Cafe Places That You Should Go To

Whenever I get a chance to have dinner before my Korean class, I would definitely love to eat at this Italian-inspired bistro. This I must say is really wicked risotto. The rice is a nice rich creamy one. And when you mix that with the rocket leaves drizzled with balsamic vinegar, it is just a nice balance of flavour and you don't feel sinful! The chicken is roasted nicely and plentiful!! There is just soooo much chicken that it's really worth the price I find.

Wanted to try this place for a while after hearing it's hype and knowing that this was opened by an Korean artiste. Injeolmi is always the best dip-test to bingsu because it's the most classic and traditional of bingsu (I feel). As much as the ice is rich in milk and soft (which I like), the injeolmi was alright, not that much to mix with the shaved ice. The chewy rice cakes (I think) are not bad though personally I'm not a fan to begin with.

The queue was very long, thankfully I was the last of the day. When you get there, just looking at the shape of the tart tells you that you just gotta eat it because you never know what goodness you can find from this creatively crafted tart. When you bite into the tart, you are able to taste the crustiness (is it even a word!??) of the tart with that creamy and fluid extrude of the cheese oozing out from the mouth, with the cheese overflowing. It is a bomb of textures and taste flowing into one simple tart. Mind you the queue is long because after baking, they MUST (I repeat MUST) let it cool. Not sure why, perhaps it's to retain its texture and temperature optimal for consumption. Still, this is just. Too. good!

Heard about The Coffee Academics coming to Singapore and wanted to try this out. Wasn't feeing too hungry so I decided to get a Mac and Cheese and a coffee (of course). Well he Mac and Cheese was recommended by the staff and its alright. When you eat more of it, perhaps you can taste more of the flavours of the kale and cheese (or perhaps I just didn't mix it). Macaroni was a bit dry, could have added cream to allow the macaroni to be less dry, while creating a fuller flavour. Coffee had body which makes it good. I always think that coffee should have its body, otherwise it's not coffee.

Seems like there is a new kid in town (well in UTown of course - lame). But this is there new kid on the block. From the people at The Tiramisu Hero brings this new cafe concept called "Butter My Buns". The food works in a "Cai peng" (aka local mixed vegetable rice) style where you choose the kinds of things you want on the plate and it will be assembled for you by scratch. The scrambled eggs were done quite well and the salad was not bad. But the waffle hash is just simply THE THING to go for!!! It is such a brilliant idea to combine hash browns into one piece of waffle! However, the wait for the food was long since there were many orders but also not enough manpower/equipment for turnaround - we had to wait for about 30 minutes. Nonetheless this food is good and rather reasonably priced - considering it's a cafe on campus ground.

If you are a person that likes the French-styled pocket, you may want to consider this bowl of Summer Chicken Stew. The chicken is moist and tender - which was the kind of texture that I liked!! - simmered in a rich, cream based sauce made with sundried tomatoes, herbs, potatoes and carrots. The pieces of sourdough were just a perfect combination to go with the cream-based sauce. Surely the chicken was good since it was not dry and matches rather well with the sauce, and the price is still alright for something at a cafe. There are also no additional changes as well (since the last time I went in March 2016).