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The aroma of these freshly baked patisserie is the first thing that hits me as I walk through the underpass from Tangs (Orchard) and lured me right into the outlet which is near the entrance to the Isetan Supermarket. Though prices are slightly higher then the neighbourhood bakeries yet as compared to the town bakeries, they are very reasonable and comes in good sizes, as such pretty worth it. The regular breads, croissants, cake breads such as the matcha red bean loaves were quite yummy with a good balance of taste and texture and one WoW factor must be the occasional special items we found. This time round, the Banana Soft Omelette which is not as omelette as I expected. For $3.90, you get a huge roll of cake, thick whip and ripe banana (no kidding, more than one whole NANA). It also does comes in mango or strawberry filled ones and its pretty much a wholesome dessert to have.
The banana was a ripe and fragrant one that added loads of flavor while the cake was soft and only mildly sweetish. The whip was pretty much a delight, thick and creamy and should be consumed sparsely yet I couldn't stop wanting more whip. Its a very interesting dessert and the size is good to share with 4.
Another of my ultimate favourite is the strawberry cake. If you have not yet tried their strawberry cake, you ought to and for sure you will not regret. Creamed with Light whipped vanilla on light sponge cake and loads of strawberry with a good balance of tanginess and sweet. Its perhaps one of the best strawberry shortcakes available in Singapore.
Location: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5 (Pretty quick at the cashier and items were replenished appropriately)
Cleanliness: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Food: 4/5 (fresh ingredients baked extremely well)
Will I return : Yes
Will I bring my friends: Yes
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An acceptably thick menu sits on the counter and everything is very much self served. You pick your own menu, pick your own seats, order and pay at the counter and pick your own cutleries while awaiting the food to be served. There quite alot on the menu, 100% vegetarian and they even labelled the ingredients so you are sure your vegetarian pals won't get a rude shock. However while we ordered some pancakes from the all day breakfast section, the eggs used in majority to make the pancakes were not once mentioned and therefore the rude shock for non egg eaters.
The juice section is interesting, we love the concoction of the various fruits into smoothies and shakes and I love the avocado with soy latte styled! Variety lacks in taste as being on a weekday afternoon, just a little pass 2, half the menu is unavailable and mostly on the mains and all day breakfast. We ended up with whatever was available thus a veg burger looking focaccia sandwich which i believe is beetroot based and an extremely tropical side salad with jap sweet potatoes and all. Our all day breakfast fruit pancake ended pretty badly as the pancake was hard, heavy with too much eggs and must I say oily. We only managed half the pancake and the fruit topping was few. Very bad choice to have pancake.
The pricing is pretty okay, like the regular cafe prices and service is marginal. No loud Hi! No smiles, everybody was just doing their stuffs and I do feel the motivation. Its more like a lazy environment. Other then nice deco and also providing sale of some organic vegetarian groceries which are very few to choose from as well as few titles of books on the shelves, theres really nothing much about this place besides the bad pancakes.
Location: 3/5
Food: 2/5
Ambiance: 3.5/5 (Comfy and Quiet)
Service: 2.49/5 (Somehow I felt I was intruding)
Cleanliness: 3.6/5 ( I must say its clean, very clean)
Will I return: Nope
Will I bring my friends: Likely not
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The SingPost is one of the largest or must I say, SingPost and SingPost centre is the HeadQuarters of all Post Related in Singapore. Facing right smack in front of the route from the MRT station with some small fountains in front, the wide entrance leads to a similar wide circular space. I am pretty confused as I entered this office as there are many counters and I ain't too sure which one to queue at. No reception just a board with all the services listed out and the respective counter. I was too lazy to read as such I just followed my hunch and went to the postal counter which is also one with the shortest queue. The aircon was a little warm for a sunny afternoon and at one spot of the queue, the spot lights was shining too directly and brightly at me that draws sweat out almost immediately. Lighting was dim, harsh and too warm making is quite so uncomfortable queuing. Matter of fact my half an hour wait saw a few people leaving the queue in a huff!
While the service I must say is pretty efficient and casual (though it should be professional, but I like it casual, it brings a little more human touch). The staff are friendly and knows what they are doing, not smiling and overly friendly yet they are helpful to find out for you the services they are unaware of and while postal services for registered items or packaging and payment stuffs were handed very quickly and professionally.
I was also surprised by the many memorabilia available for purchases. Stamps in all sorts of casing and beautiful designs, collector items, and even stamps that is designed based on some antiquity or memorable occasion that illustrated today's culture. There are also stuffs like piggy banks, bags, table weight and all other sort of stuffs available.
Service: 4/5
Location: 4/5
Space: 3.5/5 (Large space but not well organized. Seating area is only one bench)
Atmosphere: 2.5/5 (Lighting used was too warm and directly on the queue, aircon not strong)
Handicapped Friendly: 4/5 (Yes, ground floor with plenty of moving space but I do wonder how do they get into the queue)
Will I return: Yes
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I used to call it glue noodles yet after a long time of disliking the strong tasting sauce, I managed to take a sip at my mum's bowl of Lor Mee, half wondering why they come here every weekend and queue for 20 mins to get this bowl of so called delicacy and I fell in love with it too.
Its mostly noodles with bits of braised pork with fried minced pork balls, spray of fish meat (yummy option), bean sprouts and loads of minced raw garlic. The noodles cooked to the right texture while the gravy was aromatic and raw minced garlic gave the Ooomph!!! Loving it clash of musky and spicy taste.
They also do serve many other stuffs like fried hokkien noodle which is exceptionally nice when you ask them to add an additional egg, laksa and you don't have to eat lor mee with the flat yellow noodles, you can opt for bee hoon or anything else. Service is pretty fast as a long queue of 10 persons only took 20 mins to digest. The aunties are one of the most graceful, friendly and happy bunch of hawker ladies I have ever met.
Great food, super good prices and the ingredients generous and fresh. I hope they stay forever.
Location: 2/5 (not easy to find)
Variety: 3.5/5 (for a small stall, yes the variety is good)
Food quality: 4/5 (fresh ingredients)
Portion: 4/5 (Good for one for the regular bowl, get the larger portion and be wowed by the size of the bowl)
Service: 4/5 (fast, good, everything you need is there and aunties friendly and always smiling)
Will I go again: YES
Will I bring my friends: FOR SURE YOZ!!!
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The varieties of dishes available, mostly stir fried and steamed is pretty good as compared and while we settled into our seats the friendly lady approached us for our orders introducing the veg they have for today. We settled for something healthy 2 dishes and 2 plates of rice and the portion that arrived wowed us.
1) Stir Fried Kai Lan - a regular must have, this dish is well prepared with a savoury garlicky brown sauce that made the veg extra crispy. Ingredients used are fresh and the portion is good for 3 big eaters and 4 small eaters
2) Claypot bean curd was a shock. Claypot is good for 4 and the ingredients include seafood such as fish, sotong and prawns with load of beancurds, veg and meat. The ingredients are fresh and gravy goes super well with the rice.
3) Rice portion is good for one and the rice is soft and chewy, the only downside is that we don't get those aromatic rice we used to have, i guess our rice sources have changed and inflation has caused the good old aromatic grains to be something for exotic occasions only.
All these for just S$8, we had a shock when the aunty told us the price and gladly paid it. So if you want a healthy and hearty meal, this is the place to go. Food is delicious, ingredienrt fresh and cooked the way like my old grandma used to cook.. Such a gem should remain almost forever.
Location; 2/5 (hard to find)
Variety: 3/5
Delicious: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5 (quicker then i expected)
Will i return: OF COURSE
Will i bring my friends: OF COURSE
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