Loysel's Toy

On a Sunday morning, when all you want is a good brunch, Loysel's Toy might just be the place for you.

Loysel's Toy was where The Star brought me for brunch on my birthday and I've featured it before but now I'll be doing a slightly more indepth write-up about it.

Getting there is not much of a trouble if you can drive and there's parking by the road. When we got there, we were kinda blown away by the number of cars by the roadside. Thank God we managed to get a lot and it was full house that afternoon so we had to wait for pretty long before we could get a table. It's free seating so you have to wait around for available tables. We managed to get an indoor seat yay. The interior was simple and nice 








They have really cute things in the cafe







The cup that was used to hold our receipt



my ham croissant.




I LOVED IT.
The ham and cheese went so well with their special mustard and the slices of apple provided an interesting edge to it all. The croissant was crispy and buttery enough and it was very fragrant. The croissant was good enough on its own. The whole combination was just awesome. I shall say it again, I loved it. Haha I've always been a fan of ham and cheese and now I'm a bigger fan of Loysel's Toy cafe's ham croissant!


Loysel's is known for their coffee and is one of the BEDISLOYAL cafes. They call themselves the coffee crafters. Catchy name. I'm not a fan of warm coffee so I opted for their iced mocha!


My iced mocha which was pretty good.


The Star's iced long black


The Star's egg and bacon bruschetta

It was too plain, and there was not much taste to it. Also, the eggs were too dry. He had quite a hard time eating them ):




The banana muffin which we both adored. Warm and soft, we sure were tempted to get another one!

We wanted to get their lemon tart too but we didn't in the end. It looked so good.. Haha. I like Loysel's! Pretty good place for brunch!

If you wanna make a trip to Loysel's on a weekend, do go early! And please try their ham and cheese croissant and banana muffin haha


66 Kampong Bugis

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Love, The Sun

The Sun's rating of Loysel's: 7.5/10

Royal China

The Star and I have long heard of the famous Tiffany Blue interior of Royal China. In addition to their pretty interior, we have also heard of their awesome dimsum. Who doesn't love dimsum? Think Hargao, Custard Buns, Egg Tarts... Im salivating right now as I think about those gorgeous dimsum..

Royal China is located at Raffles Hotel and they don't entertain walk-ins. Do make a reservation! There was a couple who made a wasted trip as it was fully booked and they don't take walk-ins. So save yourself the disappointment!

With the location, design, and atmosphere, one will expect the prices to be pretty high. However, like Taste Paradise, the prices are similar to any other dimsum places. Decent and affordable.The difference is that over here, you're paying for quality food and quality atmosphere.





Tiffany blueeee! So pretty, I like

With such exclusivity, one does feel a teeny sense of royalty to dine here. Not crowded even though it's full house and with a peaceful atmosphere, one is set to enjoy your dimsum more so than at other places.

Ohyes, they actually left out my reservation I was pretty angry ): (they made me think that I made a reservation at a different restaurant. I can't be that silly to dial another number right.. I even checked my call history) Well at least they apologized and saw to it immediately and arranged a table for us as soon as they could

Mini egg Tarts


Hargao! Yum yum hargaos are the best


Custard buns! The custard buns at Royal China have mango in them! An unique twist to the simple yet delectable custard bun. It's one of their signature dishes but The Star and I both felt that Taste Paradise's ones are better


Oooooh look at that



Lonely Siew Mai.

I'm not a fan of siewmai(please dont judge me haha) but I thought that it was pretty good!


Fu Pi Juan!! I love fu pi juan! (beancurd skin roll with prawns)


Char Siew puffs.

The Star and I also felt that Taste Paradise's Char Siew Puffs are better. We are not saying that Royal China's aren't nice. They are nice too! Just a tad less impressive.


Char Siew chang fen! I've gotta say they have the best char siew chang fen I've tried thus far! The sauce was really tasty. The texture of the chang fen certainly deserves much praise! Not too chewy, not too thick and soooo smooth. It was perfect! Together with the sauce, this dish was flawless. Oh wait, there's a flaw! The serving was too small HAHA. Nahhh, we just couldn't get enough of it. We ordered this when it was the last order of the day. THANK GOD. Undeniably our favourite dish at Royal China! Definitely something you MUST try!

Royal China is a popular and famous Dim Sum place and it was quite a pleasant experience dining there except for the fact that they take really long to serve the dishes. We are usually fine with waiting, but not for too long. There's a long interval between every dish that we were served. It would have been a better experience had we not waited for so long.

All in all, it was an experience we did not regret. The total bill came up to about $50 for the both of us. We were full and happy after dimsum galore!



03-09 raffles hotel arcade, raffles hotel
1 Beach Rd

Contact: 6338 3363

 

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Love, The Sun

Sun's rating of Royal China : 8/10

The Animal Resort

Located in an ulu part of Singapore, many probably have not heard of The Animal Resort. It's a place where people board their pets and resident birds walk around. They also sell puppies and have a few unique animals that might fascinate you.

The Star is very hardworking at finding new and pretty dining places and I pale in comparison at that. Not as resourceful as him for sure haha. So when it was my turn to plan the day, I had to come up with a place that he's never heard of. And here it is.

The Animal Resort is really inaccessible so go only if you can drive or if you can cab!





Mister horsey. He seems really friendly but there's a sign saying that he may bite




Fierce bird






Guinea pigs! They have lots of them




Aww baby rabbits




The noisy family of geese






Lonely duck


Strange bird



We spent quite some time looking at the puppies that are for sale but there are no pictures as photography isn't allowed. But anyway, the puppies there are all cooped up in really small places with no toys and nothing. No one cleans up their shit and the living conditions seem really horrible.. ): Also the boarding area seems really small and dirty too.. Can't compare to K9 Kulture's for sure.

The Star was only impressed by the horse. Haha he hated all the geese and birds walking around hahaha so I guess it was quite a bad idea to bring him there.. He was pretty excited to see the puppies but seeing them in such poor living conditions saddened him ):

You won't spend much time here as the compound isn't very big and there are just that many things you can look at. But if you'll like to pat Mister Horsey or be amused by talking parrots you can make a trip down!

Admission is free and there's a carpark.

81 Seletar West Farmway 5

10am - 6pm
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Love, The Sun

Sun's rating of TAR: 5.5/10

Flor Patisserie

Having previously introduced Bonheur patisserie and K-ki & The little drom store, it is only apt that we share our review on Flor Patisserie to complete the delightful trinity of patisseries at ann siang/duxton that ranks right at the very top of our desserts list.

Flor patisserie has been around for more than a year now after Chef Yamashita, previously from patisserie glace, left glace to set up his own dessert place at duxton hill. It was by chance that the sun and I visited Flor for the very first time. We had wanted to visit Bonheur but it was closed on a sunday. Thankfully, Flor was just a 2 mins walk away from bonheur and Flor saved the day!

Chiller filled with delicious looking cakes!

Inside the store, there were limited seatings with around 4-5 tables and a few outdoor seats. Designs were simple but the smell of freshly baked pastries and cakes gave off a homely and cosy feel.

I always have trouble deciding what cakes to get cos they all looked so yummy. they are all calling out to me. such a dilemma. This time, we opted for the Earl Grey Chocolat, Cacoa Royal and Ice cheese tart.

Cacao Royal - Dark chocolate sponge alternately layered with thick chocolate ganache, covered in rich chocolate glaze and topped with fresh berries. SGD $6.20

Earl grey Chocolat - Delicate earl grey cream piped onto swiss roll of dark chocolate meringue and sweet banana. SGD $6.50

Original Ice cheese tart. SGD $3.20

Among this 3, my favourite has to be the Earl grey chocolat. The mix of earl grey tea flavour with chocolate strikes all the notes with my taste buds and i totally fell in love with it. The texture of the cream and chocolate meringue is one that is smooth, soft and rich. Irresistible. Highly recommended.

I think its never easy to describe the taste of a chocolate cake. You have to try it yourself to understand. The chocolatey flavour is one that evades all descriptive words. But having tasted a fair share of chocolate cakes , i can only say i rate the cacao royal pretty highly.

And for the ice cheese tart, the shop's specialty, it was served too frozen to my liking. Had it been thawed slightly further, it would have tasted even better. I went for the original flavour to taste it at its primitive best and i'm pretty sure the other flavours ( blue berry, caramel, mango, chocolate etc ) would taste just as good.

Aside from those mentioned, Flor also sells cookies, tea and chiffon cakes. I would definitely return some time again to try out other cakes, whose looks, still entices me up till today! These are some of the few. . .

Fromage Blanc - Special blueberry sauce encased in smooth rarecheese (chilled cheese mousse), set on a fragrant citrus almond tart base.SGD $6.50

Napolean - The traditional Napoleon, made with Chef's signature puff pastry, the strawberry version. SGD $6.50

Green tea opera - Classic opera with a Japanese twist. Organic green tea flavoured joconde layers filled with 58% dark chocolate ganache and organic green tea buttercream. SGD $6.70

Click here to check out their site for more information on their cakes!

#01-01, 2 Duxton Hill


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★ ★ rating of the cakes: 8.5/10

love,

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