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Butter Bean – modern version of Toast Box, opens 2nd outlet in VivoCity
Author: Alexius Chua A creative concept by BreadTalk Group that serves contemporary Nanyang coffee-based drinks and opened-face toasts, Butter Beam unveils a 2nd outlet at VivoCity. It boasts a larger space than its Funan store with seating capacity of 70 (50 with current social distancing measure). This includes an alfresco patio that is perfect for a laid-back breezy afternoon. The coffees are made from Arabica and Robusta beans, coated with a layer of caramelised sugar before roasting (Torrefacto method). They are ground in small batches when required, and brewed to the effect of Kopi-O Kosong Gao for that intense and full-bodied concentrate. This forms the foundation of all coffee-based beverages…
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Strangers’ Reunion: Redefining Café Dining with Quality and Upcycled Ingredients
Author: Alex Chua Home-grown cafe Strangers’ Reunion, located at Kampong Bahru Road just 5 minutes’ walk from Outram Park MRT, is set to redefine and elevate café dining experience with a new all-day brunch menu. Best-known for serving some of the best coffee and all-day brunches in town, this time the new brunch menu features inventive cooking method with a conscience. Using fresh, seasonal and upcycled ingredients and sauces homemade from scratch, the resulting dishes reveals a level of sophistication more often associated with fine dining establishments. Now that’s more than a cuppa in a café scene. Take the Salmon Skin Chips ($11.90) for instance. This moreish appetiser utilises salmon…
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A Hearty Affair at DC Comics Super Heroes Café – the 2nd outlet at Ngee Ann City, Orchard
Author: Alex Chua I’m having a relationship with the DC superheroes now. No kidding. I experienced the déjà vu moment when I first stepped into the DC Comics Super Heroes Café at Ngee Ann City. I found myself surrounded by my childhood wonders. From the high celling to the comfy sofa seat, every inch of wall and even the pizza oven inside the kitchen has a cool batman logo. The warm sunny light illuminates the gorgeous, very illustrious stained-glass window depicting larger-than-life Superman, Iron Man, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and Green Lantern, posed in their heroic Justice League fashion. It was hard not to fall in love with this place.…
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Delve into a world of luxury at GODIVA Chocolatier Café
Author: Alex Chua The ever-graceful Sheila Sim, the GODIVA ambassador, at the ribbon cutting ceremony As a GODIVA fan, I look forward to the opening of its café similar to the ones in Shanghai, Beijing and Taiwan. And on 29 June, 2017 is the day when the 140 square-meter lifestyle concept dessert cafe debuts at ION Orchard, marking the brand’s first foray into Southeast Asia. Now not only there’s a new hangout spot to chill with friends, I got to enjoy luxurious dessert at the same time. That said, sitting down to some posh nosh chocolates on this special occasion is a real treat. How wonderful if everyday life is…
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TRAVEL: Where to go in BKK – Cafe Hopping in Bangkok
Author: Maybeline Sim Camera: Casio ZR5000 I noticed that I get quite a fair bit of hits for my travel articles! So this time round, I am going to share more about Bangkok. Although you may already know where to visit in Bangkok, I assure you that there are still some hidden cafes you may not know! Thank you Casio Singapore and Ultravan for bringing us around. I have two extremely nice cafes to share. Do drop by when you are there! However, I am unable to provide you on the information on “how to get there” as Ultravan drove us around. First up – Featherstone Bangkok Service: 4 Stars…
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Honolulu Cafe Review @ The Centrepoint
For the who have long heard of the signature commonplace ‘Cha Chaan Teng'(Teahouses) in Hong Kong but yet to try it, you can finally have a shot at it in Singapore! This is because Famous Hong Kong Honolulu Café has made its first imprint on Singapore at The Centrepoint! We were very privileged to be the first few alongside other famous food bloggers to enjoy authentic Hong Kong dishes served in this café one day before the official opening to public! One thing that caught our eyes the moment we reached the café was the long standing heritage this café has: ‘Since 1940’. That makes it even more ‘senior’ than our homeland,…
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Monochrome Bistro – Shades of Grey in Chinatown
So you caught ’50 shades of grey’ in the cinema recently but have you caught the one lining 291 South Bridge Road @ Chinatown? If not then you might have just missed the Black-&-White themed cafe called ‘Monochrome Bistro’. Both of us have long wanted to visit this cafe after catching them on 8days. Not to mention that we are both fans of monochromatic colours eg. Black & White. These two colours just seem so versatile & mysteriously captivating; Just like how the shop front blended in so nicely with the rugged vicinity of Chinatown. Upon entry of the cafe, you will immediately be greeted with an abstract-looking & stylish interior. That explains why if you…
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Cafe Hunting with J
Here in this post is Food For Thought. J brought me there for lunch with his sister. This guy took half day off just to accompany me before I fly off to Taiwan for 8 days and because I don’t work on Monday. We went to Food For Thought. The service was good but the air-con was faulty that day so it was kinda humid even though we had the outdoor seat. It was still quite empty during lunch hours, I guess not much people working in the central can fork out 2 hours for a slow lunch at a cafe. Food wise…. The serving of the breakfast was huge,…
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Couple Day Out 3 with #jamesnmaybel
He brought me to a new cafe in my list which is located at Dempsey. Food and drinks are reasonably priced and there’s free parking which was a bonus! We brought our laptops to work because there is free plug and wifi. I could stay there all day long! I love the ambience here. It was a weekend but the crowd wasn’t that packed or noisy, unlike other cafes where you have to queue and queue and queue. They sell other stuffs here where you can buy them back. From wine, to water, to other food. I ordered a huge size of rainbow cake at $9 🙂 (The smarties were…
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Cafe Hunting – Chock full of beans
This is not a sponsored/review post. This is one of the many dates of J and I. We drove over to Chock full of beans for a light brunch before attending a friend’s birthday party because I have long heard of the cute coffees there! True enough, we were served cute coffees!! We did not request for any design or cartoon. They gave me a blue ribbon kitty while J a Badtz Maru. I think he probably look like a bad guy. Or his hair…doesn’t that look like his long lost twin brother…LOLOL. Well, if you’re paying almost 10 bucks for a glass of coffee, you better make it worth…
