Prive Cafe @ Keppel Bay

Went to Prive with bf to celebrate my birthday Sunday evening..

Ordered Jasmine Queen tea since they were using TWG at $5.00

Raspberry banana smoothie $9, the worst combination to me, will never order this ever again... 

My plain jane burger with medium rare patty without bun at $21, superbly awesome, and I added $3 for their truffle mayo, which was superbly awesome with the fries and the patty, I "licked" the sauce dish clean...

Seafood marinara at $24, awesomely huge and fresh seafood, but still preferred the version we had at Ice edge cafe at simon road, bf reckons the same too...

My dessert galore, bf allowed me to indulge XD

Alcoholic blackforest cupcake $5.00, the cream on top was -.-, so ridiculously thick like 4cm thick? i sliced the cream in half and ate it, alcohol is really gao gao, cake was moist as well...

Fizzy Dark chocoate Ganache tart at $7.00, was awesome as well, not too sweet, and a surprising fizzle in every bite!

Gula melaka pandan chiffon cake at $6/slice... pretty mediocre, next time i'll just diy cheaper siah, take one slice and pour gula melaka sauce over, no doubt their version was pretty strong in pandan and gula melaka taste...

Overall awesome, will come back again to try their other food, and their grill side.. They are located at;

2 Keppel Bay Vista, Singapore City 098382
6776 0777

XOXO,
CheryL

PS café at Ann Siang Hill

So 2 days ago, i made dinner reservations at PS café at ann siang hill to pre-celebrate my cousin's birthday. I suggested this café as she wanted a place with nice ambience, and i've been here before but just for drinks, so i thought of trying their food..

Look at the pretty ceiling tiles, the motifs gives me the very baroque feel, the lights made the ambience in the café very romantic..

Their famous trufflé fries! I forgot how much it was, prolly $20 a dish? But super worth, it was so huge a plate, that the four of us left 1/3 of this dish untouched, not cause it was not nice, but cause the portion was too huge, considering that we had orderd other dishes as well.. We asked for tartar and chilli sauce to match the fries, but the tartar here was a lil different, so i felt it matched the chilli sauce better or even the honey dip or the kaffir lime aioli mayo from the calamari.

Lé cousin's bf tempted us to get this dish. Like who can resist trying calamari? This cost us slightly lesser $20, portion wasn't amazing, but the pairing of the sauces was interesting. They had this blob of kaffir lime aioli mayo, which i tasted a lil bit of tom yam sourness. Then there was a dish of what tasted like honey sauce, it was pretty runny, but once u dip the calamari in it and put into your mouth, the sweetness and aroma of the honey makes its pretty yummy..

Don't "small look" this salad, picture dont look big, but this salad that cost us $20+, was super huge and filling. Lé cousin ordered this caesar salad with chicken. Quite nice!

I like gado gado, so when i saw that they had a gado gado salad, and the ingredients in it were pretty interesting, like avocados and quail eggs, so i thought i gave it a try. The $20+ portion was huge as well, i really didnt know how to eat this properly, the crispy fried tofu strips on top was nice but was piling, and i couldn't really mix the salad well. It was a unique dish, as they used raw red cabbage for the base, the beansprouts was too raw for my liking, but cause there was the peanut sauce, so it kinda covered the taste. Nice dish, but i will not order again, too little peanut sauce, and i dont see or get to eat any physical taukwa.

Lé bf super loves pasta, so he ordered their spaghetti bolognese, though my cousin's bf dont really like tomato based pasta, he tried it too, and he found it pretty palatable. I didnt try, so i guess this dish was quite awesome? $20+ for this dish.

Lé cousin's bf ordered this, dont know what made him chose this, but i tried the beer battered fish, and it was pretty succulent and juicy, didnt taste or smelled beer though The fish came with two sauces, one tartar sauce and one of that kaffir lime aioli mayo. Their tartar i think its homemade, you can see some green herbs in it, and they taste pretty different from hawker centre's tartar sauce, slightly milder taste for PS's version. And the fries were inferior as compared to their truffle fries version. We all practically tried one piece of the fish and chip's fries, and just left that whole huge bowl of fries untouched, and carried on with our truffle fries! Mediocre dish, wont order again.

I didn't really get to see the receipt clearly, but i don't reckon they charge for their free flow ice water. I didnt really managed to take a picture of their water flask. But i was so happy when i saw the fruits water infusion that they served! Lemon, strawberry, mint leaves, such a refreshing glass of water to drink..

My cousin's birthday cake that we ordered, the double chocolate blackout cake, i guess for chocolate lovers, as the name suggests, really can blackout? I think they used varlhona chocolate or dark chocolate, cause this was not too sweet, and with every mouthful you get a slightly bitter chocolate aftertaste. Texture was like a brownie cake, pretty dense.

We also ordered an apple and toffee pudding. In my head, pudding is like a creamier version of jelly, like egg custards. But when i saw it served on our table, it was like a sticky date pudding, major love with this dish, the apple and the toffee sauce was superbly heavenly, with bits of walnuts in every bite, with the ice cream it was even yummier. No regrets, next time sure order again!

Overall, nice ambience, will come again to try other dishes. Four pax, 2 sides, 2 salads, 2 mains, 2 desserts cost us $197+ inclusive of gst and svc charge. For first-timers, beware of the portions here, super huge, so unless u have big group, i will advise not to order like us, 1 side 1 salad 2 main 1 dessert would suffice to feed the four of us. We over ordered and was so full, until truffle fries left 1/3, my gado gado left 1/3, the fish and chips' chips untouched, cakes also never finish, we only somewhat finished pasta and cleared the caesar salad. 

45 ann siang road, 10-15 mins walk from chinatown mrt exit A. Ann Siang Hill Reservations : Please CALL or SMS to..... T:(+65) 9797 0648 or can go their website do online reservations via CHOPE's system which was what i did.

Au Chocolat @ MBS

So I had a lunch date with <3 at Au Chocolat @ MBS today.. Have been wanting to try their bistro since last year, but only had a huge white chocolate macaroon at their cafe once, finally gotten the chance to try it today..

And this is what I ordered! Earl grey tea ($10) and the famous rainbow cake slice ($12)! Well, i would say if you haven't ate this before, then at least order it once to try.. I don't know how the typical rainbow cakes taste like, it's my 1st with au chocolat, & i like the fluffy and light vanilla sponge texture, not "jelat" at all, and they used cream cheese instead of whipped cream or icing, so it wasn't too sweet, and the colors weren't too overly vibrant as well. 

Garlic Prawn Pesto Pasta ($24), lé bf ordered this, and he likes it, they were generous with the juicy and crisp prawns that were relatively huge.. So for that price it was quite worth. Tasted awesome too, mix of chilli flakes and pesto sauce, he finished the whole plate..

Last but not least, the amazing truffle fries($15)! Seen lots of blogger and friends rave about the truffle fries here. Its superbly good as compared to the others i've tried at PARK, Stranger's Reunion, Jamie Oliver's, Anthesis Boulangerie. AC had way chunkier fries, I had one that was as long as a 15cm ruler(not exaggerating), and they were on average 1cm (+-) thick, crispy outside, fluffy inside, great match with the mayo, but would prefer tartar sauce, bbq sauce was kinda redundant for me.. Didn't finished this though, as the cake made me full, so i got the waitress to do a takeaway box for me..

Overall, lil pricey but still affordable and worth for the food portion and taste, 2 drinks, 1 cake, 1 side, 1 main, cost us $80.. I love the ambience! Definitely will come again! Its located at MBS level 1, at the far end above rasapura foodcourt, operates mon-sun 10am-11pm (6688 7227 for reservations)

Look at the choo-choo train hanging on the wall! Even kids love them!

Just an update as I went back the other day to try this, devil's chocolate cake! Awesomeness!

Waffle Slayer @ Kampong Bahru

So I suggested to my friends yesterday, to try out Waffles Slayer, just beside Stranger's Reunion, and yet we can try both menus at the same time! Awesome or what?

Basically we each ordered a dish plus 2 sides, so we got to try 8 different dishes since there were 6 of us, perks of having a larger group to share food with! "WS" will stand for food from the Waffle Slayer Menu and "SU" will stand for food from the Strangers Reunion menu. From the top left picture in clock-wise direction, we ordered, red velvet waffle(WS), truffle fries(WS), a maple syrup waffle(SU), matcha waffle(WS), fluffy crepes(SU), truffle sweet potato chips(SU), banana brulee waffle(WS), Eggs on toast(SU).

Food review time!

Matcha Buttermilk Waffle: The waffles here were crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, the vanilla bean ice cream that came with it was superb, not those ordinary vanilla ice cream we get at cheap buffet places, the red beans were rather tasteless(not sure if it was because the ice cream's sweetness covered it), the waffles were not as green as I imagined, they came out rather toasted in color, like toasted bread crust. There were a few pieces of mandarin oranges I guess for color decoration purposes, cause it was a slight mismatch with the waffles? But the green tea aroma and taste was certainly lacking for a green tea lover like me. Overall, I guess its a dish to try, but I may not order it a second time. (I suggested this place cause I wanted to try this! And not many places in SG offers this, I loved the one I had in Bangkok at Kalpapruek Central World though...)

Red Velvet Buttermilk Waffle: Same superb vanilla ice cream, with lots of chocolate fudge drizzle and pistachio. Same waffle texture, though the red velvet color didn't quite show on the waffle, again it was kinda toasted brown, like normal chocolate waffle color. There were the few pieces of mandarin oranges for deco too... I'm really not a fan of chocolate waffles, but since its the only chocolate waffle on the menu, i guess the chocolate lovers will love it... (Again, i still preferred the one I had at Kalpapruek, cause it was served with cream cheese and strawberry compote)

Banana Brulee Buttermilk Waffle: This was superb, same ice cream, but there was caramelized banana and walnut crunch, matches the waffle well. Definitely, a must order for banana lovers... :)

Maple Syrup waffle: According to my friend, this is SU's signature dish, maple syrup drizzled lavishly on a plain buttermilk waffle, with some blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. A simple and conventional dish, no added frills... A must order, for those who have yet tasted their waffles.

Fluffy Savoury Crepes: Do not order this, if you have high standards of what a crepe should look and taste like... The crepes were a tad too thick, and for the $12.50 my friend was paying for this, versus paying $11.90 for the maple syrup waffle, the portion was way too meagre, like two small slaps of thin pancake with sour cream, beetroot relish and a side of salad, which my picture apparently doesn't show it clearly enough. The taste of the whole dish was weak, definitely not my cup of tea.

Eggs on Toast: As the name suggests, scrambled eggs layed on 2 pieces of toasts, generous portions of egg that was fully spreaded on the whole toast. Weak in flavour, but for $10.50, I guess I would have expected slightly better taste?

Truffle Fries: Superb fries, for $12.90 the portion was big enough for 6 of us to share, and it was so good with the tartar sauce that accompanied it. The only downside to me was the type of fries they used, they used shoestring fries like mcdonalds so the fries were not that fluffy.

Truffle Sweet Potato Chips: We've never heard of this dish, so we decided to order it. The color showed well, the chips were thin enough that made it so crispy, matches with the tartar sauce that accompanied it. But other than the truffle aroma, it pretty much tasted like regular potato chips? For the same price and portion as the fries, my friends and I would not order this dish again, we practically left half the bowl full.

I've not tried the other savoury dishes in SU's menu, so i would definitely give it a 2nd try to try more of their breakfast menu. Overall, nice ambience, ok service. I went on a saturday noon, best is before 12pm, that way you'll get a table pretty quickly. On average, my friends and I spent about $19-21 each inclusive of GST & service charge, so the cost is pretty reasonable.

If you guys need directions, Outram Park MRT, do exit from the purple line side, it's Exit F. Once out of the exit, SGH should be just behind you, before your cross the traffic light you should see the row of shophouse that has a mookata pig signage, stranger's reunion and waffles slayer is just down that row of shophouses, walk to the traffic light to cross over to the road where the shophouses are.

XOXO,
CheryL