Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Breakfast @ Mosella Pan Pacific Orchard

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Was doing a staycay at Pan Pacific Orchard and the National Day Package came with breakfast, so decided to go there at around 8am, in case it gets crowded at the later timing. Mosella is located at Level 2 of the hotel, which is at the same level as the lobby.

interior

view from my table

coffee machine


The place is beautiful and felt spacious with its high ceilings. Minimal explanation or introduction from the staff unless you asked the question first. Breakfast is basically a buffet format, and live stations included eggs and noodles stations. Coffee is self-serve from the machine unless you needed some special milk for the coffee then staff would attend to that. Staff emphasized that coffee beans from both machines are the same.

Let's breakfast, shall we?

congee station


congee with condiments with a side of scrambled eggs


For hotel breakfast, I do like eggs and I can't pass on the congee, so let's have both!

scrambled eggs congee


Was a nice soothing bowl of porridge, lightly flavoured from all the condiments like century egg, preserved vege, salted egg, scallions and braised peanuts.

roasted cherry tomatoes, string beans and mini sausages


There's a noodles station too, so I went and got myself a bowl of Singapore Laksa. The version here has a brightly coloured broth and tasted coconut-y milky rich.

Singapore Laksa


The noodles station was really well equipped with lots of fresh vegetables (at least 2 types), mushrooms, fish cake, chicken breast, quail's egg, beef slices and I said yes to all! Hahaa, there goes my order of 'little bit'.

fully loaded


Soup was hearty and not overly sweet. I forgot to add sambal chili, so it was one notch less in spiciness. Both meats (chicken and beef) were lovely. Actually, first time a seeing beef slice in my bowl of laksa. 

One of the staff, Lorraine, stopped by my table and asked if I would like her to get me a cup of coffee. What a nice gesture. Yes, please. And so she brought a cup of latte over. 

latte

 
Now, let's go check out the pastry corner. It was placed at the area that you will notice when one is either entering or departing from the premise. It was actually quite funny when I was walking towards the pastry section and the Chef's there were like, "Thank you for dining with us. See you again." And I was like, no no.... am not done yet. Getting some pastries/dessert! Hmmm, was it a sign that I ate too much? Hahaha!

cakes, pastries


chocolate croissant and brioche


I asked both the noodles and pastry Chefs which were their favourite pastries, and so one said the brioche is his fav, while another said hers was the custard croissant. She also pointed out that chocolate everything seemed to be the crowd favourite. Hehe, and so, I selected the pastries based on these info.


(back to front) custard croissant, chocolate something


close up view


The visuals for the pastries were on-point. I liked the brioche most. Looked the most ordinary but tasted lovely. They were of the right sizes too. Gone in 3 bites.

honey


At first, I had the impression that there wasn't much food but then, it turned out that I hadn't been paying attention when I was exploring the spaces. I had almost missed out on the cold cuts section.

cold cuts selection


I think it was the way the slices of smoked salmon were being propped up, that made it looked as if it would be a mistake to pass over them. And, I hadn't seen any beet cured salmon before, so had to try at least a slice.

salami, ham, smoked duck, beet cured salmon with dijon mustard and capers



Go for the smoked duck. It was yums! The cheeses looked good too but I was so so full by now.

The place gets busier starting from 9am onwards. Thanks to Lorraine, I got my coffee served, my table cleared of empty plates so that I could enjoy the next dish. Also appreciate that we were able to converse a bit when the place wasn't too busy yet.

Overall, Mosella offers a nice breakfast with adequate variety and its high ceiling helps in creating that spacious feel when dining there. 

Saturday, June 17, 2023

H&C Halcyon and Crane Cafe @ Paragon Shopping Centre

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This is one of the more popular places at Paragon on a weekend morning. For us, we chose to have brunch there on a PH morning and arrived early at 1130am. The brunch crowd was not there yet.



Did you know that H&C has a Granola menu? Dearborn granola is available here. An extract from Dearborn's website states that it is a "hand crafted, small batch breakfast food that is proudly made in Singapore. Ingredients are sourced with the same intent, with a keen focus on traceability and sustainability." Let's support local.

Granola Menu

We opted for the simplest version with milk for a taste test. 

Dearborn Granola and milk @$9

Dearborn Granola


I suspect that am probably too accustomed to the taste of commercial granola and those generic cereal packs to understand the differences. Dearborn granola has natural tasting and knowing that the ingredients were sourced with sustainability in mind, probably made me feel better eating it.

Ivan chose the Dan Dan Spaghettini, and it was a repeat order for him. There's a choice of spicy or non, and we opted for non-spicy version. 

Dan Dan Spaghettini (non-spicy) @$26

Give the noodles a good mix before tucking in. Noodles were good, tasty with the minced meat bits but leaning towards the sweeter side.

Crispy Squid in the menu was quickly noticed by both Tracy and myself. It turned out to be a good choice. Chunky, tender squid well battered and fried to a golden brown. This was so tasty! My favourite.

Crispy Squid @$18


Hence ordered an orange coffee and it was interesting. Orange juice was served separately and the coffee was in cube form.

Orange Yuzu Passionfruit Coffee Cubes Latte @$14

in goes the orange

ta-dah!


The last main dish was the Grilled Tiger Prawn  Risotto. The dish looked vibrant with its beautiful colours. However, I was confused by that piece of bread served together with the risotto. 

Grilled Tiger Prawn Risotto @$32

This dish was rather refreshing with the diced zucchini, oriental corn, multigrains and pumpkin 'risotto'. Again, strong flavours and overall enjoyable!


For dessert, we were unanimous in choosing the Nutella & Banana French Toast. It came with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

Nutella & Banana French Toast @$23

On first bite, I was intrigued by that one singular taste that was familiar but can't really pin a name to it. We debated amongst us for a very short while before having the eureka moment of revelation. "The fritters taste from the goreng pisang!" Hahahaa!


Overall, the food at H&C have good variety and delicious. Will be back to try the other dishes. Spent about $34 per pax.


H&C Halcyon and Crane @ Paragon Shopping Centre

Address: 290 Orchard Rd, #03-09 Paragon Shopping Centre, Singapore 238859

Websitehttps://linktr.ee/halcyonandcrane

Contact: +65 9727 5121

Business Hours:

Sun - Thur: 9:00 AM–8:30 PM

Fri - Sat: 9:00 AM–10:00 PM

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Breakfast at Baba Chews Bar and Eatery @ Hotel Indigo Katong

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Was doing a staycation at Hotel Indigo and the weekend getaway package came with daily breakfast at Baba Chews, which is just downstairs.

let's get some breakfast


So let's see what's for breakfast then!

interior

cafe latte

Was greeted by friendly Merry, and upon seated, she offered to get me a cup of coffee. A latte it is and thanks Christian (barista) for the lovely latte art!

Breakfast was a self-service semi-buffet kind of affair, so I started off with a mini bowl of teochew porridge to warm the tummy.

self-service porridge station

my mini congee bowl

DIY orange juice bar

It was interesting to see a DIY orange juice counter, but if you're not into making your own juice, fret not as there is a fridge with ready-to-drink juices such as mango and apple.

 mango juice

As the place wasn't that busy yet as I was down for a early breakfast at around 7.40am, Christian came over to ask if I would like to have a bowl of Singapore laksa as that's one of the specialty for that day. He also recommended the eggs royale from the regular breakfast menu. Yes, of course I'd try if he promise that the laksa would be a small bowl. Hahaha, can't eat too much as I was meeting Hence, Tracy, Ivan and Kris later for lunch.

Baba Chews Singapore Laksa

Do note that different days will have different items for the breakfast hot food menu. Laksa was available for Saturday.

sweetish, savoury laksa

The laksa was of milder flavours and there was plenty of ingredients in that small bowl. Quails egg, fishcake, taupok (beancurd puff) and small shrimps.

Eggs Royale

The Eggs Royale was very likeable. The yolk was runny, the hollandaise sauce had hints of truffle, plenty of smoked salmon (if not enough, the semi buffet section still has more!) laid ontop of the muffin. Tasty stuffs!

let it flow


I like the minimalistic cheese section, so took a little bit to try. There's cut fruits and the watermelon was nicely sweet. Good to see there's jambu air (rose apple).

small platter of fruits, cheeses and dried fruit and nuts

orange pineapple shot

Christian gave a delightful service to guests as he went around offering juice shots. Thank you!

For dessert, I had the mini egg tarts which was also a special for that day.

mini egg tarts


I enjoyed breakfast as well as the service from the staff at Baba Chews.


Baba Chews Bar and Eatery

Websitehttps://babachews.com.sg/

Address:  86 E Coast Rd, Katong Square, Singapore 428788

Contact: 6723 2025

Business Hours:

Daily: 6:30 am–10:30 pm


Monday, October 3, 2022

[Melbourne 2022] Peninsula Pantry @ Rye

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This place is like literally walking distance from our accommodation. But it rained that morning, and we wouldn't want to risk a slip and fall, so we drove to this small cosy cafe for brekkie. Of course, we were going to Arthur's Seat after that for some quick sightseeing.

Our accommodation host actually recommended Peninsula Pantry and pointed out to the bakes that we needed to try; Vanilla Slice and Cinnamon Scroll.

Peninsula Pantry

Was greeted upon entry and the young staff (whom we later found out, his name is Jean/John) and he was nice and friendly. Got us started real quickly and we chose our breakfast items in no time.

menu


let's have a look


let's get a meat pie too



cakes, pies and rolls

I like to start my day with scrambled eggs. So we got one of those, and the rest added bacon and upon my insistence, there's spinach too. Good, balanced diet!

free range eggs on toast (with bacon and spinach) @AUD19


Loved those eggs and even more the spinach. The vegetables was just so fresh and plump. Yummy. And, the bacon was not done till super crisp and retained a meaty bite to it. I liked it. Perfect savoury accompaniment to the eggs.

We tried the Beef and Burgundy meat pie and it turned out to be great! Served warm, and was surprised at how tangy the sauce was. Granted the meat inside the pie wasn't alot, but I think the star was the sauce itself. Lovely.

Beef and Burgundy meat pie @AUD7.50

lovely sauce

My first introduction to sausage roll (which happened to be one of Tracy's favourite item in this trip), is at Peninsula Pantry.

Sausage Roll @AUD5.90

sausage roll (inner view)

I think I couldn't wrap my mind around this authentic sausage roll concept. My impression of sausage rolls are...it need to have a hotdog inside. So a sausage roll with 'minced meat' inside.. hmm...not something that I'd get again. Give me meat pie anytime!

For the fresh bakes, the cinnamon scroll and the vanilla slice did not disappoint!

Vanilla Slice

Ahh, I actually thought vanilla slice is like a cake, and which it was not. It is a thick custard square with pastry ontop and lots of sugar dusting. As this version here was the first vanilla slice I've tasted (out of the total 3 tasted during the trip), it set the standard for the next ones. Loved the soft custard texture and the fresh crisp of the pastry. Looks heavy but do-able when shared.

Cinnamon Scroll

Oh, cinnamon scroll is like our cinnamon bun. Thought it would be super sweet but it was actually pretty good. Sweet but as a dessert should be.

Service was good and friendly, and thank you Chef for popping out to see us too. We enjoyed our meal here!



Peninsula Pantry

Address: 43A Wondaree St, Rye VIC 3941, Australia

Websitehttps://www.peninsulapantry.com.au/

Contact: +61 3 5985 2628

Business Hours:

Closed on Tues.

Wed-Sun:  8AM–3PM


 
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