All about Food, Glorious Food (Part 2: Le Gateau Cafe)

Continuing on from the previous post, the other hideout which we have ferreted out - this time, a dessert place, is somewhere very close to home.

Hubs's home, literally.

We were out on our usual grocery shopping at the nearby NTUC in our neighbourhood when I spied this quaint little place with a simple outline of Paris's signature Eiffel Tower as the main focus of its logo.

"Le Gateau Cafe" - a waffles and ice-cream place which, as we can gather off their Facebook, seems like a relatively new establishment around the block. Their interior was of comfortable woody brown with cool greyish black as contrast. The floor is of wood-grain, which matches very well with the owner's taste for British culture and icons. On a pristine white table facing the door, signature paraphernalia from UK is displayed, along with the stencil of "London" emblazoned in bright cheery red on the nearby wall. It's heartening to see places of UK influences slowly gaining popularity on local soils, like Richmond Station at Bali Lane.

WOW Waffles + 1 scoop of I-Scream, S$7.50

Floral Tea - Rose, S$4

We'd always love a good waffle, so we just had to try out their WOW Waffles + 1 scoop of I-Scream set. Their plethora of ice-cream is decently varied, along with exotic flavors like the reddish blue combination of Bubblegum, the local favourite - orange with red beans Chendol and their signature D-24 durian ice-cream. There's also a pretty good range of syrups for you to choose from to go with your ice-cream and waffle.

For this visit, we picked their Hazelnut Rocher to go with our waffles, generously drizzled with caramel sauce (my fave haha!). Crunchy, fragrant with a hint of sweetness - their waffles are very well-done and not at all airy. Combined with the Hazelnut Rocher whose taste and texture is delightfully like the ice-cream version of the Ferror Rocher, this set is indeed a delicious homemade affair.

As the tea sets of fine china displayed neatly at their counter looks so quaint and elegant, we just had to order their floral tea. Kept warm with a tea candle, this rose tea is light but not lacking in its distinct fragrance and taste of rose. A simply harmonious and cleansing combination to round off a good afternoon tea session!

Waffles, ice-creams, handmade cakes and beverages are kept at comfortable ranges where it won't burnt a hole in your pocket. The set we ordered above comes up to an affordable $11.50 for two persons, so if you are in for a quiet afternoon of people-watching and perhaps bird-watching after, this is the place for you!

Le Gateau Cafe

154 Serangoon North Avenue 1

#01-390

(*Do take note that they are closed on every Mon)

https://www.facebook.com/Le-Gateau-Cafe-186720611664550/

All about Food, Glorious Food (Part 1) - Evolution Kitchen

Hey hey everybody! I know I know, it's been a long time since I posted here. Anyone missed me? Haha!

Asides from our favourite activities of savouring exotic tea (Lotus Leaf Tea with Rose anyone?) and crafting whatever our clever little fingers can get on, one of our many other faves is sniffing out good and affordable food places. Here's one of the two that we've found whilst we were in our mad rush in prep-ing for two main year-end cosplay cons.

"Evolution Kitchen" was initially a "burger place" which one of our ex-colleagues had the pleasure to discover when it first opened up near our office area. Yes, "Evolution Kitchen" started off with burger mains and other Western mainstays. We tried out some of their signatures and they were all very well-done, like the Black Pepper Chicken Chop and the HLT sandwich. I particularly love the panini used for the HLT sandwich because it reminded me of what I had in one of the university towns in UK many years back. The husband and I are kinda UK food fans so, haha!

Chef Jay's signature inspired Seafood Pasta, S$6.50.

Pasta and seafood portions offered are very generous indeed.

"Fire + Spaghetti + Seafood + Bonito Flakes" - though it had not been christened with an official name yet, one would be left wondering if this seafood-themed pasta would be a spicy one. I mean "Fire" right?

Chef Jay revealed to us the mystery behind it and wow, it's a great discovery indeed! He had in fact, created a predecessor of this dish for our very own President - Dr. Tony Tan, when he was in the UK for a state visit. Inspired by the then appetiser - created from Soba Noodles, Beluga Caviar, Nori Seaweed, Bonito Flakes and Black Hawaiian Sea Salt, this seafood-themed pasta was hence created!

The Black Hawaiian Sea Salt in this dish is from "Terre Exotique" (from what we can gather off the net, it seems to be a gourmet spice distributor from Spain/France). With its signature crisp nature, the salt not only added a much needed texture to the pasta dish, but its accompanying sweet hint amongst the saltiness is tantalizingly addictive as well.

The prawns and squids were fresh and chewy, harmonizing in perfectly with the al-dente spaghetti. The bonito flakes were fragrant and crunchy and the fish roe not only added colour to this dish, but whose freshness just keeps them popping amongst bites. Simply beautiful and marvellous!

Personally, I love to eat mushrooms and I was simply overjoyed when I saw my favourite mushrooms in this dish! They were fresh and fragrant, though they would have done better without the stalk, which seems a little too rubbery to chew on.

Burger and Western food lovers, do show your support if you happen to pop by the area! It would be a little difficult to find it at first as it's nestled comfortably and unassumingly in an industrial area (but that's the beauty of it too haha!). However, its prices and food quality would definitely make up for it as they're affordable and good. Talk about having stellar gourmet dishes while being easy on your wallet!

Speaking of which, they offer catering services too, which brings these delectable eatables right to the comfort of your home or your choice of venue!

Evolution Kitchen 
3014 Ubi Road 1, 
#01-308
https://www.facebook.com/evolutionkitchen/