Paddy Hills took over the famous South Buona Braised Duck Rice and today marks their second day of operation.
A step into the café and we were greeted to the strong
fragrance of coffeebeans The setting of the café was rather impressive, with a
coffee counter with bar seats, cosy corners for couples and a communal table
for large groups. The place transform from a café in the day to a restaurant at
night and it boasts a large menu (different menus for day and night) wow, and
it’s not just a change-over of 4 or 5 items but entire menu of close to 20
items. Impressive it sounds isn’t it?
Some drinks to quench the thirst on a hot sunny day: Taste
like purple $7 and yuzu effervescence $7. These quenchers are refreshing and
instant coolers on a hot day. Alternatively, there’s coffee or milkshake to choose from.
I guess
we were lucky to come in the day as we get to enjoy both breakfast and lunch
items. From the breakfast menu, there’s the standard big breakfast, French toast,
pancake but all with a slight twist.
We started off the long hours of feasting from: some sides from the day menu (0830 – 1730).
Cauliflowers Fritters ($12) – at first glance, I thought it
looked pretty normal just like what my mum could whipped up at home. But the
bomb is the masala yoghurt that comes with it. The tangy masala and the slight
sour yoghurt really opens up one’s appetite.
Toasted Rice Cake ($15) – who would have thought that korean
rice cake could be toasted? While I like how the rice cake retains it crispy texture
outside and soft within, my subsequent pieces tasted a little hard, perhaps
after prolonged exposure. So my suggestion is to order this dish for sharing,
and eat it while hot!
Golden Mantou Sliders - $23 Put simple, this is mantou with
beef patty sandwiched within, with purple sweet potato fries. I really love the
thin strips of sweet potato fries. These strips of sweet potato fries were
hand-sliced and fried upon order. They were just nicely fried, as overfrying it
would result in burnt fries. Really crunchy and addictive, a change from the golden yellow usual fries we see to a beautiful purple shade.
We also had the truffle fries, which could hardly go wrong. Truffle taste was distinct.
We had Beetroot Carpaccio - $18 beetroot was crunchy and the soft silky tofu added contrasting texture to the overall dish. Furthermore, not only was it beautifully plated with vibrant purple of the beetroot, orange from the carrot and green from the cucumber, it’s also a vegetarian dish! Definitely a delight for vegetarian eaters!
Big Breakfast - $24 Egg was done 63 degree for us, and the
one item that had my eyes lit up immediately was the bacon steaks!! Isnt that
Kong Ba? The one you typically see in Teochew restaurant with steamed man tou.
Yet, it has found its place in the Big Breakfast at Paddy Hills. The glistening
homemade bacon steak was juicy but would have been better if more tender.
Kimchi Fried Rice with souv vide eggs - $20 Quite a
surprising find on the menu as fried rice is a traditionally Asian dish. And
since one of the staff recommended it, we decided to follow and order it to try. Its
pretty amazing that the fried rice comes with the wok hei flavor (wow wow, can
open zi char shop liao leh). The kimchi flavor could have been more intense and well-mixed with fried rice instead. The hanger steak was done to perfection so dope!
Potato & Fish - $22. If you are thinking of fish and
chips here (you might think that since fried rice could be found here, what
could not be?), you are half right. They don’t exactly have fish and chips but
sea bass and rosti. The highlight of the dish is the rosti, it is finely sliced
and is very crunchy as compared to the ones in Marche. One of my personal
favourite dish here.
Hash Hash - $22
roasted baby potatoes with sauteed mushrooms and beef shank polenta chips.
Sauteed mushrooms were really good in this dish!!
Squid Ink
Tagliatelle with seared scallops, mentaiko, ikura and tobiko ($23) Pasta are
made fresh in house. And my friend who is not really a pasta lover, says he
would not mind coming back PaddyHills just for this again! Also my favourite item in
the lunch menu.
Quesadillas - $18
Pulled Pork here was juicy and the homemade bbq sauce really gives it an extra
punch.
For desserts,
there are three choices and they are all equally good and if I have to make a
pick out of the 3, the orange ricotta pillow would be my first choice and the other two tied for second!
Berry Ricotta
Hotcake ($19) – Most pretty looking among the three. If you are a berry person,
go for this!
Orange Ricotta
Pillows ($18) – melt in da mouth to die for fluffiest ever pancake paired with
coconut ice cream. Yes, all my favourite and it was that fluffy we all echoed
upon the first bite. I KID YOU NOT.
The Asian Brick
($18) –brioche french toast with yam ice cream, purple sweet potato anddd
goreng pisangs? Wow, it is another unique twist to your normal french toast
with caramelised bananas and maple syrup. No-wonder it is named the asian
brick! Brioche could be fluffier and sweet potato boiled to softness, that
would be perfect.
All in all, there are hit and misses in the food but a bit
of fine-tuning would probably works well. We definitely loved the ambience of
it and did I forget to say there is a large mural wall outside of the café. I foresee
it being a hotspot for hipsters to take OOTD after having meals in this promising café!
 |
| Thinking of coffee already? |
Address: 38 South Buona Vista Road Singapore 118164
Opening Hours: 0830 – 2230
Instagram: paddyhills.sg
Nearest MRT: Haw Par Villa, Take bus 200, 3 stops.
.jpg)
