Babette

Went to Babette with Ed for dinner.

Babette is a gastro-bar opened by radio DJ Darren Wee. Here they serve a fusion of French traditional cooking and Japanese ingredients.

Roasted Avocado with aburi salmon and diced tomatoes ($12). Really good. Creamy avocado paste with half cooked salmon, crunchy carrot cubes and refreshing cherry tomatoes topped with seaweed strips.

Tokyo Miso Pasta ($18). Drenched in a wholesome homemade broth and topped with tofu, corn, carrots, potato, and salmon. Perfect for weight-watchers. Ed ordered. Noodles were slightly harder then desired.

Babette Chirashi Donburi ($19). Marinated assortment of fresh sashimi, tamago, and tobiko on warm rice. I ordered the chirashi donburi. Cubes of tuna, salmon, scallop, pickled carrots, pickled cucumber and tamago on a bed of plain rice topped with small bits of tobiko and sprinkled with seaweed strips. Personally I think the pickled vegetables were nice as they provided a crunchy texture but after a while the acidity was a bit too much. Overall didn't really like it because the rice was plain and there were too much pickled vegetables. This was also served with miso soup which was the plainest miso soup I have ever tasted.

Matcha Lava Cake ($12). Green tea infused white chocolate fondant served with homemade azuki red bean ice-cream. It is made a la minute so there's a 20 minutes waiting time but if you love matcha, it's worth a try. Cut into the matcha lava cake and a matcha oasis awaits you. It was quite sweet but very matcha-y. The cool vanilla ice cream went well with the cake.

Rate:
Roasted Avocado: 8/10 ☺
Tokyo Miso Pasta: 6/10 ☺
Babette Chirashi Donburi: 6/10 ☺
Matcha Lava Cake: 6.5/10 ☺

O'ma Spoon Korean Dessert Cafe (313@somerset)

After having my first bingsu at Bing Go Jung, I want to try more of this yummy dessert. Went to O'ma Spoon with zq, sy and jy.

Injeolmi and Green Tea Petit Bingsu ($4.80 each). The milk shaved ice was melt-in-your-mouth fine and plain. You could see they did some layering of ice and toppings so that it won't be bland as you dig deeper. The bingsu was not bad but since it is in a small cup they don't provide condensed milk.

Rate:
Injeolmi Petit Bingsu: 6.5/10 ☺
Green Tea Petit Bingsu: 6/10 ☺

Five & Dime

Came to Five & Dime with ger and ky because I wanted to try their Lava Cake.

Asari Clams ($10)- Japanese asari clams in our signature sake and bonito infused broth. At first glance, the broth looks quite plian so we were surprised when we took a sip. It was flavourful and had the taste of the clams. The clams were well cooked and sweet.

Mentaiko Pasta ($18)- Spaghetti tossed in creamy mentaiko, topped with more cod fish roe. I love mentaiko so if I see it on a menu, it is a must order for me. Mentaiko was indeed creamy and rich. Heaven in my mouth but I think it is a little to rich for a person to finish it.

Cajun Chicken ($18)- Boneless grilled cajun-spiced chicken thigh with creamy mash and steamed corn. Ky ordered this. Tender chicken with mashed potato underneath. The mashed potato had some lumps but tasted buttery and creamy. Dressing on the salad tasted weird, not something I would try again.

Golden Custard Lava Cake ($12)- Molten chocolate lava cake with a salted egg yolk custard center. Finally the moment I've been waiting for.... tadah! Their lava cake with salted egg yolk. The salted egg yolk custard by itself was good- sweet, salty and eggy. With the chocolate cake, the salted egg yolk taste is subdued and what you get is a balanced chocolate taste.

Rate:
Asari Clams: 6.5/10 ☺
Mentaiko Pasta: 7.5/10 ☺
Cajun Chicken: 6/10 ☺
Golden Custard Lava Cake: 7.5/10 ☺

Go Frost -CLOSED-

Go Frost is actually located in Wednesday Cafe.

At Go Frost they sell fried ice cream roll that is basically made from milk and other desired ingredients on a ice pan. They have 8 different flavors- vanilla oreo, choco-oreo, nutella, milo, strawberry, teh tarik, banella, salted caramel and banana frostroll.

Nutella FrostRoll ($6.50). My first ever fried ice cream roll. It was really milky and slightly less nutella-y. Texture is really different from your regular ice cream. This was somewhat stiffer, like thick paper ice cream. Topped with more nutella goodness.

Rate:
Nutella FrostRoll: 8/10 ☺

Yellow Cup (Cental Square)

Came to Yellow Cup Coffee with GF. The yellow apparently is meant to be gold, implying they serve gold standard coffee.

Matcha Latte ($6.90). The green tea flavor and the milk was prominent with a perfect balance of sweet and bitterness. It's like a nice drink to get before you go to bed. I also like the cute bear latte art that was made.

So sad, the bear is gone. Here you can see that their cups have the words 'Yellow Cup Coffee' imprinted on it. At the cafe there is a shelf filled with yellow objects like that flower in the picture that you can use to take pictures or play with. They also do serve food like Cabonara Pasta ($10), Waffles ($6) and Grilled Ham & Cheese Sandwich ($8).

Rate:
Matcha Latte: 8/10☺

Lighthouse Bistro

Came to Lighthouse Bistro with Chloe, Alex and Ed. They started in 2013 and have recently moved to lavender.

I like their knife, looks unique. On the other hand, I dislike their menu. It's quite disorganized to me. On one side you have the appetizer and the next you suddenly have mocktails and cocktails and then back to food again and finally back to beverages.

Tiger Fish & Fries ($19)- Our signature pairing of pacific sea bass and a tiger beer batter, deep fried and served with straight-cut nori potato fries, accompanied with orange mayo  & greens. The batter was perfectly crispy and you could taste the tiger beer. Could not really taste the seaweed in the fries. The orange mayo was nice, citrus-y and creamy which went well with the fries and fish.

Salted Chocolate & Caramel ($13)- A biscuit base of french chocolate, topped with seventy-two percent cocoa chocolate mousse & creamy caramel, garnished with cookie crumble & garden berries. I love caramel so I liked the topped layer the most which is the caramel. It was sweet and caramel-like. Following that was a dark chocolate mousse. The biscuit base and cookie crumble helped add texture to the dish and the berries helped gave it the acidity and freshness. One thing I was disappointed about was the fact that I couldn't tell that it was salted chocolate.

Rate:
Tiger Fish & Fries: 6/10 ☺
Salted Chocolate & Caramel: 7/10 ☺

Sukho Thai (China Square Central)

Finally got to go out with GF after a suppppeeeeer long time. We were around the area cause we just went to Sia Huat and we were super hungry. We saw this shop, Sukho Thai and decided to eat here.

Red Tom Yum Seafood with Rice/Noodle ($6.90). Like I said we were really hungry so some rice got eaten before I took the photo. We got the red tom yum cause the chef said it was the spiciest one. The soup was quite good, slightly spicy, tangy and sweet with taste of seafood.

Thai Basil Chicken Rice ($5.90). Basil chicken is one of my favorite Thai dish. I was a little disappointed with it as it the sauce tasted very Chinese-like. Other then that it was not bad.

Mango Glutinous Rice ($6.00). We were really lucky. It was the last mango that the shop had available. Hot sticky rice topped with chilled sliced mangoes and drizzled with coconut milk, another one of my favorites. The plain glutinous was really hot (not kidding) and it went well with the sweet coconut milk and the firm, fresh and sweet mango.

Rate:
Red Tom Yum Seafood with Rice: 6.5/10 ☺
Thai Basil Chicken Rice: 6/10 ☺
Mango Glutinous Rice: 8/10 ☺