Javin Tham

Jun 28, 2015

Milk & Honey Gelato @ HomeTeamNS

Milk & Honey Gelato

Occasionally on a Friday or Saturday night, Jason or Claire would drive me out to HomeTeamNS just for desserts at Milk & Honey.

A pastry shop located at HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok, it's known for their hot, crispy and tasty waffle... and of course, gelato. They do have a flavor called "Milk & Honey".

Prior to that we're playing golf at the Bukit Batok Golf Range for the first time, with my housemates and ex-housemate. And so I recommended to them this pastry shop (don't be confused with another Milk & Honey café which serves yogurt parfaits).

There's always this high table where they place a physical figure of Olaf (from Frozen). Today we finally got to occupy that table.

Cookie Monster | Koni-Tea-Wa

Milk & Honey | Choc-A-Baby

We ordered 2 sets of Buddy Meal Quaffles Set (each set comes with 4 quaffles, 2 Gelato and 1 lemonade) @ $14.50/set.

Shy Green Nut | Salted Caramel
$6/set of scoop & quaffle

Peppermint | Brownie the Bear | Nutty Hazelnerds
Hazelnerds... LOL...

HomeTeam NS Bukit Batok
2 Bukit Batok West Ave 7
Singapore 659003

Opening hours:
Monday — Thursday & Sunday: 10am — 10pm
Friday & Saturday: 10am — 11pm

Jun 20, 2015

Victor's Kitchen 點心皇 @ Sunshine Plaza

Victor's Kitchen

I felt yellow for the day - having a Happy Meal at McDonald's in the morning with a free minion papoy and a movie session (Minions) at The Cathay and we met the Minion mascots there prior to watching the movie.

I thought it was a damn cheerful day, until I found out that I was having fever after movie.

While it was still early for dinner, we had a break at The Mind Cafe at Prinsep Street before having dim sum for dinner at Victor's Kitchen at Sunshine Plaza.

I heard that their custard buns are really good. I wished I could have had a better appetite that day to enjoy more of the delicacies.

香港夏日冰鎮奶茶 H.K. Summer Iced Tea @ $3.20
Ice cubes are placed outside of the drink - you can tell that it's pretty authentic

密汁叉燒腸粉 Char Siew Cheong Fun @ $4.80

湯浸小籠包 Xiao Long Bao (Soup Dumpling) @ $5.20

黃金流沙包 Golden Egg Yolk Lava Bun @ $4.80
There's room for improvement for me to bite a custard bun more skillfully

美味蟹皇燒賣 Tasty Queen Size Siew Mai @ $4.80

家鄉潮式蒸餃 Teo Chew Style Steamed Dumplings @ $4.80

香菇菠菜餃 Spinach Dumplings @ $4.30

超級蝦餃皇 Victor's King Prawn Dumplings @ $5.20

XO醬干貝臘味蒸蘿蔔糕 Scallop, Sausage Carrot Cake with XO Sauce @ $4.80
You don't always eat carrot cake this way

香港特色XO醬煎腸粉 H.K. Style Pan Fried Cheong Fun @ $5.20
This gives a new flavor to Chee Cheong Fun!

楊枝甘露 Mango Pomelo Sago @ $5.20
Better order quick before they run out of this

Overall, I think it's a great dim sum place in a hidden place in Singapore. If you're wandering somewhere downtown, try it!

91 Bencoolen St
#01-49 Sunshine Plaza
Singapore 189652
Opening hours: 10:30am - 8:00pm

May 24, 2015

Bing Go Jung Korean Dessert House @ Bukit Timah Plaza

Bing Go Jung

Having skipped lunch and gone slightly further down from home for Korean desserts on a Sunday afternoon is undeniably some kind of unanticipated event.

Suggested by one of my housemates who are into Korean culture and food, we took a bus ride down to Bukit Timah Plaza for the hidden gem - Bing Go Jung Korean Dessert House (okay it's hidden because I've never heard/seen/known about this place).

We're fortunate enough to find some seats, as it's said that you usually have to wait until you find a seat. Majority of the customers are Korean - this adds some flavor I guess?

We ordered 2 bingsus and 3 waffles. I was starving a bit as I didn't have lunch prior to that, thinking of ordering a bulgogi sandwich, but luckily I didn't. I realized that, one bingsu can feed 2 or even 3 - never underestimate the size of their bingsu.

Cheese Cake Bingsu @ $13
Meiji crackers dug! How dare they incorporate Japanese stuffs here...

Choco Brownie Bingsu @ $13
And dug here are Koko Krunch cereals...

Milk & Red Bean Bingsu @ $11
*This was ordered on another visit with Alison & Emilia on Sep 12, 2015.

Caramel & Cinnamon Waffle @ $13

Injeolmi Waffle @ $13

Hotteok Waffle @ $13
Can I say it's 90% similar to Injeolmi Waffle?

Not a bad idea at all to have some cold desserts during these warm days in Singapore, at least for me, it's just one bus ride away from home.

1 Jalan Anak Bukit
Singapore 588996
Opening hours: 10am - 11pm

May 23, 2015

Wawawa @ Bedok Reservoir Park

Wawawa English Breakfast

Wawawa - Bistro by the Reservoir

Who doesn't wanna have a slothful sleep on a rainy Saturday morning? I do but I couldn't, on the day when we had company team bonding event (for manufacturing engineers) at Forest Adventure located at Bedok Reservoir Park.

Supposed to start at 9am, the event was postponed to 2pm due to rainy weather. And I can't express further how terribly I hate rain water sipping into my shoes, it's just simply gross! Sacrificing a sweet dream on my bed, traveling all the way there, we were just merely unfortunate.

I didn't join the afternoon slot for Forest Adventure as I had busking session at Ngee Ann City in the afternoon, and because of that I had to bring my keyboard all over to Bedok and then to Orchard, when I could have gone straight from home to Orchard directly.

Well, We did however, have brunch at Wawawa - Bistro by the Reservoir (I still find the name comical), which was budgeted for - at least there's something to look forward to while stoning under the hut.