Tiong Bahru Bakery

Talk about Tiong Bahru Bakery and what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? Their kouign amann, croissants or their wide selection of pastries? Tiong Bahru Bakery has recently sweeten their dessert offerings with 8 classics that employ traditional French baking techniques.

 

First up, there’s choux pastries which are generally a type of fluffy pastry dough that is soft airy middle with crisp outer shell.

Paris-Brest - A doughnut shaped choux pastry with Praline cream.

Chocolate Éclair/ Lemon Meringue Éclair –choux pastry filed with either dark, chocolate cream/ lemon cream.

My favorite pick out of this 3 would be the paris-brest where I like the nutty flavor of the praline cream.

Next, there is sugar doughs which are sweet short crust pastry with a biscuit-like crust.

Mixed Berries Tart – No doubt the most beautiful among the lot and Chocolate Slipper Tart, shaped like the shape of a slipper. Cute hor? Both are pretty looking and are my top 2 among the 8. The chocolate ganache was really rich but I wished that the tart base were made of shortbreads rather than biscuits.

Other cakes include opera cake, mango mousse cake and their classic Vanilla Mille Feuille!

 

Available daily 8am to 10 pm at their 3 shops in TiongBahru Eng Hoon Street, Raffles City SC and Tangs Orchard. So, grab a cuppa as well as the pastries at TBB as they make good after-meal desserts to have. Enjoy!

Thanks Janet and TiongBahruBakery for the invite!

Address: 56 Eng Hoon Street #01-70 Singapore 160056 / #B1-11/12 Raffles City SC/ L1-168 Tangs Orchard

Opening Hours: All outlets: 8am to 10pm daily

Website: www.tiongbahrubakery.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/tiongbahrubakery

Instagram: http://websta.me/n/tiongbahrubakery

 

Eggs & Berries

Want to have Eggs & Berries? In case you are wondering, we are talking about literally going to the dining venue- Eggs & Berries to have eggs and berries. LOL! Eggs & Berries have just launched its newly revamped menu that promises healthy eating that expects only natural flavors.

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Apart from the classic Caesar salad, there is the option of Yuzu crab Salad ($10.90) – garden greens tossed with crab meat, smoked bacon, cherry tomatoes, hardboiled egg and garlic croutons in chef’s home-made yuzu salad dressing. Quite a pretty presentation but it might need a little tweaks. I like the innovative addition of dollops of crab meat but the bacon was a little out of place, more of the crab meat please!

Fisherman Basket ($16.90) Home-made recipe battered white fish, calamari, prawns, fries, served with either of 2 sauces (yuzu, thai chilli, aioli or hickory sauce) I personally prefer the yuzu sauce as it is a little tangy yet sweet, adding a citrusy kick to the fried fish.

True to the restaurant’s moniker, you can choose to have eggs done in any of the four methods: over easy, poached, scrambled or sunny side up.

Basil & Prosciutto di parma Omelette ($13.90)

The ham added the right amount of salt and taste and the omelette was golden on the outside and creamy within, would have been better if more cheese was added!

Eggs Florentine ($13.90)

Beautifully poached eggs complemented by english muffins, smoked salmon, salad greens and drizzled with hollandaise sauce. This is the best dish that I enjoyed as the poached eggs are well done with runny yolk. Oh the eggporn crime scene of the oozing yolk!

We can all see why eggs are the restaurant’s calling card.

Eggs & berries has also expanded its pasta selection with glorious offerings like Aglio Olio King River Prawn ($20.90) – Aglio Olio pasta served with King River Prawn baked with wild mushrooms, onions, bacon and melted cheese or Traditional Squid Ink $17.90)

Now, moving on to the "Berries" (sweet desserts) which Eggs & Berries has to offer. Apart from the crispy fluffy pancakes and waffles, there's the choice of churros, lava cake or souffle.

Passionfruit and banana soufflé (less sugar,  $9.90) – Freshly baked soufflé of egg white infused with passionfruit and bananas served with scorched bananas and vanilla ice cream.

If you are thinking of having brunch for dinner, Eggs & berries will satisfy your cravings with their extensive new menu as it is open till 10pm daily! 

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Outlet details:

Jurong Point

Address: 1 Jurong West Central 2, Jurong Point 1 #01-32 Singapore 648886

Changi City Point

Address: 5 Changi Business Park Central 1 #01-37/38, Singapore 486038

Westgate

Address: 3 gateway Drive #02-06 Singapore 608532

Opening Hours: 8am to 10pm

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eggsnberries

Instagram: eggsnberries

Website: https://www.eggsnberries.com/

Flock Cafe at Ghim Moh - The Place to Get Pork Dishes

Will people start flocking towards Flock 2nd outlet at Flock Ghim Moh? The pork dishes offered there would probably attract the hipsters.

The first outlet of Flock Cafe had been around for more than 2 years, right when the cafe wave started in Singapore. The intention to open a second outlet was to offer a more diversified menu to the changing cafe culture.

The interior was clean with natural lighting that we liked. No more uses of flash, torchlight and hand phon LED light just to get a perfect lighting.

We loved the menu hanging at the front of the cafe. A chalkboard drawn from scratch. Very modern, very hip, and reminded me of my days in school listening to boring lessons. Ahem...


The Cheeky Eggs ($14) was the first item on the board. It was highly recommended by the staff and I did have my reservation initially, afterall it's Eggs Benedict.

It turned out to be a pleasant surprise with a crispy edge toasted brioche that blended well with the handpulled braised pork.
The pork was tender and flavourful and the poached eggs flowed. It's cheeky, looked pretty ordinary but playfully interesting.


We also ordered the Pork Cheek Rigatoni ($14) and my friends did not approve since we had already ordered the Cheeky Eggs.

Still as impressive, I thought. Their pork dishes were well executed, that we didn't regret having 2 pork dishes in one setting.


What caught our attention was this Nyonya Fish Patty Sandwich ($15.90) since we don't mind traditional Nyonya dish in a cafe setting.

The portion was huge, well infused flavours in the fish patty, similar to a fish cake texture that was chewy. The Nyonya taste was pretty acquired, if you like it, you will.


The flat white and latte ($5 each) offered here were made using Liberty Coffee blends, medium body, with low acidic tone.


Cakes were outsourced externally from external bakers and Patisserie G. We loved the Carrot Cake which was moist and not overly sweet.

Flock at Ghim Moh proved to be in touch with the current trends even though they had been around since the start of the cafe bandwagon. The innovative menu that incorporated current food trend is definitely interesting to attract cafehoppers to pay them a visit at their new outlet.

Thank You Flock Ghim Moh for the invitation.

Flock Ghim Moh

Location: 21 Ghim Moh Road, #01-213

Opening hours: 9am - 6pm (Tue-Sun), Closed Mon

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flocksg

Instagram: Flock_sg

Chir Chir

If you have watched the popular K drama "man who came from the Stars", this concept of Korean fried chicken and beer should not sound new right? Cheon Song-Yi’s love for chimaek has definitely sparked off a chimaek craze, would it be your next destiny?

Chir Chir 치르치르 originated from Korea sets foot in Singapore @ 313 Somerset, much to the delights of Chi-maek fans!! Chir Chir (pronounced chi-ruh chi-ruh) embodies the chi-maek culture that represents the chi from chicken and maek from maekju for beer.

We had two salads to kick off the night with.

Honey Grape Salad ($18.90) The seedless green grapes was sweet and it comes with walnuts, pine nuts and almonds with dollops of house-made ricotta and whipped cream. What I liked most is the crispy baked sweet yet savory tortilla by the side. This certainly makes a perfect appetizer or dessert!

Mango Salad ($11.90) of mixed greens topped with mangoes, blueberry and tangy yogurt dressing. Is a more fruity option. This pales slightly in comparison  to the honey grape salad while relatively cheaper.

Chir Chir signature fried chicken is available in Crispy, Garlicky or Spicy and can be enjoyed whole, wings only or as boneless tenders. We have the crispy fried chicken ($26.90). The chicken used was fresh and sauces were imported from Korea to ensure consistency in flavour across Chir Chir’s outlets worldwide. The skin was crispy and the meat was tender-fresh, what makes this dish remarkable is that it is not oily at all. I personally like the chicken with the sweet and tangy honey mustard sauce.

Garlicky Chicken / Spicy Chicken Wings ($28.90 for 7 pieces) The garlicky soy chicken smells exceptionally good as it comes with crunchy garlic flakes which makes the whole dish addictive. But I heart the spicy one more as they were lip-burning good, now these really live up to their names of ‘SPICY’. I guess anything spicy is a weakness for me and the sweet spicy chill evenly coated over the sweet potato cubes and fried toppoki packs hell-of-a-punch! 맛있어요~~

If you are a cheese and whipped cream lover, the NEST SNOW ($32.90) does not disappoints, I kid you not that this will send you into a food coma. This dish is the most popular here and I can understand why. Spicy Cajun chicken tenders on a bed of Korean sweet potato puree in cream sauce with a swirl of freshly whipped cream and shavings of parmesan, mozzarella and cheddar make us go WOW when presented. While I find the soup a little too creamy, I really enjoyed this dish still as all my favorites such as CHEESE, chicken and sweet potato are mixed in a hot plate of cheesy cream sauce.

We also had spicy BBQ roasted chicken where the marinated chickens were pan-fried such that it is evenly coated with sauce and accompanied with salsa, whole salt-baked egg and fluffy baked potato with sour cream to make it a hearty dish.

And of course, we had Maek – Chir Chir Cream Beer [$13.80 (350ml); $18.90 (650ml)] to pair with the fried chicken. This concoction comprises of draught beer topped with freshly whipped cream, the perfect combination for a chill-out session after work!

Alternatively, to complement the slew of fried and roasted chicken, there’s thirst quenchers such as Tok! Tok (non-lacoholic $14.90 | alchoholic $18.90 a jug) - infusion of soju with mocktails.

 

My usual haunt for Chimaek is ChooChooChicken but the Nest Snow and Honey Grape Salad might just entice me over the next time as it is more spacious for large groups since the portions are generous and best for sharing! 대박!!

 

 

Thanks SixthSense Comms, Rachel and ChirChir for the invite!

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Address: #B3-04/05/06 313@Somerset

Opening Hours: Sun to Thu, 10am – 10pm (last orders at 930 pm); Fri to Sat, 10am – 11pm (last orders at 1030pm)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chir-Chir-Singapore/1551584908411319

Instagram: chirchirsg