Lks and I decided to meet up for breakfast at around 10am. I seldom want to wake up that early but sometimes the early bird catches the worm. For this case, this small and squeezy coffee shop that is located along the streets of Upper Thomson is often crowded during breakfast period. We reached the coffeeshop and started ordering dim sums. Besides dim sums, this place also have cze char and roasted meats.
I found the char siew pao not too bad. If the flour was thinner, it would be just nice for me.
I ordered this soup dish as I think that at least with soup around, it would not be too dry. It was more like a giant shui
gao and it tasted meaty with crunchy bits of water chestnuts inside.
'Har gao' was nice and quite moist. It was one of my favourite dim sums.
The xiao long pao was different. For those who loves soupy xiao long pao, you will be disappointed as they don't
contain any soup inside. I supposed they were meant to be dry.
I found the siew mai too dry and not 'juicy' enough. I did not feel any pieces of prawn inside while chewing them.
I liked juicy mushrooms. If you are not a fan of it like Lks, don't order.
Inside the soft skin was a chunk of meat. Basically, most dishes we ordered had meat in them (should be the same meat),
but tasted slightly different from each other.
The fried dumplings were too dry for us. We just have to dip them into the chilli sauce and they tasted better.
Lor mai kai disgusted me. Not that it tasted horrible (Lks thought that it was not bad), it freaking reminded me of my army
cookhouse food (breakfast). I think I had generated a phobia for lor mai kai because of the stupid cookhouse, and I got
nausea whenever I see one.
For drinks, we both ordered the home-made barley. We both felt that drinking barley while eating dim sums was a total mismatch (like drinking sake while eating laksa). The barley was thick and had plenty of barley bits blended inside (like 'cum' from a male's reproductive organ).

One of the most common dish ordered was the fried chicken wings. Ocf and I ate 2 each while Wll and Wcy ate 1 each. I
found it rather oily and I followed Wcy wiped off the oil before eating! Ocf on the other hand ignored the oil and just
enjoyed it. Crispy! I could say that IKEA's most popular dish was the meatballs. We ordered 40 meatballs and each of us had 10 balls each! These meatballs were deprived of sauce and we had to ask for 2 cups of extra sauce. Chunks of potatoes were also served with the meatballs and they were soft and easy to eat. (We ordered the halal meatballs which was available in this IKEA.) I found the sauce too diluted and watery. The sauce could not even 'cling' onto the meatballs and would drip off quickly. There were also lingonberry jam given with the meatballs. Wll and Wcy found it weird eating the meatballs with jam. I enjoyed the mild sweetness of the jam which made the meatballs more savoury. After chatting for over 3 hours, the place was still crowded. We decided not to leave this place yet without trying the desserts. As girls are afraid to get fat, they shared this chocolate slice. As for Ocf and I, we ordered all 3 slices of pie. Wll and Ocf preferred this the most as maybe the chocolate felt thick and 'shiok'. Wcy and I preferred this nutty slice with strong butterscotch taste. The strong fragrance of the butterscotch made me addicted and wanting for more. If you want something less sinful, you could go for this. Apple pie! The chunks of apple would make apple lovers drool.We should have eaten this first before eating the other two pies as it felt tasteless with our mouths overwhelming with chocolate and butterscotch sweetness.

My dad order his grilled fish set and his chawanmushi came the first. I have always liked the silky and custard-like
texture of chawanmushi. Grilled fish was never my liking as I always thought that the fish meat would always be hard. I was
wrong this time as the meat was rather tender and fragrant, without any hint of being burnt.
My mum ordered this special ramen. The bowl was rather interesting as from the top view, we could not see the ramen at
all. All we could see was a rather thick broth with crab meat, spring onions, mushrooms and traces of oil. The noodles
were hidden at the base and it felt like eating ramen from a shark's fin soup. Both my brother and I order the black pig don set. Uncover the pile of eggs on top and you will be amazed by the quantity of black pig meat. The meat were thick and fragrant and coated by a casing of crispy flour. I really loved chewing the meat and it sure tasted better than the first time I had eaten black pig from another restaurant. At the end of the meal, each of us were given some complimentary slices of fruits and a warm cup of brown rice tea. The tea had an earthy flavour and it was said that it would aid in our digestion.

We added on a basket of garlic bread for $4. Just nice there were 4 pieces of bread. The bread looked almost burnt and
the charred taste was stronger than the garlic itself. My dad's main course was the greek salad. A really large load of vegetables right there. He disliked the olives which were rather sour and the feta cheese. (He is not a fan of cheese.)
My mum's main course was the spaghetti with basil pesto sauce. She liked the dish although there were no meat as the
seasonings were tasty enough. My bro's main course was the tofu burger. (Why tofu? This is a vegetarian restaurant if you have forgotten!) It came with potato wedges, salad and a dip. The patty was full of tofu and potato taste and was rather yummy. As for me, I had the mediterranean wrap. It was a scary load of vegetables when I first caught sight of it being placed right in front of me. No meat fan would want to eat that. It would be a torment. As for me, I do not mind trying it out. I bit my first mouthful and o...it tasted not bad and I am not kidding. The feta cheese gave taste to it, while the chickpea and pumpkin spread within made the wrap not so dry. Each mouthful was crunchy (because of the variety of vegetables inside) and at the end, I was full and satisfied. Each of us had dessert and a hot cup of tea or coffee. The dessert was brownie with a scoop vanilla of ice cream. Soft brownie was always one of my favourite dessert, especially those that do not make my saliva too sticky after eating it.

My friens ordered the mushroom soup which came with a piece of bread. The soup was thick and filled with yummy bits of
mushroom. It went well with the bread and my friend decided to add on another piece for 50 cents. (I forgot if it was 50 or
70 cents.) As for me, I ordered the minestrone soup with the pastry on top. It came with the salad and sauce. It was my mistake for pouring all the sauce over and ended up the salad being too sour to be eaten. Anyway, I ate as much as I could. I loved the sour and sweet cranberries that were with the salad. The pastry was very fluffy and expanded looking. I felt like I was biting into the void and leaving a pile of debris (pastry crumbs) behind. As this was my second time eating this, I learnt from my previous mistake. I did not soak the entire pastry into the soup like that previous time I did. I broke it bit by bit and dipped them into the soup. The tomato based soup tasted good with plenty of ingredients such as macaronis, cabbages and other ingredients a minestrone soup would have.