The fairly hot bakery round the corner, Paris Baguette Cafe has finally come to Singapore!! A french-inspired cafe that has its origins from Korea, the Paris Baguette Cafe has opened an outlet at Wisma Atria. Recommended by my friend to try their Royal Pudding, we went to their outlet after our dinner to try out some of their desserts

Their open floor concept was pretty cool, even though there were rather few seats and the place will be packed during peak hours. But their desserts are really expensive. We decided to go with Mango Napoleon ($7.50) and of course, their Royal Pudding – Original flavour ($4.50).Both are yummy especially the Mango Napoleon though. Reminds me of apple strudel from Ritz. The Royal Pudding was good too, a little bit like panna cotta, but that bottom layer of brown sugar kind of spoils the smooth texture and milky taste of the pudding. And the reason why the royal pudding is so expensive is probably due that cute little bottle

As I was searching up for new cafes in Singapore that serves pancakes, I found Paddington House of Pancakes. Like any other pancake cafes, it has both the sweet and the savoury (much more of these tho) pancakes…but with many many other delightful varieties and options It is located at City Square Mall (Farrer Park mrt) and has only 1 outlet, yes I know that’s sad, in Singapore. Paddington House of Pancakes unique selling point is, well pancakes, but with a global touch – with flavours from all around the world.Cheesy fries & wedges with bacon bits (it was too yummy I’d forgotten the price) for appetizer; spicy potatoes pancake with an extremely pan-fried dory & fries served with mushroom sauce ($15) and spicy potatoes pancake with smoked salmon & cheesy scrambled eggs ($19) for our mains. I love the fish – both of them, and the lovely scrambled eggs.. However the mushroom sauce wasn’t really to my liking. For those of you who can’t take spicy, don’t attempt to try the pancakes. They.Are.Spicy.Way too filling and in the end I couldn’t really finish my dish. But there’s always room for dessert aren’t there? So we each orrdered a different flavour of Pancakes Sundae ($8) – Strawberry NewYork Cheesecake for myself and Orange marmalade swirl with lychee & peach for dear. Really loved the desserts and would definitely go back there for somemore!!

Having heard of Covelli Italian Bistro & Wine Bar from my colleagues, I decided to host my boyfriend's birthday celebration over at Covelli. Being located at a rather quiet section in orchard central, tucked nicely at one corner, Covelli had a very lovely ambience for their guests, and especially good for dating ;)We ordered chicken bread stuffing as our appetizer, which was quite good (I liked the sauce).
Our mains - Wild Mushroom Ravioli and Pasta Al Pesto Gamberi were absolutely delicious and to our liking! The richness of the ravioli cream sauce and strong flavours from the pesto gamberi was unbelievable. Thumbs up!!And my favourite dish of all was the dessert - Profiterole!!! It was so good, I almost wanted to go for a second round Intending to spring a surprise for my boyfriend, I had initially asked the staff to help me bring over a mini birthday cake that I had bought from Rive Gauche. To my amazement, and great compliments to the service from Covelli, their staff spend the extra effort to decorate the plated cake into one that is so beautiful! And their staff were all very friendly and quick to respond to any of our needs. Thumbs up on their service!!

On the whole, excellent food and service at this particular restaurant! Absolutely love the place - its ambience, food, staff and will definitely return there as one of their regular customers.

Looking through my list of dessert places to try, I decided to go with Pique Nique when I was going to Takashimaya. A fairly small branch compared to the one at JCube, it gave us a very quaint homely feel with a few scattered sofas and the brick walls. It was quite funny because we were seated near their glass window corridor, which was facing KFC, and there were kids that were poking their heads at the window throughout our meal So obviously I ordered their Classic Benedict ($12) and my bf decided to go with The Big Breakfast Burger ($14). It was so delicious!!! I obsolutely love their eggs benedict – creamy, rich and oh so yummy. The burger was not bad also! We ordered some fries as it was looking so good over at the other table ;)I’m sure I will head back to Pique Nique to try more of their dishes next time – all of their food on the menu looks so good. AND I LOVE THE EGGS BENEDICT. Good place for hangout with friends or a date, and definitely worth the price.

MU Parlour, a quiet cafe located at Holland Village. Being a foodie place, to find MU Parlour amongst the multitude of eateries at Holland V wasn’t that easy if you did not have the address. It’s located on the 2nd floor, above Thai Express (looks like some furniture shop when viewing from downstairs due to its unique array of furniture).

The interior of MU Parlour reminds me of Alice in Wonderland (I don’t know why). It looks so tea party-ish We chose No.2 – Beef Patty, Paprika, Chipotle, Avocado, Jalapenos ($16) and No.11 – Beef Patty, Avocado, Streaky Bacon, MU Secret Sauce ($15). For the price we were paying for these 2 gourmet burgers, I would say it was pretty good! The beef patty was juicy enough and the blend of avocado with the paprika and chipotle sauce (all of which are my favourite) brought our the flavours very well. The bacon though, had been a slight disappointment.We were stuffed! But I love desserts, so we decided to try just one tiny one – Lychee Mousse ($8)! Soft, fluffy and sweet, it was rather tasty from the first few spoonfuls. However, it became a bit hard to swallow near the end due to its sweetness. Nonetheless, if you are considering on what to eat at Holland V and getting bored of the usual hangouts, do drop by MU Parlour for its tasty gourmet burgers!