6:30pm (Mon – Sat), 10:00am – 4:00pm (Sun)

Fans of Japanese-style cakes shouldn’t miss this. Chef Yamshita Masataka who was trained in Tsuji Culinary Institute in Osaka Japan, was previously taking charge of the kitchen at Glace and Flor Patisserie (2 other fantastic places to get cakes).

He started his own patisserie at a slightly obscure shop on the 2nd level of Tanjong Pagar Plaza. There are limited seats, so most customers come for takeaways.

You can have a go at the soft and fluffy Ichigo Souffle ($6.80) a Japanese light cheese cake with fresh strawberries; Mt Fuji ($7.10) of Japanese chestnut cream with chocolate sponge; and Matcha Roll Slice ($6.80).

Cream & Custard
Blk 46 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee #01-894 (Tiong Bahru MRT)
Tel: +65 91118696
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 7:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:00am – 6:00pm (Sat)

Cream and Custard, the humble homegrown café run by siblings Melissa and Wesley, probably had two big breaks – when they launched the Watermelon Strawberry Cake and Galaxy.

One good thing for regulars is they will come out with new cakes every single week.

It is not hard to associate the Watermelon Strawberry Cake ($7.80) with Sydney’s Black Star, though I had one friend who preferred C&C’s version!

The cake consists of two layers of almond dacquoise, fresh rose whipped cream and watermelon, spruced up with fresh strawberries, grapes, blueberries and rose petals.

Great when you need a slice of refreshing-ness. Cream & Custard (Jalan Bt Ho Swee)

Out Of The Cake Box
45 Telok Blangah Drive, #01-173, Singapore 100045
Tel: +65 6271 1975
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 8:30pm (Tues – Fri), 12:00pm – 9:00pm (Sat), 10:00am – 5:00pm (Sun), Closed Mon

You may just miss this unassuming cake shop Out of the Cake Box located at Telok Blangah Drive, and the basement of Our Tampines Hub.

With desserts like Chendol Cake, Chendol Fudge, Mango Sticky Rice, Watermelon Cake, White Rabbit (yeah, that nostalgic sweet), Rose Lychee, Matcha Yuzu Cheesecake — not only are they creative, they may please picky sweet-tooth looking for a unique dessert fix.

My favourite was the Mango Sticky Rice Cake (per piece $6; whole cake $24.80 to $96). Yeah, that Thai dessert in a cake form. Geng mak!

What you get is a square slice of layered coconut glutinous rice, mango jelly, pandan mousse, topped with Thai Honey Mangoes. Out Of The Cakebox (Our Tampines Hub)

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Matcha has traditionally been part of Japanese tea ceremonies, and its modern version of Matcha Latte has become popular with café-goers.

I love it for its smooth, creamy flavour and after-taste of distinct subtle bitterness.

As to the difference between Matcha and normal green tea, Matcha powder contains the whole ground tea leaves, and is said to contain up to 10 times antioxidant of the standard type.

Matcha also contains caffeine, which is is alkalizing (rather than coffee which can be acidic) and is released into the bloodstream slowly.

Here are some 10 Best Matcha Latte In Singapore – Cafes With Delicious Japanese Green Tea:

The Matcha Project
2 Marina Boulevard, #B1-08C, The Sail, Singapore 018987 (Raffles Place, Downtown MRT Station)
Tel: +65 9223 0245 (General Enquiries)
Opening Hours: 8am – 6pm (Mon – Fri), 10am – 4pm (Sat), Closed Sun, PH

The quaint little shop tucked in a corner of CBD at The Sail specialises in Japanese Matcha beverages, and DFD’s previous post on the café turned out to be quite viral, indicating readers’ interest in Matcha drinks.

The Matcha Project imports Matcha and other tea powders directly from Kyoto, Uji in Japan, and prepares their Matcha Latte ($5.50 for hot, $6.00 for iced) ala minute.

The matcha powder is a summer-harvest type, where flavours are bolder and stronger, and flavours can cut through the milk.

The additional good thing is, their Matcha Latte has minimal sweetness for us fans to enjoy the original flavours of the matcha. The Matcha Project (The Sail, Raffles Place)

Kurasu
331 North Bridge Road, Odeon Towers #02-01 Singapore 188720
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 5:00pm (Mon – Fri), 11:00am – 3:00pm (Sat), Closed Sun

A friend bought me a takeaway cup, and I went ”This is LEGIT”, and IMMEDIATELY went down to the café to try more after that.

The Matcha Latte ($5) available in both hot and iced, was made using Morihan matcha powder from Kyoto. Morihan is one of well known, long established green tea shops over there.

Smooth and slightly milky, with distinct matcha notes. Kurasu Singapore (Odeon Towers)

Tsujiri
100AM, 100 Tras Street #01-14, Singapore 079027 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6543 6110
Opening Hours: 10:00am – 10:00pm

Other branches: The Centrepoint, The Central @ Clarke Quay

Probably one of the most known Japanese green tea café in Singapore. Tsujiri is said to be a 155-year-old traditional Japanese tea brand serving the highest quality Matcha with a contemporary twist.

However, do not confuse them with Japan’s Gion or Saryo Tsujri – which the Japanese are more familiar with.

The O-Matcha Latte ($5.60, $6.20) is a customer favourite, made using matcha harvested from Tsujiri’s own plantation in Uji, Kyoto.

I found the latte slightly sweeter than the usual Japanese style, but was still a smooth, refreshing drink.

Kotobuki Coffee
435 Orchard Road #01-18C Wisma Atria Singapore 238877 (Orchard MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 10:30pm Daily

Kotobuki Coffee is an off-shoot from Kotobuki Japanese Restaurant, specialising in Kyoto-style cold drip and siphon coffee.

To be honest, I was intrigued more by the appearance of the Matcha Latte ($9.90), a gorgeous-looking cup featuring “sakura art”. If you have stomach space, I could suggest you go for the Matcha Roll Cake Set ($15.00) which is more value for money.

Also on its menu are Iced Matcha Latte with a Matcha Donut ($9.90), or Matcha Melon Pan ($9.90) placed on top of the cup (Eh, how to eat?). For Instagram, I suppose.

Hvala
313@Somerset #B3-50 (Somerset MRT Station)
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

Hvala has changed its concept from waffles, egglets to… MATCHA. The owner revealed they always wanted to do “Matcha”, but finally got the chance when its neighbour Tsujiri moved away. I see.

They currently serve Matcha Latte using matcha from 2 different regions in Japan – the Uji Matcha Latte ($5.20) in which the flavour profile is described as “vegetal and slightly astringent”; and Nisho Matcha Latte ($5.60) with a rounder flavour and more vibrant colour comparatively.

I was pleasantly surprised to see my Matcha on the Latte being hand whisked (to ensure freshness), and am currently hooked on its Matcha + Houjicha Latte.

Matchaya
Icon Village #01-72, 12 Gopeng Street, Singapore 078877 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 9837 3187
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 8:00pm Daily

Other branch: The Cathay #01-08, 2 Handy Road, Singapore 229233 (Dhoby Ghaut MRT)

Established since August 2015, Matchaya aspire to be the first locally branded modern Japanese teahouse in Singapore, and they source their raw materials from different prefectures in Japan.

Their Matcha Milk ($4.50 for hot, $4.90 for iced, $5.40 for bottled) contains matcha specially sourced from 4th generation tea farmers in Uji and a 3rd generation grand tea-master in Shizuoka.

Only the 1st flush spring harvest shaded green tea is utilized, which is shaded for a minimum of 14 days.

We found their Matcha slightly on the lighter side, and preferred the Houjicha – if we need to choose one. Matchaya (Tanjong Pagar)

The Assembly Ground
2 Handy Road #01-21, The Grand Cathay, Singapore 229233 (Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station)
Tel: +65 6733 3375
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Fri), 10am – 10pm (Sat – Sun)

Even though The Assembly Ground which is set up by the Benjamin Barker team is technically not a Japanese café, their Green Tea Latte has gained some popularity among café hoppers.

The Green Tea Latte ($6.50 Hot, $8.00 Iced), is known for its creaminess and frothiness, with a good balance of the bitter notes of matcha and sweetness.

They have also just introduced a Matcha Cold Brew ($8) if you want your drink in a convenient takeaway bottle.

Nana’s Green Tea
The Atrium @ Orchard, Plaza Singapura, 60B Orchard Road, #03-80/82, Singapore 238839 (Dhoby Ghaut MRT)
Tel: +65 6684 4312
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

Established 15 years ago in Tokyo, Nana’s Green Tea is a Japanese cafe specialising in matcha from Kyoto.

The Matcha Latte ($6.50) contains premium fine powdered green tea leaves blended with milk.

Take note that the hot version is unsweetened, while the cold latte is sweetened. Nana’s Green Tea Café (Plaza Singapura)

Tachihara Coffee
9 Raffles Boulevard, #01-96 Millenia Walk, Singapore 039596
Opening Hours: 8:30am – 9:30pm Daily

Pullman Bakery, famous for their Hokkaido curry buns and other Danish pastries, is a name that Japanese bread lovers should recognise.

Do you know that it first started off as “Tachihara Bakery” way back in 1978 in Hokkaido Japan?

The Ice Matcha Latte ($4.50) was relatively sweet, overpowering everything else. As a matcha lover, I would have preferred more distinct notes of green tea. Tachihara Coffee (Millenia Walk

Maccha House Singapore
Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road, #B1-40, Singapore 238896
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon-Sun)

Maccha House specialises in traditional Maccha beverages and desserts created from this fine green tea powder, all sourced from Kyoto Japan.

While they also serve hot food items, most are really here for their desserts, such as the Maccha Soft Serve Anmitsu with Rice-flour Dumplings, and Maccha Parfaits which come with rice flour, chocolate or soy milk pudding.

They serve the Hot Maccha drink the traditional way – whisked with a bamboo chasen out of a bowl. Their Maccha Latte is considerately not as bitter, so some may like this version? Maccha House (Orchard Central)

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Other than Amoy Street Food Centre and Golden Shoe Food Centre, the other popular hawker centre popular with CBD workers is Tanjong Pagar Food Centre.

Home to 50-something stalls, it is located one level 2 of Tanjong Pagar Plaza Block 6, and a convenient 5 minute walk away from Tanjong Pagar MRT Station.

Established in 1977, it went through a refurbishment in 2014, and looked cleaner and brighter with energy-saving sky lighting.

One thing you may notice is the many Nasi Lemak stalls here, perhaps to cater to CBD workers who want their food fast, cheap and good.

Other than the 10 listed below, stalls to look out here include Delicious (Mee Siam), Issan Thai, Traditional Hakka Rice, Xiang Xiang Nasi Lemak, Tanjong Pagar Fried Kway Teow, Herbal Kitchen, and Makan Sutera Nasi Lemak Pandan Rice. (I do miss the Annie’s Peanut Ice Kachang. Anyone remembers it?)

Tanjong Pagar Food Centre – 10 Favourite Stalls From Nasi Lemak, Curry Puff To Kueh Ho Jiak

Rong Xing Yong Tau Fu
#02-04
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 2.30pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun

Hakka Style Yong Tau Fu with No-Added MSG
The best part of this dish here would be the soup with umami, cooked with soya beans for that light sweetness.

If you are undecided at what pieces to piece, the all-time favourite include the fish balls and fried wantons.

Note: A family member also opened a Rong Xing Hakka Yong Tau Fu located at the Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre.

Rolina Traditional Hainanese Curry Puff
#02-15
Opening Hours: 9am – 2pm Daily

Handmade Cutesy Curry Puffs
The cutesy bite-sized Hainanese curry puff ($1.40 per piece) was about two-thirds the size of a Chang Kee. It was tightly packed and full of goodness. (Some complained it was too small though.)

Within its thin buttery skin, were brim-full pieces of soft cubic potatoes in curry paste and hard-boiled egg.

The name ‘Rolina’ came about because back when they still operated outside the Novena church, some customers couldn’t pronounce Novena and ended up calling it Rolina. The son now operates another outlet at Serangoon Gardens.

Soon Heng Food Delights
#02-19
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 2.30pm (Mon – Fri, Sun), Closed Sat

Lor Mee With Generous Toppings
Recommend by City Beat (who remembers this programme!), the basic $3 Lor Mee ($3) portion already comes with a good amount of toppings, although those with a larger appetites may want to go for the $4 or $5 portions.

Unlike many other Lor Mee stalls, the version here comes with many non-traditional toppings such as fried fish pieces and fried dumpling skin.

The gravy is thick, gooey, and slightly on the salty side.

Ming Kee Cooked Food
#02-24
Opening Hours: 11am – 7pm (Mon – Fri), 11am – 2pm (Sat), Closed Sun

Cai Png Stall Popular For Chicken Cutlet
Ming Kee Cooked Food has one of the longest queue during lunch time, but they can clear the line fast.

Unlike other cai png stalls where the dishes are cooked at one go at the start of the day, this stall chooses to cook their food in small batches and often replenishes the trays, keeping the food moderately free.

Some of the most-chosen items include the Fried Chicken Cutlet and Fried Fish.

Teochew Satay Bee Hoon
#02-47
Opening Hours: 9.30am – 3:00pm Daily

Homemade Satay sauce Cooked With Over 20 Ingredients
An elderly couple were manning the stall when I visited, though it had slightly less traffic as it was at a less visible side of the food centre.

The Satay Bee Hoon ($3) came with the typical toppings including cuttlefish, pork liver and cockles, and the portions were generally quite generous.

The satay sauce is said to be cooked with over 20 ingredients, I liked that nutty flavour without being too sweet or spicy.

Lucky Wanton Noodle
#02-32
Opening Hours: 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm (Mon-Fri), 11:30am – 10pm (Sat-Sun)

Springy Wanton Noodle With Spicy Sauce
There are times I like this version, while other times not so much when the noodles seemed overcooked. However, this wanton noodles stall is always getting a considerably long line.

Other than Wanton Noodles ($3.00), the stall also serves up Dumpling Noodles ($3.00), Chicken Feet Noodles ($3.00) and Wanton Soup ($3.00).

The noodles are considered springy, topped with char siew with wanton served in soup.

I would say the base sauce is between Singapore and Malaysia style, with the use of dark sauce and spicy chilli sauce.

Pandan Leaf Nasi Lemak
#02-25
Opening Hours: 6.30am to 1pm daily. Closed on Sundays.

Generous Portion, Fragrant Rice
There are at least 3 Nasi Lemak stalls around. This stall sells theirs at only $3 with so many ingredients from a plump fried chicken drumstick, egg, ngor hiang, fishcake and dollop of sambal chilli.

My favourite parts are the crispy chicken with quite juicy meat, and the fragrant light-green pandan rice.

Blue Star Fishball Minced Meat Noodle
#02-29

The fishball and minced meat noodles come with a generous serving of ingredients
This was my surprise find, as I originally didn’t have intention to have this, but joined in the queue anyway.

Some of the signatures include the Mushroom Minced Meat Moodle, Fishball Noodles, and Fish Dumplings Noodles, available in dry or soup versions, at $3.00 or $3.50.

The mee kia I had was well tossed in a savoury-spicy sauce, with an al dente bite.

There is also the option to get extra Minced Meat Fishballs which are more bouncy and juicy.

Peter Fried Kway Teow Mee
#02-05
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 7.30pm (Mon – Fri), 11am – 4.30pm (Sat). Closed Sun.

Char Kway Teow Fried With Special Soup
Said to be fried with some special soup, this stall has been around since 1969. It serves up two types of kway teow – Traditional Teochew Black Sweet Sauce Kway Teow ($3, $4), or Penang Style Fried Kway Teow ($4, $5).

I was not given the option though. The stall owner just asked, ”You want how much?”

I didn’t have intention to finish the plate at first (#caloriewatch) but finished all in the end.

There was strong wok hei, and the rice noodles were surprisingly not overly greasy.

Kueh Ho Jiak
#02-20
Opening Hours: 7am – 3:00pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun

Multi-Coloured Ang Ku Kueh
Newest kid in the block, and I was immediately attracted to the Ang Ku Kueh with multi-coloured (primarily purple) skin.

The purple colour on the skin is said to come from sweet potato, with no added food colourings.

The Ang Ku Kueh (from $1.20) come in more traditional flavours such as mung bean, red bean and yam, to more wacky ones ($1.60) from durian, jackfruit to a hae bi hiam (spicy shrimp) which I really liked.

Both pretty and delicious.

Tanjong Pagar Food Centre
Block 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, 2nd Floor, Singapore 081006

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Suddenly, there are many Acai Bowl dedicated shops in Singapore. When just 3 years ago, there could be none.

Acai, pronounced as “Ah-saa-eee” (NOT Ah-CAI 阿财) has been lauded for an array of health benefits, said to be packed with antioxidants, amino acids, fibre, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals.

I like it because it almost feels like I am having ice cream, with that delicious sweet-tangy-chocolatey finish, without the guilt factor.

It is what dessert dreams are made of. (Be careful of over-indulging though, there is still well, a lot of sugar in each bowl.)

10 Healthy Acai Bowls In Singapore

Project Acai Holland Village
27 Lorong Liput, Holland Village, Singapore 277738 (Holland Village MRT)
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10:00pm (Mon – Sun)

391 Orchard Road, #B2-32A, Takashimaya Shopping Centre, Ngee Ann City, Singapore 238872 (Orchard MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 9.30pm (Mon – Sun)

217 East Coast Road, #01-03, Singapore 428915
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10:00pm (Mon – Sun)

First player’s advantage. Project Acai can be considered as Singapore’s first dedicated acai café. Since its opening in 2015, it is now located in three different outlets – Holland Village, Orchard Road, East Coast.

The Original Flower Bowl (Handy – $6.80, Medium – $9,30, Large – $14.50) includes up to 14 different fruit and superfood toppings.

The 14 toppings include, banana, granola, dragonfruit, melon, pineapple, mango, strawberry, grapes, blueberry, coconut shavings, goji, cacao nibs, chia seeds and bee pollen.

As for the acai base, Sambazon acai is blended manually freshly in small batches throughout the day, ensuring every customer gets as much acai in their bowl as possible.

Absolute Acai
3 Pickering Street. #01-38 Nankin Row Singapore 048660
Tel: +65 62244088
Opening Hours: 10.30am – 8.30pm (Mon – Fri), 11:30am – 5:00pm (Sat), Closed Sun

Absolute Acai is another café specialised in serving Brazilian Acai bowls (Acai na Tigela), this time in Singapore’s CBD area at Pickering Street.

Its Medium Signature Bowl is at $9.50, Brazilian Bowl $7.50, Breakfast Smoothie $6.50 with an optional DIY Bowl at $6.90 with toppings from $0.50 onwards.

The signature acai is blended together with guarana, fresh apples, fresh bananas, 100% natural coconut water, with organic seeds and nuts for the toppings.

They emphasized that fresh apples are used instead of processed apple juice in the blend.

The base is in a purplish cold puree form, consistency thinner than I expected, with a tarty-sweet taste similar to a mixture of raspberry and blackberry, and a faint aftertaste that would remind you of dark chocolate.

An Acai Affair
101 East Coast Road Singapore 428796
Tel: +65 8698 7462
Opening Hours: 12:00pm – 10:00pm (Mon – Thurs), 12:00pm – 11:30pm (Fri), 10:00am – 11:30pm (Sat), 10:00am – 10:00pm (Sun)

An Acai Affair was started by two young undergraduates from SMU who share a similar love for Acai and all things nutritious. These entrepreneurs are really starting at an early age!

After an outlet at East Coast Road, the next will be opening at Marina Duo.

The Acai Fruit Bowl ($5.90, $8.90, $13.90) come served with fresh fruits, granola, chia seeds, cacao nibs, coconut shavings, pumpkin seeds, almond flakes and goji berries.

All bowls come with a drizzle of honey, cookie butter, peanut butter, almond butter or cashew butter.

Its acai bowls is said to be undiluted with liquids such as apple juice or coconut water, and therefore contains a higher concentration of acai pulp. An Acai Affair (East Coast Road)

Seed and Soil
1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza #01-22 Singapore 082001 (Tanjong Pagar MRT Station)
Tel: +65 9644 0752
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 8:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:00am – 5:00pm (Sat), Closed Sun, PH

Seed and Soil serves up their acai right from the tub, and do not blend or dilute it down with other fruits.

All their Acai bowls ($10, $12, $15) are topped with seasonal fruits and signature Superfood Sprinkle, a protein, fiber, and Omega-3 rich blend of homemade Rawnola (Oats, Dates & Coconut), Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Goji Berry, Cashew, Cacao Nibs, Buckwheat, Coconut Flakes and dried Mulberries.

Coocaça
1 Grange Road #01-03 Orchard Building Singapore 239693 (Somerset MRT, same building as H&M flagship)
Tel: +6585119923
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 9:00pm (Mon – Sun)

Coocaça has come up with 2 signature blends, and commented that they used high quality acai that results in a creamier, less icy texture.

All bowls are topped with their very own homemade granola and almond butter, banana, strawberries, blueberries and chia seeds.

The best-selling item is the Pura Vida ($12.50), a refreshing blend of acai, mixed berries, banana and coconut water.

For something more indulgent and creamy, get the Sao Paulo ($12.50) which is a blend of acai, cacao, strawberries, banana and soy milk ($12.50).

Strangers’ Reunion
33-35 Kampong Bahru Road Singapore 169355 (Outram Park MRT Station)
Tel: +65 6222 4869
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 10:00pm (Sun – Thu), 9am – 12:00mn (Fri – Sat), Closed Tue

To appeal to the health-conscious, Strangers’ Reunion has introduced ‘superfoods’ desserts – Coconut Chia Pudding ($11.90), Acai Smoothie Bowl ($11.90) and Avocado Smoothie Bowl ($11.90).

I liked the Acai Smoothie Bowl ($11.90) best, blended with mixed berries and coconut water, topped with honey granola, pepitas, coconut flakes, goji berries and fresh seasonal berries.

Mo-ii
20 Cecil Street, #01-07 GSH Plaza Singapore 049705 (Raffles Place MRT)
Tel: +65 82514776
Opening Hours: 7:30am – 5:00pm (Mon – Fri), 7:30am – 2:30pm (Sat), Closed Sun

I had both the Summer Dream ($8.90) and Mo-ii Powerhouse ($8.90), ie acai and pitaya bowls on separate occasions, and found that they were fresher, more refreshing, had more balanced taste and texture compared to some other brands.

Was particularly impressed with the Pitaya Bowl, still seldom seen in Singapore, with dragonfruit as the based topped with mangoes, jackfruit, strawberries handmade granola, and chia seeds

The granola was prepared by the owner, and landed agreeable crunch and sweetness to the bowl.

Haakon
313@somerset 313 Orchard Road #B2-14 Singapore 278997
Opening Hours: 10:00am – 10:00pm (Mon – Sun)

118 Holland Ave, #01-03 Raffles Holland V Singapore 278997
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 10:00pm (Mon – Sun)

For the health conscious looking for some nourishing food with a fusion of Scandinavian and tropical flavours.

The Haakon Classic Acai Bowl ($7.90, $12.90) contains an organic acai blend, topped with granola, coconut flakes, chia seed parfait, blueberries, banana and seasonal fruits.

Other varieties include Pink Pitaya and Chia Bowl, Lean & Green Bowl, Coco Loco Acai Bowl, and Acai Chocolate Therapy.

Daily Acai
One@KentRidge #01-01, 1 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119082 (Kent Ridge MRT Station)
Tel: +65 9829 6888
Opening Hours: 8.30 am – 8:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (Sat). Closed Sun, PH

Daily Acai is a superfood smoothie shop that specializes in making delicious and healthy acai bowls, smoothies and quinoa salad boxes.

The shop offers Acai Bowls (Small $6.50, Regular $9.00, Large $12.00), Acai Chia Parfait ($9.00), Acai Yoghurt Cup ($5.00), Acai Latte ($4.50) and Smoothie Drinks ($6.00).

The Acai Bowl comes in 3 different varieties of Classic, Green, and Chocolate. The green bowl is made with green veggie and green fruit juices, while the chocolate bowl is made with pure dark cocoa and is dairy free.

There is option to add whey and Spirulina to the bowls for that additional punch.

Parallel
1 Raffles Place, #B1-34 Singapore 048616 (Raffles Place MRT)
Tel: +65 92982896
Opening Hours: 7:30am – 9:30pm (Mon – Fri). Closed Sat, Sun, PH

Parallel’s Acai Boxes come in two sizes, Regular ($8.90) or Large ($12.90), with choices of Superstar, Antioxidant, or Amino Bowl.

I was recommended the Amino Bowl with a blended açaí base served with strawberries, blueberries, goji, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and chia.

There are no added sugars, syrups or sweeteners, and if you wish, you can request for a free topping of Australian organic raw honey.

The pricing when contrasted with other acai bowls in the vicinity, is comparable. I liked the portion sizing, and that the blend was not too icy.

The only part I did not fancy that much was its goji berries, which were hard and difficult to bite, and therefore did not mix well with the rest of the ingredients more easily palatable.

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Cold Brews is the process of steeping coffee grounds in water at cool temperatures for an extended period.

The difference between Cold Brew and Iced Coffee is, other than fact that one is “in trend” and “hipster”, is that coffee beans used in Iced Coffee is first heated than cooled down, whereas beans used for Cold Brew is never heated.

As the grounds are not subject to intense heating, this results in lower acidity levels, and general lower caffeine content (in equal volumes).

12 Refreshing Cold Brews In Singapore

Old Hen Coffee Bar
88 Rangoon Rd #01-03 Singapore 218374 (Farrer Park MRT, Exit B)
Tel: +65 63415458
Opening Hours: 12pm – 10pm (Mon – Fri, closed on Tuesdays), 10am – 6.30pm (Sat), 10am – 10pm (Sun)

Cold Brew Coffees, Dark Cocoa and Cold Matcha Milk
Old Hen Coffee is one of the first few cafes in Singapore to offer bottled cold brew coffees, offering
Black Cold Brew ($6) which is unsweetened without milk, and White Cold Brew ($6.50) lightly sweetened with milk.

The café rotate the beans their use for coffees, primarily using beans from Nylon Coffee Roasters, Heart Roasters, Oriole Coffee Roasters, and Sister Bruce Coffee Roasters.

Other than the cold brew coffees, I also enjoyed the non-coffee bottled ones, especially the Cold Matcha Milk ($7) made using matcha powder directly imported and air-flown from Ippodo Tea Co. in Kyoto. (Not the ramen shop).

One of my personal favourites.

Chye Seng Huat Hardware
150, Tyrwhitt Road Singapore 207563 (Lavender or Farrer Park MRT)
Tel: +65 6396 0609
Opening Hours: 9am – 10pm (Mon – Thu & Sun), 9am – 12am (Fri & Sat)

Chye Seng Huat Hardware (CSHH) along Tyrwhitt Road in the Jalan Besar district of Singapore, has been one of the most popular places for third-wave coffee drinkers.

Of course, it is home to the Papa Palheta brand too.

The Cold Brew is made using Ethiopia Suke Quto coffee beans, designed to be slightly stronger as it would be slightly diluted when served over ice.

The White Cold Brew uses the Throwback blend instead, comprising of Brazil Samambaia and Indian Thippanahali, and is dark chocolatey, creamy-bodied and slightly sweetened.

Atlas Coffeehouse
6 Duke’s Road Singapore 268886 (Botanic Gardens MRT)
Tel: +65 6314 2674
Opening hours: 8am – 7pm (Tue – Sun), Closed Mon

Lunar Coffee Brewers
Downtown Gallery, 6 Shenton Way Singapore 068809 (Downtown MRT, Telok Ayer MRT, Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6224 4500
Opening Hours: 8am – 8pm (Mon – Fri), 9am – 3pm (Sat), Closed Sun

The Milky Way ($7) which is offered at Atlas Coffeehouse and Lunar Coffee Brewers (opened by the same team) is one of my favourites.

The white Cold Brew Coffee uses beans custom-roasted by 2 Degrees North Coffee Co.

It uses a house-blend of Brazilian and Guatemalan coffees, with complimenting flavours of chocolates, nuts and caramel. Smooth, creamy, quite strong, and lightly sweetened.

The Cosmos ($7) is the black Cold Brew Coffee, and uses single origin coffees either from Colombia, Ethiopia or Kenya where a fruit-forward cuppa is commonly sought after.

The Populus Coffee & Food Co
146A Neil Road, Singapore 088875
Opening Hours: 9am – 7pm (Mon), 9am – 4pm (Tues), 9am – 10:30pm (Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat), 9:30am – 10:30pm (Sun)

The Populus’s White Cold Brew ($7.50) is designed to showcase their seasonal speciality coffee blends.

Mildly sweetened, with silky texture, and is quite robust yet refreshing. Probably will have broad appeal.

Stamping Ground Coffee
87 Upper East Coast Singapore 455223
Tel: +65 9070 7610
Opening Hours: 8am – 6pm (Mon – Fri), 9am – 6pm (Sat, Sun, PH)

Stamping Ground Coffee’s Cold Brew is slightly different from the rest, offered in a “Knock Out Concentrate” small bottle ($6 for 100ml, made using Papa Palheta’s Throwback Blend.

You can drink it straight up from the bottle for an immediate boost, or enjoy it with your choice of medium of whole milk, skinny milk, soy milk, fresh coconut water or almond Milk.

The 100ml cold brew coffee concentrate bottle is supposed to be travel friendly as it can be hand-carried on the plane.

d’Good Café at Holland Village
273 Holland Avenue #02-01/02 Singapore 278992 (Holland Village MRT)
Tel: +65 6219 9807
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

391 Orchard Road #B1-56 Takashimaya S.C., Ngee Ann City Singapore 238872 (Orchard MRT)
Tel: +65 6694 1411
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

d’Good Café offers a variety from D’Black ($7.00), D’White ($7.50), D’Infused ($8.00) which is cold drip coffee with a touch of floral lavender and earl grey tea finish. Coffee and tea rolled into one.

What I want to highlight is the D’Unknown ($7.50) where you get dutch ice drip with coffee, Hokkaido milk with a SECRET flavour. Seasonally changed, and you can put the taste buds to the test.

The last I had was a Rose, which was pleasantly floral and refreshing.

Dapper Coffee
73A Amoy Street, Second Floor, Singapore 069892 (Telok Ayer MRT Exit A, Tanjong Pagar MRT Exit G)
Tel: +65 8742 8908
Opening Hours: 8am – 5pm (Mon – Fri), Closed Sat, Sun, PH

Dapper Coffee’s Cold Fashioned ($6) uses single origin Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, and is a rapid infused cold brew coffee by using a vacuum machine.

Jelly powder will be added to the cold brew, then set in the chiller overnight. The Dapper Cold Fashioned is also garnished with a slice of dehydrated orange.

If you would like something more gimmicky, there is also a Gold Brew ($10) made using a blend of Brazil and Sumatra beans, slightly sweetened and infused with edible sparkles.

Compound Coffee Co.
31 Kaki Bukit Rd 3, #01-02C Techlink, Singapore 417818 (Eunos MRT)
Tel: +65 9126 7398
Opening Hours: 8am – 5pm (Mon – Fri), 11 am – 6pm (Sat)

Boutique coffee roaster Compound Coffee Co.’s Cold Brew ($7.00) uses quality coffee bean from Etophia. Beans are roasted locally, and cold brewed using a slow drip tower.

The tower involves a filtration process with iced filtered water for over 12 hours, to procure the end result – a complex, smooth and tasty brew with smoother tea-like textures, and more floral and fruity flavours.

Strangers’ Reunion
33/35/37 Kampong Bahru Road Singapore 169354
Tel: +65 6222 4869
Opening Hours: 9am – 10pm (Mon, Wed, Thurs, Sun), 9am – 12am (Fri, Sat), Closed Tues

Strangers’ Reunion’s signature bottle Cold Brew is the White Magic ($7.00), made with fresh espresso shots, milk and a touch of cream.

The café has also newly launched 2 flavours – Matcha and Sea Salt Chocolate (both $7.00).

Grain Traders
138 Market Street, #01-01/02/03, Singapore 048946 (Raffles Place, Telok Ayer MRT)
Opening Hours: 8am – 8pm (Mon-Fri), Closed Sat, Sun

While Grain Traders may be known for its protein rice bowls, the White Cold Brew is also not to be missed.

Using a blend from Papa Palheta, the brew is made with beans from the Thippanahalli Estate in India, and the Brazilian Ponto Alegre region, resulting in a chocolaty, nutty and milky drink.

The Assembly Ground
2 Handy Road #01-21, The Grand Cathay, Singapore 229233 (Dhoby Ghaut MRT)
Tel: +65 6733 3375
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Fri), 10am – 10pm (Sat – Sun)

Founded by the people behind Benjamin Barker, The Assembly Ground offers White, Black and Matcha Cold Brew.

The White Cold Brew ($8) is brewed using Nylon Coffee Roasters single origin blend, with the café’s own touch for a depth of sweetness.

As for the Black Cold Brew ($7), it is also refreshing and aromatic, with hints of black grapes and chocolate.

Park Bench Deli
179 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068627
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 10:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:30am – 4:00pm (Sat), Closed daily from 4 – 5pm, Closed Sun

Some may not know that sandwich makers Park Bench Deli also offers quite decent Cold Brew – the White ($8) and Black ($7) under the Working Coffee Class label. Smooth and rather strong, should be suitable for CBD peeps.

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When I first wrote about the Best Thai Iced Milk Tea in Singapore slightly more than 2 years back, there were just a couple of cafes serving the beverage (other than the usual Thai restaurants).

Now, Thai Milk Tea must be one of the current IT flavours in Singapore (other than Matcha), with it appearing in anything from ice cream, cakes to bingsu.

Any food fairs I go would have THAI MILK TEA and its variations. Cannot miss.

Here are 18 Thai Milk Tea Desserts you can find in Singapore:

Nunsongyee 눈송이
Hougang Midtown, 1187 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 534785 (Near NE14 Hougang MRT Station, Hougang Mall)
Opening Hours: 12.30pm – 11:00pm (Wed – Mon), Closed Tues

Thai Milk Tea Bingsu
Combining two hot Korean and Thai items, the Thai Milk Tea Bingsu ($18.90) is developed exclusively for the Hougang store.

The dessert contained Thai Tea ice cream topped on cheese cake, with peanuts layered over shaved milk.

A small cup of specially-concocted Thai Milk Tea would be given to pour over should you find it not sweet enough (I actually poured two cups in. 55555)

The bingsu almost felt like I was having my favourite drink, except this came in a dessert form, especially when the snow flakes just melted a little.

I liked the crunch coming from the crushed peanuts, and digestives buried beneath.

Baker’s Brew Café
Orchard Paragon, 290 Orchard Road #05-46 Singapore 238859 (Orchard MRT)
Tel: +65 6909 0669
Opening Hours: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm (Mon – Sun)

Baker’s Brew Café is a contemporary café and baking studio dedicated to serving handcrafted cakes and artisanal desserts.

The Thai Milk Tea Cake ($8.80/slice) was also not-bad a choice, and I particularly liked the Thai milk tea leaf crumble which added some varying textures. Would have personally preferred it to be moister to further bring out that milk flavour.

April’s Bakery Singapore – Raffles Place
One Raffles Place, 1 Raffles Place #B1-38, Singapore 048616
Opening Hours: 7:00am – 7:00pm (Mon – Fri)

What you get now in Singapore are what I can describe as Hong Kong style “wife cake” aka lou po beng with custardy fillings.

The Thai Milk Tea pie ($2) almost reminded me of the actual drink – I felt closer to Thailand already. (Perhaps I need a holiday.)

The smooth, almost-sticky texture when eaten cold was quite pleasurable.

Friend A texted me that it was ”life-changing” and ”the best new thing I tasted this year”, while Friend P said it could be too sweet. I do recommend pairing the pies with unsweetened tea.

Whisk and Paddle
10 Tebing Lane, Singapore 828836
Opening Hours: 3:30pm – 10:30pm (Tues – Fri), 9:30am – 10:30pm (Sat, Sun), Closed Mon

Thai Milk Tea Tea Parfait
You have to go all the way to Punggol to try this, and the view can be worth it.

This Cha Yen Parfait ($16) while pricey, contains a whole lot of ingredients from biscuit crumbs, vanilla ice cream, Thai milk tea ice cream, toast sticks, and topped with Thai milk tea macaron in gold dust.

Singaporeans do not just love it in the drink form. We are finding this flavour used in ice cream, cakes, jams and even macarons.

(Photo credit: The Plain Jane)

The Plain Jane
Blk 211, Serangoon Ave 4, #01-10, Singapore 550211 (Serangoon MRT)
Opening Hours: 12pm – 8pm (Mon, Tues, Thurs), 12pm – 10pm (Fri), 10am – 10pm (Sat), 10am – 8pm – 10pm (Sun), Closed Wed

Thai Milk Tea Swiss Roll
Both the cake and cream of the roll are made with the original Cha Tra Mue tea from Thailand, also known as Number One Brand.

Good to know that there is no artificial coloring and flavouring in the cake, just the pure tea infusion which creates that signature orange hue.

Unlike the usual icy sweetness that you may get from a cup of Cha Yen, the Plain Jane team tries to balance between the sweetness and lightness of a Japanese-style roll cake, achieving a light milky fragrance.

CreatureS
120 Desker Road Singapore 209 639 (Farrer Park MRT Station)
Tel: +65 6291 6996
Opening Hours: 12pm – 10:30pm (Tues – Thurs, Sun), 12pm – 11:30pm (Fri, Sat), Closed Mon

Thai Milk Tea Double Fromage
Not just any ordinary cheese cake, but a Thai Milk Tea Double Fromage cake.

A rich and creamy non-bake Cha Yen cake, with Japanese inspired Cheese Soufflé at the bottom, and Thai Milk Tea Mascarpone Mousse on the top.

Experience the contrasting rich and light layers.

Comestivel Desserts
31 Arab Street, Singapore 177930
Opening Hours: 10am – 8pm (Tues – Fri), 10am – 9pm (Sat), 10am – 7pm (Sun), Closed Mon

Thai Milk Tea Cheesecake Tart
Comestivel Dessert is a Muslim-owned cake café which moved from he basement of Siglap Centre to 31 Arab Street.

Other than their indulgent Nutella Cheesecake, look out for the Thai Milk Tea Cheesecake tart, with the top layer containing creamy cheesecake that is perhaps quite sweet, with crispy biscuit base.

Cha Thai
80 Telok Ayer Street Singapore 048466 (Telok Ayer MRT)
Opening Hours: 11am – 3pm, 5:30pm – 10pm, Last Order 9:30pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun

Toast With Thai Tea Dip
Cha Thai provides CBD friends with a tea time snack of Golden Brown Toasted Cubes ($8) with Thai Tea flavoured dip. The dip is somewhat like pandan-flavoured kaya, and not too sweet.

The Cha Thai team started with Loaves Me at SMU, being one of the first cafes in Singapore to offer Shibuya brick toast a few years back.

23 Jumpin
#01-25 1 Irving Place, Singapore Singapore 369546 (Tai Seng MRT)
Telephone: +65 9137 5697
Opening hours: 11:30am – 9pm (Tues – Fri), 11:00am – 9pm (Sat – Sun), Closed Mon

Charcoal Waffles with Thai Milk Tea Ice Cream
A café at Tai Seng. 23 Jumpin’s Charcoal Waffles ($12) with that crispy outer layer, topped with torched marshmallow, chocolate sauce and a fat scoop of Thai milk tea ice cream may scream sweetness galore, but can lift moods up. Note: the Thai milk tea ice cream may not be available all the time. (Read: 23 Jumpin Tai Seng)

Creamier
128, Toa Payoh Lorong 1. #01-835, Singapore 310128
Tel: +65 6250 1476
Opening hours: 12pm – 10pm (Tue-Thu), 12pm – 11pm (Fri- Sat), 12pm – 10pm (Sun), Closed Mon

Thai Milk Tea Ice Cream
It won’t be wrong to say that Creamier is one of the ‘culprits’ to spur this ice cream café craze. Their ice cream churned fresh from the kitchen, is as its name goes – creamy. The Thai milk tea ice cream is dense, though not overly sweet with a light tea taste.

Sunday Market
22 Lim Tua Tow Road, Singapore 547772
Tel: +65 6287 8880
Opening hours: 12pm – 11pm (Mon – Fri), 10am – 11pm (Sat), 10am – 9pm (Sun)

Bangkok Toast with Thai Milk Tea Ice Cream
Sunday Market sells one of my favourite Thai Milk Tea in Singapore, but it is $7!

Its signature Bangkok Toast ($10.90) is… unexpected. A sweet cinnamon brioche toast served with matcha green tea custard AND Thai Milk Tea ice cream. Can be quite ‘lang-gah’ (clashing) actually. But I can have two scoops of that ice cream on its own.

The Cold Pantry
88 Rangoon Road, #01-01, Singapore 218374
Opening hours: 4pm – 10pm (Mon – Fri), 12pm – 10pm (Sat – Sun)

Thai Milk Tea Yogurt
Before The Cold Pantry got all around Instagram with their root beer soft serve, they have already been known for serving Thai Milk Tea Yogurt. Yes, froyo on top of buttermilk waffles or Thai Milk tea itself.

Dutch Colony at Frankel Ave
113 Frankel Avenue, Singapore 458230
Telephone: +65 6448 5852
Opening hours: 8am – 8pm (Sun-Thurs), 8am – 10pm (Fri-Sat)

Thai Milk Tea Loaf
Classic Thai Milk Tea in a loaf ($5 per slice) – moist with condensed milk frosting and crunchy crumbles. Best eaten warm with a cup of coffee.

Crème Maison Bakery
Breadtalk IHQ, 30 Tai Seng Street #08-03B Singapore 534013
Tel: +65 8181 3689
Opening Hours: 11am – 5pm (Mon, Wed – Sat), 11am – 3pm (Sun), Closed Tues

Thai Milk Tea Cupcakes
You must try their top-selling Thai Milk Tea infused ($3.80) cupcakes with a Thai tea fudged core and whipped milk cream cheese frosting. Moist and you can totally taste the Thai-ness.

(As the bakery is more like a studio, it is better to call to enquire before heading down.)

Kane Mochi
201 Victoria Street #02-50, Singapore 188067 (Bugis+ level 2 link bridge)
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon-Sun)

Thai Milk Tea Mochi Ice Cream
It just gets weirder. Kane Mochi offers Japanese style chewy mochi ($2.30), with creamy ice cream within. (Tip: Let the mochi thaw for a good few minutes before consumption.)

Sng Bao Society
Available at various pop-up stores and Laneway Market (266 Tanjong Katong Road)

Thai Milk Tea Sng Bao
Remember those ice packs that look like a tube? Sng Bao were the local versions of ‘ice cream’, and cost 20 cent during my childhood days. Sng Bao Society offer these frozen treats with a taste of nostalgia, yet boosting flavours of Watermelon Soju and Thai Milk Tea. May need to suck hard.

The Wicked Cream Co.
Available at various pop-up stores

Thai Milk Tea Softserve
This pop-up stall is one of those which serves Thai Milk Tea Soft Serve Ice Cream, made from freshly brewed No.1 brand Thailand Tea.

The Tastemaker Store
Blk 22 Havelock Road #01-705 Singapore 160022
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Fri), 10am – 10pm (Sat – Sun)

Thai Milk Tea Gelato
The Tastemaker Store at Bt Ho Swee area has revamped, and started selling low fat gelato made with fresh ingredients. Accordingly to them, “no preservatives and artificial flavours”.

Tried the Thai Milk Tea Gelato, and liked that it was smooth and creamy.

Do let me know if you come across any ground-breaking Thai Milk Tea desserts. Khob Khun Krub!

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ABC Brickworks Food Centre is one of the first hawker centres to be built in Singapore in 1970, and is located at 6 Jalan Bukit Merah.

In terms of location, it is about a 10 minutes’ walk from IKEA, Queensway Shopping Centre, and there is another food centre Alexandra Village diagonally opposite.

The origin of its name is an interesting one, said to be named after “Archipelago Brewery Company”, the first commercial brewery in Singapore.

10 Must-Try Stalls At ABC Brickworks Food Centre

Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng Fried Hokkien Mee
Unit #01-13
Opening Hours: 3pm – 10:45pm (Mon – Tues, Thurs – Sun) Closed Sun

40 Years Old Hokkien Mee Stall
This stall has been around for close to 40 years, and is run by the second generation Mr Toh (who is often seen wearing goggles). His father used to sell the noodles on a pushcart, and moved to this food centre in the 80s.

While there are other Hokkien Mee stalls in the same hawker centre, Tiong Bahru Yi Sheng seems to get the longer queue BUT auntie serving may be grouchy at times. Don’t step on her toes.

The noodles comes with a sizeable amount of toppings including prawns and pieces of pork belly. What makes it special is the sambal chili with bits of ikan bilis. It is generally drier with good wok-hei.

Havelock Rd Blk50 Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee
Unit #01-100
Opening Hours: 10.30am – 10.30pm (Wed – Mon), Closed Tues

Hokkien Mee with Shiok Sambal Chilli
Actually, I usually order from this stall because the queue is shorter, has more zhup (sauce), and I liked it with fresh cut chillis.

The stall sells Hokkien Mee in 3 sizes ($3, $4, $5), with each batch cooked fresh to order.

The stall started out close to 50 years ago at Havelock Road Blk 50 as has been run by the same couple. However, as uncle and auntie are growing old, I noticed that they do not open the stall as often as before, and is often closed.

Yong Kee Famous Fish ball Noodle
Unit #01-121
Opening Hours: 7am – 2am (Mon – Sun)

Handmade Fishballs with Bouncy Texture
If I need to look for food late at night here, this is my go-to-stall (other than Gu Zao Ren opposite). Yong Kee Famous Fish ball Noodle has been in operation for more than 20 years and opens until 2am daily.

The stall sells typical noodle dishes including Bak Chor Mee and Fishball Noodles ($3, $4). The noodles are relatively springy, but the handmade fishballs and meatballs are definitely the highlight.

Before the two, I liked the juicy meatballs better which include a mix of ingredients.

Fatty Cheong Roast
Unit #01-120
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 8.30pm (Mon – Wed, Fri – Sun), Closed Thurs

Char Siew Cooked In Traditional Charcoal Oven
Fatty Cheong Roast serves some of the best Char Siew around in Singapore – nicely char, good balance of lean meat and fats, and melts in your mouth.

The stall sells all three of the typical roast meats: char siew, roast pork belly and roast duck, price reasonable from $3 onwards.

The thick gravy added to the fragrant rice complements the flavour of the meats.

Fatty Cheong has trained his two sons in the art of roasting meat in order to take over the family business and they have also opened two other outlets in Toa Payoh and Hougang.

If you want to try Roast Pork Noodles, another Fatty Cheong stall can be found at the back of ABC Brickworks Food Centre.

Wow Wow West
Unit #01-133
Opening Hours: 10.30am – 9pm (Tues – Sat), Closed Sun, Mon

Quality Western Food With Huge Portion
Wow Wow West which started as a school canteen stall, employs a number of ex-offenders in order to provide them a second chance to give back to society. (Christian Hokkien and Mandarin songs can often be heard playing in the background.

Their signatures include the Chicken Chop and Chicken Cutlet, which is massive for just $6. The gravy and coleslaw used is also prepared on a daily basis and is not mass produced.

I also usually add on an extra order of jumbo Cheese Sausage.

Jin Jin Hot / Cold Dessert
Unit #01-20
Opening Hours: 12.30pm – 10.30pm (Mon – Wed, Fri – Sun), Closed Thurs

Liu Mang aka Durian and Mango Dessert
The star dessert at Jin Jin is the Liu Mang, otherwise known as Gangster Ice. It is a clever play of the words “Liu Lian” (Durian) and “Mang Guo” (Mango) where you can shaved iced with mango cubes and a scoop of durian puree.

The other must-try dessert is the Power Chendol. Priced at $2, you get generous servings of ingredients, drizzled with thick gula Melaka syrup imported from Indonesia and cooked daily by the stall owners.

The stall is helmed by Calvin and Ewan, two folks who originally did not know anything about making desserts but proceeded to revive the stall when the original owner wanted to close it down. Prices of the dessert are about $1.50 and $2.00 on average.

Yuan Yuan Claypot Rice
Unit #01-38
Opening Hours: 4.30pm – 10.30pm (Mon – Tues, Thurs – Sun), Closed Wed

Fragrant Claypot Rice Cooked Over Charcoal Stoves
Yuan Yuan Claypot Rice sells authentic claypot rice at $10 for a 2 person portion.

The rice comes with tender meat (depending on which one you order) that is marinated in a special spice mix over 5 hours, and other generous amount of toppings including Chinese sausages and salted fish.

Each claypot is cooked to order over a traditional charcoal stove which may explain why there is a long wait at all times at the stall.

Jason Penang Cuisine
Unit #01-113
Opening Hours:11am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm to 9pm (Mon – Sun)

Under The Radar Authentic Penang Cuisine
he stall is helmed by Penang born Jason Khaw and his wife. Jason was also the British High Commissioner’s Resident Chef for 14 years, assuring a high quality in his food.

The stall’s specialty is the Assam Laksa ($4) which comes with a sour and spicy broth, with a hearty amount of ingredients including fresh prawns.

Bao Zai
Unit #01-135
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon – Wed, Fri – Sun), Closed on Thurs

Handmade Char Siew Paos
Bao Zai’ signature is the Char Siew Pao, made traditional style by hand on a daily basis.

The buns cost 70 cents each, are smaller than other factory made ones, but they don’t lose out in terms of quality.

The char siew fillings are sweet and juicy, and the meat is roasted fresh in a traditional charcoal oven which allows the full flavour of the meat to come out.

Before making paos, the owner had also previously sold roast meats which explains why the char siew is of a certain standard.

Ah Er Soup
Unit #01-143
Opening Hours: 11am – 2pm, 5pm – 8pm (Mon – Fri, Sun), Closed Sat

Michelin Bib Gourmand Traditional Chinese Soups
The stall sells many different soups at affordable prices including Buddha Jumps Over The Wall ($6.50) and the Herbal Ginseng Black Chicken Soup ($5.50). The soups are said to be cooked using everything using fresh ingredients and do not use added MSG.

The soups all come with a generous amount of ingredients, including expensive ones such as chucks of fish maw and abalone. Quite value for its money, and nothing is over $7.

The stall has been included in the
Michelin Bib Gourmand Singapore 2017, a testament to the quality of the soups.

ABC Brickworks Food Centre
6 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 150006

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Alexandra Village Food Centre, as well as ABC Brickworks Food Centre are two of the most known hawker centres located at Bukit Merah.

While the fame might not have reached far and wide, location slightly inconspicuous as it is hidden among car workshops, the food centre offers a wide range of stalls and some quality offerings which make it worth a visit.

FYI, it is just a short walk away from IKEA and Queensway Shopping Centre.

A friend asked, “Anything there other than Avocado juice?” Perhaps she hasn’t explore enough.

Other than those listed here, some of the worthy stalls to check out include Ming’s Prawn Noodle, Tiong Bahru Lien Fa Shui Jing Pau, Leon Kee Claypot Pork Rib Soup, Seng Heng Carrot Cake, and Teochew Braised Duck Rice. (Will update this post after I finished trying more stalls.)

Alexandra Village Food Centre – 10 Must Try Stalls From Claypot Laksa, BBQ Stingray To Avocado Juice

Zhen Shan Mei Depot Road Claypot Laksa
Unit #01-75
Opening Hours: 9am – 5pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun

Michelin Bib Gourmand Claypot Laksa
The Michelin Bib Gourmand listed stall is known for its Laksa ($4, $5) served in a claypot, which is not quite the usual. This ensures that the laksa gravy remains piping hot.

The broth is supposedly slow cooked over two hours using a unique blend of spices and ingredients, resulting in a thicker and more flavourful gravy.

Coming with toppings including prawns, cockles and fishcakes, I remember it used to taste a lot hotter and better though.

Lau Phua Chay Authentic Roasted Delicacies
Unit #01-20
Opening Hours: 11am – 7pm (Mon – Fri), 11am – 9pm (Sun), Closed Sat

Roasted Meat With Unique Dark Sauce
When I noticed almost every table at this side of the hawker stall had that green plate, with a pile of ‘mess’ on the rice, I knew I needed to gun for it.

Lau Phua Chay Authentic Roasted Delicacies serves traditional Teochew style char siew, roast pork belly and roast duck drenched with a thick, gooey sauce.

Unlike most other roast meat stalls, the char siew here is also darker in colour compared to the reddish hue that other char siew stalls tend to have. This is due to the Teochew style of marinade and cooking which use a sweeter version of the sauce made by caramelizing bean paste and malt sugar.

Depending on the combination of meats, the prices will vary but a platter of all three meats can cost $16.

The char siew has a good balance between lean meat and fats, and the marinade provide a flavourful punch. I wished the meats were cut thicker sliced though.

Xiang Jiang Soya Sauce Chicken
Unit #01-77
Opening Hours: 11am – 8pm (Mon – Sun)

Signature Soya Sauce Chicken With Moist And Tender Meat
There is always a long line here in the morning. Xiang Jiang’s signatures include the soya sauce chicken rice or soya sauce chicken noodles. The chicken has a beautiful gloss, smooth meat with good bite (though may not be the best I had).

I liked that the noodles were thin and springy, evenly coated in a soya sauce base which imparts a layer of flavour on the noodles.

You can also add on sui gao< to your order at just $0.60 each, each plump dumpling coming filled with minced pork, prawns and black fungus.

The stall has also been featured in the 2017 Michelin Guide.

Tai Liok Claypot Chicken Rice
Unit #01-66
Opening Hours: 5pm – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

Traditional Claypot Cooking
The stalls sells the fragrant dish of claypot chicken rice (price depends on portion size) that comes with a generous portion of lup cheong and boneless chicken meat.

You can also add on side dishes including pig stomach with pork rib soup ($4) and herbal black chicken soup ($3).

Tip: You can call in advance (say 30 minutes to an hours) to place an order as it will take some time to cook the rice.

Hor Fun Premium
Unit #01-78
Opening Hours: 10.30am – 2.30pm, 5.00pm – 8.30pm (Mon – Sun)

Hor Fun with Wok Hei Power
While this dish has not been extensively featured in other guides, there is typically a steady though short queue. After my first plate, I have been returning regularly.

The stall signatures include the Sliced Beef Hor Fun and Sliced Fish Hor Fun. The rice noodles are cooked to order and have a good amount of wok hei. The tender beef pieces are seeping with gravy, though can be on the saltier side.

Dishes are priced affordably at $4 a plate, value for its money, and the hawkers are usually quite fast in getting orders out.

For those who prefer rice, there are also other zi char options such as Pork Ribs Rice.

Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao
Unit #01-56
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 8.30pm (Tues – Sun), Closed Mon

Handmade Dmplings, Dishes Cooked To Order
The must try at this stall include the Xiao Long Bao ($4 for 7 pieces) which is very wallet-friendly. The dumplings made in a traditional style come with a minced pork filling, are well marinated and rather juicy.

I find the Guo Tie comparable as well, and liked it crispy thin skin, especially wonderful when dipped in chilli sauce and paired with ginger in vinegar.

The La Mian with Fried Bean Sauce ($3.50) is also worth a shot, with minced meat bean sauce drizzled liberally over the freshly cooked noodles.

The stall’s reasonable prices and quality make this a popular tall, with one of the longest line I have observed during dinner time.

Old Punggol Satay
Unit #01-52
Opening Hours: 4pm – 8.30pm (Mon – Fri), 12pm – 8.30pm (Sat – Sun)

Satay With Peanut & Pineapple Sauce
Originally located in Punggol, the stall was closed for some time until the son of the original owners decided to restart the family business.

The stall sells chicken, pork, mutton satays as well as ketupats at a decent price of $0.50, a hard find in Singapore these days.

This is especially when the satay sticks come with a generous portion of meat per stick, with a light marinate of soya sauce, sugar, five spice power and wine. The meat on the sticks is also tender and juicy and will slide off the sticks with some ease.

The sticks are served with a secret recipe peanut sauce added with pineapple puree.

Dover Road Kai Kee Wanton Noodles
Unit #01-09
Opening Hours: 7am – 4.30pm (Mon, Wed – Sun), Closed Tues

Old School Style Of Classic Singpaore Wanton Mee
Kai Kee Wanton Noodles was originally located at Dover Road, and has been in operation for over 30 years.

There is always a queue during lunch time. Uncle and auntie also occasionally sell out before their official closing time, so it is a good idea to go early to avoid disappointment.

The Wanton Mee ($3 onwards) has that classic old-school Singapore taste.

The noodles are evenly coated in a flavourful mixture of a number of different sauces, resulting in a combination not quite like any others I tried in Singapore. (But I can imagine some customers may think this taste “too simple”.)

Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood
Unit #01-04
Opening Hours: 4pm – 10pm (Mon – Sun)

Zi Char Dishes and Barbequed Seafood
Star Yong Kwang BBQ Seafood is helmed by Mr Eng and his son, who already took over the wok and learnt the tricks of the trade by the time he turned 16.

The stall has a very wide range of offerings, and some of the all-time favourites include Sambal Sotong ($16, 28), Har Cheong Kai ($12, $20), Salad You Tiao ($12, $20), and Salted Egg Yolk Pork Ribs ($16). I find the prices slightly on the higher side.

Most customers come of their signature BBQ Sambal Stingray ($18, $22), served with a thick layer of sambal chili on top, with chunky fleshes of meat below.

All their dishes are also based on their own recipes, perfected over the years.

Mr Avocado Exotic Juice
Unit #01-19
Opening Hours: 9.30am – 9.30pm (Mon – Fri, Sun), Closed Sat

The Original Avocado Juice Stall At Alexandra
One thing you would notice about Alexandra Village Food Centre is the sheer number of stalls selling avocado juice. There should be at least 5 of them.

Out of all the stalls, Mr Avocado claims to be the first one that sold the juice way before the rest. It has been around for over 20 years, featured in many newspaper articles as seen from the clippings that adorn the storefront.

The Avocado Juice is served in large mugs at $2.50, considered inexpensive as avocadoes are not the cheapest fruit around. Uncle said he only used top-grade avocado.

The drink which is a blend of avocado, evaporated milk and fresh milk has a thick, creamy smooth consistency.

Although I find myself craving for a cup every time I am here, I find it rather sweet because of the gula melaka added.

Alexandra Village Food Centre
123 Bukit Merah Lane 1, Singapore 150123

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[Seoul] It is not exaggerating to say that every 2 to 3 buildings you cross in Seoul, you will find a coffee place.

Sometimes you get a row of them, from Angel-in-Us, A Twosome Place, Caffe Bene, Paris Baguette, Ediya Coffee, and Tous Les Jours.

These Korean coffee chains have boomed significantly, given big boys Starbucks and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf a run for their money.

However, recent article have reported that these chains have reach saturation point, and many have chosen to expand overseas to China and the US.

I do not really have a strong personal preference for any, because it would large depend the location I am at.

With that said, I like HOLLY Coffee for its ambience and branding, A Twosome Place for the cakes, Tous Les Jours for breads, and Paik’s if I really need inexpensive iced coffee.

There are many others such as Droptop, Zoo Cafe, Mango Six, Coffee@Works, and Caffè Pascucci which I would like to try the next time.

A Twosome Place
Partnerships with Celebrities, and Once Had Lee Min Ho As Endorser
It has a strange name, but it means, “A cup of coffee, TWO of us, SOME dessert, PLACE”, and is owned by the CJ Foodville of CJ Group.

The chain is a coffee chain in Korea with over 500 outlets. It just expanded to the Chinese market with Lee Min Ho as brand ambassador, and is an upscale coffee chain targeting the more affluent market. So Ji Sub is said to be a major investor.

Prices may not be cheap so you can expect to splurge a little at this café.

Their coffee and drinks are considered decent, and their cakes above average both in terms of taste and presentation.

Some Instagram worthy items include their Red Velvet Cake, Camembert Cheese Cake, and Hot Chocolate.

Angel-in-Us
Coffeehouse Chain Owned By Lotte Group
Established in 2006, the name Angel-in-Us implies that coffee is God’s gift delivered by angels, and you may notice cherubic symbols such as wings engraved in all their furniture and cutlery.

The place serves typical café fare, although many have noted that their coffee usually isn’t the best or the strongest.

However, they make up for this with their pastries and desserts. Some of the to-try items here include the ice cream waffles and siphon coffee.

The stores have a relaxing atmosphere are a great place to chill at with outlets in every major city in Korea. The stores also offer free wifi, have reasonable prices, and are popular amongst students.

Paris Baguette
Top Bakery Café Franchise Brand In Korea
The chain by the SPC started as a bakery-café in Korea in 1988 (launched by Paris Croissant), and serves French inspired pastries and cakes.

They have since expanded to over 3500 stores worldwide, and has outlets in the US, China, Vietnam, and Singapore. Other F&B brands The staff generally are trained to cater to tourists, and are capable of communicating in English.

The selections of items vary according to the location, and some items available in Korea may not be available elsewhere.

The coffee here is average but their freshly made pastries and cakes do cause them to stand out. Some must recommended include Cheese breads, Tiramisu and brunch items of Croissant Set (7,000 Won), Soupbowl & Salad (8,000 Won), and Roast Chicken Doria (8,000 Won).

Good to know: Other related brands include Paris Croissant Café (premium bakery café), Pascucci (Italian espresso café), LINA’s and Tamati (sandwich).

Caffe Bene
Own Special Roasting and Blending Techniques For Coffee Beans
Caffe Bene integrates the whole production line of their beans with a Farm to Table system which ensures that all their beans are of the highest quality.

The chain specialises in coffee, using premium beans from the best coffee growing regions in the worlds such as Ethiopia, Colombia, Brazil, and Papa New Guinea. They also operate the largest coffee bean roasting plant in Korea.

Some of their recommended include Affogato and Cold Brews. They also have a wide variety of cakes, bingsu, waffles, and pastries to go along with their coffee.

One of the key features is the Misugaru, a traditional Korean drink which consists of black sesame seeds, black bean, black and brown rice and barley.

dal.komm COFFEE
Integrates Music Through Design And Regular Music Related Events
The coffee chain is somehow known for being featured in the hit Korean drama series Descendants of the Sun.

However, music is still its unique selling point.

The chain has an exclusive app that provides various benefits to its users such as discounts and is also linked to their digital menu board system. You can also use this particular app to order items to your table.

Some of the stores also hold regular music performances by specially curated artistes and performers. The interior design of the stores is also designed to encapsulate music and bring the café to life.

Some of their signature items include bingsu, teas and juices. The best-selling drinks include Honey Grapefruit (6,300 Won), Cube (5,500 Won), Strawberry Cube (5,500 Won), Chocolate Shake (6,800 Won), and Honey Hallabong (6.300 Won).

Be prepared to splurge a little though, as prices are definitely not the cheapest.

Tous Les Jours
Opened In 1997, Baked Goods Freshly Prepared Daily
The bakery franchise offers an Asian-French selection of baked goods and products, and owned by CJ Foodville, a business group of CJ Group. Tous Les Jours means “everyday” in French.

Even though it serves café fare, it is best known for its baked products. Some of its signature products include its Cinnamon Rolls, Brioche as well as its Cream Filled Breads.

The chain opened its first store as a bakery in 1997 and later moved on to a bakery café concept in 2003, offering typical café fare in addition to the baked goods.

HOLLYS Coffee
Beans Uniquely Roasted To Bring Out The Full Flavours Of The Coffee
The chain offers a wide selection of coffee, and some of the must tries include the Cold Brew and the Tiramisu Latte.

You can also get some pastries or baked goods such as Bagels, Muffins, Scones, Waffles to go along with the coffee, or opt for bingsu as a colder treat.

The chain selects their beans through a widely recognised name in the coffee industry, Q Grader, ensuring that each cup of coffee has its own rich and unique flavour. Signature drinks include Americano (4,100 Won), Caffe Latte (4,600 Won), Vanilla Delight (5,100 Won), Sweet Potato Latte (5,500 Won), and Green Tea Hollyccino (5,900 Won).

I find this café chain strong in their branding and aesthetics, and many of the outlets are newly refurbished.

Tom N Toms Coffee
Wide Range Of Offerings, Go For The Pretzels
The chain first started out in 2001 in the Apgujeong-dong District of Seoul selling pretzels and baked goods, and later moved on to a café style of operations.

It now has over 400 outlets worldwide including one in Singapore.

The brand has a number of offerings including Tom N Toms Black which is their original special blend coffee, Tom N Toms Tomscovery which offers a range of tea and coffee products, Tom N Toms Classic which provides a relaxing atmosphere to enjoy a cup of coffee, and Tom N Tom Kids which provides a pleasant environment for kids to relax.

Some of the must tries include their pretzels which are a favourite amongst regulars.

Coffeesmith
Relaxing Atmosphere to Enjoy Artisanal Coffee
The chain provides a modernised space in which coffee lovers can enjoy premium quality artisan coffee.

The minimalist design of the stores in the chain enhances the original feel of the material, and provides a relaxing atmosphere.

Some of the signatures include the more common Lattes and Americanos, but there are also more exotic options such as Snow Shakes.

The chain is also ‘for coffee lovers, by coffee lovers’. Each cup of coffee is handcrafted by trained baristas. You can expect a variety from Vanilla Latte (5,400 Won), Caramel Cappucino (5,400 Won), Café Vienna (5,200 Won), to Caramel Macchiato (5,400 Won).

Ediya Coffee
More Than 2000 Stores
Ediya Coffee claims it is the first Korean café chain to open its 2000th stores.

While most of the other chains can be found in prime locations with large-scale stores, some of several stories high, Ediya chooses to open small shops in subprime locations.

It also offers coffee (and franchise fees) and lower prices. Some of the varieties include Café Americano (2,500 Won), White Chocolate Mocha (3,200 Won), Mint Mocha (3,500 Won), Sweet Caramel Nut Latte (3,500 Won), Coffee Flatccino (3,500 Won) and Green Tea Yogurt Flatccino (3,900 Won).

Paik’s Coffee
Value For Money Coffee, Starting at 1,500 Won
The chain is one of the most popular coffee chains in Seoul as well and it has grown significantly since it first opened in 2006.

It is known for serving huge cups of coffee at very decent prices, as compared to other popular coffee chains.

Some of the drinks that are especially popular amongst the locals include their large cups of Iced Americano (2,000 Won), Original Mixed Coffee (2,500 Won), Iced Caffe Latte (3,000 Won), and Iced Caffe Mocha (3,500 Won), and non-coffee beverages such as Milkshakes.

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SingPost Centre Mall has recently opened, with anchor tenants NTUC FairPrice, Golden Village, and Kopitiam.

All right. Singaporeans are getting excited visiting Paya Lebar again? Especially for GV with laser-sharp images?

Located next to Paya Lebar MRT interchange station, the SingPost Centre houses the new General Post Office, which combines counter service with technology-enabled innovations such as POPStations and SAM kiosks.

I will focus on the food aspects. Emm… many predictable (boring names).

The one café that stands out is Gong Cha, which is said to re-open in Singapore with this flagship outlet during December 2017. Welcome back.

There are two other bubble tea shops in the centre – HEETEA and Blackball Express. Competitor LiHo is NOT here, but at nearby Paya Lebar Square.

Actor aka towkay Ben Yeo has been successful in the F&B aspect (saying this because not ALL MediaCorp celebrities make it big in the food business).

He has launched Hawkerman which gathers together Tenderfresh popular for its chicken dishes, Warong Kim’s Hokkien mee, and Ah Boy Popiah from Good Chance Popiah.

On Level 2 is a new-to-market concept Platform M by MOF, a themed foodhall reminiscent of the old Tanjong Pagar railway station with decorative period elements.

There are 9 restaurants with 1 fruit juice place within this space, including 6 new brands of Duck Master, So Lucky, Economi of Scale, Yaki Ramen, Kazu Kazu, CafeMama and the Fruit Juice kiosk, along with familiar names of Ju Hao Xiao Long Bao, Tensho and Kaisen Tei.

Here are the restaurants, cafes and kiosks you can expect at SingPost Centre:

Vegetarian bento from Grove

Level 1
01-114 Aji-ichi
01-115 Astons Specialties
01-131 BBQ Express
01-126 Fun Toast
01-141A/B Gong Cha (opening Dec)
01-151 Grove (opening soon)
01-129/10 Kopi & Tarts
01-149 Long John Silver’s
01-136 Nuodle
01-147 Old Chang Kee
01-139/140 Seoul Yummy
01-144/145 The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
01-137/148 UPOT
01-148 Wing Zone
01-150 Yoshinoya

Basement 1
B1-156/159 Encik Tan
B1-128/129 Hawkerman
B1-151/152 I Love YOO
B1-157 Kaffe & Toast / Thai Noodle Bar
B1-165/166 Maki-San
B1-130/131 Mr Teh Tarik Express
B1-127 Subway (opening soon)
B1-158 Swee Heng’s Classic 1989
B1-125 Wee Nam Kee Chicken Rice
B1-162/163 Yu Kee Specialties

Level 2
02-138 to 142 Platform M
02-136/137 Swensen’s

Level 3
03-105 Carl’s Jr
03-102 to 104 Kopitiam
03-105 Pu Tien (opening soon)

Other Food Kiosks
B1-161 Beard Papa’s
B1-160 Blackball Express
B1-147 HEETEA
B1-153/154 Mugiya
B1-148 PAPPA ROTI
B1-164 Prima Deli
B1-149 Polar Puffs & Cakes
B1-150 SF Fruits
01-134/135 Chateraise
01-104 Choc Spot

SingPost Centre
10 Eunos Road 8 Singapore 408600 (Paya Lebar MRT)
Tel: +65 6909 1644
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm

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Character cafes come and go in Singapore.

They get an initial hype as fans are curious when their favourite characters turn to food, along with several photo opportunities.

However, a couple did not meet expectations in the taste or presentation factors, and had to bite the dust.

With the increasingly short attention span of diners, it seems that pop-up concepts work best to keep them interested.

People are also not going to these places to EAT-eat per se, but for photo opportunities. Therefore, presentation plays a crucial part for such cafés to sustain their appeal.

8 Character Themed Cafes In Singapore – Super Heroes and Cuteness Overload

Minion Café – THE GUEST cafe&diner
181 Orchard Road, Orchard Central #03-23/24/25, Singapore 238896 (Somerset MRT)
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 9:00pm Daily

A Minions Café has opened in Singapore at Orchard Central Level 3.

Similar to its Japanese counterparts, this is a pop-up concept under “THE GUEST cafe&diner” that will operate from 23 November 2017 (Thurs) to 31st January 2018 (Wed).

The popular Minion themed food and drinks includes Minion’s Great Escape Cream Stew ($20.90), Minions Vacation Plate ($23.90), S’more & Minion’s Ice Cream ($16.90), Minion Riceball Party ($21.90), and Pizza Box ($13.90).

Do expect long queues (partly due to the school holidays), and feedback has been more positive for its dessert items rather than mains. Minions Café (Orchard Central)

Cartoon Network Cafe By The Soup Spoon Union
83 Punggol Central, #B1-12, Waterway Point Mall, Singapore 828761
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon-Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/CNCafeByTSS/

As a collaboration with Cartoon Network for a year, the 93-seaters Soup Spoon Union at Punggol Waterway Point has undergone a revamp with Cartoon Network wallpaper, toys, plushies and a dedicated corner for cartoon sketching.

Each of the cartoon characters will be available in the Appetisers ($8.90 – $10.90), Mains ($14.90 – $23.80), Desserts ($12.90 – $16.80) and Drinks ($4.50 – $10.90) section of the menu.

Appetisers include Adventure Time BBQ Drumlets (6pcs for $8.90), Powerpuff Potpie ($10.90), Ben 10 Baked Fries & Meatballs (6pcs for $8.90), Pan-pan Carlzone ($10.90).

My favourite was the Powerpuff Potpie ($10.90) that came with a choice of Velvety Mushroom or Clam Chowder.

However, presentation and creativity of dishes didn’t seem to be as strong over here, with some characters reflected by a token graphics print-out. Cartoon Network Café (Waterway Point)

Miffy Café
Kumoya @ 8 Jalan Klapa Singapore 199320
Opening Hours: 12.00pm – 9.30pm (Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun), 12.00pm – 10.30pm (Fri, Sat), Last Order 30 minutes before closing, Closed Mon
Duration: 5 October 2017 (Thursday) to 31 December 2017 (Sunday)

This is a pop-up concept that takes place till 31st December 2017 (Sunday). All the way till Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

The limited-time menu has been curated and styled by well known food stylist Shirley Wong (Little Miss Bento) and the Kumoya team. Shirley is also consultant of the menu at Gudetama Café Singapore.

Popular dishes include the Splashing Good Fun Japanese Seafood Curry Rice ($24.90) of fluffy Miffy Japanese rice served with fish kamaboko, cheese stars, steamed broccoli, breaded calamari, breaded ebi, breaded scallop and fresh tempura salmon on Japanese curry; and Magnificent Matcha Azuki Lava cake ($16.90) – warm matcha lava cake served with fresh churned creamy Hokkaido soft serve. Paired with cute buttery Miffy cookie, fluffy cotton candy, dango and Hokkaido azuki.

The interior was on-point. Miffy Café (Jalan Klapa)

Hello Kitty Orchid Garden
Arrival Hall Central #01-22, Terminal 3, Singapore Changi Airport
Opening Hours: 24 Hours Daily

Singapore’s 1st Hello Kitty Café. Named as “Hello Kitty Orchid Garden”, the interior and menu is inspired by Singapore’s national flower.

Some local influence has been woven into the menu, which comprises of all-day breakfast fare and an array of Kitty-fied desserts, including gelato sundaes, waffles, pastries and tea cakes.

Its recommended item include a Big Breakfast Surprise ($18.50), Kitty Meets Benedict ($17.50 with Hollandaise sauce done two ways in yuzu and dill, Enchanted Forest quesadillas ($17.90), Cowabunga Wagyu ($24), Kitty Goes Fishing salmon ($23.90), and The Cat in Paradise dessert ($18.50).

Located at Terminal 3’s Arrival Hall Central, the cafe is opened 24/7. Food-wise, so-so lah. Hello Kitty Orchid Garden (Changi Airport T3)

Gudetama Cafe Singapore
Suntec City Mall #01-361/362/363/364 (West Wing), 3 Temasek Boulevard Singapore 038983
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon – Sun) Last Order 9:30pm

Created after popular Sanrio Character Gudetama, the Gudetama Café is started by homegrown brands Joe & Dough and The Soup Spoon.

The menu consists of 10 main courses, 4 side dishes, 5 desserts, 2 kids’ meals and a range of specialty drinks. Prices for main courses range from $18.00 to $38.00 and prices for side dishes start from $12.50.

Signature items include “I’m Cold” Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict ($26.90) – poached eggs with smoked salmon over mashed avocado on brioche toast drizzled with Yuzu hollandaise sauce, served with seasonal greens; Gudetama Lobster Onsen ($16.00) – lobster bisque with poached egg in bread bowl served with seasonal greens; and “Shoyu Ramen” Set ($21.50)
“Ramen” dessert made with chocolate and feuilletine cake topped with layers of chestnut Mont Blanc and earl grey jelly, served with a side of panna cotta and sweetened rose tea.

Of all the character cafes in Singapore, the dining crowd here seems to be the most consistent. Gudetama Café (Suntec City)

DC Comics Super Heroes Café
2 Bayfront Avenue, L1-03/04/05 Bay Level, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore 018972
Tel: +65 6688 7610
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 11pm (Sun-Thurs), 10:30am – 11:30pm

It may be your dream come true to have some Superman’s Soup, Green Lantern Salad, Catwoman’s Caramel Latte, The Flash’s Espresso and Batman Burger. Or maybe not. (Anyway, please do not ask for Spiderman cakes yah?)

The menu consists of starters, quesadilla, sandwiches, pasta dishes, desserts and drinks. Food is not halal, though no pork or lard is served.

Let us just say that the children are likely to enjoy the toys and cakes, and the adults have to get ready to spend some money. The price of the Flash Cupcake at $8.90 may already give you a shock (pun unintended).

The DC Comics Super Heroes Café is a great place for photo opportunities, but the food may not be able to save the day. They will be opening a new outlet at downtown Orchard. DC Comics Super Heroes Café (MBS)

Hungry Heroes
33 Tessensohn Road Singapore 217656
Opening Hours: 4 – 11pm (Mon – Fri), 12 – 11pm (Sat, Sun, PH)

Hungry Heroes is not only for the kids, but adults as well, serving big-sized hearty portioned foods and platters such as gigantic burgers, twice-cooked Pork Ribs, specialty meats like the Bacon Karate Chop and the Nuclear Fission Angus Beef Cheeks.

There are many original and licensed superhero memorabilia from Marvel & other comics on display, including life-sized statues, head busts, figurines and movie posters.

Charlie Brown Café
Cathay Cineleisure 8 Grange Road, #04-01, Singapore 239695 (Somerset MRT)
Opening Hours: 11am – 11pm (Sun – Thurs), 11am – 2am (Fri – Sat)

The first Peanuts Comic Strip themed café in South East Asia, decorated with favourite Peanuts character sculptures (I like Linus, you?)

Their menu is quite expensive, includes All-Day Breakfast (prices between $6.80 – $12.80), Mains such as Charlie Brown Chicken Rice ($13.80, nothing Charlie Brown on it though), Pastas ($12.80 – $16.80), Pizzas and Desserts. T

The popular items include the Snoppy’s Lava Cake ($8.80) and American Cheese Cake ($7.80)

Good to know: The Charlie Brown Café is Halal-certified, and there is no service charge.

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Some may wonder what the fuss is about the popular Korean dish Budae Jjigae, since it compromises of mainly ‘cheap’ ingredients of processed food such as spam, sausages, baked beans and sliced cheese.

This is closely related to its origins. The words “gun budae” is often used to refer to military camps in Korea.

After the Korean war, food was extremely scare and surplus processed foods from the US military bases became useful for the Korean. Surplus foods such as processed meat products from army bases, are used by people to create thick jjigae (stews).

Thus, the name “Army Stew”.

To me, the main differentiating factor between competing restaurants is always in its base, that it has a balanced mix of spiciness, saltiness and slight sweetness (from the tomato beans), with the density not overly gravy-thick, or soup-like thin.

Here are 10 Korean Restaurants that serve different forms of Army Stew aka Budae Jjigae In Singapore:

Twins Korean Restaurant
7 Craig Rd Singapore 089667 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)
Tel: +65 6221 5205
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 12:00am (Mon – Sat), 5:00pm – 11:00pm (Sun)

Twins Korean Restaurant is known for its array of Korean Fried Chicken and dishes, cooked up by a pair of Korean twin-chefs and their team.

While most Korean restaurants would call their Budae Jjigae Army Stew, Twins name their version Army Soup ($40).

I reckon it is because this is a soupier version, and like hotpot, the waitress added more soup halfway through the meal.

Our table was divided on this, as another friend preferred something more stew-like with thicker base. I actually enjoyed the process of continual slurping, so this worked for me.

I also liked the fact that the noodles were not cooked before hand, because it would have been too soggy otherwise. Twins Restaurant (Craig Road)

Kimchi Korean Restaurant
Suntec City Convention Tower, 3 Temasek Boulavard #02-387, Singapore 038983 (Esplanade , Promenade, City Hall MRT Station
Tel: +65 6337 7811
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 10:30pm (Mon – Fri), 11:00am – 10:30pm (Sat – Sun)

I am a huge fan of Korean army stews, but I never had rice cake stew served this way before.

The Cheese Dduk Bok-ki Stew ($44.90) was like a cross between army stew, hotpot and oden.

There was a pot of spicy bean paste stew, where a box of ingredients came separate with compartments (now you know why I say oden).

Like having hotpot, you add ingredients that you like – from rice cake, prawns, mussels, oysters, crab, fish cake, luncheon ham, kim mari (Korean deep fried seaweed roll), cabbage, onion, jjol meon (chewy wheat Korean noodles), instant noodles and boiled egg. All at your own pace.

I would suggest having the stew on its own first, before adding the mozzarella cheese half-way through which would turn the base thicker and slightly saltier. Kimchi Korean Restaurant (Suntec City)

SEORAE – Jurong
Jem, 50 Jurong Gateway Road, #B1-10, Singapore 608549 (Jurong East MRT)
Tel: +65 9199 8729
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 10.00pm (Sun – Thurs), 11.30am – 11.00pm (Fri – Sat)

If this pot looks like a ”yuan-yang” duo hotpot, it probably is – but Korean version.

The 2-in-1 Jjigae ($45.90, Special Promo $98 with additional 3 BBQ meats) is best for people who are fond of variety and choices.

What you get are two hearty Korean broths in hot Korean pot, in which you can choose from 5 different options – Kimchi, Gochujang (red chilli), spicy and non-spicy Doenjang (bean paste), and Bulgogi soup base.

The stew also comes with a plate of pork collar or beef belly, complete with generous servings of zuchini, onion, beancurd, glass noodle, spring onion, and enoki and shiitake mushrooms.

I got the kimchi and bulgogi as I wanted a combination of both spicy and non.

While my dining partner preferred the clear and sweetish bulgogi-based broth which tasted plainer and complemented well with the pork collar slices, I enjoyed the Kimchi more which was close to an army stew – rich and hearty. Seorae (Jem)

Seoul Jjimdak
City Square Mall, #05-04, Singapore 208539
Tel: +65 6634 2668
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 10:00pm
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Seoul Jjimdak’s Army Stew ($36.90) is known for its slurp-worthy homemade kimchi stew base and price.

Their Budae Jjigae was almost exploding with ingredients of luncheon meat (happy there was quite a lot in proportion), pork belly strips, assorted vegetables, baked beans and tofu, and do go for a Ramyeon ($2.90) top-up for a more satisfying treat.

The soup was mildly thick with a lingering of baked bean taste, and the kimchi deliciously and just moderately spicy. Seoul Jjimdak (City Square Mall)

Mukshidonna Singapore
Market Square @ Downtown East 1 Pasir Ris Close, E!Avenue #02-324 Singapore 519599
Tel: +65 63868562
Opening Hours: 11:30 am – 10:00pm Daily

Popular Korean Toppoki restaurant Mukshidonna from Korea has opened in Singapore, with its first outlet located at Downtown East, Pasir Ris.

The restaurant has also received its Halal certification, so Muslim friends can go to enjoy some Korean stew.

While Mukshidonna is commonly known to serve delicious Budae Jjigae (Army Stew), they have branded themselves as a “Toppoki” restaurant.

There is the option to customize your own pot, with 5 different flavors to choose from: Cheese, Mussels, Bulgogi, Sausages and Mushroom.

The basic tteokbokki base is priced $13.90 a portion, per pax. You can choose to mix-and-match, example one portion of cheese, another of mussels for a party of 2.

Unlike other army stew base, Mukshidonna’s mild spicy yet sweet signature sauce will thicken as it boils. Mukshidonna Singapore (Pasir Ris)

Donjjang Korean Restaurant
33 Mohamed Sultan Rd #01-05, Singapore 238977
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 3:00pm, 5:00pm – 12:00am Daily

Donjjang at 33 Mohamed Sultan Road is one of those Korean restaurants that completely goes under the radar.

The Army Stew aka Budae Jjigae ($45) is good for 2 to 3 to share.

I found that Donjjang managed to strike this well, making this one of my favourite Budae Jjigae in Singapore. Though I could imagine some may wish that it can be spicier or more kimchi-tangy. Donjjang (Mohamed Sultan Road

The Gogi
Alexandra Central, 321 Alexandra Road #03-01 Singapore 159971
Tel: +65 6250 3119
Opening Hours: Lunch 11:30am – 3:00pm (Mon – Sat), Dinner 5:30pm – 10:00pm (Mon – Sun), Closed Sun Lunch

The Gogi at Alexandra Central is an authentic Korean BBQ restaurant, though the shop seems lonely because some of its neighbouring units are still unoccupied.

The Budae Jungol ($35 for M, $45 for L) Korean style army stew was packed with the usual ingredients of sausages, spam, tofu, mushroom, rice cakes and ramen noodles.

I liked that brand of noodles they were using (must find out the next time), though wished there was some kind of sliced meat somewhere.

Flavours wise, the intensity was somewhere in the middle, and marked a taste which is likely to be family-friendly.

Wang Dae Bak Korean BBQ Restaurant
Telok Ayer Conservation Area, 98 Amoy Street Singapore 069918
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 2:30pm (Mon – Sat), 5:30pm – 10:30pm (Mon – Sat), Closed Sun
Another Branch at China Square Central #01-64, 22 Cross Street

Do not be alarmed if you cannot find “Army Stew” on Wang Dae Bak’s menu. This particular dish is called “Ham & Pork Noodle Soup” ($38++) over there.

”Same, same”, the waitress exclaimed. ”Top up $3 for more noodles, $3 for cheese, $3 for soup refill”

I imagined a stew that would be thicker and more savoury, theirs turned out to be rather watery, okay soupy with a sweet tinge. A lot of spam and sausages though – they know what Singaporeans want. But where’s my meat?

DaeJon House
Havelock II, 2 Havelock Road, #01-03, Singapore 059763
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm (Mon – Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/Daejonhouse/

The Budae Jjigae (Army Stew) comes in 2 sizes for sharing ($24.90 for Medium/ $34.90 for Large).

A single portion known as Army Noodles ($12.90) is also available.

Using the same beef bone broth as a soup base, topped with tofu, sausage, tteopokki, spam and kimchi, it made the perfect dish for a cold, rainy day. Daejon House (Havelock II Mall)

Hansul Korean Dining Bar
21 Tanjong Pagar Road, #01-05, Singapore 088444
Opening Hours: 5pm – 6am Daily
https://www.facebook.com/hansulbar/

The Budae Jjigae ($25) also known as “Korean Army Stew” had a different presentation compared to the conventional way of having all the ingredients laid out in the pot.

Instead, the ingredients were served in dim sum baskets, before adding them slowly to the broth. Ah, gimmicky.

The stew was filled with spam, sausage, ham, kimchi dumpling, baked beans, sliced rice cakes and vegetables.

I feedback that the broth was on the salty side, and was told this was done to complement the alcohols. Hansul Korean Dining Bar (Tanjong Pagar)

* Compiled by Daniel Ang @DanielFoodDiary and Nicholas Tan @stormscape.

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[Taipei] Located in the heart of Taipei’s posh Xinyi district, Commune A7 is a hipster outdoor food market with stalls located within shipping containers or trucks.

There are about 30 food containers and trucks, with some lifestyle pop up stores. You can consider this Taipei’s version of Seouls’ Common Ground or Bangkok’s Artbox Thailand, with live music performances held occasionally.

Expect to find a number of stands and food trucks which are set around a green area of faux grass, in which visitors can sit at regular outdoor picnic tables.

Some of eateries offer their own bar stools where you can enjoy your meal.

If you want to pick a time to come, Commune A7 looks amazing at night as there are a number of festive lights all around. Plenty of photo opportunities with a view of iconic Taipei 101 behind.

In terms of food, Commune A7 is home to dozens of regarded standalone restaurants including mini-versions of Shiang Shiang, Selfish Burger, Taihu, Glico, and Uraniam.

Some of the popular choices include Hong Kong style egglets at I Love Bow, ramen at the Japanese Wako, Lobster Roll at Lobster Bar, to Paella at PS Tapas stand.

In case you are after craft beers, make sure to visit Taihu’s Airstream bar that serves local craft beers on tap.

These are some of the food trucks available at Commune A7:

Alleycat’s Pizza

Bella Gelateria

Campus Coffee

I Love Bow我愛豹豹

M One Café

史蒂芬周Crepe

Selfish Burger

Taihu Brewing 臺虎精釀

WAKO Japanese Restaurant and Bar和羹日本料理

Japan Shao Bao稍飽炭烤焼肉麵包

SeeTime Tea熙堂

Du Xiao Yue度小月擔仔麵

Keep in mind that most food stalls accept only cash and that it can get really hot during the day since there is little shade.

One of the reasons why people love this outdoor market is that the vendors designed their shops in a unique way with interesting seating arrangements.

However, the market seemed rather quiet relatively and lacked the bustling vibes of Seouls’ Common Ground. I think it could be a combination of lack of performances, mix of shops (not many instagrammable items and space to appeal to the youths), and slightly expensive food.

Commune A7
No. 3, Songshou Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City, Taiwan 110
信義區松壽路3號
Tel: +886 2 2723 5567
Opening Hours: 3pm – 12am (Mon – Thurs), 3pm – 1am (Fri), 12pm – 1am (Sat), 12pm – 12am (Sun)
http://www.communea7.com
Google Maps – Commune A7

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As Singapore’s weather looks like it is going to dip further due to the monsoon period, friends kept jio-ing me out for hotpot. Also because they know I am a ‘soup’ person.

To be honest, I already had 5 hotpots this year, considering we are only (already) half a month through.

Interestingly, some Singaporeans also call hotpot the “battleship”.

This is because PM Lee Hsien Loong once shared a personal nugget of family life, in which Mr Lee Kuan Yew used the word “BATTLESHIP” to mean “steam boat” in a telegram to save the number of words and cost.

It was a lovely story that reminded us of the importance of thriftiness.

As we meet for hotpot / steamboat gatherings, let’s not just focus on the food, but the togetherness and fellowship as well.

Here are 10 Hotpot Restaurants in Singapore to have your ‘battleship’. This list will probably expand very soon.

Hai Di Lao Hot Pot
Plaza Singapura #04-01, 68 Orchard Road, Singapore 238839
Tel: +65 6250 0330
+65 6250 0990
Opening Hours 10:30am – 6am Daily

Vivocity #03-09 1 Harbourfront Walk, Singapore 098585
Tel: +65 6250 7557
+65 6250 7667
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 6am

Clarke Quay
3D River Valley Road #02-04, Singapore 179023
Tel: +65 6337 8626
+65 6337 8627
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 6am

313 Somerset
313 Orchard Road #04-23/24 Singapore 238895
Tel: +65 6835 7227
+65 6835 7337
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 6am

IMM
IMM #03-01, 2 Jurong East Street 21 Singapore 609601
Tel: +65 6896 4111
+65 6896 4222
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 4am

One pot, endless smiles. Hai Di Lao can be known more for their gimmicks more than their food itself – not that it is any bad.

“Have you heard about the hotpot place with FREE manicure service? Oh and FREE fruits and popcorn while you are waiting for a table?”

Super good service. Recommended food include Aorta (pork/beef), Fresh Tripe, handmade balls, and house made noodles – get the guy to do those acrobatic pulls in front of you.

The tomato and laksa soup bases are some of my favourites. Hai Di Lao is indeed all about the entire package and experience, and certain satisfying.

Price is on the high side, and some may not be happy with the extra $4 charge on sauces. I am quite willing to pay more for the attentive service, and its fresh ingredients and variety. Hai Di Lao (Plaza Singapura)

Captain K
112 Middle Road #01-00 Midland House Singapore 188970 (Bugis MRT)
Tel: +65 6255 5744
Opening Hours: Lunch 11:30am – 3:00pm (Tues – Sun), Closed Mon Lunch
Dinner: 5:30pm – 4:00am (Mon – Thurs), 5:00pm – 4:00am (Fri – Sun)

Captain K at Middle Road, known to be the first to introduce the Korean Seafood Tower in Singapore, has also started to offer hotpot.

Steamboat-lovers would be happy to know that there are a total of 6 variations of soup bases, in which you can select a dual “ying-yang” pot for a double soup option.

A Single Soupbase is affordably priced at $16.00, while a Double is $20.00.

The original 3 soup bases – Kombu Dashi, Korean Kimchi and Ginseng Chicken (extra $4), are Korean inspired. Newly introduced are the Szechuan Mala, Tomato and TomYum Mushroom Soups to cater to local regular diners who kept requesting for them.

The Mala broth at Captain K is actually very drinkable and appetising – I finished bowls on my own.

Added with Szechuan peppercorn, dried chillies and other spices, there was still that slight numbing effect which provided that kick without overpowering.

Captain K is also providing discounts at various timings, with up to 40% OFF after 10pm! Check out this link for more details. > Captain K (Middle Road)

Beauty In The Pot – The Centrepoint
The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road #05-15/16 Singapore 238843 (Somerset MRT)
Tel: +65 62353557
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 6:00am Daily

Beauty In The Pot – OneKM
OneKM, 11 Tanjong Katong Road #02-21 Singapore 437157 (Paya Lebar MRT)
Tel: +65 6702 2542
Opening Hours: 11am – 3pm, 5:30pm – 1am (Mon-Thurs), 11am – 3am (Fri-Sat, Eve of PH), 11am – 1am (Sun, PH)

Beauty In The Pot at OneKM is another concept from Paradise Group.

Their signature broth is the Beauty Collagen Broth ($20 per pot, $25 for twin flavours), comprising of shark’s cartilage and boiled for more than eight hours every day. Sounds machiam like a Tsukada Nojo Bijin Nabe in Chinese pot.

This cloudy, rich, smooth, collagen-rich soup is flavoursome yet not overly intense, complementing most of the ingredients cooked in it. We found ourselves sipping the dense soup non-stop. So tasty and shiok!.

We paid about $70 – $80 per person, similar to what we would have paid at some of its higher-end competitors.

For those intending to make a reservation at The Centrepoint, I tried to and it was almost impossible to call through (I physically went down in the end). Beauty In The Point (Centrepoint)

Imperial Treasure Steamboat Restaurant
Great World City, #01-37, 1 Kim Seng Promenade , Singapore 237994
Tel: +65 6235 6008
Opening Hours: Lunch 11.00am – 3.00pm, Dinner 6.00pm – 11.00pm Daily

ION Orchard, #04-09/10, 2 Orchard Turn, Singapore 238801
Tel: +65 6636 9339
Opening Hours: Lunch 11.00am – 3.00pm, Dinner 6.00pm – 11.00pm Daily

Imperial Treasure’s soups are simmered for hours, their Ginseng chicken soup tasting rich and nourishing is my favourite. If not, there are always the Traditional Pork’s Bone, Seal & Kelp, Parsley & Century Egg, Sichuan Spicy and the intriguing Satay Flavoured Soups for choices.

We loved the fresh and bouncy handmade prawn and pork balls, and tender pieces of sliced marble beef and kurobuta pork belly. Set course of 2 at $98++ onwards.

The highlight of the entire meat has to be its condiments and sauces, ranging from peanut sauce, green and red chills, spring onions, plum sauce, chopped garlic, sambal chili and chicken rice chilli … All 12 of them. Imperial Treasure Steamboat Restaurant (Great World City))

Crystal Jade Steamboat Kitchen
#02-32, Plaza Singapura, 68 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238839
Tel: +65 6336 2833
Opening Hours: 11 – 3pm, 5.30pm – 10pm (Mon – Fri), 11am – 10pm (Sat, Sun and PH)

If I talk about Imperial, I cannot not talk about Crystal Jade right? Crystal Jade Steamboat Kitchen steamboat buffet at affordable prices in a restaurant setting along with the traditional Cantonese favourites.

The 90-minute buffet includes more than 35 ingredients such as fresh chicken, pork and beef slices, mussels, mushrooms and vegetables. I wished duration was more than 90 minutes though.

The 6 different soup bases include Pork’s Bone, Tomato, Curry, Miso, Superior, and Spicy Mala Soup (I hear superior I also feel like choosing already.)

Weekday dinner buffet is at $21.90++ for adults and $17.90++ for children aged 12 years and below. On weekends and public holidays, dinner buffet is $27.90++ for adults and $23.90++ for children aged 12 years and below.

If not, go for the Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao branch at Holland Village which offers free flow Xiao Long Bao with steamboat.

Da Miao Hotpot 大妙火锅
Clarke Quay Block C #01-11
Tel: +65 6250 9969
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 10:00pm Daily

Good news for those craving for authentic Sichuan style Mala hotpot, the popular Da Miao Hotpot from Chengdu China has opened at Clarke Quay.

The highlight is its Mala soup base, said to contain more than twenty spices, added with special plant oil and herbs. Therefore, it is not that greasy, yet still quintessentially Sichuan.

If you fear for your tickling tongue, you can always opt for a “modified to local taste” option, or have it the “original Chinese way” if you are up for the challenge. You decide.

Of course, there are also choices of Pig Bones, Tomato and Mushroom soup bases.

Ingredients-wise, get the Beef or Fresh Shrimp Paste ($18) – a flat block of freshly-minced meat paste, made without additional starch so that you can still savour the original favours after being cooked in the soup bases.

Come at night, and you will be entertained by traditional Sichuan performances of “Bian Lian” (literally meaning mask changing), and Chinese long-sprout tea pouring ceremony by professional “Stage Artists”.

Long Qing Specialty Hotpot
18 Hong Kong Street Singapore 059661 (Clarke Quay MRT)
Tel: +65 6533 1618
Opening Hours: 5:30pm – 11:00pm (Tues – Sun), Closed Mon

Long Qing is one of those not-so-commercial brands that I would have liked to give my support to.

Located at Hong Kong Street opposite Clarke Quay MRT, the interior of concrete wall and wooden furnishing makes it kind of ‘hipster’ as a hotpot specialty restaurant.

Its soup bases is kept fairly straightforward with 4 to choose from – Signature Clear Broth, Ma La, Tomato and Wildroom ($14.00 for one soup base, $18.00 for dual).

The Clear Broth soup is recommended, MSG free, cooked for more than 10 hours, with a light herbal taste due to dang gui added. Suitable for those who would like soup bases that are not too heavy.

I wondered if it was due to the CNY period, but the meat slices weren’t as impressive as I imagined – had that ‘frozen’ bite in them, and could have been fresh.

Upin Hot Pot
Clarke Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen St, 03-87, Singapore 059817 (Clarke Quay MRT)
Tel: +6221 5550
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 3:00am Daily

I read somewhere that the owner of this restaurant used to be a chef of Hai Di Lao, thus there are some similarities.

Perhaps some components such as the soup bases and sauces but the service *cough cough*. Not that it is any bad, it is just not THAT over-the-top.

There is a variety of soup bases such as Herbal, Seafood, Chicken, Pork Bone, and Mushroom. There is an interesting Upin Three Soup Hot Pot ($14) with inclusion of Three Delicacy Soup, Spicy Soup and Tomato in the middle.

The Tomato was my favourite, sweetish in a way that reminded me of minestrone.

Get the Meat Balls Combo ($18.00), a platter of fresh, bouncy and tasty assortment of balls.

Paradise Hotpot
CompassOne Mall #03-05, 1 Sengkang Square, Singapore 545078
Tel: +65 6386 4838
Opening Hours: 11:15am – 10:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:30am – 10:00pm (Sat – Sun

Fan of Beauty In The Pot?

You should like Paradise Hotpot as well, which is a Hong Kong style steamboat concept that offers each diner an individual hotpot with choice of a desired broth.

There are 14 different soup bases to choose from, such as Authentic Pork Bone, Century Egg with Coriander, Tomato with Sweet Corn, Teochew Style, Spicy Szechuan, Chicken with Wild Mushrooms, Thick Beef Bone, Tom Yum, Kelp and Bonito to Korean Kimchi Soup.

Prices are considered wallet-friendly, starting from $3.50 for a Teochew Style Soup Base, $4.00 for Authentic Pork Bone Soup Base ($4.00) to $9.80 for Chicken with Wild Mushroom Soup Base. Paradise Hotpot (Compass Point)

JPOT Vivocity
1 Harbourfront Walk #01-53 VivoCity Singapore 098585
Tel: +65 6273 3536
Opening Hours: Lunch 12:00pm – 3:00pm Last Order 2:15pm, Dinner: 5:30pm – 11:00pm Last Order 10:15pm (Mon – Fri)
11:30am – 11:00pm Last Order 10:15pm (Sat, Sun, PH)

JPOT Tampines 1
10 Tampines Central 1 #03-16 Tampines 1 Singapore 529536
Tel: +65 6532 3536
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 11:00pm Last Order 9:30pm

JPOT suits those who prefer their individual pots. It serves up soup bases inspired by local favourites, with Laksa, Herbal, Bak Kut Teh and Vegetarian broths.

I had a Set Menu for 2 ($68.80), which worked out to be $80 plus after taxes.

Between the JPOT Superior Broth and Laksa, I enjoyed the latter much better which was mildly spicy and went well with tofu and meatballs. My friend comment that the other broth was ”not that superior”.

For the set, you can choose 2 seafood items, 2 meats, 1 rice or noodles, 2 vegetables, and 2 Yong Tau Fu or Specialty items. This also comes with free flow drinks or Chinese tea.

My favourite item was the recommended Homemade Spinach Beancurd. The Sotong You Tiao was out – I am sure that must be popular.

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Bukit Timah is a prominent location in Singapore is somehow called the “rich man’s area”, lined with several properties of high land value.

Other than being known for its bungalows, high rise condominiums, many expatriates who live in this district, elite schools, the Bukit Timah Race Course, and Downtown Line 2, let’s not forget about the food.

It is also home to many characteristic cafes, which are housed in Cluny Court, Serene Centre, Crown Centre, Bukit Timah Plaza, Beauty World and King Albert Park.

Here are 12 Cafes At Bukit Timah – 12 Cafes At Bukit Timah – for Relaxing Brunch, Artisanal Bakeries And Good Coffee:

The Affogato Bar
501 Bukit Timah Road, #01-04B, Cluny Court, Singapore 259760
Opening Hours: 8:00am – 11:00pm (Mon – Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/theaffogatobar/

1st Affogato Specialised Café In Singapore
Located within Cluny Court at Bukit Timah Road, The Affogato Bar is a stone’s throw away from Botanic Gardens MRT (CC19/DT9) Exit A, with popular Atlas Coffeehouse and Crown Bakery & Cafe in the vicinity.

Specializing in Affogato (as their name implies) and Coffee, the cosy 15 seaters cafe is a relaxing place for an afternoon respite.

Available specialities include Death by Chocolate ($13.90) and Pot of Honey ($11.90) served with Costa Rica base espresso, Carota Carota ($13.90) and Banana Ramble ($12.90) served with Nicaraguan base espresso and Classic White ($10.90) served with v base espresso. The Affogato Bar (Bukit Timah Road)

Sugarhaus And Fat Belly
10 Jalan Serene, #01-03a, Serene Centre S(258748)
Tel: +656314 2247
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon – Thurs, Sun) 11am – 11pm (Fri, Sat)

Ice Cream, Desserts and Steak
Sugarhaus no longer serves the Taro Galaxy Cake (unfortunately), but they have incorporated the galaxy theme into a new dessert of the Galaxy Tart.

Ice cream is one of the main draws, with 18 flavours available on rotation at any one time.

Fat Belly is the steakhouse concept within Sugarhaus that only operates from 6pm onwards. It serves alternative cuts of steak, including Wagyu Marble Score 7-9 Denver Steak, which is a cut so rare that they are one of the only ones offering it currently in Singapore.

Diners will still be able to order desserts from Sugarhaus at night.

The Bakery By Woodlands Sourdough
10 Jalan Serene, #01-05 Serene Centre, Singapore 258748
Opening Hours: 8:30am – 6:00pm (Wed – Sun), Closed Mon, Tues

Artisanal Breads & Pizza
The humble micro bakery was first started by a husband and wife team in a house at Woodlands.

They have opened a retail shop at Serene Centre, selling sourdough loaves and pastries, with Pizza Nigh on every Sunday from 3pm to 6pm.

All the artisanal sourdough breads are hand crafted, made with organic flour, water, sea salt and naturally leavened with their own sourdough culture.

Coffee is by Cata Coffee where they roast their beans fresh every week, with offerings of espresso based coffee, drip coffee and cold brew coffee.

Atlas Coffeehouse
6 Duke’s Road, Singapore 268886 (Botanic Gardens MRT)
Opening Hours: 8am – 7pm (Tue – Sun), Closed on Mon

Third Wave Coffee And Hearty Nosh
This is a really popular brunch spot, so much so that my friends far away from Bukit Timah will purposely travel all the way there. Atlas Coffeehouse is helmed by the team behind Assembly Coffee, and the name is the acronym for At-Land-Air-Sea. The interior reflects part of the theme.

At las(t), not the usual repetitive brunch fares seen in the usual cafes. Presentation is straight-forward and it is evident that they’re steering away from just being ‘Instagram-worthy’.

Loads of interesting brunch items, from Salmon Soba Noodles ($18), Creamy Mushrooms on Sourdough ($14.00) and an ATLAS Superbowl ($18.00) filled with roasted quinoa, umami miso eggplant, crispy kale, shimeiji mushrooms, marinated cherry tomatoes, torched butter corn, and roasted rosemary chicken. Atlas Coffeehouse (Duke’s Road)

Crown Bakery & Cafe
557 Bukit Timah Road, #01-03 Crown Centre, Singapore 269694 (5-10 min walk from Botanic Gardens MRT)
Opening Hours: 7.30am – 7:00pm (Mon – Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/crownbakerysg

Delicious Wholesome Bread With No Artificial Food Flavourings
Located at Crown Centre along Bukit Timah Road, Crown Bakery & Cafe serves artisanal breads without the use of artificial food flavouring, colouring and preservatives.

Under the guidance of Master Baker Katsuei Shiga who had more than 40 years of baking experience from Signifiant Signifié, Japan’s top- notch artisanal bakery, Crown Bakery offers a fusion of Japanese’s baking expertise and European- styled breads.

Amongst the artisanal bread, I loved aromatic tea leaves scent of the Shizuoka Matcha Brioche ($3.20) and Earl Grey Cashew Brioche ($3). The bricohes were soft, fluffy and moist with distinct and non overpowering matcha and earl grey taste. Crown Bakery & Cafe (Bt Timah)

KARA Café & Dessert Bar
617 Bukit Timah Rd, S269718 (Tan Kah Kee MRT, Downtown Line)
Tel: +65 6468 8940
Opening Hours: 11:00am – 10:00pm (Mon – Fri), 10:30am – 10:00 pm (Sat – Sun)

Froyo Shop Diversifies To Dessert Bar
From the people behind Sogurt, KARA Café & Dessert Bar is influenced by the owner’s experience in Los Angeles during her college years (where Sogurt was initially inspired).

The current menu is an eclectic mix of the many ethnic diversities found in the city, such as Japanese, Korean, Thai, Mexican and healthy LA food (kale and quinoa).

Signature brunch items include Pork Belly Miso Bowl ($16), Smoked Bacon Blues Toastie ($15), Okonomiyaki Truffle Tots ($12), Coco Cashew Pomelo Bowl ($12) and P.B. Skillet Cookie with Softie Swirl ($15).

For fans of their froyo, do not worry as they are still available. New favourites now include Maple Lavender and Salted Speculoos for ice-cream, and Strawberry Thyme, Lychee Rose, and Passionfruit Mint for froyo.

Rise & Grind Coffee Co.
Bukit Timah Plaza, 1 Jalan Anak Bukit #L1-CA1, Bukit Timah, Singapore 588996
Opening Hours: 10am – 9pm (Mon – Thurs), 10am – 10pm (Fri), 9am – 10pm (Sat), 9am – 9pm (Sun)
https://www.facebook.com/riseandgrindco

Rise For Brunch At Bukit Timah Plaza
Rise and Grind Coffee Co offers brunch items, some mains after noon and leisure coffee on the outside of the plaza.

Offerings included HEI AMIGO – their take on Huevos Rancheros, Pulled Pork Benedict, Scrambled Eggs on Toast, Truffled Spaghetti Alla Carbonara, Chili Crab Linguine, and Tom Yum Seafood Pasta.

Ocean’s Thirteen (loved that movie by the way) came on a platter with varied colours like a coral reef within an ocean.

The salmon was topped with 2 nicely poached eggs runny yolks and the brilliant use of beetroot yogurt gave it a refreshing taste. Rise and Grind (Bt Timah)

Boyle’s Coffee
L1-CS1 Bukit Timah Plaza, 1 Jalan Anak Bukit SG, Singapore 588996
Tel: +65 6386 7875
Opening Hours: 9:00am – 9:00pm (Mon – Sun)

Cold Brew Coffee Specialist
Boyle’s Coffee which first originated from South Korea, is known for its Cold Brews.

Offerings include Dutch Straight Coffee, Iced Dutch Latte, Iced Dutch Americano, Cold Brew Nitro Coffee, and Piccolo Latte.

Using 100% Arabica beans, the menu is divided into 2 different types of Cold Brew: Dutch and Nitro.

Using nitrogen gas infused within the Nitro Cold Brew, the coffee comes with a layer of creamy foam on the top layer like a Guinness stout.

Caffe Pastore
144 Upper Bukit Timah Road #01-17 Beauty World Centre Singapore 588177
Opening Hours: 9am – 9pm (Mon – Sun)

Under The Radar Homely Café Within Beauty World
An all day dining menu offering no-fuss café food. Items include Egg on Toast ($9.90), Avocado Toast ($12.90), Mushroom Toast ($10.90), Chicken Cream Pasta ($13.90), and Super Food Salad ($12.90).

There was a free drink with any purchase.

Kindred Folk
9 King Albert Park #01-09, Singapore 598332 (King Albert Park Station, Downtown Line)
Tel: +65 6928 3043
Opening Hours: 12pm – 10pm (Mon, Tue, Thu), 12pm – 10.30pm (Wed), 12pm – 11pm (Fri-Sun)

Ice Cream Cafe At King Albert Park
Kindred Folk is a cosy two storey cafe serving up handcrafted ice creams, other desserts and fusion pastas.

The café was created firstly with students in mind, a place where students can get away from their usual surroundings to chill out or study.

In terms of Ice Cream flavours, they included Roasted Rice Milk Tea, Watermelon-Calamansi Sorbet, Cereal Milk, Grapefruit Froyo, Matcha Gao, Sea Salt Gula Coconut, Latte, Pure Hazelnut, to a very interesting Wasabi.

$3.70 per scoop for the basic flavours, and students and residents of KAP Residences get a 10% discount. Kindred Folk (King Albert Park)

EagleWings Loft
9 King Albert Park, #01-14/33/34/56/57 KAP Residences Shopping Mall Singapore 598332 (King Albert Park MRT Station)
Tel: +65 8151 7777
Opening Hours: 10:30am – 12am (Mon – Fri), 8:30am – 12am (Sat – Sun)

Blue Nautical Themed Café With Italian-Asian Food
EagleWings Loft has nautical themed interior. The café boasts of a boat-shaped bar, wooden panels and purplish-blue lighting to replicate the experience of sailing out to sea on board a ship.

What is served here are Italian and Asian-fusion cuisines, with Breakfast items such as Captain Benedict ($13), Portside Pancakes ($10, $12) available from 8am to 3pm; Western specials of Bacon & Egg Wagyu Burger ($18), Lobster Submarine ($20); Pasta dishes of Captain’s Carbonara ($15), Truffled Blackbeard ($18) and Signature Aglio Olio ($18); and Asian dishes of Thai Yom Yum Bee Hoon ($12), Singapore Famous Fish Soup; and Pizzas.

One of the best sellers is the Lobster Risotto ($38), in which the shop claims that Goh Chok Tong have left the plate spotless after trying this particular dish.

Cooked in lobster broth and topped with succulent lobster and scallop chunks, I liked the kitchen did not stinge on the seafood, and gave a portion likely sufficient for two to share. EagleWings Loft (King Albert Park)

Nunsongyee 눈송이
9 Yuk Tong Ave, Singapore 596314 (Beauty World MRT)
Tel: +65 9728 8563
Opening Hours: 24 Hours Everyday

Korean Bingsu Café Opens 24/7
Nunsongyee offers varieties of Pat Bingsu, Oreo, Choco-Banana, Cheesecae, Injeolmi, Blueberry, Mixed Berries Black Sesame, Strawberry, Coffee, Snow White and the latest addition of Mango Bingsu.

Price range from $12.90 to $18.90.

I would have possibly tried every bingsu on its menu, and personal favourites include Mixed Berries, Snow White and Injeolmi. Nunsongyee (Yuk Tong Ave)

* Compiled by Daniel Ang @DanielFoodDiary and Nicholas Tan @stormscape.

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A friend who asked for “budget hotpot” that can fit his group prompted me to write this post, after he commented most hotpot restaurants in Singapore are expensive. (Also read: 10 Best Hotpot Restaurants In Singapore )

Thankfully, he didn’t ask for cheap AND good AND can sit many people, because that would be non-existent in this country.

Taiwanese hotpot restaurant Shi Li Fang is one of the wallet-friendly hotpot restaurants you may want to consider, with 9 branches in Singapore and counting.

You can find the restaurants in City Square Mall, Orchard Central, Icon Village, Thomson Plaza, Chinatown Point, J-Cube, West Coast Plaza, Bedok Point, and Hougang 1.

It prides itself in its MSG-free soup bases, non-fried cuisine, with over 20 dipping sauces (sauces offered free of charge).

They have different promotions going on at different times and branches, so it is best to check with the restaurants (if they answer your call).

The current set-meal is priced at $9.90++. Plus there are occasional 50% off seafood and meat items.

With that said, you would usually find yourself needing to top-up if you come in a group.

Recommended items included Japanese Kurobuta Pork ($13.00), Japanese Wagyu Beef ($24.50), Specialty Beef ($6.10), Pork Tenderloin ($5.40) and Crab ($9.80).

First things first, I know some of my friends would give me *that look* if I were to suggest Shilifang.

I think this largely has to do with their tacky décor more than everything. That bright purple walls, Pokemon toys which look fake, and staff having to wear those (fake) Pokemon caps inviting people to come in.

There is a robot that serves and can ‘sing’ birthday songs. But I will suggest the humans to do the singing instead.

Soups include Specialty Mala Soup, Tonic Chicken Soup, Beauty Collagen Chicken, Nourishing Fish, and Tasty Mushroom Soup.

Try their Tomato Base soup for light tanginess and sweetness in the broth, which would become more flavourful after addition of the meats. So actually the soup base was not that bad, though you know the meats are not of the highest quality.

Service can be inconsistent between branches, with some reviews stating service staff “looked bored” and would “stare into blank space”.

As the Chinese saying goes, ”一分钱一分货”. You get what you pay for.

City Square Mall, 180 Kitchener Rd #02-53/54 Singapore 208539
Tel: +65 6636 7899

Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road #07-10/11 Singapore 238896
Tel: +65 6238 0800

Icon Village, 12 Gopeng Street #01-41 Singapore 078877
Tel: +65 6222 8518

Thomson Plaza, 301 Upper Thomson Road #01-106 Singapore 574408
Tel: +65 6456 0800

Chinatown Point, 133 New Bridge Road #B1-30 Singapore 059413
Tel: +65 6636 3833

J-Cube, 2 Jurong East Central 1,#02- 08A Singapore 609731
Tel: +65 6694 2122

West Coast Plaza, 154 West Coast Road #02-24 Singapore 127371
Tel: +65 6266 2858

Bedok Point, 799 New Upper Changi Road #03-38/39 Singapore 467351
Tel: +65 6581 8885

Hougang 1, 1 Hougang Street 91 #01-23 Singapore 538692
Tel: +65 6282 6678

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