Chye Seng Huat Hardware + Steamboat
Stella and I decided to meet up earlier for brunch before meeting Wendy today. We cafe-hopped at Lavender area as I have to collect my new passport today. Lavender has many well-known cafes like Tiramisu Hero, Supreme, Windowsills in the woods, Symmetry, Antoinette, The Bravery cafe, Loysel's toy cafe but in the end we chose Chye Seng Huat Hardware of our choice.
The weather was out there to kill us, literally we feel that we are in 40 degree Celsius. The journey from Lavender Mrt to CSHH wasn't that far, approximately 10 minutes walk for a short legs like us.
CSHH is the brain child of the folks behind Papa Palheta and Loysel's Toy so when I arrived, I found the traditional shutter gates slightly ajar and thought they were not open. But guess what, this is the gate to the entrance. It looks like some construction site. Don't get deceive by the "towed away" signs and 'No parking' sign.
I do love the idea of them preserving the hardware factory's name and transforming it into a cafe.
Very unique and I love how the interior complements with everything too!
I really like the interior design of the café. The cozy décor and chill music makes it a great place to hang out with friends for brunch or even in the afternoons for some coffee and pastries. Seats are available at the bar counter.
Even the menu is made of cardboard! HAHA talking about hardware stalls. They served less than 10 mains on the menu. Thinking of having light bites, we ordered:
Bacon + sundried tomato quiche ($4.50)
(Pastry crust with a filling of savoury custard with cheese, meat, seafood, or vegetables)
They have mushroom/ chicken cubes as their ingredients. Don't really recommend this as the crust turned out to be hard.
French Toast - $12
(Brioche drizzled with maple syrup, topped with whipped cream and fresh fruits)
The toasts were thick so that was a plus point! Loved that they used brioche bread. The portion is quite small for the two of us. The maple is sweet enough to drizzle well on the brioche bread.
Despite the summer heat, it was still pretty therapeutic to have brunch with stella. I would highly recommend this place if you like a beautiful, strong cup of espresso. It is definitely not advisable to drop by over the weekend as it is way too crowded and you would be lucky to find a place to sit and enjoy your coffee or food. Perhaps a quiet weekday afternoon would be a better experience.
50 Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 207563,
Tel: +65 6396 0609
Opening hours:
9am to 7pm (Tue –Thu)
9am to 10pm (Fri – Sun)
Closed on Monday
After having a good brunch, we trained down to Bugis to meet Wendy to shop for her birthday decoration and in the evening, she introduced us to a well-know steamboat buffet called
Chong Qing (Original) Steamboat 重庆正宗老火锅
Chong Qing (Original) Steamboat specialises in Chinese steamboat, Si Chuan style. It has been around for a long time. went there on a Saturday evening and the place was packed.
6 types of soup base for patrons to choose. We chose Herbal Soup and Tom Yam soup for each half of the pot.
Lots of variety of ingredients to choose for the steamboat buffet. Ranging from vegetables, eggs, mushrooms, fish balls, meat balls, chicken, pork, fish, squid, flower crab, potato, winter melon, toufu, prawns, clams, mussels, hot dogs and more! The ingredients were quite fresh and there were about 8 different types of dip sauce such as peanut, sesame and soya beancurd.
The whole buffet cost us $22 each but it was indeed sinful and filling.
Too full to move but we managed to walk to Nicoll highway to take train home. Good day spent with the two girls (:
Till then
