Category: Cafes In Singapore

走访咖啡馆：The Tiny Roaster

The Tiny Roaster是一个小巧、低调和温馨的典型咖啡馆。这家店以前在西海岸地区的一栋组屋底层营业，而现在已经搬到Sunset Way，店里的空间也更大了。这里也是少数几家在扩充之后还能保留自己对咖啡的坚持与热枕的咖啡馆，并继续提供着他们引以为傲的手冲咖啡。

如果你是一位咖啡爱好者，那你一定会享受在这里度过的时光，因为这里有一个咖啡工作室、和来自世界各地并且由他们亲自烘烤的咖啡。他们的特式冲泡拿铁（也成为White Brew）是每个人到店里一定要试一试的咖啡。

除了供应咖啡豆、咖啡设备及相关商品，The Tiny Roaster的咖啡工作室也提供多种类的手冲咖啡、冷泡咖啡以及拿铁等。 对了，这家咖啡厅不提供任何餐点，但是你还是可以选择一些小甜点搭配你的咖啡。小编觉得如果你是真正懂得品尝咖啡的人，你一定会喜欢这个地方，而且还会经常光顾呢！

Ice Cold Brew（$5）会加入一个球型的黑咖啡冰块，以防止咖啡变淡。冷泡咖啡的味道不会太重，隐约带着温和的酸味。如果你想要外带咖啡的话，这里也提供瓶装的冷泡咖啡。

冷泡拿铁里均衡比例的牛奶，让它尝起来带着一点点坚果的味道。和旧店家一样，他们也细心地加入了入味的冰球，以便在喝的过程中继续保持或是提高咖啡的味道。

总的来说，这里对咖啡爱好者来说是一个慵懒地享受一杯手冲咖啡的好地方，也是适合让人沉醉在咖啡豆芳香里的舒适场所。

地点：106 Clementi Street 12 #01-62 Singapore 120106
时间：12:00pm ~ 06:00pm

图片来自互联网。

走访咖啡馆：Fatcat Ice Cream Bar

Fatcat Ice Cream Bar是一家于去年1月开张的新店，它不仅仅只是一间普通的邻里冰淇淋店而已，你可以在这里找到许多充满小清新的新奇甜点，每一个不管看起来还是吃起来都非常疗愈。此外，他们的创意菜单每天都不同，而且都是限量供应的！一踏入店里，就可以从橱窗看到琳琅满目的冰淇淋口味，而他们的果汁冰糕（Sorbet）还有黑碳waffle正是店里的高人气商品。

这个Guava Bonbon看起来是不是充满魔幻的魅力呢？在掀开盖的同时，干冰的白烟也会一起飘散出来，绝对是你在炎热天气的解暑圣品！

黑炭Waffle搭配冰淇淋，再淋上咸蛋黄酱，非常特别！香酥松软的waffle加上完美衬托的冰淇淋，口感细腻，香香滑滑的，让人难以忘怀。
 

Faux Passionfruit是一个二合一的甜点拼盘。外层是轻淡柔和的甜，而里面竟然是霸道诱人的百香果和咖喱的配搭！它的外表也精致得让人舍不得吃，让人难以相信这是一个邻里咖啡馆所提供的甜点！
 

这里也提供Mojito 水信玄饼，里面包含了酸柑汁、朗姆酒，再用酸柑细末、柠檬以及香草加以装饰和调味。那种在你嘴里爆开和融化的感觉会让你上瘾。此外，他们每天提供的Mojito口味都不一样喔！

最后，小编要提醒你们，这家咖啡馆经常都客满，有时候还需要在外面的椅子上排队入座呢！店员说营业时间10点就关门，而9点半就是店里的last order了！

地点：Blk 416 Bedok North Avenue 2 #01-25, 460416
时间：01:00pm – 10:00pm（星期一）
01:00pm – 10:00pm （星期三）
01:00pm – 10:00pm（星期四）
01:00pm – 11:00pm（星期五）
12:00pm – 11:00pm（星期六）
12:00pm – 10:00pm（星期日）
星期二休息
电话：Te

A Food Guide To Holland Village – Booze, Sweets, International Cuisine

Perhaps you’ve been to Holland Village one too many times but always find yourself going back to the same old spots, or maybe you’re unfamiliar with the area and want to check out this popular district. Here are some delicious places that you should check out- you’ll realise that options are abound!

Sanpoutei Ramen

Their classic Shoyu ramen is deliciously savoury, as is the creamy Tonkatsu ramen with generous slices of char siew. That said, their amazing broth would probably make any type of ramen taste good. The broth is boiled for six hours with vegetables, chicken, pork bone, and other ingredients specially flown in from Japan.

Breko Cafe

Breko is a casual joint serving Western mains and regular cafe fare. You’ll find everything from eggs on toast, to steak and pasta, to beer bites and alcohol at night. This cafe isn’t known for any fancy themes or decor, but its laid-back ambience and welcoming vibe makes it easy to step in for a bite when you’re wandering around the area.

Kinara

If you can’t get enough of the aromatic spices of Indian cuisine, head to this understated dining spot for authentic North Indian food. Popular favourites include the creamy butter chicken, the flavourful Kastoori kebab, and the spicy chicken masala.

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Cafe Siem Reap

At the corner of the street, Cafe Siem Reap serves up delectable regional fare, bistro-style. The cafe is named after the gateway to the iconic Angkor Wat temple, and offers everything from Vietnamese spring rolls to Laotian laksa. They have happy hour promotions too, so grab a drink and chill out with your friends after the meal!

Cafe Siem Reap
Address: 43 Lorong Mambong, 277698
Phone: 6468 5798
Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 3pm-1am, Friday & Saturday 3pm-2am, Sunday 3pm-12am

d’Good Cafe

This three storey cafe is known for being an Instagram-worthy hangout, with beautiful decor and the oh-so-hipster glass-bottled cold brews. Expect to face crowds that flock to the place, even on weekdays. That aside, they serve up coffee, cakes, and standard cafe fare, including mains like pasta and sandwiches.

Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar

Can’t get enough of pizza? Try the pizza from Crust, they’re a level above your typical pizza. Every pizza is freshly made, with gourmet sauces and generous toppings. The half-and-half is perfect for the fickle-minded; just share two different pizza flavours with your crew if you can’t decide! While you’re at it, try their BBQ chicken as it’s a fan favourite.

Gaia Korean Restaurant

At this Korean grill, the BBQ meats take the spotlight with a selection of tender chicken, pork, and beef. Wrap your meat of choice in a piece of lettuce, throw in some garlic, top it off with some gochujang, and eat it the way Koreans do. Apart from the meat, crowd favourites include their seafood pancake and the army stew.

Nakhon Kitchen

Craving some pad thai or some rich green curry? Nakhon Kitchen has got you covered. This popular Thai spot draws in the crowd for a good reason- the food tastes amazingly authentic. If Thai cuisine is your meal of choice, Nakhon Kitchen is the perfect place to go.

El Patio & Wine Bar

Fans of Mexican food, you’ll be glad to know that there’s a Mexican joint along Holland Village. The decor is as colourful as the food, with vibrant murals on the walls. Head in for some of their meaty tacos with generous toppings and a classic sangria. Expect to hear the beats of Latin American tunes livening up the space especially as the night draws near!

The Pit Restaurant & Bar

This quiet restaurant is best known for being a microbrewery, with unique handcrafted brews. Coupled with bar snacks like their savoury Buffalo Wings and perfectly marinated Pork Ribs, this makes a great spot for a chill night out.

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2am dessert bar

A fine-dining restaurant that boasts an amazing menu of deconstructed sweet treats, 2am dessert bar is on our radar for some of the most intriguing dessert items. Highlights include the Cassis Plum, a sweet yet potent alcoholic sphere that incorporates tastes of cassis and elderflower with yoghurt foam and plum liqueur. The crumbly green tea tart is a hit as well.

Project Acai

This is the place to go for health nuts and smoothie-lovers. As its name suggests, Project Acai is known for their acai fruit bowls and smoothies, topped with a variety of other fruits like strawberry and banana. This is also the first acai-themed cafe of its kind in Singapore.

Project Acai
Address: 27 Lorong Liput, Holland Village, 277738
Phone: 6463 1957
Opening hours: 11:30am–10pm daily

With handcrafted brews, deconstructed desserts, and everything from Korean to North Indian cuisine, prepare to eat your heart out at Holland Village. Which of these places do you want to try?

(Header image credit: original image by Qi Wei Fong (Flickr), edited by author.)

The Prettiest And Most Elaborate Customised Cakes We Have Ever Seen In Singapore!

No birthday party or wedding these days seem complete without a beautifully adorned cake. And this comes at no surprise. In recent years, cake stores here in Singapore have been smashing expectations with their lavish designs and carefully produced cakes that promise to leave all your guests wowed.

And if price is a huge concern, fret not! We’ve done our research for you. Presenting Discover SG’s list of custom ‘cakeries’ (cake + bakery = an interesting new word learnt!) that promises to be both pocket friendly (within careful means, of course!) and visually entrancing. You’ll be so much in awe by the end of this post that we bet you either want to give baking a go, or you’re running to the store to make a purchase.

1) Mad About Sucre

Mad About Sucre bakes some of the most gorgeous cakes here in Singapore, period. This cakery marries some of the best French confection techniques with the most glorious British designs. Think clean, white-tiered cakes with an intense focus on the sublime details and features that inevitably stand out.

With cakes baked by co-owner and Le Corden Blue graduate Lena Chan, quality is something that you can certainly be assured of. As a promise to their customers, the cakery does not use pre-mixes and artificial flavorings, and instead only uses healthy ingredients like organic flour and raw unbleached sugar.

If you’re not too interested in full sized cakes, you could head down to their brick and mortar store to try some of their fresh baked pastries and delicacies as well.

Mad About Sucre
Address: 27 Teo Hong Road Singapore 088334
Opening Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday: 1230 – 2230
Sunday: 1230 – 1700

2) Febspantry

Some passions blossom out of curiosity, as did Feby’s (pronounced Phoebe) love for baking. Astoundingly, the owner and head baker of Febspantry learnt everything about the trade without any professional help or expertise. It all started with a heap of curiosity and tons of trial and error.

Feby’s immense talent has allowed her to produce some of the most gorgeous floral cake designs. She has a keen eye for colors, as she beautifully pairs the different floral designs and patterns against a white buttercream cake base. Each single tier cake painstakingly takes about 4-6 hours to decorate, which sure makes the cake cutting session a whole lot tougher now.

Aside from her custom-made cakes, Feby also bakes gorgeously designed cupcakes and occasionally, cookies.

Febspantry
To order: Contact Feby via Whatsapp at +65 85226822
Price Range: $120 – $290 (depending on the size, flavor and design)

3) Susucre

With cakes featured on herworld brides and style: weddings, Susucre is definitely a name that brides-to-be will chance upon. Their cakes are made from scratch with only the highest quality ingredients, and customised designs that promise to perfectly suit your wedding aesthetics.

Susucre also creates some of the cutest design cakes out there – allowing your favourite characters a feature at your birthday celebration. All that difference makes your celebration all the more personalised. From princesses like Anna and Else from Frozen, to designer bags from Dior and Chanel to even your favorite football club, Suscure can do it all! If you’re up for the challenge, you could even head to their studio to join a cake-decorating lesson. To date, they have hosted classes on designing a handbag cake and a princess cake!

Susucre
Address: 216 Joo Chiat Road, Soho Life #01-03, Singapore 427483
Store is open by appointment only
To order, please contact them at +65 9867 2176

4) Cupplets

Ngee Ann Polytechnic based café and bakery, Cupplets, was opened in 2013 by couple, Ernest and Samantha. Aside from the pastries that they sell in store, Cupplets is also very well known for its custom made buttercream cakes. The cakes are available in a number of designs, though Cupplets is more notably popular for its floral designed cakes. These cakes are adorned with very beautifully paired flowers and fruits that are an absolute delight to look at.

If you’re also looking for a dessert table at your celebration, do consider this store as they promise to amaze with their beautifully designed cakes and delicious pastries!

Cupplets 
Address: Ngee Ann Polytechnic, 535 Clementi Road, Block 16, #01-03, Singapore 599489
Price Range: Prices start from $68 for a 5” cake (for 4-6 pax)
Do email them at [email protected] for more specific quotations

5) The Frosted Chick

The frosted chick specialises in making customised cakes, cupcakes and dessert tables that promise to taste as good as they look. Their ability to make your favourite cartoon characters come to life through their cake designs is astonishing, allowing just a little more personalisation to any event.

Another option would be to have The Frosted Chick set up your whole dessert table entirely! They will certainly not disappoint by ensuring that the desserts perfectly match the theme of your event. Just check out their adorable tsum tsum cupcakes or minion themed macaroons! Need we say more?

The Frosted Chick
Address: 1 Thomson Road #01-336a Singapore 300001
Price Range: Prices start from $80 for a 5” Rainbow Cake with Rose frosting
For preorders/ dessert tables, email [email protected]

6) Crummb

If simplicity is what you’re after, you’ll definitely love the works of Crummb Cakes. They offer some of the most beautiful and elegant cakes out there. Their cakes may look extremely simple, but be assured that simplicity is sometimes the hardest thing to recreate.

Their moist and tender butter cakes are paired with Italian meringue buttercream, and are both available in an assortment of flavours. Even though Crummb Cakes may be a little on the pricier end, do know that a basic 3-tier cake is able to feed a party of 140!

Crummb Cakes
Address: 80 Rifle Range Road, Singapore 588386 (by appointment only)
Price Range: Starts from $650 for a 3-tier cake.
Email [email protected] for specific quotations

7) My Sister Bakes

My Sister Bakes started out in a little kitchen in a Melbourne apartment, as Esther began working on ways to use her basket full of freshly picked strawberries. It was then that she made her first Strawberry Crumble Cake, and slowly began exploring different cake recipes.

The relatively new store specialises in buttercream (which is a type of icing or filling used inside cakes) cakes that is available in both their classic and signature flavours. Some of their classic flavours include chocolate and red velvet, while their best selling and more popular signature flavours include chocolate salted caramel, matcha, milo dino and earl grey.

If you’d like a little taste of these delicious sounding goodies, you can head down to their physical store located near Tai Seng station! You’d definitely be wow-ed by the desserts that they offer.

My Sister Bakes
Address: 81 Macpherson Lane #01-55, Singapore 360081
Opening Hours: Strictly by Appointment only. Email [email protected] to make one
Price Range: Starts from $60 for a 6” 1 tiered cake

8. Edith Patisserie 

Edith Patisserie bakes some of the most ridiculously beautiful cakes I’ve ever set eyes upon. And this does not encompass only their custom cakes. For starters, their standard cakes are ridiculously well designed, and taste really good!!!

They can also customise cakes of any design – from the more floral and rustic looking ones, to even ones with a cartoon design that are best for kids. I’m absolutely in love with their ombre cakes that are topped with either caspier or baby’s breath flowers.

 Edith Patisserie
Address: 11 Cavan Road #01-04, Cavan Suites
Price Range: A one-tiered standard flavored cake starts from $45

(images from respective cakeries)

With this list as your guide, you can definitely be assured that any cake you ever wish to customise can be created by all these talented bakers in Singapore! Have we missed out on any of your favourite cakeries? Let us know in the comments!

18 Unmistakable Signs That You’re A Hard Core Coffee Addict

Coffee…they lift you up in the morning. Aromatic, rich in flavour, and the list goes on. Coffee makes you a nicer person so you won’t glare at that person who schedules a meeting on Friday at 9am. And once you start your every day with a mandatory cup, it’s only a matter of time till you experience the most severe and intense headache of your life when you decide to ‘maybe skip coffee’ on one morning.

If that sounds like you, you’re in a dead serious relationship with coffee. How serious? Read on to find out.

1. The reason why you wake up in the morning – your first cuppa

The reason why you go to bed – so you can wake up to a cup of freshly brewed coffee the next morning.

2. This is you before and after coffee

From grumpy to friendly. Coffee sure helps escalate things quickly…in a good way.

3. One cup is never enough… never!

They say two is better than one and if I can have three, why not?

4. You can rule the world…but first, coffee.

Meeting at 10am, lunch with clients, conference call at 3pm, task deadline at 5pm…sure, bring it on (with lots of coffee)!

5. You know the origins of your beans and if they are fairly traded or not

Ethiopia, Kenya, Columbia, Brazil, Peru, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama… your Geography knowledge has improved. Thanks to coffee.

6. You know the difference between light, medium, and dark roast

Contrary to popular belief, light roast actually contains the highest amount of caffeine.

7. Your coffee mug game is STRONG

Because coffee mug is a statement. ’nuff said.

8. You turn into a professional photographer when it comes to latte art

Whether it’s a pour style tulip, rosetta or angel wings, you have a photo collection of them.

9. Watching your barista pour steamed milk feels so satisfying that you can watch it all day everyday

YAS YAS YAS! Just look at how the crema and the microfoam come together…it’s 100% Chemistry.

10. You get offended by bad coffee

Yet bad coffee is better than no coffee at all. You’ll still drink it anyway.

11. You count on coffee when you have a deadline to meet

Need to finish your assignment tonight? Drink coffee. Need to stay up late to study? Drink coffee.

12. You follow coffee dad on Twitter

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I’ll have my Dolce Gusto with this, brew coffee with that, instant coffee with this cute one… Maybe I’ll just stick to this free mug I got from buying toothpaste.

14. You make coffee cubes

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One section for white coffee, one section for black coffee, and another one for mocha.

15. You have your very own ‘Coffeelogy’ that you live by

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Espresso yourself, better latte than never, stay grounded, take life one sip at a time…and the list goes on.

16. Iced coffee (and cold brew) is always a good idea

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Considering how how the weather is lately, iced coffee is the next lemonade.

17. You tried to quit coffee and it was more the most intense 24 hours of your life…even more intense than Jack Bauer in that 24 TV Series

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Nope, definitely not going back to the ‘caffeine free’ days.

18. Coffee shaming? Yeah whatever. You don’t give a damn when people say you drink wayyyy too much coffee. 

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Why do people get so worked up about the amount of coffee you consume? Go and care for other causes like poverty or fair trade or something else.

Do you know someone who’s a coffee addict? Or are you a coffee addict? How many of these do you relate to?

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Singapore’s Very First Hello Kitty Cafe Is Opening In Singapore And It’s 24Hrs!

The wait is finally over.

Singapore’s first ever Hello Kitty Cafe, Hello Kitty Orchid Garden, is opening at Changi Airport Terminal 3 this coming May. And superb news, it’s not a temporary pop-up stall. It’s going to be a permanent cafe — and a 24-hour one at that.

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According to Lady Iron Chef, the cafe will be adorned with a complementary mix of flowers and greens that will, no doubt, add a splash of pretty colour to the place. The full menu hasn’t been revealed yet, but word is, we can expect an all-day breakfast meals and desserts with a tinge of local flavour.

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Besides satisfying our tummies, the cafe will also feature an exciting range of merchandise like postcards, plush toys, DIY plant kits, and tea blends. Is it just me, or does it feel like Changi Airport wants Hello Kitty fanatics to burn a colossal hole in their pocket?

One might wonder, with the launch of the cafe, does this mean that we’re going to have a Hello Kitty-themed hospital in the not too distant future? Only time will tell.

Hello Kitty Orchid Garden
Singapore Changi Airport, Terminal 3
Arrival Hall Central #01-22
Opening hours: 24 Hours

Featured image credit: Wikipedia

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