TEA TIME

Wandered around Joo Chiat Place after dinner in Katong and came into this shop for a drink.  Nothing great, simple cakes and drinks.

BLUEBERRY SPONGE

A blueberry sponge cake for tea

DIVERSITY

Taiwan is a food paradise.  There are variety of food which you can eat to your heart content.  Besides quality there is a plus in quantity and cheap cost.  We really enjoyed the food and eating non-stop.

Hearty herbal soup and mee-sua in fragrant sesame oil and chilly sauce on a cold day to be followed by a hot bowl of sweet soup of beancurd jelly with red beans and chewy yam balls

Great yummy and cheesy Italian meal in cute cozy cafe

Delicious crispy waffles with raspberry ice-cream in strawberry sauce.  

Big juicy strawberries go well with volcanic ice-cream infused with thick cream and chocolate almond chips

Melt in the mouth vanilla panna-cotta in fresh mango sauce

A cup of strawberry tea to refresh the tastebud

BLUEBERRY BUTTER CAKE

A simple blueberry butter cake for tea. I used brown sugar to bake an aromatic cake

BANANA BREAD

175g plain flour, 125g butter (melted), 150g sugar, 2 large eggs, 75ml liquor, 300g mashed bananas,

1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp bicarbonate soda, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla extract & 60g walnuts

Sieve flour, mix all dry ingredients together and mix well
Melt butter with sugar and leave to cool
Pour cold butter mixture over dry ingredients and mix well.
Add in beaten eggs and mix thoroughly
Mix in bananas and liquor and stir well
Add in walnuts and ready to bake at 170C for 30-45 mins

LEISURE

On a lazy Saturday have a leisure tea to while away the afternoon.  Bought a bunch of fragrant bananas from the market and due to its ripeness used it to bake a banana bread.  The second one offered to bake and happy to let her do it and let me enjoyed some free time.  A nice and fragrant cake to go with English tea and could not stop eating.

ANTOINETTE

Many good reviews about Antoinette through blogs and words of mouth so a reservation was made for mother and daughters to have a leisure lunch on a weekday. 

Former Les Amis Group Pastry Chef Pang Kok Keong set up shop in Perhas Street, although out of way but near Lavender MRT station.  The restaurant facade which exude grandeur is in contrast with surrounding shops.

Once through the door you are welcome by a display of exquisite cakes, pastries and colorful candies

A Victorian deco interior with lovely chandeliers

Shiny cutlery and monogrammatic napkin

Seafood Gratin  -  mussels, prawns and squids drowned in creamy sauce with baguette to soak up the last drop

Stuffed Chicken Leg  -  firm and meaty with crispy skin goes well with lovely brown sauce and mushrooms

Royale Crepe with savory ham

Crepe Florentine with creamy hollandaise sauce fill with ham and cheese

Tender beef in red wine with creamy mashed potatoes and crispy french beans

A selection of enticing cakes.

Earl Grey tea milk chocolate mousse.  Raspberry Coulis pierced open to release flow of red lava - Antoinette's signature cake

Tarte Cafe Caramel  -  fleur de sel with coffee and caramel

Le Royale  -  A mix of dark chocolate mousse, hazelnut almond feullitine, almond meringue, chocolate genoise and dark rum results in flavor combination of bitterness and sweetness