Fullerton Cafe Boutique

Happened to be at Fullerton hotel few days ago. Enjoy the ambience and lavish interior of this 6 stars hotel. There was also live music at the lobby where the musicians played violin and flute at the 2nd storey.

Will definitely find an opportunity to enjoy hi-tea in this relax lavish settings one of these days. For that day, we will just settle for a takeaway.

Fullerton Hotel

The Fullerton Cafe Boutique staff approached us and recommend us to their signature pastries, highlighting that there is 50% discount for their pastries and sliced cakes after 7pm for takeaways.

Sweet Indulgence in our home sweet home.

Fullerton Cheesecake @$9. Creamy rich cheese cake not too sweet. The refreshing strawberry, blueberry and raspberry entice your palate to have more of the rich cheesecake without getting to jelat. Yummy!

Manjari Chocolate Mousse @$9.  Bright orange cake with a thick layer of chocolate mousse on top. Manjari chocolate refers to chocolate made with beans from Madagascar which is slightly bitter with hints of soft fruit. Nice :)

Fullerton Hotel 
1 Fullerton Square
Singapore 049178
Tel: 67338388

Lao Ban Soy Beancurd 老伴豆花 @ Maxwell

After spotting 2 office ladies carrying 10 packed tubs of Lao Ban beancurd under the hot sun and hearing my colleague's description of how good it taste, I had been wanting to try their handmade Tau Huay.


Decided to go to the branch at Maxwell as the main stall at old airport road is a bit out of the way. 
Glad that the queue was quite short, maybe because its already late in the evening. However, almond flavour was sold out and we only manage to get the original flavour @$1.50.

Lan Ban Beancurd @Maxwell Market

The chilled Lao Ban beancurd was yummy! Its soft, silky smooth like a jelly or pudding. It is creamier and smoother than the traditional beancurd. Unlike the traditional beancurd which is sweetened with sugar syrup, Lao Ban beancurd itself is already flavourful with the ingredient malt mixture and coffee-mate. The beancurd simply melts in your mouth with soy bean milk bursting out. The taste is more of milky with only slight soy bean taste, it will be perfect if the soy bean taste is richer. 

Textures of Beancurd
Pic 1: Slight tension on the surface
Pic 2 : First scoop showing the soft jelly-like center

Yummy Beancurd
Rating: 4.5/5

Lao Ban bencurd is so famous that there are lots of article and information on this tofu custard, you can even find recipes contributed by internet users which claimed to be as good as Lao Ban's. 

Lao Ban beancurd had started their chilled beancurd around one and half year ago and created a hype that many other stalls follow. All claimed to be the best, using 100% pure soy bean with no soyabean powder or coffee mate. Will find a chance to try the other stalls like QQ Soya Bean Curd and 51 Soy Bean.

Maxwell Food Centre

Maxwell Road #01-91 

Mobile: 8299 8211 

51 Old Airport Road
#01-127 Old Airport Road Hawker Centre
Mobile: 81812201

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 1130am- 800pm (or sold out)
Closed on Sunday

http://www.facebook.com/Laobansoya

Dessert @ Ah Chew, Bugis

After lunch at Yu Kee duck rice at Bugis, we walked down the Liang Seah street to Ah Chew for dessert.

They offer a variety of desserts, both traditional and modern, serve hot or cold.

Dessert Bar

Menu

We tried their Yam with Sago @$3.20. We can immediately smell the yam fragrance and taste the yam when we only have the sago in the first scoop. You can find generous chunks of yam at the bottom of the bowl. Not too sweet, just nice!

Something that I don't like is the ice cubes added to the dessert if you want it cold.  As the ice cube is not fully melted, it kind of affected the texture of the dessert.

Yam with Sago
Rating: 4/5

Service was prompt. Seats are a bit cramp. They have expanded and converted the shop next door to their dining area.

Ah Chew Desserts

1 Liang Seah Street,
#01-11 Liang Seah Place,
Singapore
Tel: +65 6339 8198

Mon–Thu : 12.30pm – 11.30pm
Fri : 12.30pm – 12.30am
Sat–Sun: 1.30pm – 12.30am
Sun : 1:30pm - 11.30pm

TWG

ION TWG is just next to the ION taxi stand (which is outside of CBD). Had always been attracted by the lush and impressive looking cafe when we pass by. During tea time, there is always see a long queue in the shop waiting for a seat. Since there is no reservation for tea time, we make a reservation for lunch instead to avoid the queuing.

TWG Tea Salon & Boutique

The cafe is actually quite small, with almost half of the space used for store front, there isn't much space left for the dinning area.  Its actually quite camped in the dinning area, when seated, the back of the chairs are actually touching each other. The ambience is quite nice though, like the tins of teas as a backdrop in the dinning area.

Dinning Area

TWG had a long tea list, was a bit disappointed that the waiter can't really help to do much recommendation. We just settled for Orange Blossom Oolong @$10.50 and Smoky Russian @$11. The Orange Blossom Oolong taste is quite normal, some floral fragrance and citrus taste. The Smoky Russian is quite strong and there is really some smoky taste and "fragrance".


We ordered Soup of the day @$10. Can't really catch the name of the soup but it does taste good.  Its creamy, smooth and there seems to be quite a lot of vegetables in it . It come is a small cup portion with bread and TWG tea jelly and whipped cream.

Soup of the Day
Rating: 3.5/5

The bread is crispy on the outside and a bit chewy or tough inside.  It goes well with the soup, especially the crispy "skin".

Bread

Was initially quite impressed with its decor, plates and cutlery until i finish the soup. Was really disappointed when the base of the soup cup is revealed as i finish the soup, its quite badly scratched.

We ordered 2 scones @$8 which comes with TWG tea jelly and whipped cream.  The scone are light and crumbly, it goes really well with the refreshing whipped cream and the fragrant tea jelly.

TWG Homemake Scone

TWG Tea jelly and whipped cream

We also ordered a patisserie from their trolley @$8.50.  Quite nice, a bit crunchy, creamy chocolate moouse with some tea leaves on top. 
 

Chocolate Cake
Rating: 3.5/5

 
ION Shopping Mall
2 Orchard Turn, #02 - 21
Singapore 238801
Tel: +65 6735 1837 +65 6735 1837
Fax: +65 6736 1837

Fruit Paradise

Their fruit tarts are simply stunning and gorgeous.  Wonder if they taste as good as they look.

They offered a Tart Set @$9.80, with a choice of 1 sliced Tart with blend Tea / Coffee / Soft Drink.  I ordered some citrus tea (can't remember the name) and a mixed fruit tart.

Citrus Tea

There are too many different tarts to choose from, with the "Kia-Su" spirit, decided to have the mixed fruit tart so as to have a bit of everything.  The tart is served on a plate decorated with sauces and blueberry.  There is a lot of japanese cream in the tart, not too sweet and quite light.


Mixed Fruit Tart
Rating: 3/5

Got the chance to try a lot more flavours during one of my colleagues' farewell dessert party.  He got 4 different fruit tarts - Mango Strawberry Tart, chocolate banana tart, mixed berries chocolate tart and mixed fruit tart.

Mixed Fruit Tart.  Same as what we had previously. There is blueberry, banana, strawberry, kiwi, mango, orange, grapefruit and i think apple.

Mixed Fruit Tart
Rating: 3/5

Chocolate Banana Tart.  Chocolate and banana suppose to be the best combination, but somehow this doesn't impress me. The banana flavour is so strong that i seems to missed out how the nuts and tart base actually taste.

Chocolate Banana Tart
Rating: 3/5

Mango Strawberry Tart.  Mango is one of my favourite fruits.  For the price paid, will be expecting much more mango slice and cubes.  Doesn't really get the fragrant of the mango as well, not too sure if its due to the jelly coating.

Mango Strawberry Tart
Rating: 3.25/5

Mixed Berries Chocolate is my pick among the 4. There is lots of stuff in there, not in a messy way but complementing one another. You can taste the nuts, the freshness of the berries, the sweetness of the chocolate, lightness of the cream and the crunchy base. With all the fruits and thee notion of free of unhealthy additives and preservatives, somehow we feel less sinful gobbling a few more pieces.

Mixed Berries Chocolate
Rating: 3.5/5

Verdict? Think its a bit pricely for take-away and they do not taste as gorgeous as they look. For dine-in, its definitely a cheaper alternative to hotel hi-tea.


Fruit Paradise VivoCity
VivoCity #01-59
1 Habourfront Walk
Tel: 6376 9978
http://www.ajisen.com.sg/fruitparadise/