Les Patisseries

Went to Les Patisseries with Ger and KY.

Truffle Fries w/ Grated Cheese ($8.50). Perfectly fried fries drizzled with truffle oil and topped with cheese. I like that the truffle was not too heavy but yet too too mild that it can't be detected.

Truffle Baked Mushroom Pasta ($9.90) The truffle taste here was stronger then the fries however I think it lacks sauce and seasoning. I like the charred taste on some parts of the cheese.

Salted Caramel Waffle ($9.90). The warm waffles were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The cold vanilla ice cream goes well with the warm waffles. The caramel sauce was sweet and slightly salty.

Rate:
Truffle Fries w/ Grated Cheese: 6/10 ☺
Truffle Baked Mushroom Pasta: 5/10 ☺
Salted Caramel Waffle: 6.5 ☺

The Mind Cafe

Went to The Mind Cafe with ger, py, cy and ky.

The Mind Cafe is a place where you can play board games and have food, drinks and snacks.

Soup of the day ($3.90)- Their soup of the day was mushroom soup. The texture looked quite weird, gooey-like. We agreed it tasted like Campbell soup but ger who usually drink Campbell said it's different. Everyone also thought the soup was a little on the salty side except for me.

Ice Summer Fruit Tea ($4.90). Tea with fruit cocktail. Good balance of sweetness and acidity. Initially ordered Hot Aloe Citron Tea and Sparkling Mango but they ran out.

Beef Lasagne ($10.90)- Minced Beef layers in tomato sauce, topped with melted cheese. Surprisingly it tasted better then it looked. You could taste lots of cheese with beef and tomato sauce.

Salmon Spaghetti ($10.90)- Sliced salmon with spaghetti in Tomato pasta sauce. The salmon was cooked all the way through. Wished it was cooked a little less.

Tom Yum Chicken Spaghetti ($10.90)- Our customer favourite. Chicken was cooked and had taste of tom yum. Noodle tasted very cheesy most probably due to the cheese sprinkled on top.

Grilled Tom Yum Chicken with rice ($10.90)- Grilled boneless Chicken Thigh with spicy taste of Thai Tom Yum. Plain rice with tom yum marinated chicken. I like the skin of the chicken more than the meat.

Chicken Karaage ($6.90). Someone should tell them that this is SEAWEED CHICKEN and not chicken KARAAGE. Hahahaha.

Crispy Baked chicken wings ($7.90) . Chicken was really crispy and slightly spicy. But it was a little too spicy for py who can't take spicy food.

Chocolate Melt with Ice Cream ($6.90)- Rich Belgian Chocolate Oozes Out with Each Bite. Quite sad that there was no chocolate lava. But you could see on the inside there was some sort of thick liquid chocolate. Chocolate was ok. Ice cream tasted a little fake weird but still edible.

I doubt I would be back. Beverage service were slow like 20 mins slow. Food was even longer. But well it was a Friday night. But still most tables were playing games with only 1 or 2 having food. Same goes to my friends. The place is also kinda noisy. I would recommend going to this place only if you want to play the board games.

Rate:
Soup of the day: 6/10 ☺
Ice Summer Fruit Tea: 7/10 ☺
Beef Lasagne: 6/10 ☺
Salmon Spaghetti: 5/10 ☺
Tom Yum Chicken Spaghetti: 6/10 ☺
Grilled Tom Yum Chicken with rice: 5.5/10 ☺
Chicken Karaage: 6/10☺
Crispy Baked chicken wings: 6/10☺
Chocolate Melt with Ice Cream: 5/10 ☺

Maccha House (Orchard Central)

Went to Maccha House with gf since we both love matcha. Maccha House offers bitter matcha like the ones in Kyoto. They not only sell match related items but also the usual Japanese food affair like oyako don (chicken and egg with rice).

Taken from their FB page

Order any 2 main courses + 2 drinks + 1 dessert and get $10 off your total bill. We thought it was a good deal so we ordered 2 main, 2 drink and a dessert.

Matcha Float Latte ($5.40)- Cold bitter matcha with sweet soft serve ice cream. I like the soft serve with the matcha cause it made the matcha less bitter since I don't like bitter matcha.

Matcha Ice Cream Latte ($5.40)- Cold bitter matcha with sweet matcha ice cream. I love the matcha ice cream, it's the perfect sweetness.

Chicken Oyako Plate ($11.90)- Cute flower-shaped(?) rice with egg, chicken and onion. The egg and chicken were not overcooked and tasted average. The miso soup was flavourful. The salad was good with my favourite sesame dressing and they even have a small cup of dessert- 2 chewy mochi ball, topped with slight sweet red bean, finely crushed peanuts and a sweet dark sugar sauce. I love the sides provided a lot more than the main dish.

Teriyaki Chicken Plate ($11.90). Well cooked chicken with sweet teriyaki sauce and a beautifully poached egg with the same sides. The chicken was tasty with the crispy skin and I like it as much as the sides.

Banana Dorayaki ($7.40). Dorayaki is a Japanese pancake usually filled with red bean. Here we have dorayaki with sliced bananas, whipped cream, nuts, caramel sauce and a side of soft serve matcha ice cream. The sauce helped brings out the bland pancake and banana while the nuts gave it some crunch. I didn't really like the pancke but the soft serve was really good.

Here's a short video of our mains.

We were full after our mains and wanted to cancel our dessert but the service staff said the dessert was already being prepared. So we said okay. The plus point was that our overall bill was cheaper because of the dessert since we got a $10 discount. I think the place sells food that are not bad and it's worth looking at their fb page to see their monthly specials.

Rate:
Matcha Float Latte: 7/10 ☺
Matcha Ice Cream Latte: 7/10 ☺
Chicken Oyako Plate: 7/10 ☺
Teriyaki Chicken Plate: 7.5/10 ☺
Banana Dorayaki: 5.5/10 ☺

Tang Tea House (Simpang Bedok)

Went to Tang Tea House for dim dum with kart and zq. It is a place where you can have halal tze char and dim sum.

Shanghai Steamed Chicken Dumpling ($4.40)- The skin was slightly thicker then the usual xiao long bao. There's soup inside so be careful when you eat it. Compared to a non-halal xiao long bao, this one which uses chicken meat here is not as juicy and tender. The skin was also a quite sticky.

Golden Sand Buns ($4.50)- My favourite look out when I'm in a dim sum shop. The salted egg custard was good, it oozes out as you bite into the bao. Salty, sweet and slightly creamy filling with the soft fluffy warm buns. The perfect combination.

Salted Egg Crystal Dumplings ($4.20)- Shrimp, chives and egg yolk. Taste quite similar to har gow. Didn't really like the cooked egg yolk which made you feel dry.

Har Kow ($4.20)- Shrimps in a slightly chewy and sticky skin. Taste almost the same as the non halal one.

Rate:
Shanghai Steamed Chicken Dumpling: 5.5/10 ☺
Golden Sand Buns: 9/10 ☺
Salted Egg Crystal Dumplings: 5/10 ☺
Har Kow: 6/10 ☺