D.O.C // Tiong Bahru ? // Itacho Sushi // Hoshino's Coffee

First up, Department of Caffeine!!! (please ignore my fat and short legs) Exams are finally over and tomorrow is Youth Day Holiday for us :) One of the few perks of being in a JC... Anyway we headed over the the Duxton area to "explore" but this time it was sort of a disappointment/failure as the stores were either closed or sold similar stuff.. Seriously, must all cafes have all day breakfast? It used to be unsual but now its just unsually common. 

Anyway we read great reviews on D.O.C and went to try it out! As usual it was packed and we had to wait for a short while. The place is kinda cramped, and the air-con was horrible, just plain horrible. And since only when we got there did we realise their churros was a mothers day special, so we ordered this apple and olive oil(???) cake ($5.50) and the honey and tea cake ($5) as shown above, plus a yoghurt+honey+vanilla bean smoothie WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE DISGUSTINGLY-SOUR-YOGHURTY-AND-PLAIN-HORRIBLE. And that was 6 bucks. eew. 

So overall, our experience at D.O.C was bad as Pang felt that the cakes were sour (i thought that it was alright) and the disgusting smoothie just killed everything. Plus the lack of churros that I was extremely excited for :'( 

We decided to head over to the tiong bahru area to continue our exploration since duxton was a disappointment. haha. Our standards are too high :P Anyway to name a few things we did on the way there... 1. Sneeze loudly and laughed like mental kids ignoring weird stares from people at the bus stop 2. Imagining we owned a loft at some fancy apartment and making fake accents 3. YOLO-crossing of main roads.. #badinconsideratekids

We walked aroung tiong bahru and walked more and walked even more. Passed by cafes like Drips bakery/Tiong Bahru Cafe/Orange Thimble/40 Hands/Open Door Policy etc. But we didnt enter any. Instead we bought this giant Big Gulp which we shared and gained back whatever calories lost from walking the distance. #cheapomoments hahaha. So we wanted to eat Big Mama but we totally forgot that reservations were needed and we felt like crying at their door cause our legs were breaking and none of the cafes seemed to whet our appetites. #atassnobbishmoments

Above is just a photo I took at Flock cafe... we didn't eat there though.

Tired of walking, we just took the MRT to Dhoby Gaut to eat Itacho Sushi which was OISHIIIIIIIIII!!!! We ordered cold soba (portion alittle small), cod liver sushi (superb lvl1), salmon sushi thing (superb lvl2), and octopus sushi (alright), and the bill was quite affordable ^_^ 26 bucks in total! P.S. there was also kpop booming (not really) in the background hehe.

Lastly we visited Hoshino's Coffee and Pang's pretty sis came and joined us (plus paid for the meal <3) This photo was taken in a hurry thus its ugliness. Anyway yes this souffle was really nice and fluffy. We tried the matcha version which was alright other than the sad fact that the 2 brown balls were chestnut instead of dango :(  $12 or $13.50 (i can't recall) for this dessert is alittle pricey but this portion is great for sharing :) 

Sorry yet again for the super long post! xx 

NaNa's Green Tea Cafe

After the ramen escapade we had it all planned out to go to NaNa's Green Tea for dessert, considering Pang's absolute desire for chewy stuff. Chewy mochi, yam balls, bubble tea pearls, I don't know what else she would want next. Haha. One stop from Clarke Quay to Dhoby Gaut Station, we went to explore the extension they did to Plaza Sing, and it was nothing much other than the SUPER DUPER LONG QUEUE at Tim Ho Wan. Seriously, what's so nice about it? I should go try their pork buns or whatever specialty they have there (when the queue is shorter). Seriously its like 3-4 SBS buses long. Singaporeans are seriously crazy over food.

Anyway, we ordered the Matcha Shiratama Parfait cause it was the prettiest and had some reccomendation on the menu. I've never tried parfait in my life okay (cause I live in a cave). The parfait was huge and my stomach was going to explode that night. The parfait consisted of some firm green tea jelly, milk, vanilla ice cream, honey cornflakes, 3 mochi balls(dango?), green tea ice cream (yum), red bean pastey ball, and cream with matcha syrup.

Honestly, I don't think my photos do much justice to it.  But for a teeny weeny pricey $11 bucks its worth a second thought. Strictly only for green tea fans.

Ramen Santouka

We declared it Japanese Day yesterday when we went on a evening food hunt and pigged out. Though I wasn't really in the mood, we went to eat ramen at Santouka. Apparently my brother's friend tried it at Tokyo and said it was awesome, but perhaps it was indeed awesome only in Japan. I tried the shio (salt) ramen cause there were three options (shio, miso and some jap word that means soya sauce) and the when I asked the waitress what they meant, she looked at me incredulously like I had said something forbidden in a ramen shop. Pang ordered the spicy miso ramen which was like the salty ramen broth + added salty chilli = extra salty ramen. Oh how dumb we must have looked. To me the shio broth was quite nice(albeit a little or quite salty) and the cha shu servings were DAMN IT, generous(and not fatty ^^) unlike other places, but I guess that's what you get for paying 19++ bucks for a bowl of ramen in Singapore.  The ambience was also quite nice with the view overlooking clarke quay and the Singapore River. But, the cozy shop space filled with ADULTS, made us stick out like sore thumbs, with our weird questions to the waitress, dropping of chopsticks and overall awkardness. HAHA, still it was an experience living the "atas" life.

Being an avid reader of Ladyironchef, he declared this as the best and most superior ramen in Singapore..  But I still like Marutama more than this. :P Perhaps my tongue ain't that cultivated yet to authentic Japanese food.