Showing posts with label food review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food review. Show all posts

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Food review; 8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro

Talking about taiwanese food, how many authentic cafes/restaurants are there in Singapore could actually provide us with such? Let's just leave out the pasar malam & take-away stores. Besides the authentic taste itself, what matters most is still the ambience of the whole place.

8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro or famously known as "The Jay Chou Bistro" has the best of both world. Not just the food, even the place itself has a strong Taiwanese ambience as they will be playing mainly Jay Chou's songs throughout. However do not be mistaken that they are affiliated with Jay Chou.










Interior of the bistro is tends to be more modern rather than the oriental style, if you are expecting that. However this little chalk board makes the whole place slightly less modern with the chinese words written on it. The menu itself contains alot of Jay Chou's photos, if you're a fan of his you'd probably enjoy yourself very much while flipping through the menu.

Stewed pork belly rice (鲁肉饭)
Oyster Mee Sua
Century egg tofu with pork floss (肉松皮蛋豆腐)
Scallion pancakes(葱油饼)
Fried chitterling (炸大肠)
Egg roll with pork floss (肉松蛋饼)
Century egg porridge
Salted crispy chicken (盐酥鸡)

Home made XO fried chee cheong fun (XO 酱炒猪肠粉)
Egg fried rice with taiwanese sausage (三蛋香肠炒饭)
Fried oyster omelette (蚝仔煎)
Smoked duck breast with mango salsa (芒果烟鸭)
Fried chicken cutlet (炸鸡扒)
Fish fingers with mango sauce (芒果炸鱼)
Braised beef noodle (红烧牛肉面)
Tomato egg ramen soup (西红柿蛋花拉面汤)
Sakura shrimp fried rice with pork floss (樱花虾香松炒饭)
Cheese mantou (酥炸芝士馒头)
Cold noodle (凉面)
In fact i had tested more than what i've posted however the photos weren't of good quality so i decided not post it up.

Overall the food came in small portions, enough for 1 or to share among 2. The dishes which left me deepest impression were the Egg roll with pork floss & Fried oyster omelette. It reminded me of the days when i was at Taipei having them as my breakfast.

Prices of the food are very reasonable. Appetizers range from $3-$7, main dishes range from $4-$14, drinks(non-alcoholic) range from $3-$5, alcoholic drinks range from $6-$11, desserts range from $3-$8.

In a nutshell, i would go back there again for the food & ambience.

They have 3 outlets at the moment. 

8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro @ 359 Beach Rd
8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro @ 37 Teck Chye Terrace
8 Degrees Taiwanese Bistro @ 454/456 Joo Chiat Road

Or you could visit their facebook for more updates.

xoxo,
Queen

Friday, December 14, 2012

Food review; Little Pancakes

When i was a little girl, i remember how i always pester daddy to bring me for mcdonald's brekky because i have a fanatic liking for pancakes. And every time i will pour the maple syrup all over that 3 slices & eat it while it's hot!

While i've been always trying different places for pancakes, i've been told by a few of there's this place whereby it serves pancakes in miniatures. Just by listening to it, makes me super excited. Where can you really find such interesting looking food around in SG? 

While i've decided that i should go down there to take a look someday & since we're out to celebrate my BB's bday. Oh wait, in this case the term "BB" don't refer to my boyfriend (which i don't have). She's a close girl friend of mine. Since she's a shy girl, i shall keep her mysterious & will only refer her as my BB. :)

So finally we're here.

Cute signage with a boy & a girl. I especially love the slogan, "little pancakes, where everyday is a pancake day!" Now i really wished i actually live nearby so i can have pancakes everyday! 

Push open the door, on the general it looks plain. With their simple concept, everything looks just neat & tidy.




I'm pretty amazed when i found myself to be the 2nd group of customer. Just when i started to wonder, there came in 3 more groups of customers. Eventually, it's still not that bad. 

They have quite a variety of pancakes, catering to different age group.


They are quite creative when it comes to naming the pancakes. And all these flavours you probably not find it at any normal cafes or restaurants. The prices are also relatively reasonable.

And if you would like to add on extra toppings to your pancakes, you could do so only at an additional cost of $0.80 for each topping. Less than a dollar for topping? It is really cheap!!


I was contemplating over Big fan of all day breakfast & Strawberries or me. And when i asked BB what's her choice, she actually told me that she was deciding over the same 2 sets as me! So we just ordered 1 each. And our Mr K ordered Ape about Bananas. 

So while waiting, i was like thinking why didn't the waitress pass us the utensils. Not until i saw this uncle walking over to a trolley & helped himself with the ice water & utensils, then i realized it's self service for that. Hah! Kinda embarassing!

Then there it came, my cafe latte.

I don't really know anything about latte art however it looks perfectly nice to me(as long as i get to see the heart shape *bimbo mode*) Lol! It tastes nice anyway. 

Finally there comes my pancakes. Introducing, Strawberries or Me.

Big Fan of All Day Breakfast

Ape About Bananas

Each plate has about 10 mini pancakes. Honestly, i really thought 3 of us could finish up everything easily. But we definitely looked down on them. Me and BB could barely even finish up 1 set let alone 2 sets! The ice cream definitely played a big part in making us feeling so full. 

When we are like finally done with our food, i looked at my latte with a reluctant expression. For the first time, i dreaded to drink my favourite coffee. =\ 

All these only cost us like $40. Pretty reasonable for 3 pax where all of us actually ordered a drink each. I love the way how they come up with those different flavours for their pancakes. I am definitely coming back for more to try the other flavours. 

The only flaw i would say is their location. They are located at upper thomson road whereby it's pretty inconvenient for those who lives all the way in the east area. It would be good if you could drive there.

Little Pancakes
200 Upper Thomson Road, 
#01-04, Thomson Imperial Court
Singapore, Singapore 574424

t: 6258 8515
http://www.littlepancakes.com.sg

Opening hours
Monday - Friday (closed on Tuesday): 1pm - 11pm
Saturday: 11am - 11pm
Sunday: 11am - 9pm
Open on Public holidays too!

Get your pancakes now! ;)

xoxo,
Queen