Coffee Club @ Paragon

Lunch at Coffee Club again! I love going to the Coffee Club at Paragon because it's not very crowded on weekdays and sometimes, we get to hear soothing live performances which is held on the ground floor.

Today we had the Spiced Beef with Crisp Bread, this was a pretty nice side. It's quite little in serving but really good. The beef is tender and the sauce is quite sweet and not salty. Though this is quite pricey being S$12.00. We also had the Black Pepper Duck Linguine which is really good for S$16.20! This is the second time we ordered this, but it is quite filling because of the sauce. The sauce is a pepper-ish mushroom sauce.

The Spiced Beef Pizza for S$12.50 was quite nice as well, thin crust bread in a regular but smaller then pan pizza portion.The beef here were chunky and tender. The crust was pretty thin which makes it not as heavy. I tried their newly introduced cold coffee, the Iced Strawberry Chocolate Latte at S$7.50. This was a total disappointment. It tastes just like a regular iced latte with chocolate inside, the strawberry taste was so slight that I barely missed it. There was a few chunks of coffee jelly inside as well. It was nothing special.

And lastly we tried their cakes! really strange choices for today since our mains were something we had before. First up - Green Tea Wasabi S$7.20, was really spicy. The chocolate was completely gone, and I could feel the wasabi feeling coming up through my nose. It was an interesting experience but it would be something I would not be trying again. Next is their Lemon Basil for S$7.20. This cake is quite sour for sour fans our there, the interior is just sponge and some sweet jam to even out the sourness - which is not effective. The basil, unfortunately, I could not taste it at all.

But all-in-all, I still like going to coffee club so I have no qualms about that. Just don't order the Wasabi  cake unless you are out for a cake tasting adventure!

Ciao ~Andrea Trinity =)

Mignon

Hi all! So yesterday I went to Ngee Ann City to have dinner and I finally settled down at Mignon which is located at Takashimaya basement 2 =) It's at the Gourmet Dining area where there are a couple of small area for different style of food, though most of them were Japanese. Well anyway, they were having this set promotion where the selected dished will turn into a set with a soup-of-the-day and a drink for slightly cheaper cost. Since this is still part of Takashimaya, there is still the GST to be mindful of.

I ordered the Boneless Chicken with wrust, with it came my soup ( creamy clam soup ) and mountain dew for S$13.90. The dish was pretty good I'll have to say, it wasn't German sausage though. The sauce that accompanied my chicken was creamy mushroom sauce. The sauce was really nice in my opinion. It did not have that really heavy creamy taste of butter, AND the mushroom in it were nice big slices that were well made. The sausage was nothing special to comment on, quite regular as a side.

Penguin for that night ordered the Australian Sirloin Roasted peppercorn set for S$16.90. To be quite honest, I was pretty disappointed with it. The steak was asked to be medium-well. I found the steak to be a little tough then what I expected and not tasty at all. It did not have much flavouring and there was just too little sauce for it. It was pretty thick as well, I guess that must be why it didn't adsorb much of the flavouring. I think you will be able to find much better steak at Hot Tomato which costs roughly the same price.

But I had a fun time that day because I finally went shopping for myself! And any food isn't that bad when you are with great company - I think ;p I also would not be going back there unless someone wants to try the food there.

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)

Canelé patisserie

HI~

A short post about Canelé because we headed down there after a really heavy lunch. We had the 'Le Royale', 'All about Chocolate' and 'La Pomme Verte'. Where each is accompanied by a pot of tea. The 'Velvet Earl Gery', 'Rosy Pink' and 'Cookie Rooibois'.

Le Royale at S$7.48 and Velvet Earl Grey at S$6. Basically this is like the usual choice for most people because a slightly light chocolate cake - pretty and well made, with a combination of strong Earl Grey to soothe your tastes buds! A rather safe choice by my mother where you could never go wrong.

All about chocolate at S$7.48 and Rosy Pink at S$6.50. Here is a really thick choice of chocolate cake where within this tiny, stoutly cylinder carries lots of chocolate cream and hidden chocolate balls! Not forgetting the almost pure chocolate and sponge cake as well. So to complement this super sweet and chocolatey combo, my sister has chosen the Rosy Pink flower tea which is light and just barely sweet.

La Pomme Verte at S$7.01 and Cookie Rooibois at S$6. While my mother had the 1:1 balance and my sister had the 2:1 balance, I had the 1:2. My la Pomme Verte though looks like a cute green bomb is actually 70% made out of cream. the base is a rather thin layer of not so crumbly biscuit which was slightly sweet. But my tea was exceptionally strong and very tasty in my opinion. If you aren't such a fan of strong tea, then this might not be to your liking, it's generally bitter, though slightly sweet. I may even suggest you add sugar into it for your second serving where it gets more concentrated.

Well all-in-all, we had a great day and love having high tea with such pretty cakes and well-made tea. That's all for this not-so-short post =)

Ciao~

Andrea Trinity

Skinny Pizza

So today I went to Skinny Pizza with some of my family members and the food there were pretty good. Skinny Pizza serves really thin pizzas which is really crispy and tastes a little like super thin pita. They have some interesting toppings that is rather different from Pizza hut and Dominoes - example English breakfast. Their décor is pretty interesting like the chairs seems to have a fold-able concept and neon lighted sign.

Firstly we had the Truffles Fries for S$7, could taste the truffle slightly, but its gone after you've eaten it with chilli. It is quite expensive for almost plain tasting fries, and practically as thin as regular fries.

In-between our first pizza came - Smoked Turkey Swiss S$27. This pizza is pretty good, the crust is really thin as I have mentioned and the toppings were like salad vegetables, raw onions, cheese, turkey, and blueberry jam. The jam is quite sweet as I would suggest spreading it a little if you have a huge clump on your piece. But other than that, it was a pretty good piece of pizza.

Our last dish was the Ratatouille for S$20. Now I have never tried Ratatouille both on or off a pizza before. And I would have to say that I will not touch ratatouille ever again. But if you are a ratatouille fan, you may want to come down and try this. Ratatouille is basically made up of tomatoes and with garlic, onions, courgette, bell peppers, marjoram and more. But even though we did not enjoy this dish, we did managed to finish half of it between the three of us.

Also we tried their Raspberry mixed drink which tasted like slightly gassy lychee drink but is really nice. It isn't very sweet either.

But with that said, I will be coming back here, just not in the short term, to try their recommended dishes which is the truffle mushroom pizza and their Capellini which I hear is really good. Why we didn't order that in the first place? Well, it's a different crowd with different taste-buds =)

For tea break we went to Canelé ...

Ciao

Andrea Trinity =)

Concorde Hotel - Kim Dae Mun

Hi Everyone!

So today I met my really old friend and we headed for Concorde Hotel. We were going to have dinner at their food court stall called Kim Dae Mun. I have heard quite a bit about this place and thought I would give it a try as well. I should say that I wasn't disappointed. The food here was great and cheaply priced for the portion of the food at least for some items! So tonight's dinner we had the Spicy Chicken set for S$6.50, Spicy Beef soup set for S$6.50 as well, and the spicy rice cakes at S$5. The sets are in the form of soup ( If your main dish is not a soup ), rice, and a side dish ( anchovies  kimchi, pickled cucumber )

They give really generous portions, and I have to say, I really liked the spicy chicken. It was really good as well as the vegetables that goes with it. A really good buy, not absolutely spicy in my opinion though, but enough. The Spicy beef soup was good, but can be improved by being slightly more spicy. But the beef was pretty tender ( Then again it was in thin strips ) but the vegetables it in was great.

I am not a fan of spicy rice cakes, I had them when I was in Korea but it was really filling. But since many were talking about how great this is well, we decided to give it a try. The sauce is pretty good, nice and thick rather then some other places where they seem to dilute it. The rice cakes here seems to be smaller in size as well. But I have to say, I wouldn't get this again, I was really filled up before I could eat more than three. If you aren't a big eater, this would totally count as a full meal rather then a side dish.

Well, it's a really short post because I am quite tired, but I do recommend you to come here to try their food cos it's pretty cheap and good. The lady at the counter was really nice and polite as well. =)

Ciao ~

Andrea Trinity =)