Singapore #019 - Cups N Canvas

Before heading to PlayNation last night, we planned to have our dinner away from the usual weekend crowd in town and I googled Cups N Canvas that is right in Selegie Road.

Cups N Canvas

This place just gives a cosy and still chrismasy feeling… Tables were all taken up but the place was spacious during dinner time which was what I wanted to look for… somewhere to enjoy coffee and able to chat (and not shouting to one another).

I think this is the first time I found sweet potato latte selling in Singapore. Sweet Potato latte was my love and a drink that I will order each time when I'm in Korea. 

It tasted quite different from Korea; Korea still has the best sweet potato latte. The one in Cups N Canvas was not bad though, it has a light sweet potato taste and there's also sweet potato puree.

Sweet Potato Latte

Lobster Pasta

Breakfast Canvas

Smoked Salmon Sandwich

Cheesecake

They also have very interesting fruit beer like Apple Beer and Mango Beer. I will definitely try them during my next visit.

139 Selegie Road
Singapore 188309
Tue - Thu 10:30 - 22:00
Fri - Sat 10:30 - 23:00
Sun 10:00 - 20:00
Tel: +65 6884 6855

Singapore #011 - Imperial Treasure Windows of Hong Kong

Craving for Hong Kong food?

I will recommend you to visit Imperial Treasure Windows of Hong Kong at TripleOne Somerset.

The menu board looks exactly the same as 大家樂！

Food tasted exactly the same too!

Fried kway teow was not very fantastic.... I felt there was not much ingredients and the chinese sausage was too salty. Unlike the fried kway teow, the fried rice was very nicely cook. You can see every grains of rice and very generous with the prawns and char siew.

Both kway teow and fried rice come with a beverage. You can choose coffee, tea or soy bean milk.

Each set is around $12 if I remembered correctly.

We also ordered club sandwiches too. Quite a good choice for snacking.

Lastly we had the 3 meat combination. The roasted meat (燒肉）was sold out (we were there around 6.30pm) so I assumed it must be really nice.

In the end, we chose the roasted duck meat, char siew and steamed chicken.

The meats were really tender and yummilicious.

Comparing with other HK cafes like Kim Gary & Xin Wang, I find Imperial Treasure Windows of Hong Kong the most authentic and the one I will return to each time I miss HK Cha Chan Teng food!

Imperial Treasure Windows of Hong Kong
TripleOne Somerset #01-K1/24/25
111 Somerset Road
Tel: +65 6732 8798

Singapore #010 - Necessary Provisions

Dad suggested we should go for brunch today and so I decided to choose Necessary Provisions.

A place that is totally inconvenient to travel to if there's no car. Located at Eng Kong Terrace (that's in Bukit Timah if you have no idea where's that), it sits at the end of a row of shop houses.

The brunch menu is really limited. They only serve cakes and sandwiches.

Not a wise choice this time since my dad doesn't like bread.

The dinner menu (available after 6pm) seems to be better. It has pasta and fried rice.... (suits my dad more)

Our Orders

Tuna Wich Capers, Cucumbers & Chili ($9)

Rosemary Chicken with Watercress & Parmigiamo ($9)

The bread looked hard and was difficult to cut. But when you bite it, it was not so tough to chew.

And the sandwiches really went well with the lattes.

Overall, it was simple and healthy but probably not very satisfying for a brunch.

It has quite nice laid back atmosphere to enjoy if you stay around the area.

Otherwise, it's not really worth traveling down from the north to the west.

21 Eng Kong Terrace
Singapore 598993
Tue - Thu: 10am - 10pm
Fri - Sat: 10am - 12am
Sun: 10am - 6pm
Tel: +65 9231 7920

Singapore #001 - Chock Full Of Beans

The royal folks went on a staycation at Changi Village Hotel and decided to pop by Chock Full of Beans for brunch after checking in. We nearly fainted thinking it's quite a distance away from the hotel (the map indicates about 10mins walk?) but NooooOOOoooo.... it's just a stone's throw away!

Despite being at a corner of the row of shophouses, you can identify it easily as it stands out from the rest of the traditional shops.

Before we ordered our drinks, we started asking what's available for the latte art.... and design...

Sad to say... you can only request for designs on weekdays when the cafe is not busy...

 the barrister behind all the amazing artworks!

 The drinks are available in 2 sizes: regular and large... just a dollar difference so I find it's more worth it to get the large ones especially if you are going have a long chit chatting session with your friends! 

Tada~~~ We ordered 2 hazelnut latte, 1 rose latte and 1 caramel latte

Ham & Cheese Sandwich ($12): Personally this is my favorite. It may be simple but not everyone can make such simple food yummilicious! 

Ultimate Swiss Rosti ($18): The saute mushroom on top of the rosti is good! 

Chock Full of Big Breakfast ($17): The chicken chipolatas are most popular among the rest for the royal folks.

Just one visit to Chock Full of Beans is not enough and I don't think we will come again in the next few months since it's really out of the way to get here...

Therefore.... We went again the next day for brunch after checking out!

It was fully packed when we get there... and we waited for 30 mins to get a table. The nice part was the staff took down our number and we could go walk around instead of standing there waiting.

Another round of coffee to perk us up... since most of us only had 3-4hrs of sleep...

We love the Ham & Cheese Sandwich so much that we ordered it again!

Good Morning New York ($18): The plain bagel was so delicious even without the eggs!

Brûlée French Toast with Caramelized Banana ($9): This is definitely a must try for a sweet tooth! Will recommend you to share this with at least one more friend as I find it too much for just one person.

Strawberry Shortcake ($6.50): The presentation was so cute! the bear thinking of the cake. The cake texture is soft and smooth, it's not dry too so you will tend to eat one mouth after the other.

Chock Full of Beans
Blk 4 Changi Village Road
#01-2090 Singapore 500004
Tue - Fri: 11am - 10pm
Sat - Sun: 9am - 10pm
Tel: +65 6214 8839