&Made by Bruno Menard

X loves burgers and we had to visit &Made having heard much about their burgers and also, the fact that  Bruno Menard was once at helm of a 3 Michelin Star restaurant definitely gravitated us towards them. We headed there one Friday evening and it was full! There was a short queue.







 





We didn't wait long before we were given a table













I like the menu! So cute

I ordered the Three Little Pigs burger and X ordered The B Burger. We both changed our fries to truffle fries.

My burger came first and it was supposed to be the Three Little Pigs burger. But I realised that it wasn't later on. X's burger came and they actually gave him a lamb burger. So there was a double mix-up. And both times the burgers were sent back to the kitchen, they returned with a basket of un-truffled fries. So the fries had to be re-delivered a couple of times too.


The B Burger - $19 + $3(Truffle fries)
Dry-aged beef, onion confit, caper, garlic sauce and comte cheese
X wasn't very impressed with his burger. Maybe we had too high an expectation


Truffle fries and bbq sauce.
The truffle fries weren't evenly truffled. Only the ones on top were drizzled in truffle oil.
Would have liked them more if they were evenly tossed.
The bbq sauce, however, was really good! I really loved it!


Three Little Pigs burger - $23 + $3(Truffle fries)
Bacon, pork fillet, chorizo patty, shitake mushroom, Japanese cabbage, Shibazuke pickles, yuzu-kosho mayonnaise

I liked my burger! Except that the mayonnaise was a little too spicy for me. The patty was juicy and tasty. I felt that the sauce kinda overshadowed the other ingredients. X liked my burger more than he liked his own haha


I asked for tomato sauce and their tomato sauce was really interesting! It's tangy and tasted really different from the usual tomato sauce. Unique!


Hot caramel lava cake -  $15


The waiter cut the cake for us and it was exciting seeing the hot caramel ooze out haha


The icecream was amazing! Awesome icecream with a crunch. Really good. The caramel lava cake was not bad except that the cake was a tad too thick. Other than that, we really enjoyed the dessert.

To apologize for the multiple mix-ups, the caramel lava cake was on the house. We were, of course, pleased with the service recovery and to be honest, very surprised. It was really nice of them.

The design of the place is cute. I love all the cute cartoons all over the place and the menu. Service was generally quite efficient. I did not really enjoy dinner because I was too overwhelmed by the noise. All the tables are pretty near each other and I could hear everyone else's conversations. We could hardly hear each other so we barely talked over dinner. I'll suggest going there during non-peak hours.

I'll be back to try the toastoo someday!

9 Scotts Road, #01-04, Pacific Plaza
Mon – Sun: 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

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Love, K

K's rating of &Made : 7/10

Little Pancakes

After watching Diary of a Wimpy Kid at Junction 8 (because that's the only cinema with this movie that late) , X and I went for dessert at Little Pancakes. Anyway, if you haven't caught the show, you should! I love Rowley hahaha he's too cute.

Little Pancakes has been opened for awhile now. We first chanced upon it when it was pretty new but we went to Brownice then.

So here we were, excited about pancakes!






The place is simple but cute










X knew I wanted Ape about Bananas right away haha but sadly they were out of caramelised bananas so they recommended another banana item.


Gimme S'more Oreos - $8.20
2 pancake stacks consisting of 10 pancakes, oreos, roasted marshmallows, biscuit crumbs, chocolate icecream from New Zealand Natural, butter and maple syrup on a big square plate.
Guess what I ate first? The marshmallow of course! The marshmallow melted in my mouth and I loved that fluffy feeling haha. The maple syrup was extraordinarily nice. All in all, I liked my pancakes! I was so full when I was on the ninth one and I didn't finish it haha


Peanut Butter Time - $8.20
Too much bananas maybe?
The peanut butter and banana combination is one that is loved by many. However, this peanut butter was too "dry" and also, one can get quite sick of the taste after awhile. This could definitely be improved!

There's no service charge or any additional charges unless you want to order extra toppings. Parking is available across the road along the row of shops or in the private estates behind. The staff were friendly, nice and helpful. It made dining here a pretty pleasant experience.

Will like to try their savory pancakes for brunch someday!
Do let us know what you think if you've tried their savory pancakes!

200 Upper Thomson Road
#01-04, Thomson Imperial Court

Mon:	12:00	-	23:00
Wed - Thu:	12:00	-	23:00
Fri - Sat:	12:00	-	01:00
Sun:	12:00	-	23:00

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Love, K

K's rating of Little Pancakes : 7/10

Choupinette, yet again

I honestly lost count of the number of times that I've been to Choupinette. Read about our last visit here! X and I decided to come here for brunch one weekday afternoon after our failed visit to another restaurant.

It was quiet and serene, unlike the crowded weekends.

As usual, I MUST HAVE MY FAVOURITE PEACH DANISH! Love it love it love it love it


Anyway, they have a new menu now!

We each ordered a brunch set that comes with a juice and a hot drink. So I had apple juice and hot chocolate while X had an apple juice and mocha.



My thick hot chocolate [:


Egg Royal's - $23
As always, this was awesome! Perfect poached eggs with generous portions of smoked salmon and one of the best hollandaise.
What could go wrong?


Tristan - $21
I chose scrambled eggs and a pork sausage
The scrambled eggs were fluffy and nice. The baguette was too hard for my liking but the soft white part of it went really well with the light butter. The pork sausage was pretty yummy and the mushrooms were not bad.

We were both too full after the meal to have desserts. We were still choosing which macarons and which dessert we wanted to have before our food came hahaha

Warm and friendly service, just like always. Still one of my favourite brunch places to date. Not forgetting, my favourite peach danish [:


607 Bukit Timah Road
Next to Coronation Plaza

Tue - Thu:	08:00	-	20:00
Fri:	08:00	-	22:00
Sat:	08:00	-	22:00
Sun:	08:00	-	18:00

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Love, K

K's rating of Choupinette: 8/10

The Line

X and I were really excited for our buffet trip to Checkers Brasserie at Hilton. We made a reservation a few days in advance and skipped our way to the restaurant to find that only a table was occupied. We took our seats, and walked around. To our dismay, there was no sashimi, or oysters or anything else that actually looked good. So we left. I can't begin to express how disappointed we were at the buffet spread. This is Hilton, and we're gonna pay a good $50-$70 for your buffet and this is what we were supposed to eat???

We left in horror and called The Line to see if they had any tables. Fortunately for us, they weren't entirely full so we took a cab there. It was a Friday and The Line was almost as crowded as the last time we were there, on a Saturday. Read about our previous trip to The Line last December here!


Sashimi [:
We had many plates of this but I was sad that they had no swordfish that day.




While X was queuing for the oysters, I went straight for this haha. We each had 2 cups of this. Love how light it was. Even though the tehtarik was only supposed to come in a "warm" form, the server made the extra effort to make iced teh tarik for us


OYSTERS!
X had to queue really long for these.


Juicy prawns


Soft shell crab!
With a little pasta and a slice of pizza. The pizza spread wasn't as good as the last visit's




Laksa.


Have loved their duck since the last visit!


I like bread and butter hahaha


Dessert time! The desserts this time round were so much better than our previous visit's! They have tarts and swiss rolls and cakes that looked really good! I didn't eat most of the items as I don't take berries... So yeah haha.

But anyway,
THE PEACH TART WAS REALLY GOOD. We really liked it! They ran out of it pretty early. Wish there was moreee
The chocolate tart and the durian puff were not too bad


We didn't like the jellies


The tiramisu was yummy too!


Bread and butter pudding which wasn't really up to mark



We had a good meal and stuffed ourselves full haha. Although we both had diarrhea after that, we sure were happy when we were indulging ourselves!

There was a 15% DBS discount so I think we each paid about $49 for the buffet [: Very worth the money!

22 Orange Grove Road
Shangri-La Hotel
Breakfast: 6am – 10.30am (Weekends to 11 am)
Lunch: 12noon – 2.30pm (Weekends and Public Holidays to 3 pm)
Dinner: 6.30pm – 10.30pm (Weekends and Public Holidays start at 6pm)
Supper: 10.30 pm – 6 am

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Love, K

K's rating of The Line: 7.5/10