Ah Teng's Bakery

Ah teng's bakery has been on our to-go-list for quite some time. So one fine day when we finally decided to head there for lunch, both K and i were super excited.

Ah teng's bakery shares the same premises as Empire cafe.

A quirky chinese-named bakery in Raffles hotel, doesn't that stir up your curiosity ?

Retro looking cupboards, pots and kettles

Cakes galore

The seating area of ah teng's is rather small, but i guess you dont need such a big seating area when you only serve simple food like sandwiches, cakes and pastries.

The setting of the bakery is like in a 60s coffee shop with rustic looking hardwares, retro wall paper and wooden tables and chair. I think my parents would have enjoy the ambience within the bakery.

Pain Au Chocolat

Egg Tart

Chocolate Muffin

Sandwich with smoked salmon and picnic ham - $13 for lunch set (includes a drink)

For the expectations i had for the bakery, their sandwich is pretty disappointing. The bread was too hard for my liking, the smoked salmon and picnic ham were ordinary. There wasn't any flavour packed in the sandwich, all i tasted was bland veggies and meat. Maybe it was a wrong choice to come to Ah teng's for lunch since they are better known for their cakes and desserts. However, the waitress said that their sandwiches are famous.. Well, I tried not to be too critical but, their pastries of egg tart, croissant and muffin were all mediocre. Choupinette's chocolate danish easily beats their croissant. I really thought Ah teng's would be better.

Iced Cappuccino

I would definitely go back one day to try their cakes and dessert before making my final judgement on them. Hopefully, their cakes can live up to the expectations i've always had for them.

1 Beach Road

Raffles Hotel

Breakfast: Daily - 7.30 am to 11.00 am

All-day Dining: Sunday to Thursday and Public Holiday
- 11.00 am to 10.00 pm
Friday, Saturday and eve of Public Holiday
- 11.00 am to 11.00 pm

Afternoon Tea: Daily - 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm

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X's rating of the food : 5.5/10

Love,
X

Selfish Gene Cafe

Selfish Gene Cafe is the latest addition to the famous Duxton area.
It has only been in operation for over a week. X and I headed there after brunch to try their desserts. When we got there, we were surprised to see that the cafe was FULLY packed. We weren't expecting such a crowd. Turns out that there was an event for the Instagram community of Singapore or something along that line. Although our plan to avoid the crowd failed but we thought it was really nice of the owner, Gene, to lend his space to the Instagram community.








X loved the beams, lighting and decorations of the cafe










I really like all these small jugs


Banana Cake - with caramelized banana, crumble and peanut butter sauce
$5.80

The banana cake was REALLY good. We really liked it! Was hoping that the peanut butter sauce was caramel instead but banana and peanut butter is a great combination too! The crunchy crumble provided a contrast to the soft, warm and moist banana cake and it was delicious. The banana cake in itself was full of flavour [:


Chocolate Fondant - $5.80
Molten chocolate cake, served with cream

I wanted the chocolate tart but they were out of it ): So I picked this! This molten cake is not like your normal lava cake. Instead of having your warm chocolate oozing out as you dig into the cake, the chocolate is stored in a crater on the cake. Pretty interesting! Also, instead of vanilla icecream, the cake is served with fresh and light cream. I'd have preferred the cake to be warmer though. Other than that, it was pretty good! The light cream with the dense chocolate cake was yummy.

We enjoyed the reasonably priced desserts at Selfish Gene! And we liked the place too! Will be back for more definitely! (:

40 Craig Road
(parking is available at The Pinnacle- 5 minutes walk away)
Monday : 10am-6pm
Wed- Sat: 10am- 6pm

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Love, K

K's rating of Selfish Gene : 7.5/10

Happy news!

Hi fans!

We will like to congratulate Miss Alina Hoon and Miss Cheryl Tay who are the two lucky winners for our Jimmy Monkey Contest!

They have been notified and will receive their vouchers shortly. We wish them a pleasant trip to Jimmy Monkey!

Also, we will like to thank all participants who have taken the time to take part in our contest! We'll be having more of such contests in the future so do stay tune and participate!

Have a good weekend! (:

Sum Kee Food

I've heard much about Sum Kee Food but I've never had the chance to try it til recently! Four of us headed down to Sum Kee which had just relocated from river valley to telok blangah. X and I had a little trouble locating the place but it is actually really accessible as it is right next to the main road.

We have with us guest food tasters C and H on this visit!

Watercress soup which was yummy! I've never liked watercress soup as I feel that the taste of the veggie is always too overwhelming. It wasn't so for Sum Kee's! And I enjoyed it.


Ultra Man Chicken.
This was our favourite dish! C felt that it is an excellent dish to go with beer while the rest of us just liked it very much. My personal favourite of all the dishes! You'll like it too if you like salted egg yolk!



Sunny tofu which C read as skinny tofu haha.
Braised tofu topped with pork floss. We all agreed that the tofu was too bland


Curry fish head!
Sum Kee is well known for their curry fish head!
H said that the ladyfingers and eggplant were cooked to perfection and the curry was good as it wasn't too milky. X said that it was definitely one of the better curry fishheads he's ever tried. As for myself, I can't really take stuff that is too spicy but this was just right for me. It was spicy but not too spicy. Haha and so, I liked it!

Sweet and sour pork
The dish that can never go wrong.

Overall, X, H and I enjoyed our dinner at Sum Kee whereas C was pretty harsh on his comments on all the dishes. Well, he's harsh on almost everything in life hahaha. Oh yeah X and I ordered barley which was too diluted but the staff changed his drink for him when he brought it to their attention [:

Do check out Sum Kee for their famous curry fish head and ultraman chicken!

No 2 Telok Blangah Street 31 Yeo's Building

Mon - Sun:

11:00

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23:00

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Love, 

K

K's rating of Sum Kee : 7/10

Wafflelicious

The name says it all.

Waffles can be found at most icecream parlours and some have said that waffles generally taste the same. Well, I don't know about you but I know I met a good waffle at Wafflelicious!

Located along upper thomson where you can find Sara's, Old School Delights etc, Wafflelicious is not difficult to locate at all. With its big signboard, it is bound to catch your eye. And parking is readily available just outside the shop.





Looking for more than the ordinary waffle? Here's the place for you!

They have waffles in many interesting flavours! Banana, cinnamon, green tea... We took really long to decide. The unadventurous part of us won this time round as we opted for the original waffle. There were 4 icecream flavours available. Chocolate chip, dark chocolate, vanilla and raspberry. We were pretty full from dinner so we decided on just an original waffle with a scoop of icecream. I was torn between the chocolate chip and dark chocolate because they were both gooddd. Guess what we got in the end!


Original waffle with chocolate chip icecream and maple syrup! $6.20

The waffle was crispy and fragrant and the inside was fluffy and soft. It was good! Coupled with a scoop of yummy icecream and maple syrup, this was a winner! And with a price this good, we know exactly where to go to satisfy any craving for waffles in the future. Also, Wafflelicious opens till pretty late and it is definitely the place for you if you're looking for desserts after 10pm or a hang-out place that operates till late.



215F Upper Thomson Road

Tue - Thu:	12:00	-	23:00
Fri - Sat:	12:00	-	01:00
Sun:	12:00	-	23:00

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Love, K

K's rating of Wafflelicious : 7/10

HAPPY TWENTY THIRD BIRTHDAY X!!!
I really hope that you have and will like all that I have planned for you (:

Love,
K