Live; Eat; Travel: October 2015

The Little Prince Creamery at Toa Payoh Lor 6

Been fans of The Little Prince? A cafe dedicated to Le Petit Prince - located in a serene corner of Toa Payoh area.

Together with Halloween decorations, it did brighten up the festive mood too.
Exterior look of the cafe, located within shophouses.

Here's their menu, clear enough!

Let's look at their interior layout of the cafe, I would say it's spacious enough and cosy too! Good place for gathering, definitely! Check it out ~

Now let's place our orders:

And we have the daily special - Charcoal waffle with 3 scoops of ice-cream (Raspberry cheesecake, Cookies and Cream and Um-banana flavours) Personally i like the banana one the most, as it does bring out the well-blended banana taste. Not so sweet either. The rest taste normal though. Oh Yes, the waffle was too soft though, not crispy at all. It would be better to have bit of crispiness.

Also, I did ordered the "TLP Float" - Ice Rootbear with Vanilla Gelato too. I like the vanilla ice cream!!! Somehow, you know the taste for it won't go wrong one! Right?? Just a short note: The A&W rootbeer tasted abit too dilute already, probably too much ice.

In conclusion, it is quite a quiet place for groups of friend or family to chill. For couples too, no problem! Reasonable price in their menu too, especially it's situated in the neighbourhood area. Good cafe-hop area, definitely!

[P/S: It's only about 10 mins walk from Kim Keat Hokkien Mee and Curry fish head. !! ]

Price Breakdown:

Charcoal waffle with 3 scoops of ice-cream: $15.70

TLP Float: $6.50

Address & Directions:

Lor 6 Toa Payoh Blk 47 #01-134 Singapore 310047

(Toa Payoh or Braddell MRT. Take bus no. 232 and 235 from Toa Payoh interchange
or no.235 from Braddell MR. From Toa Payoh interchange, if you take bus no.232, alight at Pei Chun Public School. Take bus no.235, alight at Blk 75 Lor 5 hawker centre and you will see blk 48 across the bus stop. From Braddell MRT, Take Bus no.235 from blk 101C. Alight at Blk 50 and walk to blk 47.)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LittlePrinceCafe

Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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Blk 92, Toa Payoh Lor 4: Kim Keat Claypot Hokkien Mee and Ocean Curry Fish Head

blk 92 toa payoh

Hello peeps! You can settle a fulfilling meal at Toa Payoh Lor 4, Blk 92. First of all, location is pretty accessible from both Toa Payoh and Bishan Mrt station too. You will not be able to miss the coffeeshop. At most 2-3 minutes walks away from bus stops. It is quite spacious so finding seats shouldn't be any problem unless peak hours.

So this time round, I went with 3 others friends. So 4 of us ordered a $20 Claypot Hokkien Mee. We waited less than 10 minutes, it's up!!

My reviews on this: Firstly, I think it is pretty expensive, though amounting to $5/pax but the portion is not there. Secondly, I tot the Sio Bak (fried pork belly) would be alot more crispier, but sad to say it's not. The taste is not there. Other than that, the prawns tasted fresh to me. In conclusion, a pretty normal taste of the hokkien mee.

BUT as this was my second visit there, the curry fish head looks really tempting. So I tried this time round. Approached the stall and uncle was asking for how many pax? "4 pax" and uncle steadily replied, "Ok. $25 one" and here it is! The stall is also kinda linked with the Economic rice stall too.

I would say this has a pretty unique taste - Sour. It is as if taste like Assam but i realised they put green chili in it. However, i think the curry lack of the fish taste as it is mostly overwhelmed by the other ingredients in it. For the portion, it is big enough so definitely worth the $25. Still worth giving it a try though.

Ocean Claypot Curry Fish head: The stall is located at the left side of the coffeeshop, together with the economic rice stall. (I do notice they have other branches too.)

Address and Operating Hours:

Kim Keat Hokkien Mee

Toa Payoh Lor 4, Blk 92 #01-264, Singapore 31009 (10-15 min walk from Bradell MRT)
Tel: +65 9456 0413
Opening Hours: 11:30am – 9:30pm (Mon), 11:30am – 9:30pm (Wed-Sun), Closed Tues

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialkimkeathokkienmee?fref=ts

Ocean Curry Fish Head

Blk 92 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh
#01-264 Singapore 310092
Tel: 6252 2168
Opening Hours: Daily 11am - 9pm, Close on every alternate Tuesday
(if is a PH on that day, the following day will be close)

Website: http://www.oceancurryfishhead.com.sg/index.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceancurryfishhead

Thursday, October 22, 2015
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Cafe-Hop at West side: Archipelago Creamery at Nanyang Community Centre

Archipelago Creamery blog review

Friday, October 09, 2015
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Newly opened at Jurong East:
The Usual Place

blog review

Good news for West-siders! This cafe just opened some time ago last month. It is like a Bistro cafe offering casual dining - more of western food that's pretty easy on the wallet. This time round I went on a Saturday afternoon, around 12plus. Not many people, still managed to get seats for 2 pax. But crowds start to fall in after us. Lucky us!

Exterior of the cafe.

Menu for your reference first.
(This big size menu is actually placed outside on the wall if you noticed from the picture above.)

Browse thru the menu given on your table and place your orders at this counter. Make your payment at the same time, and no GST and service charge too.

Pretty spacious right! Roughly can fit about 45 pax in the neighborhood cafe, its good enough!

First recommended dish on the menu: Salted Egg Prawn Pasta ($12.90) The portion is big enough and because its with Salted egg, you tend to get 'sick' of it soon. For me, it does and partly because it gets more and more dry too (sauce). Prawns is fresh enough; but i think it might be processed one though.

Next on the menu: Honey Soy Chicken ($8.90). Hmmm it just taste like normal chicken chop, nothing special about the taste. Even for the fries and salad, just normal only.

Firstly, my apologies for not taking this photo properly. The lighting is a bit of problem in the restaurant. My bad! This is their Usual Wings ($6.50), together with barbeque sauce. It tasted like
those you buy from supermarkets in frozen packs. But its crispy enough, at least well fried!!

In conclusion, having this cafe out at a Jurong East neighborhood estate was pretty cool idea! It has a good ambience for a short gathering as people are pouring in now due to the publication from blogs. Reasonable price for a cafe and for the quantity, it's pretty worth it.

Getting there:

Blk 346 Jurong East St 31 #01-73, Singapore 600346

Contact no: 6425-1517

Opening Hours:

Tuesday to Sunday:
11:00-15:30 & 17:30-22:00

Lunch: 11am - 3.30pm
Dinner: 5.30 - 10pm
(Last orders at 9.30pm)

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theusualplacesg