Cafe-hopped// Habitat Coffee
Woke up pretty much earlier to be a delivery woman. HAH, travelled down to the a West to deliver a cupcake to a friend and trained back to Yishun to look for my Yishun-er gang. Wore my more comfy outfit for today. A zebra + leopard prints of top with a black skort from idemmoda.
Everyone knows that Upper Thomson Road is the place to go for food; from desserts to coffee to brunch and even local delights; that is the place to go for your wildest food fantasies. So with the company of my Yishun gang, we chose Habitat coffee as our preference choice. Could never be so happy to meet up with them especially I love having brunch with 3-4 person. Y'know more people around, you will tend to order more. And that's what we did.
Habitat has a self-ordering system, so you decide what to get, then order and pay up at the cashier. This explained why they didn't include any GST and Service Charge. However, despite not paying for their service charge, the food/drinks will still be served to you! So I would like a thumb up for their good service!
Eggs Benedict ($12)
(Poached eggs and honey baked ham on sundried tomato bread topped with hollandaise sauce)
You could tempt me anytime with this dish - two beautifully poached eggs sitting above the crisp toasts and that sweet and savoury honey baked ham with that hollandaise sauce. My friend tried this for the first time and wolfed it all down! The eggs were poached nicely; the egg yolk flowed out onto the muffin. The toast was crisp and delicious and complemented well with the two poached eggs. The hollandaise sauce was flavourful; overall it was a wonderfully prepared dish back to the basics.
Chef's recommendation - The Big Ben ($14)
Scrambled egg Benedict on english fluff, chicken swiss cheese sausage, grilled tomato and mashed potatoes.
We absolutely love this, the entire combination was perfect for our palates. Though the scrambled egg is not the creamy type which I prefers, I love the texture of this as well, which is more firm. This is definitely the best breakfast plate I've ever eaten.
Do give this a try if you're looking for something filling.
Mama’s Banana Pancakes ($10)
The portion was hearty for the stomach but the caramelised banana was not so well done. Generally it was a tad too dry as well. If the pancake could be a little moist and caramelised banana sweeter, more hearts would be given for this.
Hello Truffle Fries ($8.00) dressed with fine grated parmesan. This is their home-seasoned truffle fries, and it's quite good, though not the best. Crispy and not oily :The portion wasn't as huge and it wasn't expensive.
I'm a big fan of churros ($9) and I'd jump at any opportunity to have some churros if i could! If only churros were more popular and more readily-available in Singapore.
The churros at Habitat was no doubt one of the best i've tried thus far. Really.
It was crispy on the outside and incredibly soft on the inside.
But do take note that you gotta eat them while they're hot or they will be pretty disgusting once they have cooled down.
There’s also a different rendition of red velvet cake, which they call Baileys black velvet ($6.90). OH MY GOODNESS YOU MUST ORDER THIS. The Bailey’s gives a punch to the chocolate cake, and the icing is brilliant. It’s moist and full of flavour, and the three of us absolutely loved it. Can you imagine the 3 youngsters gave that "HMMMMMM" when we had our first spoon.
Loved how quaint this place was! It was like a hidden gem found at Upper Thomson Road. This cafe had 2 levels, and we were seated upstairs with its exquisite old-school decor. Great for small group gatherings for 2-4 people as the cafe as rather small.
Good food goes well with good companion (:
233 Upper Thomson Road Phone
Tel: 64562567
Hours
Tue - Fri: 11:00 - 22:30
Sat - Sun: 10:30 - 22:30
Closed: Mon
http://www.habitatcoffee.com.sg
Till then.
