Had a late dinner with a friend around orchard we came to the Coffee Club outside Wheelock. I didn’t eat at Coffee Club for awhile but i always remembered compared to Starbucks, Coffee Bean and TCC, i always enjoyed the food from Coffee Club more. Somehow, it was more suited for me.

We were a little diet conscious so each of us took a salad each– Prawn Mayo and Caesar with Smoked salmon. We were pleasantly surprised by the portions, and I was very happy they were able to accomodate to my request for no cheese in my caesar. Taste was good, sauce was light enough but no eggs! Generous amount of croutons and the best must be the cheese basket it was served in. I swear to you it was hard to stop tearing up that cheese basket and eating it because it was so delightfully savoury and addictive! My friend too the prawn wasabi mayo but complained that there was no kick. Though prawns were fresh and generous, and i loved that they had tempeh in it!We wanted a side to share but very sadly out of about 10 sides I think only 4 were available. We chose something without beef and ended up with Teriyaki chicken on potato skin. The dish was quite tasty but it should be eaten while its hot..

After eating here, I think this will be a place to consider whenever I see a Coffee Club around! We spent about $40, and there is a 15% discount on UOB or Citibank card holders!

I Wan Noodles replaced a former Chinese restaurant at Maxwell Chambers and looked promising with its varieties of noodles. We had the chilli crab noodle and the szechuan noodles. For the price and quality of ingredients it is not bad, but quantity is too little. For a small eater might be the right portion, but for any normal male I think the portion is way too small.

Back to taste - Chilli Crab Noodles came with a tasty sauce which is not too spicy and a little sweet, but the chilli crab portion is too small! Just one part of 2 legs, and we all know how small soft shell crabs are right? Just not enough to satisfy my palate.

For the Szechuan Noodle, it was not overly spicy, but lacking in ingredients as seen from the picture - there was only 1 fried wanton in the dish!

Waiting time during lunch time is at least half an hour as well.

Came here for a quick lunch--- as any taiwanese snack places, they sell the usual fired chicken cutlet and mee sua. The strange thing is they do not sell oyster mee sua! They only had chicken--topped with few pieces of their fried chicken cutlets, or one which is the intestines like the ones u find on the Taiwanese street markets. It is tasty but lack the oomph of the oyster types.

The bento cames with some fried chicken pieces, vegetables and a soy egg. I would say for the price, it is pretty small, and the chicken is nothing to shout about.

I remembered Delifrance as one of the hype cafes we go to for expensive coffee and fanciful pastries about 20 years ago– a little like the sprouting of chi-chi coffeeshops these days. Along the years with other cafes coming up with all day breakfast, weekday brunches and latte art, delifrance lost a little of its edge and even looks a little old-school these days. Well obviously, they have done some re-branding, playing up the ‘french’ factor, and recently even created a sandwich in collaboration with a Michelin 1 star chef. (Oyster sauce with mayo, anyone?)

In any case, my bf recently tried done of their sandwiches and loved it as it reminded him of those in France. So here we go for our sunday late lunch.

I had the BBQ chicken sandwich, which was the only one on their hot sandwich menus as the others were cold sandwiches. It was quite weird coz when it came it looks a little like a chicken stew stuffed into a sandwich. Taste was overwhelmed with BBQ sauce, and no greens in sight at all. But it wasnt so bad. You can also opt for the combo which came with soup and coffee. We had the Onion soup and Mushrooms soup, which was really not too bad. Mushroom soup was the rustic type which i loved and quite chockful of mushroom bits.My bf has the le Parisien– which had nice grilled chicken chunks, but had a very tropical taste. They had pineapple in it, and a sauce which tasted quite citrusy. Seriously, there aint much to complain about the food, price and atmosphere but somehow the taste mix of their sandwich is just not right.

Hidden in Harbourfront centre away from the buzzling crowd of Vivocity, it makes a good coffee place for the lazy sunday afternoon.

For the ambience, do not expect something fanciful but I would describe it as a cosy place where you can imagine regular customers return to. We sat outside along the streets and loved it–cool evening breeze, quiet street and good food at reasonable prices on a tuesday evening, its happiness that people forget. =)

Anyway, we were feeling quite exploratory so we ordered stuff that we didnt try before. For starters, we had my usual favourite falafel(will not let go of this if its available) and a Fattouch salad–lettuce, tomato, cucumber, parsley, onion, garlic, fresh mint and radish; tossed in freshly squeezed lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil; topped with toasted Lebanese bread.Grilled Haloumi–We were already quite full with our 3 starters, but I was famished and as it was quite early for dinner for us, I ordered one main to share–grilled full chicken.

I really loved how the chicken was fully marinated with spice and how they were able to smash it so thin, but one thing was it was very very very dry. It was till the extent where you find it hard to swallow. It would have been great if there is some sort of light sauce provided, or if they were able to keep it a little more succulent. Still, I really did love the taste.

I will definitely come back again, as there are alot on the menu that suits my palette which i have not tried. Another great thing. no service charge and GST but no water provided too.

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