PARK @ Holland Village & Sunday Folks

PARK cafe, a cafe by the day, a bistro by the night. 

I heard from my friend that they serve rather good brunch so I went in the day to try their brunch menu that day, and they have quite an extensive choices of food and drinks! Ranging from Sandwiches - Burgers - Appetisers&Salads - Side Orders - Pancakes/Crepes - Pasta - Breakfast(available till 5pm) - Desserts........ I love their decor which combines of modern yet antique furnitures, and they display a range of their alcohols at the counter. It is located near the Holland Village MRT exit, near Xin Wang HK Cafe & Hatched.

 Tempura Egg ($16.50). This is the first time i tried a DEEP FRIED half cooked egg. Have you ever heard of that? How cool is that! It is topped with home-made hollandaise sauce & wasabi sauce, which makes it even more perfect. I love the toast that accompanies it, which taste sweet. The bacon was not too hard, mushrooms were okay but the roast potatoes have a tad too much spices.

Mentaiko Cream Pasta ($17.50) in the background. I could barely taste the mentaiko in the pasta, it just tasted like normal cream sauce. But the prawns and poached egg were nicely done.

 Flowy egg yolks, PASS.

I would recommend trying their breakfast menu if you're heading there.

 Indoor and outdoor seating available.

Sunday Folks

If you have not already know, Sunday Folks is a new dessert place located at Holland Village, Chip Bee Gardens. You have to walk past all the shops at the shophouses before you reach the shop. I have seen many people posting their waffles and soft serve ice cream on instagram and I was dying to try it!!! I heard that it is a sister company of Creamier, which also serves great waffles+ice cream.

The decor of the shop was very sleek, spacious and clean with an open concept kitchen. Before they were even open at 4pm, there were already lots of people waiting outside. Once the doors were opened at 4pm, everybody rushed in to get a seat. Luckily my friend was there to get a table for us first, as when we reached at 4.10pm, the whole shop was fully seated already.

Besides waffles & ice cream, they sell home baked cakes as well! How i wish i had the tummy to squeeze in some cakes...

 Seasalt Gula Melaka ice cream in cone ($6.90). WOW i love this flavour. Even the cone tasted damn good!

 And the star product: Waffles with Earl Grey Lavender ice cream ($10.50). This is the first time i see waffles topped with soft serve ice cream instead of scoop ice cream. But soft serve melts much faster, hence the melty ice cream in the above pic. I love the flavours of the ice cream, it tasted so special and the waffles were crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.

I can't wait to go back there again to try other ice cream flavours and the cakes!!! And i actually really love the cone ice cream.

PARK Cafe

281 Holland Avenue, #01-01
Singapore 278996
Telephone: 9721 3815 (Takes Reservation)

Opening hours:

Tue - Thu:10 am - 12 am

Fri - Sat:10 am - 2 am

Sun:10 am - 12 am
Closed on Mondays

Sunday Folks

Chip Bee Gardens

44 Jalan Merah Saga

#01-52

Singapore 278116

Opening hours:

Tue - Fri: 4 pm - 9.30 pm

Sat - Sun: 12 pm - 10pm

Closed on Mondays

Wang Dae Bak Korean BBQ Restaurant

I have not blogged for more than a year, and I have decided to revive this blog since I have the mood to blog right now! I had been way too busy to update this blog :(

Went for dinner with my friends @ Wang Dae Bak Korean BBQ restaurant tonight as I have read several good reviews online about this restaurant and how authentic it is hence we have decided to try it for ourselves!

Please take note that there are 2 outlets and they are located very near each other! One is located at 98 Amoy Street and one is located at 22 Cross Street. Both are walkable from Telok Ayer MRT Station (Downtown Line). We went to the one at Cross Street and I guess it was not as crowded as the one at Amoy Street. We made a reservation and when we reached there, we were showed to our seats immediately. There were no queue outside and the restaurant was pretty spacious and air-conditioned! The tables were also spacious, unlike the one we went at Superstar K Korean BBQ restaurant. Oh, and you can also place your bags and belongings inside your chair. You can just lift the lid of the chair up and dump all your things inside, it acts like a rubbish bin haha!

I have seen blog reviews about this restaurant serving eggs on the sides of the hotplate, which i think is a very innovative idea! And so far this is the only restaurant i have seen doing it like this. They usually serve the steamed eggs. 

My friend ordered the cold buckwheat noodles. I thought the taste was not bad, but ingredients and serving were too little.

Marinated prime rib ($28), Marinated chicken ($18) [this was highly recommended by many people!], Pork belly ($18), Marinated Shoulder Loin ($18).

I personally loved the marinated prime rib and marinated chicken. They were so so good! The marinate was just nice and so tasty. Must order! 

 Although i didn't take a picture of their side dishes, but their kimchi was daebak!

Kim Chi Pancake ($18). It was such a huge serving and we couldn't even finish it! We could only finish 2/3 of it.

The pricing here is also reasonable, we spent around $33 per pax. It may seem expensive but I think this is the average pricing for Korean BBQs.

Wang Dae Bak Korean BBQ Restaurant

22 Cross Street, #01-64 (Behind China Square Central)

Singapore 048421

Tel: +65 6225 2646

Opening Hours:

Monday – Saturday: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 5.30pm – 10.30pm; Closed on Sunday

Dimsum for dinner (1) - Bao Today

Looking for dimsum to eat for dinner? Affordable price? Convenient location? I would recommend Bao Today (包今天) ! Many of you might have noticed or walked past it, it is right outside 313 Somerset, near coffee club. It looks like a traditional little tea house in the outdoors but the dimsum is really good and affordable! And the most important thing is that they sell till night time!

The menu. Many types of baos/paus as reflected on their shop name. The custard bun is REALLY REALLY GOOD. Although the bun is green (think it is pandan flavor but the smell is not very strong). Not exaggerating at all. The sesame one is nice too! 

 Wide selection of choices, and aren't their prices affordable?

 The chinese tea we ordered which we were not sure is it tea or is it for washing hands since the bowl looks like that

 Usually from tasting their siew mai, you can tell if a dimsum restaurant is up to standard

 Here comes THE STAR!!! Super flowy and so much filling! One is never enough. FAV <3

Chee cheong fun is yummy too

Fried shrimp dumpling is nice too and they gave a lot of fillings but it is a tad too oily, especially when you're super full towards the end

Fried mango and prawn roll. I think this is rather oily as the you tiao suck up a lot of oil!

Also tried their xiao long bao and fried carrot cake before and both are good as well!

I've been there like 3 times i think? But i always did not have the chance to try the egg tarts! I'm sure it would be damn nice too. There're so many others that i wanna try: Braised Pork Bao, BBQ Pork Bao (I'm quite a bao person although it makes me full really fast), Crispy Red Bean Paste with Banana, BBQ Pork Pastry and Bo Lo Bao!

They also sell food like congee, curry chicken rice/noodles and noodles. So head down there if you're in town and craving for some yummy dimsum for dinner! :)

Buffet @ Holiday Inn Orchard - Window on the Park

Went for a dinner buffet @ Holiday Inn Orchard's Window on the Park with Yenqin the other day cuz my parents gave me a 1-for-1 voucher! We didn't know there were 2 Holiday Inn in Singapore and we went to the Holiday Inn Atrium near Zouk there and we couldn't find the restaurant. What a joke haha. In the end then realized there was another one in Orchard!

Decided on the dinner buffet instead of lunch cuz when i called to book, the person told me there are more seafood varieties for dinner time. I was so disappointed with the variety of seafood after i went! The lunch buffet is $56 nett and dinner buffet is $64 nett. The variety of food is not a lot but quality of food is not bad. Lots of Asian cuisine though. But i wouldn't go back there again, trying once is enough for me.

There were only prawns and mussels for their seafood. Like whut?! That is called 'more variety'?!

Tempting chocolate fondue

Desserts. There were quite a number of different cakes, nyonya kuehs, panna cotta, cheng teng and durian paste(which everyone chionged for).

There were chilli crab, pumpkin croquette, pasta, chicken with tomato, sausage, pan fried salmon on that plate. And the mussels and prawns.

 There were also some sushi, sashimi(salmon, tuna and octopus), ee mian, salad etc...

 The pumpkin soup and pumpkin croquette were nice

 First round of desserts

 Yenqin's dessert plate

 Chionged for the durian paste and took that much! HAHAHA

 OOTD of the day!

Cafe hop @ Tiong Bahru!

Went cafe hopping with Charlene the other day at Tiong Bahru area cuz there are so many new cafes there now!! We went to Orange Thimble, Drips cafe and 40 Hands. Something i have learned while cafe hopping, DO NOT visit them on MONDAYS!!! They are mostly closed on Mondays. And if you want to try their breakfast menu, either go early or go on weekends. Cuz they usually serve all-day on weekends.

The Orange Thimble

I didn't know it was right beside Tiong Bahru bakery when i went to Tiong Bahru Bakery previously! LOL. I really like the environment, very quiet and artistic. It's like you could just sit there alone, drinking coffee and reading a book and spend your whole afternoon away. The food there are also very reasonably priced! Mostly ranging around $10+. We missed the breakfast as it is only from 9am-11.30am on weekdays but all day on weekends :(

 Cappuccino ($4.50) The coffee here is really good.

The B.B.C. Sandwich ($8.50)

The serving is rather huge!

Char with the coffee!

The Orange Thimble

Blk 56 Eng Hoon Street 

#01-68 Tiong Bahru
http://www.theorangethimble.com/

Opening hours:

Sunday-Thursday 9am-9.30pm (Closed on Monday)

Friday&Saturday 9am-11pm

Drips Bakery Cafe

Have always heard people rave about Drips for their tarts and tarts are one of the desserts that i like so i've decided to try it! They serve a wide range of food, from cakes, tarts, desserts, quiches, pastries, salads, sandwiches, coffee, tea and even take home food like homemade jam, cookies and dried fruits!

Very spacious and quite a lot of seats

Mixed berries tarts. I love the pastry of the tart and the filling underneath the berries and the best thing is the berries are not sour at all! One thing i'm afraid of when eating berry tarts is being afraid that the berries are sour but this is really good.

 Cinammon Pear Tart ($7.50) Tasted as good as it seems! Cinammon stuff will never go wrong.

Green Tea Latte. I've only tried Starbucks one before as very few places actually sell them! But this was a pleasant surprise to me :) The smell of green tea wasn't very overpowering and it wasn't too bitter/sweet as well.

Comfy sofas with cushions at the back end of the cafe. Would like to try their sandwiches and other tarts if i visit them again!

Drips Bakery Cafe

82 Tiong Poh Road

#01-05 Singapore 160082

http://drips.com.sg/ 

Opening hours:

Sunday-Thursday 11am-9.30pm

Friday&Saturday 11am-11pm

40 Hands

I'm sure many of you have heard of 40 Hands as it is a widely raved place. They're famous for their coffee which tasted really good! The aromatic smell of coffee fills the whole cafe which makes it impossible for you to order a cup and try. It is a really cosy place with rather dim lightings and seats are quite close together, not very spacious. It felt like we were in a cafe overseas. I'm sure their breakfast menu is good too but once again, we missed it! :( Read on their website that it is available all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday and we went on a Friday. But when we were there at about 4pm, they told us that they only served till 3.30pm. Nooooooo :<

Iced latte with sugar syrup at the side

Tau sar pau ($2.50). I still find it damn funny&weird that they sell PAU there!!! I think they sell Kong bak pau too. But anyways, this is really nice!!! Quite ex for a pau though.

 Gourmet hotdog which tasted average. It wasn't hot as well as i would prefer it to be hot. Still feeling sore over not being able to try their breakfast menu :(

40 Hands

78 Yong Siak Street

#01-12 Tiong Bahru
http://www.40handscoffee.com/main.html

Opening Hours:

Sunday-Thursday 8am-7pm (Closed on Monday)

Friday&Saturday 8am-10pm