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The pasta here is pretty good, I especially love the spicy cream sausage and carbonara!! Each meal comes with a drink and soup. Student prices are REALLY worth it!! Service is usually fast, though it can get busy depending on which day of the week you go.

Villa Creamery might be a name that Ang Mo Kio residents might be quite familiar with — these folks had been operating at the foot of Blk 123 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 for quite a while; with that being said, they had been in a phase of expansion and they have recently found new digs for their second outlet at Blk 42 Holland Drive; a location within the same neighbourhood as Holland Drive Market & Food Centre where one can find notable stalls such as New Lucky Claypot Rice and Butter Town. Villa Creamery’s space at Holland Drive is a bit on the smaller side; the space is indeed smaller than that of their Ang Mo Kio location where dine-in seating is pretty much restricted to two benches within the shop; there is also one dine-in table catered for a group of four (4) situated outside as well. While its focus would be on their gelato offerings, patrons are able to opt for their gelato to come in cups, cones or with Waffle Bites (more on that later). Beverages available at this outlet will include offerings segmented into categories such as Coolers, Coffee, Matcha and Seasonal.

There are a few renditions of Waffle Bites that Villa Creamery offers — these are essentially the same line-up of the different variants of waffles that are available at their Ang Mo Kio location. Whilst named Waffle Bites which seems to suggest that these might be cut-up pieces of waffles, it seems that Villa Creamery differentiates the waffles that they serve up at Ang Mo Kio as circular waffles, while the Waffle Bites at Holland Drive comes in the form of rectangular waffles instead. We found ourselves going for the Nian Gao Waffle Bites — we liked how the batter here wasn’t too dense; airy, light and wafts of a buttermilk fragrance whilst coming with chewy Nian Gao that comes with a slight hint of earthy sweetness within. We paired it up with the Strawberry Matcha Gelato which is inspired by that of the Matcha Strawberry Latte that has been pretty trendy of the late — coming with a pretty swirl of green and pink hues, there is that hint of a sweet, sour zing that is typical to that of macerated strawberries matched against that bitter undertones that one would expect out of the Japanese tea.

Chicken is not hot

The star at butter town is their OG original Shio Pan ($2.40) but when I saw this double chocolate sponge cake I melted it like butter and had to try it.

Although It is not the typical kind of chocolate I would go for (I.e in it is not a truffle), at $4.50 (I ate half of it before I remembered to take the photo on the right), I would still say it made my day.

Dense, moist, fluffy soft with that crunchy bite of chocolate balls.

Perhaps though I should have kept it in the fridge because leaving it out caused the semi soft chocolate paste to melt and all the mini balls fell off.

My chocolate taste preference tends to veer towards 60 to 70% dark cocoa.

Salmon is fresh and taste good

Portion is generous and yummy

Nice

Portion is generous

From Soi 19 Thai Wanton Mee
Only $7 a bowl of comforting noodles.
Not bad indeed.

Everything was delicious as always. Loved the collagen broth and the tomato sweet corn broth. Don't feel ashamed to 'takeaway' the leftover broths and unfinished ingredients if you wish - good for a homecooked meal or two! Used the Paradise $50 off $100 birthday voucher so it was good value for money. Remember to stack with Kris+ if you have for extra miles.

Noodles is alright but not the fish ball

[Buona Vista, Singapore 🇸🇬]

Ting Zai Style Congee 荔湾艇仔粥 (S$11.80++)
Steamed Rice Roll with BBQ Pork Filling 叉烧蒸肠粉 (S$7.60++)
Black Sugar Sponge Cake 香滑黑糖马来糕 (S$5.60++)
Beancurd Skin Prawn Fritters 鲜虾腐皮卷 (S$8.60++)
Double Boiled Spare Rib Soup with Chinese Yam & Snow Pear 雪梨炖排骨汤 (S$14.30++)
Double Boiled Peach Resin 泡参银耳炖桃胶 (S$5.80++)
Water Chestnut Cold 马蹄水 (S$3.20++)

Canton Paradise 樂天小香港
Address 🛖 : 1 Vista Exchange Green, # B1-45 The Star Vista, Singapore 138617
Open ⏰ : 11am - 10pm
MRT 🚇 : Buona Vista