Little Pancakes

After watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid at Junction 8 (because that's the only cinema with this movie that late) , X and I went for dessert at Little Pancakes. Anyway, if you haven't caught the show, you should! I love Rowley hahaha he's too cute.

Little Pancakes has been opened for awhile now. We first chanced upon it when it was pretty new but we went to Brownice then.

So here we were, excited about pancakes!






The place is simple but cute










X knew I wanted Ape about Bananas right away haha but sadly they were out of caramelised bananas so they recommended another banana item.


Gimme S'more Oreos - $8.20
2 pancake stacks consisting of 10 pancakes, oreos, roasted marshmallows, biscuit crumbs, chocolate icecream from New Zealand Natural, butter and maple syrup on a big square plate.
Guess what I ate first? The marshmallow of course! The marshmallow melted in my mouth and I loved that fluffy feeling haha. The maple syrup was extraordinarily nice. All in all, I liked my pancakes! I was so full when I was on the ninth one and I didn't finish it haha


Peanut Butter Time - $8.20
Too much bananas maybe?
The peanut butter and banana combination is one that is loved by many. However, this peanut butter was too "dry" and also, one can get quite sick of the taste after awhile. This could definitely be improved!

There's no service charge or any additional charges unless you want to order extra toppings. Parking is available across the road along the row of shops or in the private estates behind. The staff were friendly, nice and helpful. It made dining here a pretty pleasant experience.

Will like to try their savory pancakes for brunch someday!
Do let us know what you think if you've tried their savory pancakes!

200 Upper Thomson Road
#01-04, Thomson Imperial Court

Mon:	12:00	-	23:00
Wed - 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 Little Pancakes : 7/10

Choupinette, yet again

I honestly lost count of the number of times that I've been to Choupinette. Read about our last visit here! X and I decided to come here for brunch one weekday afternoon after our failed visit to another restaurant.

It was quiet and serene, unlike the crowded weekends.

As usual, I MUST HAVE MY FAVOURITE PEACH DANISH! Love it love it love it love it


Anyway, they have a new menu now!

We each ordered a brunch set that comes with a juice and a hot drink. So I had apple juice and hot chocolate while X had an apple juice and mocha.



My thick hot chocolate [:


Egg Royal's - $23
As always, this was awesome! Perfect poached eggs with generous portions of smoked salmon and one of the best hollandaise.
What could go wrong?


Tristan - $21
I chose scrambled eggs and a pork sausage
The scrambled eggs were fluffy and nice. The baguette was too hard for my liking but the soft white part of it went really well with the light butter. The pork sausage was pretty yummy and the mushrooms were not bad.

We were both too full after the meal to have desserts. We were still choosing which macarons and which dessert we wanted to have before our food came hahaha

Warm and friendly service, just like always. Still one of my favourite brunch places to date. Not forgetting, my favourite peach danish [:


607 Bukit Timah Road
Next to Coronation Plaza

Tue - Thu:	08:00	-	20:00
Fri:	08:00	-	22:00
Sat:	08:00	-	22:00
Sun:	08:00	-	18:00

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Love, K

K's rating of Choupinette: 8/10

The Line

X and I were really excited for our buffet trip to Checkers Brasserie at Hilton. We made a reservation a few days in advance and skipped our way to the restaurant to find that only a table was occupied. We took our seats, and walked around. To our dismay, there was no sashimi, or oysters or anything else that actually looked good. So we left. I can't begin to express how disappointed we were at the buffet spread. This is Hilton, and we're gonna pay a good $50-$70 for your buffet and this is what we were supposed to eat???

We left in horror and called The Line to see if they had any tables. Fortunately for us, they weren't entirely full so we took a cab there. It was a Friday and The Line was almost as crowded as the last time we were there, on a Saturday. Read about our previous trip to The Line last December here!


Sashimi [:
We had many plates of this but I was sad that they had no swordfish that day.




While X was queuing for the oysters, I went straight for this haha. We each had 2 cups of this. Love how light it was. Even though the tehtarik was only supposed to come in a "warm" form, the server made the extra effort to make iced teh tarik for us


OYSTERS!
X had to queue really long for these.


Juicy prawns


Soft shell crab!
With a little pasta and a slice of pizza. The pizza spread wasn't as good as the last visit's




Laksa.


Have loved their duck since the last visit!


I like bread and butter hahaha


Dessert time! The desserts this time round were so much better than our previous visit's! They have tarts and swiss rolls and cakes that looked really good! I didn't eat most of the items as I don't take berries... So yeah haha.

But anyway,
THE PEACH TART WAS REALLY GOOD. We really liked it! They ran out of it pretty early. Wish there was moreee
The chocolate tart and the durian puff were not too bad


We didn't like the jellies


The tiramisu was yummy too!


Bread and butter pudding which wasn't really up to mark



We had a good meal and stuffed ourselves full haha. Although we both had diarrhea after that, we sure were happy when we were indulging ourselves!

There was a 15% DBS discount so I think we each paid about $49 for the buffet [: Very worth the money!

22 Orange Grove Road
Shangri-La Hotel
Breakfast: 6am – 10.30am (Weekends to 11 am)
Lunch: 12noon – 2.30pm (Weekends and Public Holidays to 3 pm)
Dinner: 6.30pm – 10.30pm (Weekends and Public Holidays start at 6pm)
Supper: 10.30 pm – 6 am

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Love, K

K's rating of The Line: 7.5/10

Menya Sandaime/ Shan Ding Mu/ Kiraku Izakaya @ Hongdae (Seoul)

We ate Japanese cuisine a couple of times while we were in Korea. These are three of the Japanese restaurants in Hongdae that we really liked!


1) Menya Sandaime







One of the most interesting menus I've seen


Black Ramen - 8000 won
The boss told us that the black ramen is only slightly spicy. But when I tasted it, I thought it was super spicy! But the spiciness fades as quickly as it hits you, but leaves a lingering sting in your throat. It was quite an experience I must say. The more you dig into this bowl of noodles, the more you'll love it


Ramen -7000 won
My ramen was sumptuous and the noodles were springy and nicely cooked.




Gyoza - 3000 won
The gyoza were blow-torched and they were absolutely yummy! Really loved the crispiness!

24, Hongik-Ro 5an-Gil, Mapo-Gu, Seoul 04039, South Korea

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2) Shan Ding Mu





Ramen - 7000 won
X ordered this and it was so good! The soup carried the sweetness of corn. The sweetness did not overwhelm and it complemented the savory side of the soup really well!

 
Beef Rice Bowl -7000 won
I ordered this and spent most of the time moping about not ordering the ramen instead hahaha. Even though X offered to swop with me many times but NO, I am very noble to let him have the tasty soup. Haha the beef bowl was not too bad. The beef was tender and the sauce was pretty good

Map:


3) Kiraku Izakaya
It was almost midnight when X and I went food hunting. We walked for what seemed like a really long time before we chanced upon this



 We decided to give it a shot since everything else that was open didn't really appeal to us.




I don't know what these were exactly but they were DELICIOUS. We had them refilled like 5 times hahaha too good.


We had trouble conversing with the waitress and we tried to order "soup" and "rice" so this is what we got. At first, when the pot first arrived, I was like.... Err doesn't look very nice

But don't judge a book by its cover! The soup was a little on the sticky side but it was yummy. The rice blocks had a sort of burnt taste that added more flavour to the soup. Also, the portion of seafood was very generous!

This was surprisingly good and X really enjoyed it haha

Map:



Love, K

Keisuke Tonkotsu King

X chose a dinner venue but he didn't tell me where we were going. At first, he said we were going to MBS, then when we reached Craig Road, he told me that we're gonna eat at some famous Peranakan restaurant. What a liar haha. Then finally, we reached Keisuke Tonkotsu King! We were greeted by the really long queue and waited for close to an hour to get into the restaurant.


Long queue


Menu that is passed along the queue


Full house


Only two chefs but your food gets served pretty quickly after you take your seat




Free flow of eggs


Black Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen Special - $15.80
The soup was really tasty! The hint of spiciness grows on you!



Tonkotsu Ramen Special - $14.80
The noodles had a great texture. And the soup was yummy. The tamago was nicely cooked with a runny yolk. We each had an extra tamago!


Biggest piece of chasyu ever. How generous!

The long queue at Keisuke Tonkotsu King is definitely justified. They have one of the best ramen in Singapore! Also, the portion was pretty huge. We were both extremely full. The tasty soup left us really thirsty afterwards though. Haha. The service was pretty efficient and we received our food shortly after we were seated.

If you're a ramen-lover, you've gotta try the ramen here!


1 Tras Link, #01-19
Orchid Hotel

Daily: 11.30am–3pm, 6pm–10.30pm
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Love, K

K's rating of Keisuke Tonkotsu King(based on food and service) : 8/10