The Cold Pantry

Go black never go back. they say..

Today I'll be talking about my lil experience visiting this small-highly popular ice cream cafe at rangoon road [yes! Highly popular -- even with Indonesian food bloggers]. Guessed it right? The Cold Pantry. [that's what the title say, isn't it? #lol]

You can see some of their posts here and here.

I planned to write about this after my 1st visit [cause honestly i didn't know if i i will ever come back] but now, I'm glad that i haven't.

Why? cause if i did, i'll only have 1 menu to write about! [at least i have 2 now] XD

This was the reason i first visited the cafe:

Chocolate Root Beer [S$12.50]
Chocolate flavoured waffle with cake like texture, served with charcoal vanilla ice cream, drizzled with -- the amazing -- homemade chocolate root beer sauce.

Plus, I like how the cashier explained to me -- in advance -- my order to make sure i know what am i ordering. In this case, she told me that the chocolate waffle was the cake-is kind, not the very crispy kind. I personally find that this kind of little things MATTERS. It gets you thinking "they're not trying to trick you".

Taste wise, it's AAAAWEEESSSSOOOOMEEEE!!! that root beer sauce was brilliant!! Unexpectedly compliments the whole thing very well.

Indeed, that very menu was also the one that brought me back.

This time, they've added some more interesting creations, they're so good, why bother question their new babies? BUT we only wanted to order 2, so we asked about her -- the cashier -- opinion regarding Pink Velvet and Lavender, she told us that their lavender soft serve is kinda a bit too flower-ish for guys, but it's highly popular with girls. Then she kindly gave us a bit of the lavender soft serve, and again -- she knows what she's selling. #yourawk!

so we decided to order the signature,

And this:

Pink Velvet [S$14.00]
Rose infused crispy waffle, served with luscious [charcoal] Lychee Ice Cream, topped with lychee and fruit loops

Pretty, isn't it?

Honestly when i read the description, i didn't expect the lychee soft serve will appears in black as well..

here's some more pics of us enjoying both of our orders.

"aiyaaahh... no time for pretty shot lah... melting already!!" x_x

Told ya it's pink!

If you notice, they have replaced their old waffle machine with the new -- rectangle -- one. [personally, i like the round one better tho, but.. nobigdeal, ya?]

As expected, the Pink Velvet was beautiful -- for both your camera, and tastebuds. Lychee soft serve was light, refreshing, not overly sweet, texture was sssoooo smooth... lychee and fruit loops? Yes please!

Now i have 2 reasons to come back.

Honestly, I would say the price range wasn't exactly budget-friendly, but if you just like to try something nice, and have somebody who love the idea of sharing dessert [cause..you know, share the calories thing.] this would be a great place to visit.

Here are some other snaps i took during the visit:

interior

Menu as per March 2016

Opening Hours

Bonus:

Since it's not exactly very noticeable, here's how the outside look like. download, capture, anything. just don't miss it! :)

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The Cold Pantry

131 Rangoon Road, Singapore

Instagram @TheColdPantry

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Brother Bird - Bali Lane

Hi there,
you might be wondering what's with the Kinfolk and 20?
Literally nothing. just a random shot I thought I'll make use for cover #LOL

Well, today I'll be sharing about this dessert I had yesteday!

Yeap.... Fresh!

After quite a number of planning-canceling rounds, I finally had the chance to try this infamous Brother Bird's soft-serve -- with their rice donut -- yesterday. Thanks to my cafe-hopping buddy who came to visit this merlion city!

First, let's see what we ordered:

Chocolate Bowl -- S$13.00
Petit donuts glazed with generous amount of chocolate sauce,
sprinkled with coconut crunch, and [dried] raspberries, we had it served with Taro soft-serve.

Liusa Bowl -- S$14.00
Liusa [Salted-egg yolk sauce] donuts sprinkled with salted cornflakes and dried strawberries,
we had it served with Cookie Butter soft-serve.

Freshly arrived -- Both of 'em.

Beautiful, aren't they?

Now before we talk much about these beautiful desserts, i need to inform you that Brother Bird is temporarily sharing the same place with Stateland Cafe [32 Bali Lane] -- 2 stores beside their previous location [30 Bali Lane] and -- as they're trying to find a new nest for themself.

Now let's head back to those bowls.

As mentioned above, we ordered Chocolate Bowl and Liusa Bowl, both comes with a choice of softserve [There are 2 soft serve flavours available -- Taro and Cookie Butter -- you can choose either one or better yet, mix 'em! :)] served on top of their infamous signature rice donuts.

Soft-serve wise, personally I like their Taro flavour better as it's rich and milky [in a good way] and you know taro and rich milk-y taste goes veeeeeerrrryyyyy well together. The other one -- Cookie Butter -- was okay.. but i guess there's a reason why everybody is talking about the Taro.

Rice donut was certainly not your everyday donuts as it's the chewy kind -- to me [and my friend] it tasted a bit like sweet potato balls [Bola Ubi] we have back in Indonesia. The only difference between the two was that the ones in chocolate bowl was full-thick-chewy kind while the one in liusa bowl was like a thin skin with oozing salted-egg yolk sauce inside. Both was okay, but if i am to choose, I'll go with liusa!

Not pretty, but anyway.. this was the chocolate rice donut. THICK.

That oozing liusa...

Yeap -- I know what you're thinking. #EverythingAlsoSaltedEgg here in Singapore.

Last but not least, I think it's advisable to share a bowl for at min. 2 pax -- Price, calorie, and portion-wise.

We ended up leaving some donuts unfinished.

Brother Bird
Instagram - @BrotherBirdBali
30 Bali Lane, Singapore [As mentioned above, they're temporarily sharing the same store with Stateland Cafe at 32 Bali Lane]

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Salted-egg-yolk-over-charcoal-waffle battle.

A lil background,

I mentioned couple times in my instagram, and A LOT of times with whoever asking me for waffle-advise that i really recommend the Charcoal Gourmet Waffle -- with salted egg yolk sauce and earl grey lavender ice cream -- from Fat Cat Ice Cream Bar. It's just amazingly pleasing in the mouth. [not to mention it's picturisque].

THE Gourmet Charcoal Waffle -- Earl-Grey Lavender ice cream

I was kinda fixed. charcoal waffle = Fat Cat.

One day, i saw this post in Instagram saying that Twenty Grammes also have charcoal waffle, and it ALSO comes with salted egg yolk, and it's better than the other one -- which later i found in comment section it's refering to Fat Cat. 

And there i was, at Twenty Grammes, trying their charcoal waffle.

[I remember vividly it was Deepavali public holiday, and i spent the whole day feeling unwell due to severe flu. Thanks to my beloved sista for dragging me there, and turns out it did make me feels a lot better. XD]

The iconic 'pourshot'
Must-take, ya?! XD

Since the sauce sengek just now, rotate a bit and take some more lah..!

the un-glam side. XD

In my [humble] opinion -- personally i think Fat Cat will still be in the first place. Not only that the waffle texture itself was just to my liking [crispy outside - moist inside] their earl grey lavender ice cream was just.... [insert bigfatloveemoji here] i tried some 3 other flavours, earl grey lavender still the BEST. [period].

As for Twenty Grammes, if you like your waffle to be more pancake-ish kind, you'll love theirs [apparently a lot of people loves theirs -- or maybe i was just the lucky customer who got my waffle not so crispy that day]. Salted egg yolk sauce was more to the rough-er side compared to it's competitor. lastly -- again, it's based on my liking -- they don't serve lavender ice cream. 

Price [charcoal waffle, 1 scoop ice cream, salted egg yolk sauce]:

- Fat Cat: S$11.50 [could be different depending on the choice of ice cream]

- Twenty Grammes: S$12.00

Twenty Grammes -- Environment:

I put the menu extra large uh! can see better, right? :D 

Fat Cat Ice Cream Bar:
http://fatcat.sg
Instagram: @fatcatsg
Blk 416 Bedok North Avenue 2 #01-25, 460416
More Details: http://fatcat.sg/contact/

Twenty Grammes Cafe:
http://www.twentygrammes.comInstagram: @twentygrammes
753 North Bridge Road (S) 198721
Telp: 6717 1733
Email: info@twentygrammes.com
Operating Hours:Sunday - Thursday 12:00pm - 10:00pm
Friday  - Saturday 12:00pm - 01:00am

MARTABAAAAAKKKK...!!! [authentically indonesian]

Indonesian Comfort Sinful-treat.

Calling all Indonesians living here in Singapore as i'm writing this sweet note. For all of you who've been craving a good taste-of-home martabak, seriously try this one. Looks so similar yet SO DIFFERENT from local peanut pancakes. #YouKnowWhatImTalkinAbout and if you're looking for those happening flavours -- red velvet, oreo, kitkat, ovomaltine, etc -- you've seen your friends took pics of back at home, guess what? they have em here as well! [20cm pan size -- Share the calories, ya!?]

Be it your comfort-flavour or insta-worthy visual [which i believe is awesome as well], heads up to @pancakeboss_sg at Bugis Cube.

*ps: they even have my all-time-hometown-fav corn-cheese martabak -- which i can't find even in Jakarta -- will definitely come back for this.

More Pics:

Our order: 

Boss Combo [Peanut x Choco rice x Cheese] // S$9.00 // Pancake Boss [instagram] // Bugis Cube [04-15] // Nearest MRT: Bugis

네네 치킨 NENE Chicken at Bedok Mall.

HOLAAAA...!

In today's post I will talk about this korean chicken fast food chain restaurant: NENE Chiken. Yup it's like "yes..yes.. chiken". After passing by their outlet couple times at bedok mall, I finally decided to give it a try. 

After hearing their explanation to the customer in front of me, I learnt that - if you're buying a set - after you choose your set [basically the part of chicken and the portion], you get to choose your sauce, starter, sides, and drinks. <3<3

The initial plan was to try thier boneless chicken set, turns out they ran out of it, so...sure! i'll try the one with bones. [did I mention it's cheaper? Yasss.. Score!!] XD.  I choose Set Meal [2 pcs - $7.90], Freaking Hot sauce [cause there's a lil 대박 written there], Corn Salad as starters, Buffalo Sticks as sides, and Orange Juice. I did asked the cashier for recommendation, he said their fav sauces was Swicy and Freaking Hot. *smirk*

Buzzz...buzz.. and there's my food, ready to pick. 

How hot can a Freaking Hot sauce - in singapore - be, right? Or that's what I thought. As a spicy eater + Indonesian [dunno if it helps :p] i'm quite confident with my 'heat' resistance. After I took the tray, took out my cam, and was busy taking pics of my food. Then "why don't take an in-hand pics?" so i lifted the chicken with my [gloved] hand. once i put it back, and wanting to take my glove off to keep my cam before i officially start eating. that's when i lick the sauce as i'm taking off my glove. kinda anticipating just how hard it will kick me, when suddenly it went BBBAAAMMM! Turns out they're not kidding nor bluffing when they decide the name. BURNING HOT. So hot i need to scrape down the sauce, and still finish the whole cup of orange juice and salad on my first piece.

If you're wondering if it was a good meal.. it was. the chicken was quite nice in a sense that it's not dried up and even with the sauce covering you can still taste the crunchy - fried chicken - skin. The salad was nice as well...I mean it was corn and sliced crabsticks mixed with mayo.. so unless you're very unlucky, then it'll be bad. The other thing i need to mention is the Buffalo Sticks. it was aweeesssoooomeeee.... not sure if they have it here in singapore, but i think it tasted quite similar to A&W's Curly fries back in Indonesia. Like some seasoned fries which actually seasoned before they fry it [i think]? 

So overall, i liked it. Most probably will come back. To all of you spice-lover out there. You might wanna try this, and tell me what you think. 

To all Moslem friends, this one is Halal!

Here's some pictures:

The Menu
Not sure why they don't have the corn salad written there but yeah..it's there. New menu - perhaps?

The Set
2 chickens, 1 salad, 1 fries, 1 drink, 1 plastic-disposable-glove.

Buffalo Sticks

Star of the night: THE CHICKEN ITSELF!!

It was ssssooo hot i can't finish it.
It was the first time i didn't finish a fried chicken because it's hot [spicy].

NENE CHICKEN

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