cafes
Kyushu Pancake Cafe Review
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
We arrived at about 1230pm and as you can see, the place is already pretty packed. The cafe is quite small, so it would be better if you call and make a reservation to guarantee a seat.
I actually read online somewhere that their service is bad, but we were greeted with a very friendly Japanese lady (She seems like a Japanese from her accent, or isit I'm just bias? lol) and it was a really nice experience there.
I would strongly recommend you to go during the lunch time as you can add on the drinks for just $3 for any mains purchase. Best thing? You can choose the most expensive drink at about $8 :3 #singaporean
Some of the mains on the menu.
I ordered the Buttermilk pancakes ($8.50) + iced fruit tea ($3.00 with the lunch promotion, if not it will be $7.90 for a cup) while my sister ordered the kyushu pancakes ($7.90) + Dorayaki smoothie ($3.00 with lunch promo, $8 w/o) Oh, and sorry to mention that there's a 10% service charge + 7% gst.
Both of the pancakes come with the wild honey sauce and fruit syrup, which complements really well with the pancakes. The whipped cream was super duper light, that it feels fat free lol! The buttermilk pancakes feel slightly sweeter then the kyushu one, but both tasted dense instead of fluffy. It's a totally different kind of pancakes like the one you have at Macdonalds.
Drinks wise, the iced fruit tea tasted like lemon tea, but they were pretty generous with the fruits though - kiwis, strawberries, lemon and apples. I had a sip of my sister's Dorayaki smoothie, it's super duper sweet and milky, highly recommended for someone that has an extremely sweet tooth.
Location wise, it is not very easy to find and we took a cab there from Novena. But actually it's just opposite la lol. Have to cross the overhead bridge and walk abit.
Overall experience: The pancakes here sort of tasted healthier of some sort? I will definitely be back to try some of their other pancakes creations! On a side note, they also sell the pancake flours, so if you're interested in making them at home, they do sell the flours ranging from $7 - $8+.
Address:
275 Thomson Rd, 307645
Hours:
Open Mon-Sun · 11AM–9PM
Phone:
6352 6265
How to get your hands on 純萃喝。chun cui he!
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
So the 純萃喝。chun cui he drinks has been in Singapore for more than a month now and it's still going OOS. For those that don't know what the hype is about, it's actually milk tea and latte that originates from Taiwan that looks like a shampoo bottle.
FINALLY GOT MY HANDS ON THEMMMMMM.
Apparently I heard there's 10 kind of different teas and latte under their branding, but their website only show 8.
However from what I heard from my friend who studied in Taiwan, Taiwanese do not find it nice at all. SURPRISE SURPRISE. I personally tried both and I find the milk tea just normal, the latte was smooth, but both to me, not worth the hype at all. It's nice la, just not so nice to the extend that I would go crazy about it. I would love to try other flavours though, maybe it's better than the milk tea hmmmm.
In the 2nd or 3rd week, my bf managed to source it from the 7-11 at Lavender at about 1-2am. So in this post, I'm going to share with you how to get your hands on these if you haven't got the chance to try it.
1.) Target 7-11 that operates 24h as they always do their restocking between 3am - 4am
According to one of their staff at their Bedok outlet, they told me the stocks always come in between that timing and there was once I set my alarm at 4am, the staff told me they were old left with latte. The milk tea was out of stock by 4am when the stocks came at 330am. WTF RIGHT?! Within 30 minutes at such ungodly hours and still sold out -_____-
2.) Call before you go down to the store to avoid disappointment.
Okay so now you know they do the restocking at 3am - 4am, it's not a GUARANTEE. So to avoid it being a wasted trip of walking down and get nothing, call the store again. You can google for the 7-11 no. easily. If the stocks is not in yet, ALWAYS ASK THEM WHETHER IF THEY KNOW WHEN THE DRINKS WILL BE RESTOCKED. If you're in luck and meet nice staffs, they will tell you, but a 60% chance you will stumbled upon a grumpy staff that tell you don't know don't know don't know x100 *roll eyes*
3.) Always click in the comment section of posts related to the drinks on Facebook pages.
Go to their main Facebook page and stalk the comment session and you will see 3 kinds of people there - People complaining that they can't find any stocks, people updating where have stocks and lastly, nice people that get extra bottles and selling at original prices.
God bless people like this. (But of course, if they are selling at the original price that is)
4.) Only if you're willing to pay - Carousell or Airfrov
As usual, people are buying to resell it on Carousell at a ridiculous price of $10 each.
Would you pay $10 for a bottle of milk tea?
You can also choose to download this app call Airfrov where you can request for your products overseas. You can also get other flavours of the milk tea/latte at about $4-$5 per bottle.
So what do you think about the Chun Cui He drinks? Leave a comment and let me know what you think!
Hello Kitty Orchid Garden Cafe Review
Monday, July 25, 2016
Being a huge kitty fan, HOW CAN I MISS THIS OUT RIGHT!!!
So me and my sister went on a weekday afternoon at about 1130am, and the queue time was about 1h. A tip - Please bring something small along with you to munch on whenever you know you're going to queue. COX YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW LONG THE QUEUE IS. I didn't have breakfast and that 1h was a killer. Super lucky that I brought a small pack of chips along with me if not I would have died of hunger outside the cafe.
A hello kitty Menu. Duhhhh
We ordered:
Big Breakfast Surprise ($18.50)
Let's do the Salsa ($16.50)
Strawberry Marshmallow Tea ($8.00)
Speculoos Latte ($7.00)
We waited for about 20-30 minutes for our food. It's a long wait if you sit there, but there are many photo opportunities around so why not spend this time and go around the cafe to take photos? REMEMBER YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PHOTOS, NOT THE FOOD.
If you compare the prices to the one at Pom Pom Purin Cafe , this is slightly cheaper, but the portion of the food isn't as big as the one at Pom Pom Purin Cafe.
My sister's Iced Speculoos Latte came first and it comes along with a really cute coaster that you can bring home! I thought my tea didn't have one so I asked the waitress for it. Ended up it came along with the tea as well, so I have two coasters lol #yay
Oh did I mention that the lightings here are very good for camwhoring?
The sister posing with her waffle. I love the smoke duck!!! The waffle is a little cold and hard though.
What's a hello kitty cafe without merchandise? :3
Plant kits... that do not come cheap. If I'm not wrong they are $30+ each? I would prefer to buy my vegetables freshly from the market though.
I bought these set of postcards at $16.00 for 4, these are actually really good quality postcards - pretty thick, which explains the price.
There's actually two photo spot here, one is near the kitchen - which is the one my sister took a photo with.
And the second one at the far back seated! The lighting at the front one is clearly better though.
Oh and how can I forget, they are open 24h!!!!!! But of course don't expect everything on the menu to be available if you're there at 3am lah. You don't need rest, the chef also need rest ok? lol!
Will I be back again?
50-50. If the queue is short and I happen to have extra cash, I will go for another round!
So that's all I've for you today, see you in the next post :D
Pom Pom Purin Cafe Singapore Review
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Hello everyone!
In today's post I'm going to be talking about my experience at the newly open Pom Pom Purin Cafe (Singapore)! Seems like lots of characters cafes are coming to Singapore... and that also means long queues, and a hole in pocket T______T
Went there on a Sunday afternoon and the queue time was about 2h.
On a side note, they could have issued queue numbers instead of letting the customers waste time standing outside to queue. I've seen cafes like Sunday folks using some sort of system in the ipad as well so customers can go walk around first and they will send a text to the customer when it's about to be their turn. Isn't it more efficient that way? hmmmm.
Lots of pom pom purin details!
And also the iconic mascot in the middle of the cafe.
The cafe wasn't as big as what I expected though, it's pretty small. Probably about 18-20 seats only?
We were lucky enough to get the sofa seats and it's pink somemore *_____*
My sister is having a hard time deciding what to eat because the ones with the cup are more expensive than those food that are mould into pom pom purin.
I went for the most expensive stuff on the menu - Carbonara Spaghetti $26.99
The portion looks kind of little from the picture, but there's actually quite alot of noodle and surprisingly, it tasted better than pastamania's one LOL. (And yes you get to bring home the pom pom purin mug!!!)
Cookies & cream vanilla latte $11.99
I wanted to get the mango soda but it's sadly out of stock :(
The drink is not bad, but the price is wayyyyyyyyyyy too much for a drink. I'm only ordering it for the coaster because you can bring home that as well HAHAHA.
Ended up my sister decided to go for the Taco Rice! ($19.99)
Stole a few bites, and I think the rice is a little too hard? I guess it need it to be solid enough to be moulded into a pom pom purin. I still prefer my spaghetti though.
The total bill added up to about $86 for 2 person, pretty expensive. But this kind of thing... you know you are only paying for the photos la hahahaha.
Ending off with a shot with the pompom purin family!
And nope, I'm not going back again because I could go for a good buffet with the amount of money spent here. However, if you're a foreigner visiting Singapore, this cafe is worth a visit :)
Review: Double Scoops Cafe
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Once again, another ulu cafe around the HDB estate.
I've never seen this on my instagram feed surprisingly until my sister keep on telling me about this cafe. She just keep goes on and on about the shibuya toast LOL so I decided to jio her to the cafe before I go for my work interview.
First impression of the cafe... very simple with not much decorations except for the white bricks wall and the quote on the wall below:
Constant quote for myself lol! #whocaresaboutfats
The selection of gelatos - some unique ones are yakult, matcha kitkat, orhnee (yam)
and thai milk tea.
A selfie while we wait for our food.
There was an one for one offer so we ordered a waffle and shibuya toast to share and the total bill adds up to about $12+ish. Waiting time was about 15 minutes.
Shibuya honey toast with a scoop of cotton candy and drizzled with honey! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH OMG I CAN EAT TEN OF THESE. I kind of prefer this compared to dazzling cafe's one (in terms of both taste and price)
Charcoal waffle with Orhnee and Thai milk tea served with valrhona white chocolate ganache sauce.
I didn't really like the Orhnee because the taste is too strong for me and the thai milk tea was a little too bitter, but if you love flavorful authentic flavors you're going to love them.
imho, the toast was much yummier than the charcoal waffle. The charcoal waffle is just not my thing :x The texture was good though - with a cripsy exterior and fluffy interior.
Will I go back again? Only if I happen to pass by that area, and only for that shibuya toast!
(P/S: If you're wondering why does the ice cream looks so melted, it's because me and my sister are taking too much time to take photos LOL)
Address:
Double Scoops
Block 226A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 #01-627
(About 20 minutes walk from MRT, 5-10 minutes walk after changing to a bus at AMK interchange)
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