Beanstro @ Marina Bay Sands + Photoshoot

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Waking up early on a Sunday morning usually warrants something more than just jam and toast, and Big Breakfast from Mac just isn't that big anymore. Thankfully, more and more places are offering breakfast menus, from the fuss-free Yakun eggs and kaya toast to exclusive Prive egg Benedict. As I found out, Coffee Bean had hopped onto the wagon too! This time round, with the accompany of my boy, we trained down to MBS for a brunch date.

Egg Benedict is no stranger to breakfast/brunch lovers who swore by its runny egg yolks set upon a bed of bacon and English muffins, topped with a good deal of creamy hollandaise sauce. Beanstro's version (S$17.00) was disappointing. The hollandaise is extremely dry to start with - maybe it's their own version, but some things are not meant to be changed especially when it has served its good purpose all this while. Hollandaise sauce equals creamy, rich texture. Anything that falls short of that standart fails.

The salad was overpowering with balsamic vinegar, turning the lovely greens and cherry tomatoes into a pile of sour waste. Well, not every aspect of this Egg Benedict is bad, I liked how the runny egg yolks and melted cheese complement the slightly toasted bread. But again, this proves little to salvage the entire dish.

Skinny Fries with Mesquite Aioli ($5)

Good enough for 2-3 pax to share, the skinny fries here is quite good actually. If you love garlic then its definitely a must to dip these golden brown sticks into the Mesquite Aioli sauce. I personally couldn’t get enough of the sauce that I asked for another serving.

Also available at Coffee Bean is the Red Velvet Cake. Red Velvet Cake is a popular layer cake with vanilla icing or cream cheese icing. It's red in colour because of the red food colouring added into it. It's soft, I like the icing and it's moist. Tell me who cannot resist ordering this piece of dessert? They always run out of it at many outlets so im lucky enough to get one from MBS (:

Conclusion

Great ambience, casual setting, decent service and really good food. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s Beanstro has successfully delivered in their first bistro attempt albeit at not so economical prices. Yes, I do admit that most of the food items here are considered pricey but have said that, the food here is really that good that I told myself I will be back for more. Now, that’s for sure.

After a heavy brunch, we had a stroll outside the garden and we decided to do an OOTD shots, followed by "trying to be model". And yeah, the picture captured pretty well. KUDO to the both photographers (ME AND ZHIWEI!)