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2014-10-10
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First impression counts - with bold colours, and a medley of pop art accents in interior design, De'Pop Culture consistently scores brownie points when it comes to building their own cafe's distinctive personality. It is a deviation from the usual hipster vibes. But it's definitely easy to remember this Andy Warhol themed cafe. In case you are wondering: the "De" in their cafe's name refers to desserts. Find out more about what the cafe's decor, range of mains, desserts and drinks:Cafe decorThat
First impression counts - with bold colours, and a medley of pop art accents in interior design, De'Pop Culture consistently scores brownie points when it comes to building their own cafe's distinctive personality. It is a deviation from the usual hipster vibes. But it's definitely easy to remember this Andy Warhol themed cafe. In case you are wondering: the "De" in their cafe's name refers to desserts. Find out more about what the cafe's decor, range of mains, desserts and drinks:Cafe decor
That's Adeline, the founder of De'Pop Culture Cafe! She's a very dedicated and down-to-earth boss who takes care of all the minute details of the cafe including interior design, food and the daily operations!
The first thing that I noticed was that De'Pop Culture Cafe is very in tune with their Halloween decorations! Their super cute set of stereo speakers plays very comfortable, soft pop songs in the background for awesome ambience.
These pop art inspired wall decorations featuring characters from the different movies! How many can you spot? Spiderman, Despicable Me, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Thor, Star Wars... what else?
I cannot resist a selfie against their cute ceiling in the cafe... toilet! Adeline puts in a lot of effort in painting it by hand. I am impressed by her effort. Please visit the toilet when you are there to see their beautiful creation!
There's a surprise at every turn. The cozy factor continues to increase with little wall decals at every corner possible - my favourite is the sleeping cat above the electrical socket!
There are also classic vinyl discs plastered on the walls for a touch of vintage.
I guess there must be the classic Andy Warhol pop art styled portrait of someone somewhere, and they've chosen Albert Einstein... a quirky personality for an equally chic cafe.Feeling thirsty..?
An assortment of Italian Sodas ($4.90) is their house favourites, with four flavours: Kiwi, Passionfruit, Red Raspberry and Blue Raspberry. It's a refreshing change from the usual suspects on drink menus such as ice lemon tea, root beer float, Coke or Sprite - which De'Pop Culture also offers.Onto the starters!
Bacon Surprise ($10.90) would be perfect for the undecided... not sure whether to get sunny side ups or scrambled eggs? Why not both! With bacon, mushrooms and the salad on the side, you can be sure to have a bit of everything.
Lo and behold, one of my favourite dishes. And... their truffle fries ($7.90) performs! I love how thick-cut their fries are, very fluffy on the insides, slightly salted, and the truffle flavours hit all the right notes. Wonderfully done and perfect for sharing - definitely recommended!De'Pop mains
Their De'Pop Breakfast Platter for 2 ($28.90) felt like an upsize version of the Bacon Surprise, presented on a lazy susan if you ever need to turn this huge serving. To feed your voracious morning appetites, nothing less than this breakfast platter can satisfy. While the toasted brioche was a little soggy and the streaky bacon a little dry, the bratswurst sausage was outstanding. The rest of it was pretty average.
The adorably-named Crab and the Dog ($15.90) won lots of compliments all around the table. There is more than it meets the eye - this unassuming dish actually has a local spin to it with spicy chilli crab sauce drizzled across the Italian pork sausage. I would rate the 'spiciness kick' a 11/10 - I only took a little pinch of the sauce and it was so-fiery-hot! The rest of them were indulging in it happily though. I guess if you are crazy over chilli crab, you should definitely not miss this.
Here comes my most memorable dish of the night: the Black Pepper Crab Spaghetti ($14.90)! I love how they incorporate a lot of Singaporean flavours into their dishes! I only know of one other cafe who also does this, and I really enjoy dishes like this because... Egg Benedicts and waffles everyday can get damn boring too. The spaghetti is a little overcooked, which caused the noodles to lose its al dente quality. The saltiness level was also on the high side. What I liked about this was the piquant black pepper and yummy crab meat strands on top! For this price, you probably can't get such a special pasta dish anywhere else. There are quite a bit of adjustments to the recipe to do for this dish, but pretty sure it will be stellar when it's done well.Their specialty: De-sserts!
Their Caramel Waffles ($11.50) are accompanied with a scoop of salted caramel ice-cream which we couldn't figure the provenance of... we are so determined to know, but it's a trade secret so looks like a salted caramel ice-cream tasting session is in order, yes? ;) I'm guessing it can't be from Udders because the salted caramel ice-cream is pretty faint on the taste spectrum, but nevertheless, the texture is super rich and luxurious. All the hype over the ice-cream has taken away attention from the waffle itself which was pretty decent, with granola (possibly Post?!) and caramel sauce. Not too photogenic, but well, it's not going to be resting on the plate for too long anyway.
French Toast feat. Banana-tella ($11.90) is another caramel-centric dessert, but this time with bananas and Nutella. You can't really go wrong with that, though I wish the toast can be crispier (or did we take too long with the food photography...).
The dessert I was looking forward to was the Panna Cotta ($6.90), which came dressed in gorgeous red raspberry sauce and blueberry toppings. The custard mixture was leaning towards more cream and milk, needs a little bit more gelatin to let it set firmer. I still loved this though, I can't resist these milky and sweet desserts!
The Apple Crumble Pie with Salted Caramel Ice-Cream ($7.90) was delightful as well, coming a close second to the Panna Cotta. At this point I really wished for a second stomach so I can continue eating this! I liked a swirl of hot and cold elements within one dessert, and also how there were very generous amounts of caramelized apples at the bottom.
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