WAFFLES

Back here after a few months one sunny afternoon and was happy to have gotten a seat relatively quickly!! The hype seems to have passed and while its still popular, it's no longer crazy, and my waffle arrived within 5 minutes after I placed my order. Still good as before - a waffle that's crisp on the outside paired with refreshingly light earl grey soft serve. Polished this whole thing myself sitting in a corner and felt immensely satisfied.

Was so looking forward to this! Looked amazing on Instagram. This place is nondescript and pretty hard to find; look for the green tent next to Jewel Café on Rangoon Road. It was long and narrow with limited seating. Waffle arrived and I was like WHAT IS THIS because the soft serve was slanted and I was like oh gosh gimme my money back I paid to get an Instagram perfect waffle haha. Okay jokes aside, I enjoyed the chocolate waffle, it tasted like a brownie. The root beer sauce was tasteless though, and while the vanilla ice cream was, well, vanilla ice cream, after a while it did feel like we were eating tar because of the thick grey colour. All in all another ordinary waffle place, not worth the novelty.

I had heard so much about this waffle and I finally got to try it! And I enjoyed it thoroughly. Location is quite sucks though, also the place is tiny and cramped.

Found this hidey hole in a corner near Purvis Street. Delighted that they had coconut flavoured ice cream! Had to have it! The waffle, while not entirely photogenic, was soft and tasted yummy and I really enjoyed it. Tried some of the other flavours of ice cream too and they were all really good.

After much raving on the Instagram world, I finally tried the gourmet waffle at Fat Cat. It's special as it is a charcoal waffle with a side of salted egg (liu shar) sauce, and caramel drizzle on the side sprinkled with bits of lavender. In theory that sounds pretty amazing! We chose two ice cream flavours, Butter Beer and Earl Grey Lavender (sadly they were out of pistachio). Well, the ice cream on its own was good, but together with the caramel and the salted egg sauce it all came together and the overall taste was overwhelming in a confusing pool of sweetness, with no one flavour being distinct. I don't know, my friend said she enjoyed it though. Either way, it was quite nicely plated!

Craftsmen used to serve Belgian waffles but sadly they've now switched to the conventional waffles you get everywhere else. While the waffle was nicely crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, there was no real gula melaka flavour. But they do give a generous serving of chopped almonds and fresh strawberries and blueberries, which I appreciate. A little on the steep end, at $13.90 a pop.