Carousel at Royal Plaza on Scotts : Halal Lunch Buffet

Despite the latest korean bingsu food dad, the yoghurt craze seemed to have taken Singapore by the storm, to the extent that even buffet now includes a self-service yoghurt soft serve section. It has been years since my last visit and Royal Carousel has undergone some renovation to sport a new modern chic look. With less than an hour to eat during my lunch visit, I wasted no more seconds and dived straight to the buffet section. The green...

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Shinjuku Station : House of Two Matcha Shops

In the busy Shinjuku station which sees the most number of commuters each day, few may know that there are actually TWO matcha shops that serves takeaway sweets. The first is Mame Torou which specializes in using tofu with tea. This offshoot sweets outlet is produced by Saga Par, a soft serve shop along Arashiyama streets which claimed to be the first shop that sells soy bean soft serve. True or not, the triple soft serve (500 yen) does a good...

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Maison Kayser Singapore: Classics Reinvented

Yogurt soft serve or whatever Bingsu won't get me excited as much as the classic pastries. I have a "bad" habit of peeping at pastries whenever I walked past a boulangerie or a patisserie, just to see if there is any new creations. So by luck or by fate, I spotted some new cakes from Maison Kayser and they looked so promising that I could not walk away without buying them to try.ALL were fantastic and the pastries, on the average, fared much...

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Espressamente Illy Tokyo : Italian Coffee and Tiramisu

A random coffee break landed us here in this chic coffee franchise along Ginza streets. Alongside with its coffee, there is also a wide  range of sandwiches and pastries. But one thing that is unique to Illy outlets is Japan is most probably the Tiramisu (580 yen).Every season, they will change the flavour and thus I was lucky that I caught the winter Matcha edition.Piped with little mounds of silky mascarpone cream that is dusted with...

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FIX Revisited : Same Old Choux and More

Nowadays, I feel that there are very few F&B shops that can sustain the interests of customers. Most people flocked to the latest openings in a bid to be the first to post the food photos on Facebook or Instagram. A hype is created but it often dies down in a couple of months. This trend is very much short-lived and most people hardly re-visit the places once they have "checked out" a place. One example, in my opinion, is FIX. I dropped...

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Park Hyatt Tokyo: Maple & Chestnuts

It's the time of the year again. Autumn, Maple, Chestnuts, Pumpkin....these evoked the nostalgic memories of cool winter back in Tokyo around 2 years ago. How time flies since my last X'mas spent in Tokyo in 2013. Speaking of the chestnuts, the first thing that comes to my mind is always Mont Blanc Cake. And out of the numerous chestnuts mountains conquered, this globe-shaped Mont Blanc left an indelible impression till today. There is...

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Dean & Deluca SG: Halloween Specials & Sweet, Sweet Brunch

I'm a big fan of quiches and pastries in D&D Tokyo but I have yet tried the food in D&D Singapore despite the fact that its flagship store at Orchard Central has opened way back since 2012. Instead of squeezing with the crowd in Orchard, I decided to visit the Far East Square outlet, which offers a quieter and more relaxed ambience to chill out on weekends.Having encountered their huge American sized pastries before, I already had a...

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Higashiyama Charyo 東山茶寮

You might be familiar with the more popular names such as Tsujiri or Nakamura Tokichi but in fact, these are just few of the many excellent tea houses in Japan. Another good example is Higashiyama Charyo, one of the tea sweets merchant in Kyoto. Very little has been written about their shop in Kiyomizu Gojyou because online retail is its main business line. Moreover, it appears more frequently as temporary pop-up sweet station in department...

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Oriole Coffee + Bar (Capitol Piazza Neue)

Tucked in the corner of the second floor of this new multi-complex mall is the second outlet of Oriole Coffee + Bar, which boasts a homely atmosphere for anyone looking to sit back and enjoy a good cuppa or a quick bite. The menu has a smaller selection than the one at Pan Pacific but there are several items here that are exclusive to this outlet. The Warm Spinach Salad ($18) that came with cherry tomato confit and Parmesan shavings is...

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