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 =)

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