White Dog Cafe

I know it sounds a little funny on why the cafe is name that way. I know no history of the origin of this white dog, but then its just the name of this cafe that I feast at. And I must say its not that bad, judging from the outlook of the place and food.

In conjunction to celebrate our 6 years and 4 months together, my girl and I end up at White Dog Cafe at Vivocity, which she introduced me to. Serving mainly western dishes, we gazed at the menu for a while before ordering our food. So I ordered a plate of Baked Mussels, together with my A La Carbonara for my main course and a Clam Chowder for soup of the day. She ordered some Viennece Sausages. Sounds Italian.

Amazingly the Clam Chowder is literally clam in soup, which was what normally restaurants and cafes that I ate DON’T serve. Normal cafes like Cedele only serve clam chowder as if its just an ordinary Campbell’s soup. This one’s different. Fantastic stuff. So came the Baked Mussels. Well, I’m not sure if my taste buds were wrong, but I could hardly taste the mussels. But its not that bad, given that its baked with spaghetti sauce and cheese.

Was waiting anxiously for the main course - the A La Carbonara. I must say that it serves one of the finest carbonara I have eaten in years. Creamy and tasty, its cooked with pork bacon and onions. Rarely have I seen carbonara cooked with Onions. And this one’s a dish that doesn’t disappoint. Every mouth I swallowed with greatness. Superb and fantastic. Enough to fight with Pasta Fresca’s.

Then I tried the Viennece Sausage that darling ordered. The sausage was good, just that the sauce that the mash potato was poured onto tasted like petrol (It's my taste buds that day, oh well, I'm not dead yet. LOL!). Its not that I tasted petrol before, but then my taste bud may have gone weird, but I couldnt taste wrongly. Maybe its the way its cooked. But I don’t like it though. Hmmm..

Price was alright, like almost every other restaurant. Ambience was cool, judging that I saw at the window area, facing Sentosa. But judging from the noise level just now, I believe that this restaurant is also a place for families to have their meals there as well. Friendly staff with good service. I suggest you could give this restaurant a go ahead if you wish to have a decent meal. =).

The opening of Vivo City has seen many new restaurants/cafes popping up to capitalize on the crowds that throng Vivo City daily. One such new restaurant/cafe is White Dog Cafe.

Located just a few doors away from the much talked about Kim Gary, White Dog Cafe hosts its own steady stream of customers in its simple yet cosy interior with a view of Sentosa to boot. The menu is interestingly done up to mimic the spots of the Dalmatian. Other than that, nothing else seems to suggest why the outfit is named White Dog Cafe.

Soup of the day - This was plain lousy. The soup was way too salty and tasted like cabbage soup with some small balls of meat in it. The accompanying garlic bread was equally bad, coming across as slip shod and bland.

Deep Fried Breaded Beef with Japanese Mayo - This was recommended to me by the waiter and it sort of blew me away with its quality (this is not a compliment in case you are wondering). The bread coating was way too thick and the beef was tasteless. It was no different from eating deep fried crispy bread. Probably the only thing that was still okay was the rice. Ironical isn't it?

Etoile - My dessert of a specialty cake, the Etoile, which is essentially a dark chocolate cake with chocolate mousse. Sadly, it didn't meet expectations. The outer layer of dark chocolate did look like dark chocolate, but certainly didn't taste like it. I couldn't detect any bitterness or strong chocolate taste for that matter. The chocolate mousse was bland and the cake wasn't spongy. Terribly done if you ask me and I'm very sure the cakes aren't made in house. If they are, its time to change a new pastry chef.

A disappointing lunch for 2 pax cost $28.40. Not really expensive price wise, but factor in the quality of food and you have a no brainer conclusion. I will not be back. I guess that pretty much sums it all up doesn't it?

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