Still Cafe

Still might be one of those names which is more familiar to those follow the local home-based business scene as compared to the wider local F&B scene — these folks had been operating as a home-based cafe for a while. It seems that these folks are now ready to shift their operating model of their business into a proper cafe set-up; they had recently made the move to a new brick-and-mortar commercial space within a shop unit at the foot of Blk 421 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10. This is the same shop unit in which that housed the founding location of Monday Coffee Bar previously — other notable establishments situated at this block would include the coffeeshop named Food Haus which is home to Tham’s Roasted Delights. Still occupies a shop unit that is half the size of a conventional shop unit found at the foot of a HDB block; the interior does sport a rather Japandi vibe with the use of dim yellow lighting to recreate a relaxed yet welcoming vibe — there is also an outdoor dining space that is located right across from the entrance of the cafe as well. An establishment that focuses on its coffee and bakes, the bakes available for the day are display prominently in the display case at the counter; mostly comprises of bagels, cookies and scones, while the beverage menu is split into sections dedicated to Coffee, Matcha and Others.

There are three (3) different types of bagels that Still was offering on the day that we made our visit — we found ourselves going for the Cheddar Cheese Bagel. Patrons can choose to go for the bagels as-is, or add a spread of either butter or cream cheese to go along with it — we went with the option of pairing our bagel with butter at an additional cost of $0.50 on top of the base price for the bagel. It is interesting to note that Still styles their bagels in a way that resembles a cat; there are parts of the bagel that are shaped to replicate the pointy “ears” of cats, whilst each bagel also features an cute illustration that gives a “face” to each bagel. The Cheddar Cheese Bagel from Still is a fairly simple offering in which it is a bagel that features a crusty layer of melted cheese on the exterior for an additional touch of savouriness to the bagel. The bagel itself was also pretty well-made; it carries a firm texture and quite a fair bit of chew; all that whilst being not too heavy. Felt that the spread of butter does help in adding another contrast of savouriness to the Cheddar Cheese Bagel; an option which we would recommend one to go for here.