'Joey's Blog': Haji Lane

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After the POP parade, I trained down to Bugis to meet my another half and we started off our date by having dessert at North Bridge Road. It was our 19 months spent together as a couple so I thought of bringing him to a cosy cafe to dine in.

To my dismay, this was a random found on Groupon that they do have available cash vouchers at De' POP Culture so immediately, I opted for the $30 cash voucher which allowed me to pay half of the price only, which is $15. This voucher was put in use for our celebration so I brought him down to the Haji Lane area.

This new cafe born out of their love for pop art, desserts and western fusion food, It has become the exclusive trendy spot for young generation in Singapore. It is really cute to enter in to a cafe full of pop art.

The cafe has a very interesting colour scheme. It has splashes of bright colours element, kind of neon like colours in many parts the cafe.I think they are trying to be playful with colours. You know that happy colours make one happy and certainly. they do (:

All the cakes and pastries they had on that day. Their Apple crumble looks promising, maybe I will try it one day,

Just by looking at their menu make me crave for more, The whole was so interesting too look at it, not like most of the cafes which has single colour,or dull page. They insert graphics to and pictures to illustrate what they have on the menu.

With vouchers given, I am only entitled to purchase their desserts and beverages. It does not include with their main dishes. Not blaming on them because they have pretty good dessert choices on the menu. And also, both of us had a full lunch before that,

Its quite ironic that neither of us ordered caffeine drinks as most people dine in cafe because of their coffee arts, caffeine taste. However, both of us ordered their soda drinks instead. He had the normal Spritz while I ordered their passionfruit italian soda ($4.90).

Our dessert for the day:

Banana-tella French Toast ($11.90)-Thick toast with caramelized bananas drizzled with caramel and a dash of hazelnut chocolate. Nobody will say NO to nutella. I love to apply mouthful of nutella onto my toast bread. However, the nutella portion is not enough for me! May request for a bigger one please (: Anyway, the Bananas are so soft, they melt instantly in your mouth.

Churros ($10.90)- Sugar coated Churros with strawberries and dark chocolate. It was a perfect dessert if you are a fans of sweet treats. The churros was so well-fried ( not so oily to eat with it). Don't ever use cutlery to cut the churros! I did it and it failed, the churros was too hard to cut into half ( must as well use your finger to bite- save lesser time). Dark chocolate neutralised the sweetness of the churros.

Overall, De’Pop Culture Cafe is a quiet, and money worth cafe that serves pretty delish food. Since boyfriend and I had skipped their main dish, we will sure be back for that.

De’pop Culture (North Bridge Rd)

749 North Bridge Road #01-01 (off Jalan Kledek), Singapore 198717 (Bugis MRT)

Tel: +65 90296406

https://www.facebook.com/depopculture

Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm (Mon-Fri), 9am-11pm (Sat), 9am to 9pm (Sun)

We caught Annabelle together (to be honest this was our first horror movie together) and as usual being the timid me I hid behind his shirt most of the time. He was usually frightened by my actions instead of the show because I will gave a sudden jerked on his shoulder and he will stood up straight looking terrified. HAHA, it was a half thought to choose this movie show because we wanted to find time to kill and there were not many good films shown,

But overall, I would rate this show 7.5/10 for a beginner like me. At least when I have kids one day, I know that I am not going to pamper them with DOLLS ( oh, set aside barbie dolls!) HAHA. Anyway, its just a myth ( not going to believe so much).

Fun-filled weekend I have and im looking forward to the upcoming week (:

Till then.

Just one weekend, I met up with Jue yu, Hong xiu, Benson and Hong wee for brunch and it was so perfect to stop by artistry for our cafe-hunt. We wanted to have it at to-gether cafe but the location was really far for our dear Hong xiu so by meeting near town would be the best location for all of us!

It was drizzling while we are on the way to the cafe but not to worry, the cafe was situated near the MRT station, a 5-10 mins walk would bring you there. Thankful for the shower rain, we were not drenched so badly.

I would have thought that this cafe will be filled with many people having their brunch but it seemed like the cafe was full but not to the extend that it has long queue as what many people have mentioned it on their blog. Its a pretty wait of 10-15 mins before we have gotten our 5 seater seats.

Unfortunately, we were asked to sit outside due to the number of people we have. We had to personally refill our drinks and had to keep going into the restaurant when we required assistance. I feel that the indoor seats are more spacious and sight-seeing but not to complain, at least we have our seats at a short period of time.

Part of the cafe interior that I captured, not giving a positive feedback on their design but their counter left me a good note. Just beside the counter, they displayed their "Cake for the day" and pastries for customers to order. From what I saw, not many choices to choose from but their red velvet cake was the one which got me drooling. $7.80 per piece can be reasonable with that size!

The cashier lady weren't very pleased to attend us as she didn't smile at all. That sulking face of her make me feel like we are not welcomed by her! On the other hand, another lady with a tie-dye green hair who served us was so passionate and even explained to us the best seller of food in the cafe knowing that this is the first time we have patron here.

Benson's Big breakfast ($15)

(Two scrambled eggs served with pork sausage marinated with craft beer, sauteed mushroom, spinach and toasted brioche)

The scrambled eggs were fluffy and cooked to perfection. I really loved the craft beer sausages as they were flavourful. Thanks to Benson for cutting a piece of it for us to try! Another interesting fact was that they changed the usual salad with spinach and sauteed mushrooms.

Jue Yu's Duck confit pesto ($18)

Unfortunately, its only applicable to weekend. I have only taken a liking to pesto pasta recently and this one with shredded duck and pine nuts was flavourful and addictive.

Crab Burger ($20)

(Jumbo lump crab cake, squid ink buns, tomato relish, choice of plain, Cajun or truffle fries)

The highlight however was the infamous Artistry Crab Burger. This burger is probably the second most instagrammed photo from the cafe apart from the French Toast and its no surprised to see why. Jumbo lump crab, crisp on the outside, moist on the inside is served between artisanal squid ink burger buns and comes with a side of truffle fries.The truffle fries is just as a side but it is good enough on its own, crispy and fragrant from truffle oil.

The Nasi Lemak Burger ($15)

The most creative and a must to try will be their Nasi Lemak Burger for example. Artistry gave the hawker rice dish its own twist by pairing a big slab of deep fried chicken, cheerful sunny side up with flowy yolk, sambal chili sauce, crispy anchovies, toasted peanuts and cucumber with pandan coconut buns. Those buns were so soft and fragrant that I stole them Hong Wee.

Kaya & Butter French Toast ($14)

I really love that lovely velvety Kaya texture filling my mouth and a coconut shred stuck on my teeth. Fat slices of fluffy brioche are stuffed with swirls of Kaya and butter. They are pan-fried until golden around the edges and soft in the middle. Completed with a scoop of coconut ice-cream, feel like im having dessert in BKK. I’m unsure of its classification as breakfast and am leaning more towards the idea of re-ranking it as a calorie packed dessert.

That's the food order that we have! It was worth every single cents. Happily eating and chatting with the them flavoured up the food. Before we left, we requested for a family shots. It is a must to have it whenever we gather together! So nice of a passer by who took the initiative to help us with the shoots. I guess he knows what I am thinking when I had an eye contact with him. The power of eyes!

Artistry

17 Jalan Pinang, Singapore 199149

6298 2420

Operating hours:

Tues- Sun: 10am - 7pm

We definitely need to stroll around after our meal so I brought them over to Haji lane for some window shopping. I was awed that 3 of my friends have never been to Haji Lane before. So why not take this time to bring them around to experience such wonderful place, especially their clothing!