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Place was slightly too noisy and crowded for me but that's what most indie cafes are like nowadays so do bear with it. If you do, their food and drinks are decent and the place's a great place to just chit chat and read a book (or surf the web on your iPad).


Penny University Artisanal Coffeehouse
402 East Coast Road, Singapore 428997
+65 90089314
Tue - Thu: 8:30 am - 6:00 pm, Fri: 8:30 am - 9:30 pm
Sat - Sun: 8:30 am - 10:30 pm

Sometimes I feel so fortunate to be writing a blog about food (and everything else). Why? Because I get to be invited by kind folks to try out new things -- good things, which I then have the pleasure of sharing with you guys. Throughout the tastings, I also meet people that I will never get to meet if not for this. So sometimes I do think, man, am I really lucky.



The next appetizer was a crowd favorite among the ladies. The Sous Vide Egg & Spaghettini ($18) with soft poached egg, spaghettini in truffle salsa, iberico ham and truffle hollandaise (clarified butter and egg yolk). It was an appetizer but you might want to think twice about sharing..


The egg was poached to perfection, of course. The iberico ham gave the al dente spaghettini that salty whack it needed to bring out the flavours, with the truffle giving the usual goodness. Addictive, and gone in 60 seconds.











Skyve 
10 Winstedt Road, Blk E, #01-17, Singapore 227977
+65 62256690
10am to 1am daily

*UPDATE 2017: I cannot find the supplier anymore as they seemed to have closed down! Please find others in Singapore instead.**

Just a quick post on a particular Taiwanese nougat candy called Sugar & Spice that I was sent for review by the distributor in Singapore. Thought I'll share it with you guys in case you're looking for a gift for a friend with a sweet tooth! I've also seen this when I visit Taipei recently in 2016 at a departmental store, and its still a huge hit especially among the Chinese tourists!

These are really really good.

I'm not saying this just because they were sent to me for review, but honestly if I were to try it when I'm in Taiwan or in SG, I would have bought some myself.

Why? Because the nougat is different from the normal nougats you would expect. The milk is more similar to the White Rabbit candy type, though not as cloying or artificial. The nuts inside are fresh and crunchy, and the nougat itself chewy without being tough. It's so addictive I have to stop myself from eating all of it at once!

According to the distributor, it is made with:

Freshly handmade from French unsalted butter from Normandy, milk powder from France and crispy California almonds, a special preparation technique gives these flavourful milk nougats a creamy, soft and chewy texture that are very different from the nougats currently available. No preservatives, additive or coagulant is added during the production process.

To order some and get it delivered, visit their website at http://www.sugar.com.tw/en/tw - they send it to Singapore, Malaysia, China, Australia, Japan. For 500g it is currently only 350 TWD, which is about S$15!

Finally had some time to blog this public holiday. This post is long overdue, but I felt like I have to do it any way! This is because I have finally tried Le Bistrot, and I want to tell you about it. For maybe a year or two, I've already been hearing good things about the place, which is tucked away at the Kallang indoor stadium.

I had a fun time over all. Thanks to Lek Lim Nonya Cake Confectionary for the crash course in kueh-making, and spending time to explain all the kuehs to me.

Decided to go to Spathe (pronounced 'spay-th') for dinner couple of weeks back because I saw someone talking about it, and thought I had better check it out. It seems quite new, and was located just right beside Chikuwa Tei (they have very good chirashi don there) on Mohamed Sultan Road.





Next up was the Chicken and the Sea ($25) spanish paella rice with NZ mussels, prawns, squid, chorizos, chicken and saffron. I really liked this dish too because it was full of flavour! The cheesy sauce on the paella gave it the umami taste while the seafood was fresh.