Wild Honey

Whole day breakfast menu - that was the trend back when Wild Honey is introduced. So, to follow the trend I decided to head down to the branch at Mandarin Gallery to try on their food. It does feel "new" when we are having eating something which is meant for breakfast at around 6pm. I like how huge the selection is on their board menu - basically it's a worldwide affair as they try their best to comes out with different kinds of breakfast around the world to Singapore. Spoil for choice as usual, so I decided to go for the "Norwegian". Basically it's 2 poached eggs wrapped with smoked salmon on brioche. I guess I made the wrong choice as it doesn't taste as good as how it look in their website (I know right?) The poached egg wasn't really cook to my liking, infact I think it is way too overcooked. The smoked salmon tasted so-so, nothing much to rave about. The brioche was quite hard to cut and I would prefer it to be a little more crunchy. Not sure if I would be back again so fast, but their selection is really tempting though.

Anytime anyone asks me for a recommendation for a breakfast place, I would definitely recommend wild honey. Unfortunately, they have a no reservation policy the last time I was there, so the wait for a table for 2 took us 45 minutes on a Saturday morning.

I love the layout of the place because nothing matches, and we got the sofa seat that faced the entrance, which was slightly awkward, but still, the tables were separated well enough for you to feel like you're in a cafe, yet you have your own personal space. It is difficult to describe in words, but I'm pretty sure if you've been there, you would understand what I'm saying.

The food took another half an hour to arrive, but no complaints in that area. It was perfect and absolutely delicious! The mushrooms were sauteed to the right level of buttery, the bacon, sausage and toast were a great combination!

It was both filling and very satisfying. I will definitely be back to try their other offering on the menu because I was so spoilt for choices while staring at the menu. http://static3.sg.orstatic.com/UserPhoto/photopending/0/F2/002Z5W70EB2BC8152D0FB8c.jpg

2013-01-19

SGD 35(Breakfast)

If you do not mind to pay a little bit more to have a much comfortable environment for your breakfast and to also enjoy really quality food, then you should definitely try Wild Honey. Here the service standard is really high and polite. My personal favourite here will be their sandwich. THe bread has been toasted till really crunchy. The added hams and scrambled eggs certainly has enhanced the sandwich taste and is very satisfying.

2013-03-16

SGD 30(Other)

Went to Wild Honey for brunch and decided to try it following all my friends' glowing recommendation for this place. The Victorian breakfast was apparently the breakfast set of the week so I ordered that. It is very difficult to get a table during brunch time and we had to wait ~20-30minutes before we were seated. Upon entering, you order at a counter before proceeding to your seats where servers will serve you the food once it's ready.

I ordered the Victorian Breakfast that day for $22.It consisted of sauteed mushrooms, scrambled eggs, Serrano ham, all topped onto crumpets with grilled tomatoes on the side. I have a bone to pick with their scrambled eggs. Honestly, you could get the same scrambled eggs at home (hazard of knowing how to cook when you compare your own food to those outside!!). I was very upset for paying so much for this plate of sauteed mushrooms, which weren't very tasty at all, and I felt like the chef had left out all seasoning in the food. Granted, the ham was salty, but apart from that everything else was tasteless. Maybe he wanted us to taste the freshness of the funghi or the natural herb taste but it was too bland for me, given that both the scrambled eggs AND the mushrooms were sorely lacking in saltiness; topped onto crumpets which are starchy and yet again, tasteless. The tomatoes were good though, they were fresh, juicy and sweet -so no complaints there.

For $22++, this is really un-worth it. The service was not at all fantastic either. The ham and tomato was just not enough to salvage this dish. I admit that I'm not a huge fan of crumpets and I'd rather they used bread or toast, but putting this fact aside in order to be partial to this review-this dish is a sub-pass in my opinion. For such an overpriced dish, you are better off eating something that is very difficult to prepare at home: i.e., Eggs Benedict, or their chorizo in the Tunisian breakfast. Note that my company did order the eggs benedict and he felt that it was lacking in taste too even though the egg was cooked with a good standard.

I must tell all of you that I don't like my food to be too salty, but this was really unacceptable to me. This whole experience has proved to me that Wild Honey is really overrated -the food isn't all that great! Maybe it's worth trying, especially for those that are really difficult to prepare at home. But for items like scrambled eggs, breakfast potatoes, pancakes etc? No way.

Also, the branch at Mandarin Gallery is reaaaaallly dimly lit, I'm not too sure if it's meant to be this way or that day was just particularly dark, but I felt that the ambience and feel of the place was just all wrong. The Victorians setting and decor was pretty, yes, but the lighting was a fail. For an all-day breakfast place, I'm pretty sure better lighting will give off better vibes -after all, it's not a romantic candle-lit dinner diners are looking for, but rather, a chillout place for a lazy brunch or meal with friends to chat.

With that said, you should try it for yourself. You will either love it or hate it.

2013-03-10

SGD 25(Lunch)

Wild Honey is kind of an overpriced place to have brunch. I mean their food is not bad, but it's really quite expensive and some of the Breakfast like the European Breakfast is not very filling. But I must admit I like their ambience as it's dim and soothing to hang with your BFFs and chat the afternoon away. I had the English breakfast which consists of 2 thick slices of toast, scrambled eggs, half a tomato, bacon, sautéed mushroom, one sausage and baked beans. This breakfast is definitely filling. But like I say, it's nice but nothing so special to pay for the price. The bread is so thick that I use it to scoop up baked beans and eat. The scrambled eggs were nice and fluffy and the sautéed mushroom juicy and savoury. Didn't like the tomato but that's personal preference.

2013-01-27

I was passing by Mandarin Gallery today and decided to pop by Wild Honey to check out their all-day breakfast sets for lunch! It's been a while since they first opened and I never got a chance to dine there until today. I ordered an English Breakfast set ($24) and also a cup of Hazelnut Latte ($7). The food was alright but the cafe was rather dark and had an olden English feel which made me feel quite suffocated. Compared to Drips Cafe that also serves up a pretty good all day breakfast set, the bright and cheery environment at Drips Cafe is much more comforting. The coffee at Wild Honey also pales in comparison and the food did not really leave much of an impression.

2013-01-21

SGD 35(Lunch)

This is my second visit to Wild Honey and it was an unpleasant experience. I went to the branch located at Mandarin Gallery and it was terrible. The waiting time was 1 hour and almost 30 minutes. The restaurant's seats are quite limited and there are only 2 tables that can fit 6 people at one time.

So, we will have to wait for one of the table to clear. It was truly terrible as one of the table customers were talking away and even the next table has turnover ( Changed customers), they are still seating comfortably at the seats. But customers are always right to enjoy the ambience and space as they paid for it. So it actually depends how you judge. However, i feel that it's quite bad to occupy the seats for such a long time despite the service staffs have tried to give hint that they are people waiting outside.

So we ended to have our brunch around 1plus and nearly to 2pm. The branch at Mandarin Gallery does not share the same system with Scotts Square. We will need to self-service to place an order and pay on the spot before we seat down and wait for the foods to be served. It makes me feel like a fast food concept though. But the foods that are ordered will be served by the service staff.

Wild Honey provide the visual and clear explanation of each dish through the ipad. It provides customers to see and visual the foods that are served in the restaurant. So it was a good point here except for the ordering part that we will need to order ourselves at the counter.After we ordered, we went back to our seats and wait to be served. The serving time was fast within 20 minutes time.

This time round I ordered Californian and consists of eggs softly scrambled with tofu, fresh herbs, red, green and yellow peppers, mushrooms, scallions on chargrilled ciabatta. It's not a good choice for me & Daphne because the whole dish does not have single meat in it. However, the taste is not disappointing at all. The softness of scrambled egg with the mixture of stated ingredients provide different taste.English Breakfast is the ultimate choice i would say.
The serving is big for me and the variety is there.It's the signature dish @ Wild Honey. I ordered this when i went to the other branch @ Scotts Square.Next we have the Tunisian.
It's the sizzling pan of spicy shakshouka (Tomato, onion, red pepper, chilli), studded with Chorizo sausage, crowned with two fried eggs, signature brioche & Israeli salad. The presentation is attractive and my friends enjoyed the dish. The sauce is rich and it blends well with the combination of ingredients that comes together.Phew...our lunch ended around 3 pm if i remembered clearly.
Our dinning speed was quite fast and basically we dine in time period is shorter than our waiting time.
In my point of view, the place is over-rated as the waiting time was super long. Too bad my friends wanted to try as they read many reviews about it. So we waited for it.

2012-07-01

SGD 25(Lunch)

Heard about Wild Honey from my friends and they served good breakfast set all day. Decided to give it a try. Ordered a Canadian set. 3 gigantic pan cakes served with grilled bacon, maple syrup and some blueberry jam . The pan cakes are soft and spongy with a mild butter fragrance. Tried both the salty way together with the bacon and the sweet way with the maple syrup. Overall it is quite a tasty meal, however i feel that the price is a bit steep.

2012-11-22

SGD 30(Dinner)

Headed down to Wild Honey on a Sunday night and surprisingly there wasn't a long queue. Decided to try the Canadian breakfast option. It consisted of 3 pancakes with butter and syrup and a small serving of bacon. Honestly, this was not Wild Honey's best dish. I definitely would not eat this dish again if I went back.Why? The pancakes were mediocre at best, there were not fluffy nor tasty. Also, the syrup fell flat. It was not full flavour enough for me, I guess I like my syrup sweet or to at least have some taste. The serving of bacon was also very small. Overall, the whole meal was not worth the amount of money that I had paid. Would probably have preferred pancakes from another place.

2012-08-26

Wild Honey is renowned in Singapore for serving all day breakfast from different countries and was also featured in several magazines. I have been waiting for a chance to try out their food and the chance came when my friends and I made an impromptu decision to go Wild Honey.

It was a Monday afternoon and there was no queue and it was quite empty. The menu was quite extensive and we took a while to decide what we want to eat. Being a person who hates egg yolk :/, I didn't have many choices since I can't eat Eggs Benedicts or dishes with poached eggs.
I wanted to try I love New York -I was attracted to the bagel- but it was unavailable So I chose Basque in the end.

Basque consisted of toasted brioche, scrambled eggs with red and yellow peppers, onions and Spanish Serrano ham.
I LOVE IT. The scrambled eggs and pepper complemented each other well. I do not really like pepper because I think they have a weird and smell and taste. However, the peppers in this dish was different. It was sweet and juicy and when eaten together with the eggs and spammed with lots of black pepper. BANG! YUMMY! The ham was tasty too however do take note to eat the ham together with the egg and brioche. Otherwise, it is quite salty on its own.

I will definitely visit Wild Honey again, perhaps once in half a year. The prices were quite steep for a meal. My meal cost $25.90 after GST and service charge. :<

2012-09-03

Wild Honey, a shop that had been selling breakfast for all day long. Went there once and to be honest, i think that it is a little bit too expensive for me. Well, the one i ordered is known as french toasts. Well, not too satisfied with it anyway. the waffles are somehow too fluffy, unlike those normal waffles. But the grilled mangoes and the berries somehow taste kinda nice to me. Don't think they worth the price.

We had a heart breakfast at Wild Honey. It was a long long wait! As usual, we waited patiently while shopping around. I had Canadian Breakfast set which comes with 3 fluffy thick pancake with slices of bacon accompanied with maple sauce and berries jams. Their portion is a little too huge for me and i personally find it expensive as it was only an average breakfast. The settings and ambience was nice. They can improve if they have more seats, lesser food portion so that it's more affordable. Perhaps a kids meal will be good.

I love English Breakfasts! But I've never had the chance to try one outside so I decided to have a go at it!

Wild Honey didn't disappoint me!
I love the filling, refreshing breakfast. I love savoury food for breakfasts so I wasn't gonna order some peanut butter and jam or something.

I love the scramble eggs! Super fragrant and buttery accompanied with two bread loaves! Plus the piping hot sausages.. Yumyum. Delicious! Love the tomatoes too, I think they fried it for a little while too so that it's not too raw! Love it!!

2012-06-12

You may feel a little disoriented after u stepped into this place because their menu are written on chalkboards on the wall so u do not have the luxury to take your time to choose your food. The food menu is named according to countries-canadian, scandinavian...(cant remember all) You also pay directly at the counter, and this system can be cool in a way that each patron pay their own dish without the hassle of splitting bill.

Unfortunately i went there on a full stomach so i wasnt able to try all the super yummy food. But of course i needed to try something! I had the macadamia banana bread which was alright. Had the cappuccino which was also so-so only. One of my friends ordered the canadian pancake which was a stack of 3 fluffy pancakes (good enough to share) with bacon on the side. The other one ordered a salmon which looked so-so only too. I would say we probably didnt order the famous stuff but I think price is abit on the expensive side for the value of the food but i think that was made up for by the portion.

Will definitely be back to try the other food!

2012-05-26

This meal was something different because i had this for dinner. overall the taste was ok but not fantastic because how special can one make bread egg taste unique. although i have to say it was a good experience because the setting of the place was really cosy. it would be good to visit the place if you are looking for a nice ambiance rather than for good food.

2012-05-01