Went to another "new" cafe in town last week. However, Brunetti did not fit the criteria of an indie cafe mostly because 1. it comes from a melbourne chain 2. it is situated in an expensive part of town, in a mall. 3. they are more known for their desserts than coffee. 4. its an "italian" cafe.

Well, it was pouring that day and we wanted to go somewhere close to civilisation, with shelter and proper facilities. Expectations were rightly lowered as well.

This was kinda it. I heard about it first on the papers and was expecting a small cosy cafe, but turns out its huge, bustling and quite well-lit. There was a huge counter for their cakes and pastries, and 2 more smaller counters for more pastries? It was quite confusing.

Stepping in, it felt like a food court cos it was so crowded, noisy and market-like. Don't even think about bringing a book here to go along with your coffee. Also, I was told off by a very rude waitress when I tried to snap photos. Oh come on. That is such a ridiculous rule, I am really quite pissed off with it. People are doing your business a favour by posting up photos online on blogs, twitter etc. Nobody has told me to not take photos in ANY other cafes. If its a theatre or a an indoor performance or even an art exhibition, I would understand why, but a cafe? Seriously?

I still managed to get a shot out. Cos I am rebellious like that. Look, a photo of the place!


We sat outside from the market that was right at the end of the cafe instead and it was much better, though still quite noisy. At least it was more sane, and there are less people.

We ordered a pear cheesecake crumble to share, a nondescript long black coffee and a peppermint tea. The tea was for me, it was a rainy day and perfect for a hot cup of tea! The presentation of the food looks really good.


The pear cheesecake crumble sadly looks better than it actually tasted, which was at best mediocre.Would go to Flor at Duxton Hill instead if I wanted cakes. But well, it wasn't horrid, and it's actually their star item. We just found it a tad too sweet and not very 'delicate' or exquisite, if you know what I mean when referring to desserts. After a while it just got too 'gelak' for us.


Well, if you are in Tanglin and want to have some unremarkable coffee and normal pastries in a quiet mall but noisy and crowded cafe, go to Brunetti. Oh and do try to take some photos.

Brunetti 
163 Tanglin Road, #01-35 Tanglin Mall, Singapore
Tel: +65 6733 9088
Daily: 9am – 10pm

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It was described as "Central Court Clarke Quay" on the article. That actually turned out to be incorrect, because it was situated at the Central Fountain Square. We initially thought it was at Central mall above Clarke Quay MRT, but luckily we parked at the carpark near Zirca and walked towards the fountain for some strange reason. It's easier to say that this event is happening outside the Highlander/Clinic/Pump Room pubs, right in the middle! Thus it is sheltered, but non-airconditioned!


Expected the space to be bigger, but the organisers managed to pull of a carnival/festival atmosphere, props to them for doing so. A total of 12 stalls were featured and it was really crowded by 6.30pm. Salted caramel, scoopz, soyato, brownice, latte & miele, oliyve, chocolate & gelato, haato & co., scoop of art, scoopy's & cream and one more. We also got free ice cream vouchers courtesy of Starhub, DBS credit card, and liking the Starhub Entertainment facebook page so basically it was free to taste at least 2 cups of ice cream.


Let the pics speak for themselves!

I like the expression of the lady in front of this stall. Haha.


The Umbra ice cream from this stall, Chocolate & Gelato, is really unique. Made from some Malaysian fruit and sour plum, super refreshing and their star item.
We also tried their lime gelato frozen on a stick coated with white chocolate. Very yums.
 We were massively cheated by this stall, Scoopy's & Cream. Even the name is slightly retarded. Basically its thick chocolate sauce frozen with liquid nitrogen. The effect was really cool and we saw them making it so we were like oooh. Wanted to redeem a free scoop, but the guy told us its only up to $2 and we have to top another 3 bucks for the chocolate butterscotch. We did, suckers. Haha. Not worth it at all! (Unless you have a plain scoop of vanilla ice cream and want to make a sundae with the choco sauce).


This was the Apple Strudel free ice cream from Seventh Heaven. This shop is one of my fav (taka basement) but their free ice cream is really bad tasting. Does not taste anything like apple strudel, and is in a weird chemical green colour (sponsored by Starhub?).
 Salted Caramel! Still undoubtably one of the best in show. Brownice was pretty cool though, they had CURRY ice cream (tasted weird) and masala chai (tasted awesome, we redeemed a cup).


Go for the event tomorrow if you have time, it starts from 5 till 11! There are also free performances and a photo booth for you to take pics.
 We love ice cream!

Lastly, there's a "guess how many ice cream sticks" thing you can fill up too. Nah, here's a preview, maybe one of you will get it right? Good luck!


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