The Atruim, Pan Pacific Singapore

Singapore was having some good deals when I was there, I mean.....mainly for restaurants. My sis was telling me that they have a lot of one for one deals around town and we decided to go for high tea at Pan Pacific Hotel. I have to say it was pretty good! Free flow of coffe and tea, nice environment and great bakes and sandwiches!

Our own Cabana

Inside the Cabana

The menu for our high tea

Sugar for our coffee and tea

Our aromatic coffee and the spreads for the scones

Plain and raisin scones

Our tray of delights!

All these are only for two people and there were four of us plus two kids and we were stuffed! Quite a good deal I'll say!


The Atruim Pan Pacific Hotel
7, Raffles Boulevard,
Marina Square,
Singapore 039595

Tel: +65- 6826 8240


**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Bakerzin, Singapore

When Bakerzin was opened in KL, it was one of my favourite place to go for desserts. It is true that the prices are a little on the steep side but the quality of the food was really worth it! Sigh........but due to whatever reason (there were a number of reasons or rather rumors going around), they closed down ALL the branches!!! =( I was so disappointed but what can I do right? Even my sister in Singapore was disappointed because she thinks the ones in KL are better than the ones in Singapore(Bakerzin is originally from Singapore)! Well......I have never tried the ones in Singapore so I cannot judge until I have try. So, when I went down in August, my sister took me there for desserts. It was actually a good time to go in August because Singapore was celebrating National's Day and it was 50% off for all desserts in Bakerzin!

The Glossy magazine-like menu

Profiteroles with vanilla ice cream

Waffles with strawberry sauce and ice cream

Apple tart with vanilla ice cream

Bailey's Souffle

After trying all the above desserts, I do have to agree with my sister. The ones in KL are much, MUCH better than the ones in Singapore, especially the apple tart! Alas........it is closed here in KL so does not make difference even though it was better here.

Bakerzin #01-15/16/17, UE Shopping Mall Singapore www.bakerzin.com Tel: +65 - 6738 6992

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

Dien Xian Er, Singapore

I have to apologise for the loooooooonnnnnnggggggg disappearance. I have actually uploaded these pictures a long time ago but was just too lazy to blog about it. Then, when I was finally ready to do it, I dropped my brand new phone into a bucket of water and that had killed ALL mood to do anything and blogging was defnitely the LAST thing on my mind. Sigh.......have been having a run of bad luck (also due to my own stupidity and clumsiness) lately so I just have no mood for a lot of things.

Anyway, am back again and hopefully I will be more consistent this time round! I took a trip down to Singapore last month for a few days to spend quality time with my sister and nephews. I have also managed to catch up with a few of my old school mates from high school so it was quite a good trip overall.

Oh, again I have to apologise. I have no descriptions for the pictures here because all the details were in my "swimming" phone. I can only tell you that if you ever were in Singapore, this is a good place to eat. They have quite a number of branches around Singapore, not just in Vivo City. You can always check out their website here to see where to go.

Dian Xiao Er
#02-137/8, Vivo City
Singapore
www.dianxiaoer.com.sg

Tel: +65- 6376 9786

**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P

2am: Desserts Bar

Went down to Singapore last weekend for my nephew's concert. Hardly did anything or went anywhere at all.........was just mostly lazing around in my sister's place. Sigh.......have to say really auntie nowadays, so lazy to go out and just talked about baking and grocery shopping with my sister, auntie or not?

Anyway, was talking to my sister about the price of blueberries and it is SOOOOO much cheaper in Singapore. I thought I should get some and bring it back to Singapore so we went to the 24 hours Cold Storage in Holland Village (we were supposed to go for late night shopping in Orchard
but we were too lazy......sigh.....auntie, auntie.....). There were not a lot of car park spaces in Holland V so when we finally managed to get one (almost the last one available!), we decided to go somewhere for coffee and desserts.

My sis has heard about this new desserts bar opening in Holland V so we went to check it out. The bar was on the first floor of the shop house and it was rather dark from the outside so we were not sure if it was opened. Took a peek and it was actually packed with people! I was quite impressed when I first stepped into it because it looked so swanky! A bit pretentious but swanky nevertheless. =P The place has a few long tables and high chairs and if you REALLY wanna chill out, there is actually this long sofa bed where you can lie down. The sofa bed looked really comfy (sorry, no pix) but I was wearing a short dress that day so we opted to sit by the bar.

The long bar

Some bubbly on the shelf

On the menu, they actually give you recommendation on the wine to go with the various desserts. But, for a desserts place, I have to say the menu is quite limited. There is not really a lot of choices on desserts but then, that could also be due to the fact that they just opened. Maybe.......just maybe, I think, they will add more in the future? I donno.....just my opinion.

My Cafe Latte

Cappucino

I loved it when they can make the coffee looked so pretty!

D.S.S ($14)

My sister ordered this dessert, D.S.S. (Deconstructed Strawberry Shortcake) that comes with smoked white chocolate, wild strawberry panna cotta, pate de fruit, white chocolate rice krispies and rose petal sorbet. I thought the white chocolate was only ok and the strawberry panna cotta was quite fragnant and delicious. As for the rose petal sorbet, you can really taste or smell (I'm confused) the rose petal but not really my cup of tea. Presentation is quite french right? You know, huge plate but the portion is just a tiny bit.

Twix ($13)

I decided to order the Twix as I saw caramel mousse, peanut crumble and valrhona chocolate ice cream on the list! The mousse was only so-so but at least the peanut crumble could bring a little more taste into the mouse. The ice cream was quite rich but full of the valrhona flavour so that was the satisfying bit of the dessert.

All in all, I think the desserts here have nothing to shout about but will be a good place to go hang out and chill. It actually gets kinda crowded comes 11pm to 12am so will be good for you to go earlier if you want a place on the sofa bed.


2am: Desserts Bar
21A Lorong Liput,
Holland Village
Singapore 277733
Pork Free

Tel: +65 - 6291 9717


**Disclaimer: Everyone has different taste buds so dun blame me if you want to try based on MY opinion and it is not good. I would also love it if someone pays me to write this review but sadly no, am writing this because I am procrastinating work. =P