Dazzling Cafe (Closed)

Dazzling Cafe 蜜糖吐司專賣店, the Taiwanese dessert chain, has opened its Singapore branch at the new Capitol Piazza. Dazzling Cafe Singapore seems like it is designed for the instagram generation. The cafe, its food and even its menu all look colourful and dressed-up to be photographed. The whole cafe seems to be staffed by young pretty girls all dolled up in apron and dresses.

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Even the decor of the entire cafe is so "cute". Almost like you're entering a dollhouse. Are you ready to be DAZZLED?Looking at the menu, the font is tiny and it does take a while or two to squint to read the name of the dish as well as what's in the dish. I wish they would have bold the dish name so we can actually tell the staff what we want to order, rather than read the ingredients of the dish to the staff, which is exactly what I did!

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They have pastas, brunch items and most of the items are slightly higher in price compared to your typical hipster cafe but they seemed to have slightly unique renditions like an orange sauce based pasta for example.

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Dazzling Cafe is famed for its desserts and especially its signature Honey Toasts but it has a separate menu for savoury dishes. The mains are mainly spaghetti. Dazzling Cafe Singapore has a unique to Singapore Spicy Seafood Tomyam Tomato Spaghetti.

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Their drink menu seemed simple and quite pricey as well.

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The honey toasts at Dazzling need no introduction. They are famed from Taiwan and even their menu here is so attractive. It's hard to wonder if anyone can walk into this cafe and not order a single honey toast!?

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Bacon and Mushroom Fettuccine

It was a difficult decision trying to decide which toast to get. I wanted to try all of them!

1. Cream of Mushroom (200g/serve) $8.90++

The layers of mushrooms in this soup is sublime. Dazzling uses different mushroom flavours to make a robust mushroom flavour. I find that when you layer any type of mushroom soup with multiple types of mushrooms you get a full flavor that brings out the best in possible flavor. They also use a touch of truffle oil to help boost the flavor.

It was a decent portion for one person and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

2. Bacon and Mushroom Fettuccine (320g/serve) $18.90++

Bacon and sauteed mushrooms served over fettuccine cream sauce topped with 63 degree egg. The presentation is simple, yet really pretty! Why? Because RUNNY EGG! The 63 degree egg itself doubles up as the "sauce" for the dish. The waitress will also warn you before hand that it is a partially uncooked egg.

I thought this fettuccine tasted very different from your typical bacon and mushroom pasta. Moreover, the cream sauce was a tad too diluted. A comforting dish, at best. But definitely not worth $18.90++! The cream of mushroom soup had way more mushroom flavour in comparison to this dish.

3. Scallop and Crabmeat Spaghetti Aglio Olio (320g/serve) $18.90++

Scallop and Crabmeat Spaghetti Aglio Olio

Pan-seared scallops and white crabmeat tossed in spaghetti with red capsicum, garlic and fresh basil. It was a light and refreshing dish. I didn’t really taste too much seafood, sadly enough, but it was lightly tossed with olive oil, tomatoes, and broccoli. Always good to get those greens in!

Scallop and Crabmeat Spaghetti Aglio Olio

The Aglio Olio was flavoured up so well having absorbed the aroma of Olive Oil and Shallots. But even though it is an Aglio Olio, I felt that it was tad too dry. I enjoyed the bacon and mushroom fettuccine alot more.

4. The Usuals $22.90++

Poached eggs, cream spinach and parma ham on brioche toast, finished with hollandaise and micro herbs. Flawless poached eggs, well rounded hollandaise with a hint of spice, and delicious spinach. What's not to love! The parma ham also adds a slight hint of saltiness to your dish. The salad is also dressed well with a sweet sauce. All in all, a very plesant dish, despite the high price. I would definitely get this again rather than their pastas.

5. Upstream Catch $22.90++

Smoked Salmon and cream spinach nested on toasted brioche finished with soft poached eggs. This dish will amaze you with its wonderful poached eggs and a hollandaise sauce with a crispy texture from the brioche toast. The smoked salmon and spinach are brilliant accompaniments!

This is one upstream catch that you wouldn't want to miss!

6. Pan Seared Duck Breast in Orange Mustard Sauce (320g/serve) $24.90++

Pan Seared Duck Breast in Orange Sauce

Spaghetti with Pan-seared duck breast served in Orange reduction and Pommary mustard sauce. The orange mustard sauce itself was sweet rather than savoury. The al dente pasta in a sweet orange sauce together with medium-rare seared duck breast was an interesting combination.

Pan Seared Duck Breast in Orange Sauce

As stated in the menu that this is a chef recommend dish so I have decided to give it a try instead of my standard mentaiko / aglio olio pasta. Do note I found the duck breast meat to be a bit tough even though I was informed that the duck breast would be cooked to 70% doneness.

7. Caribbean Fruit Punch with Calpis Sorbet $8++

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Caribbean Fruit Punch with Calpis Sorbet

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This drink provides a tropical tangy finish in our hot weather. Sip it fast though as the fruit bits fall off the sorbet as it melts. It took a long while for this drink to be served and we had to get the attention of the wait staff several times to check on the progress of the drink. I would like to mention that the staff were indeed very attentive and friendly. Good job girls!

Caribbean Fruit Punch with Calpis Sorbe

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It was more of a slushie and you can either can a brainfreeze trying to drink it or wait for a while for it to melt so that you can sip it up. Unfortunately for me, the drink took too long to arrive and I didn't want a brainfreeze so I asked the staff to pack it in a to-go cup and left.

8. Caramel Latte Macchiato $7++

Caramel Latte Macchiato

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This drink arrived shortly after ordering and it tasted pretty good. It was real coffee, not useless sugar-overdosed cofffee. I definitely felt my energy levels getting perked up while drinking this.

The latte art was pretty cute too.

9. Banana Chocolate Honey Toast (Normal) $17.90++

When we were served this dessert, everyone at the table was going "wah! WAH!". The presentation of the Banana Chocolate Honey Toast was truly impressive. Being topped off with pistachios and surrounded by bananas with chocolate syrup drizzled all over the toast. This is the reason to be DAZZLED!

Given a choice of crispy, normal, soft for the toast. We choose Normal.

After you are done instagramming your Honey Toast, the wait staff will come over and help you "dissect" and serve the toast. You are also technically supposed to cut up the toast FIRST! and then drizzle the honey over the toast. Unfortunately, we were too engrossed with instagramming and started to pour the honey over the toast before we were given instructions.

Cubes of crispy breads hidden in the enclosed box of toast is my favourite thing! I drizzled the honey over the cubes of crispy bread and spread the chocolate syrup, together you have a heavenly combination in your mouth! It's quite a big portion and we finished everything including the box of toast.