Provence wassant buns

I had Provence breads quite some time ago. And I fell in love with them! I believe the top top seller of the bakery has to be their wassant buns, which are the small small buns you see below. But then, recently, I noticed that more and more bakeries are coming out with them. And when my mama buy them for me, I would just eat them and say "yum yum". Hahaha.

But every single time I ate the original Provence's buns again, I can't help but notice a difference. The original one was better!

(Didn't take my favorite chocolate because they are hiding inside my tummy. Ha!) Well, I felt that there's an extra crispiness around the Provence one. Not exactly crispy but it felt that there's a more defined outer layer as compared to the others that I had tried. Plus, I felt that the chocolate taste better from Provence. Well, no one had noticed it and no one really agreed with me because everyone thinks that they are really similar. BUT NO! It's really different! LOL!

But then, come again, if Provence is so far away and we have a four leave bakery nearby, I don't really mind eating them. The difference is not that huge anyway. Hehs.

Baumkuchen cake from Muji

I went shopping at Muji and I saw this cake!

Ha. I remembered it as a pretty nice cake from the Japan shows. Haha. It is cut from a big round ring cake. I remembered it as a very interesting dessert! And so, I have to buy it. It's at $2.90 per piece and if you were to buy 2, there's 10% off. Lol. So, I bought 2! (COME ON, there's a few favors around, and if you know me well enough, you would have guessed that I have to try all the favors!)

My verdict was. Erm, its too dense for my liking. Haha. A little dry too? I think it would have went really nicely with some fruit tea. Ha! But I cannot deny that the apple and banana smell (the 2 favors I chose) was really fragrant. It's a tad too sweet for my liking too.

No idea what would others think of? But then, could it be just Muji or all the cakes will taste like this? HMMMM. I have to find baumkuchen cake from bakeries to find out!

Ice cream cake from Bakery World

Yum Yum.

I think it's ice cream cake. But I was told that it is not! It's some cream cake. But, if we were to ice the cream, isn't it ice cream cake? Ha! Okay, at least that's my logic. But hehs. If not for the thought that I'm going to get real fat from it, I would have finished every single bit myself. Hahahahaha!

Flor Patisserie @ Duxton Hill

I was trying to find a time to pull my foodie khakis down to Flor to try out their cakes after doing a little research on what to eat at Tanjong Pagar. Seriously, just looking at the website made me drool. Haha.

And so, when I was selected by inSing.com for the food tasting, BOY! I WAS OVERJOYED! Woohoo!

The place is a pretty little place tucked away at 2 Duxton Hill. I have a fetish for this kinda small and exquisite stores. And so, I fell in love with it! Immediately. =D

Shop front

Seriously, just look at the selection when you enter the store! This is crazily appetizing! I am at such a loss when I was asked to pick what I would want to try. I wanted to try ALL! Like, seriously, life is about too much choices recently. Can you just give me all you have? And if you don't want to give me so much, then, please give me limited choices and I will take all too. HAHAHA! Okay, crap.

I love photo frames on the walls. Nice nice.

Ok. And the food tasting begins. No, we did not get the full cake. Well, might as well. Since we are unable to finish the entire big slice ourselves anyway. We cannot encourage food wasting during food tasting sessions. So, small is good. =D

Top favorite top favorite!!!!!

I got the name wrongly. It was not mont blanc. Mont blanc does not have my favorite pastry on it. Haha. It's called Waguri Millefeuille. Woo. The cream is made from chestnuts and you can still see chestnuts sprinkled on top of it. God. I was seriously in heaven once again when I ate the cream. Haha.

What's best is actually the pastry/biscuit/crispy thing/base/whatever you call it. You do know what I'm talking about right? Haha. This is omg-ish kinda nice. Woo. *Drools* Just order any cakes with that pastry/biscuit/crispy thing/base/whatever you call it. 

Pretty little thing isn't it?

Next next next, Cacao Royal. MY GOODNESSSSSSS! Haha. The chocolates were great, the texture was great. Yum yum. But, well, I have to say, if I were to compare with the Waguri on top, this loses out in omg-ish factor. It's just another chocolate cake. A very well done chocolate cake though. Haha.

But please, even so, I did not say that the cake is not nice. It was super nice!! Haha. Because texture is very very important to me when I eat desserts. And it did fulfilled my requirements. =D

Berries berries/ Flor's strawberry shortcake/ Strawberry scoffle (please pardon me. I'm bad at names and memorizing things). It's Chef Yamashita's all time favorite, until he ate too much and decided that the Waguri became his favorite. Hahaha.

Boasted to be the best strawberry shortcake in Singapore. But, hmm, I am not too sure about it. We did not eat the cake when it was freshly taken out of the fridge. So, for cakes, after exposure to the air for a while, it will start to get a little rough and dry. And that's what happened. But even so, I can feel the cake melting in my mouth the moment I put it in. It's like, how did it managed to dissolve in just like that?! Crazy!! And then the cream. Woah. Nice. I would love to try it again the next time I visit Flor. I'm serious. Haha.

Berry Chocx. YUM YUM! The puff is really special and the custard cream was heavenly. They went so freaking well together. My goodness. *LOVES*

  

The Vert. The macha/green tea cake. Haha. The aroma of the macha is so super strong and nice. It was so heavenly! But the thing is that I felt that the cake was a little rough for my liking. But I do realized that macha cakes tend to be this rough. Just like the one I love from the super market. And really, eating it chilled is way much nicer than eating it after a while. =D My man likes it!

Look look look! It's the pastry/biscuit/crispy thing/whatever you call it again! This time round, it's with strawberries! The cake is the same to me. The same good spongy cake. But the topping is different. Well, more refreshed I would say. Love it too. Anything with that pastry/biscuit/crispy thing/whatever you call it is great! Yum yum Napoleon.

You must have heard me saying that chocolates and bananas are destined to be together forever and ever right? Hahaha. Well, at least in human. I think this is the first time I'm saying it on my blog. Lol. Yes, they have to be together. LOL! This Earl Grey Choclat made them merge again. Haha.  A very interesting texture I have to say. Not something that I had tried before. Yum. They went really well together. The cake and the cream and the banana and the chocolate sprinkles. Haha. But according to TXY, the cake itself has no taste. I didn't try it, for I ate the entire layer together. Hehs.

Last but not least, the Classic Chocolate. It has a chocolate sponge with a moist inside and the blob of cream on top of it. The chocolate taste is really good. Yum yum. But I think the cake is a little hard. Did they purposely do it this way? Haha. I'm still not complaining because we have to stimulate our taste buds in many different way. No just the way we love it. I kinda like it because of the well blend between the sponge and the cream. And definitely the chocolate.

They served us hibiscus tea. It was refreshingly nice! Apparently, it helps in digestion so it was a great thing to go with after eating so many yummy yummy cakes. Hehs.

 

Chef Yamashita!

Our fellow food tasters.

 
Thank you inSing.com. Haha. Please invite us more often for the future events! I love it!

Final verdict. Please visit the place. Oh, bring your friends/families along too. With the wide selection of cakes that does not really cost as much as a lot of places, I'm so sure you can find your love! I'm dead serious. Haha. Other than the yummy cakes that pushed me to heaven, I seriously love this place because I feel the presence of the chef in all the cakes. I like this kinda small shops. As in, there's passion and love for the things he baked. And that's what important to me. And, doesn't the cakes look like a piece of art? Just go, stop thinking of your dieting plans. Hahahaha.

By the way, their cakes are selling fast at around 4. So, if you don't want to miss the cakes, go slightly earlier eh? Afternoon tea. Wooo. Nice. Haha.

Address: 2 Duxton Hill

Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar. (It's within walking distance. No worries about it!)

Waffle Factory @ Singapore Post Center Shopping Center

I have been thinking of the waffles from the Waffle Factory since the man started going to the SingPost center very often. Hehs. I tried the waffles sometime back and I remembered it as a very nice waffle!

So, he bought it for me and I finally satisfied my craving for it. But it was a little disappointing because I did not eat it fresh from the shop. I'm sure it had been softer 50 mins before I tried it. Haha. I will go back and eat it there and review on it again. Haha.

But the hit of the shop should be the number of flavors it offers. I was thinking that it looks like all the donut shops around. A simple donut with more than a dozen different flavors to choose from. The same goes for the waffles! The flavor I had was the Kit Kat. Like, WOAH! Kit Kat eh!?! The cream and the Kit Kat went really well together! SLURPS!

Final verdict. Chocolates and waffles never go wrong together. And Kit Kat too! I love it! But I have to say, the waffles is not as soft and yummy as the one from wild honey. But heys, please look at the price difference man! This is seriously not bad already!!!! But I really have no idea if the hardness of the waffle came from the cold or is the waffle hard by nature. Hmm..

Address: #B1-03 Singapore Post Centre Shopping Mall

Wild Honey @ Mandarin Gallery

I have been craving for American breakfast since long long time ago. I want big big sausage, yummy scrambled egg, potatoes, good bread. Not too difficult to ask for I would say. But it gets a little difficult if you are never up/ at the restaurant when they are still serving breakfast.

So, Wild Honey to the rescue! Woohoo! It serves full day breakfast. So even if I want to eat it after work, it's perfectly ok!! And yeap, that was what I did! Hehs.

Beware of the queue man. Because it is opened till 1030, I suggest that you can reach around 9. So that you don't have to wait for more than 1 hour for it. This long wait is the only complain I can think of.

Ok, that was nothing to do with the review, but I like them! The sugar cubes look so nice. Haha. And okay, I was actually a little bored waiting for my food. Haha.

Tadang. Dish number one. Cookie. This cookie actually cost $4 each. I have no idea why, but we paid for it glady. Hehs.

So, it has chocolate coating on half the cookie. The other side of the cookie also have half coated with chocolates. Hehs. I guess this would make sure that we are not overloaded with chocolates. Because this is the first thing we have after such a long wait, I approach it with weary. Haha. It turned out to be really good! Woohoo!

Softness was good. It can be broken with the spoon and scooped to the mouth. And it's not like the soggy softness you know? Haha. It was good. Yum yum!

And then we realized that hey! There's maple syrup between the 2 cookies! And we don't find the whole thing very sweet. Hehs. Nice. First step to heaven.

Apparently this Queen B is one of the most popular mocktail at Wild Honey. We ordered it and it tasted really different. Haha. It has grapefruit and something. First mouth was "Eh? Hmm." After that, it became "Hmm. Nice! Hahaha."

And now, the most anticipated moment.

First, my craving was satisfied with the English breakfast. Everything that I had asked for. Or even more than I had. Because it had nice sauteered mushrooms and yummy baked beans. Haha. My goodness. This is huge! We are in heaven. Hahahahaha.

I was hooked by the potatoes. Nicely baked and the sprinkle of salt on it made it tasted really good. You can taste the salt but you won't complain about it because it was that which made it yums.

The sausage was heavenly. Seriously. Crunchy on the outside because of the grilled skin. Tight and woooo on the inside. It was thick as I wanted it. But too bad. It was a little small. Especially when 4 people are sharing it. Hahaha! But I think we can order a side order for the sausage. Good. I will do it. Haha!

 The mushrooms were a surprise. Nicely flavored and grilled. Wooo!

Scrambled egg. Not very special but it was important in this entire English breakfast. My god.

I did not managed to take a photo of the baked beans. It was so special! A little spicy and it was really big! Nothing like the normal baked beans they use from cans! Woohoo! YUMMMMMMS! I love the English breakfast! And the bread that came along was really good. I always love steamed bread more than toasted bread. But this combination was too good to be true. Lightly toasted on the outside but the softness of the bread inside was not sacrificed. This is crazy. Oh, the bacon too! It's oh my god. A little too salty for my liking but if I eat it with other things then, it's heavenly! Best bacon I have ever tasted. I want to bring the chef home. Haha.

Please note that we are already in heaven. So, the remaining dishes kept us in heaven for a long long time. Haha.

Next up, the Tunisian breakfast. Oh god. How can all the spices fuse together like this? It has 2 fried eggs, some sausages (goood!!). Don't underestimate it. My goodness. Take the nicely toasted bread and dip into the sauce. You will scream "I'm in heaven!". Hahaha. Ok, I think most of the people are not exactly as dramatic as me, but you get the gist here.

 

 

Taken from their menu: Canadian - A stack of classic pancakes served with wild berry and hibiscus compote, Canadian maple syrup and bacon.

 

Understatement I would say. It should read: Canadian - A stack of classic super fluffy and soft pancakes served with crazily nice and tastefully done wild berry and hibiscus compote, terribly nice Canadian maple syrup and out of the world delicious bacon. This was the best bacon that I had tasted in my life. I'm serious. Because of this, 3 of us had a new respect for pigs. Haha. I like this bacon more than the English breakfast because it's not that salty. When we eat it with the pancakes and pour maple syrup over it and then top it up with a little berries, you will scream "I'M IN HEAVEN!". Haha. Max prefers the English breakfast bacon because it's more fatty. Haha.

Last one, Belgian breakfast. The waffles were crazily fluffy and soft. The coconut cream was just nice. Not too thick or what as YX had feared. Mangoes were terribly sweet. Blueberries were like berries lo. Toasted coconut flakes went really well with the waffles. My goodness. If you know me and YX well enough, you will know how much we love and worship flour products. Hahaha. This got us crazy as well.

All of us were in heaven. The entire meal put too much food to shame. And it gave a new meaning to pigs. Thank you for your sacrifice. And please, do not destroy all the wheat on Earth for we will definitely cry and die. Haha.

*Smiling so happily before we attacked the food because we were already very amazed with the whole presentation of the food. Spend quite a fair bit of money on breakfast ($30 each) but we paid happily. It was definitely all worth it. Service there was good as well. Staff were helpful. Lighting was a little too dark for a breakfast place (and thus lousy food photos). But good for after work. Haha. Not a lot of photos taken because I HAVE TO ATTACK THE FOOD! Haha.

Will definitely pull more people there again. It's highly highly highly recommended! Please go!!

Address: Mandarin Gallery #03-02
Note: No reservation. You have to wait terribly long! Haha. Try to go real early or real late. Hehs.

Mugiya Bakery

I was just standing around the area and this bakery totally caught my attention as any bakery that I had never seen would. Hahaha. Walked towards it and found myself talking to the people about the different bread because they look kinda cute. Well, to me, at least.

2 breads caught my attention. Hehs. Their names did not managed to tell me what it contains ma.... Hahaha!

It's like, you look at the name, would you know what the hell it is?! LOL! Well, after some enquiries, it appears that the bread contains different floss inside. And then, one is with cheese and one is without. Haha! As simple as that. But I had a hard time communicating with the person there though. >.<

Because we are supposed to go for dinner soon, I can only buy one bread for myself. Haha. I picked the paper bread or something like that (2nd photo). I was really stupid you know? I thought the paper means that you eat with the paper or something. I was so quizzical at how I should eat it!! Hahaha! But then, I realized, we cannot eat the paper even though there's paper on the bread. And the name. Ha!

*I learn it the hard way.*

Seriously, I really did not catch what the person was describing at all. So it was only after I bite the bread and then realized that it's just a floss bread! Hahahaha! But I have to say, the floss was really nice! Not as 'machine feel' as the breadtalk bread. A little more natural and laid back. And the texture and the softness of the bread is always what I deem as the most important. Good. It passed! It's the kinda softness that I like!! Woohoo!

I almost turned back to pick up a few more home. But no. I didn't. Hahaha.

Address: City Square Mall #B1-36
Opening Hours: 9 am to 10 pm