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TGIF: Little Diner + Island Creamery




Finally and finally I caught up with this group of friends. This has been the longest that we last met due to our clashed schedule and commitment but thanks Joanne who mentioned about having dinner together and here we gathered at Little Diner for our dinner. 

I guess the longest friend that I have never met up is Aqmal. Right now, he is serving well for our nation, ( I don't even know where is his current location now!) but still our country is well protected by him and his peers. Can't wait for you to be back to reunite with us.
Caught up with the two ladies first while waiting for the other two to arrive. And lucky that I made my reservation or else we won't be able to get our seats as many tables were reserved by others.

I love how they chope the table with our name and this piece of note was well decorated by the staffs. I even took it back as a souvenir

 

Just simply share with you what their menu is. Dinner over here can be a little expensive. It acts like a bistro cafe where you can sit back and have a jar of alcohol drinks. And guess what? Tuesdays-Fridays when we can get our alcohol drinks for 20% discount from 1130-1930!

 




The food served was so awesome especially when I ordered their 
American Buttermilk Fried Chicken ($18.50)
Golden Fried Perfection Drizzled with Maple Syrup for an Extra Dimension of Deliciousness! Sinful, Utterly Indulgent & Tasty. Served with Handcut Fries &
Homemade Coleslaw

Although it took 20 minutes to prepare this dish but the waiting was worth! The marination of buttermilk doesn't taste so buttery and it has a little sweetness of it. The crispy chicken was not overly fried till the meat was tough. It was soft enough to cut off from my utensil.

Homecut fries was cut and fried from a real potato so effort can be seen from here. Not oily and greasy and so crunchy to bite off.

While Jue Yu had her Aglio Olio ($19.5)
Linguine, Garlic, Olive Oil, Hot Chilli Flakes & White Wine, with Choice of
Sautéed Tiger Prawns & Bacon Bits, I found that it is too expensive for a pasta dish.

And last but not least, Leena had Mac & Cheese Royale ($20.5)
The Rolls Royce of Baked Mac & Cheese with Truffle Oil, Wild Mushrooms



Little diner
Lunch <Tues - Fri>:1130 - 1430 
Brunch <Sat - Sun>: 1100 - 1500
Dinner <Tues - Thurs and Sun>: 1800 - 2200
<Fri - Sat>: 0800 - 2230
Last orders half an hour before closing time  
Home: 789 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 26976





How can we end our TGIF without any desserts. So thankful, we managed to find an ice cream parlour around Botanic Garden area and as usual since it was Friday, the shop was filled with many people savoring sweet treats and chatting with their friends. We had to squeeze the 5 of us on a small little table, pretty cramped though!



I never thought that Island creamery sells affordable waffles and browines. A scoop of ice cream with waffles cost $5.80!! I shared brownies with Marcus and we topped up another scoop of ice cream which came out only $7.80. The cheapest waffles and brownies that I have eaten by far!

A lady approached us and asked us to help her with the survey and after completing the survey, we were given 2 extra scoop of ice cream!!! It was so awesome that we are entitled to $5 worth of ice cream! Happily collecting our ice cream from the lady and we got ourselves milo and milky flavours.




To end off the night with  a good note (:

Happy TGIF!!!

Till then

My dearest Sunday

Definitely not the usual Sunday I have with bf, staying at home to watch TV and rest our legs. Despite in the mid of recovering from my surgery, my legs just can't say NO to cafe-hopped especially on a weekend. I mean like weekend are supposed to be doing the things that I like and want. Basically, I just can't stay at home for the whole day.
Apparently this will be my last date of the month with my man before he flies off to Thailand for his training. Yet again, 1 month or less of not seeing him. I DONT KNOW WHY THEY ARE BEING SO CRUEL TO DEPART US!!! ONCE NOT ENOUGH MEH?  (Okay, end off my dramatic scene). So he's being nice to follow whatever plans I have for him. In such case, I always prepare my homework beforehand, ensured that the seats are being reserved, accessible to the location etc. 
So through the most reliable apps ''CHOPE" reservation, I managed to secured 2 seats at Little diner. They also have other ATAS restaurant but too high end means burning pocket into many holes. But just nice, this bistro cafe simply suit us. At least, the price is acceptable.




 Little Diner is an absolute gem that’s located in Bukit Timah. Not accessible to travel there without a car. The nearest MRT station would be Buona Vista, afterwhich you have to change over to bus 74 which will take up 30-40 mins of the journey. 


As I have made a reservation before hand, our seats was confirmed right away. See how efficient they are. And also, we were greeted with a cute reservation card placed on our table. That was a nice and sweet gesture – it does make you feel welcome.
They really did put in a lot of effort, even to the smallest details. I felt that it was really cool. 
However, this cafe isn't exactly huge, so it's really best for small group gatherings for about 2-6 people. 




Lets start with the food verdict: 

Bf ordered Supernova Eggs Benedict ( $15.50)
Smoked salmon, poached eggs and Hollandaise Sauce on toasted multigrain bread with baby green salad.

 They have many egg benedict variations such as The "Krusty Krab" Benedict and Italian Benedict, but my man go with salmon one because he thinks that it is more healthier than parma ham. It was a good stuff though. We would thought they the salmon will be VERY raw but nope there wasn't any fishy smell. The brioche is soft and absorbs all the runny egg yolk, but the salmon came in alittle too little ): 


And thats mine!
Croque Madame ($12.50)
This is not your ordinary ham and cheese sandwiches. This is a deconstructed, gussied up ham and cheese sandwiches on toasted brioche, sitting in a pool of truffle scented bechamel sauce, topped with a beautiful fried egg and baby side salad. 

which was another one of their Chef’s Special. This dish was AMAZING! It’s the epitome of comfort food.. Seriously, toasted brioche, ham, parmesan cheese and a beautiful fried egg on top of a bed of truffle bechamel sauce? How can this ever go wrong?! This was definitely a winner. Forget about the calories, we swept everything up on this plate!



Homefries (S$3.50) 
we ordered this because the Instagram said so. HAHA. Many people praised for their own home fries so its a must to order this POTATO! And cheers to our favourite finger food. But the portion's a litte too big eh. 
total bill: SGD44.40

who i would recommend this to: people looking for a casual place for a relaxing meal. the interior of the place is rather simple but that’s what makes it laidback; it is the kind of place i’d go to on a sunday morning with my newspapers and without having to dress up. the service is great and staff are really friendly, so you feel at ease while having a leisurely meal.

Little Diner
789 Bukit Timah Rd
S(269763)



Here to my OOTD for sunday!

Tops: Mds collection
Bottom: Mds collection
Sneaker: Charles and Keith
Bag: Bugis street
Camera: Canon (Okay, lame!)




Next up to where we are going. My next activity with him was to travel down to farmart centre. Farmart Centre has various retail shops, food stalls, prawn fishing ponds and an animal corner. Step into a rustic, sleepy atmosphere at the Centre as you take your time to wander around the different shops.

I knew there were nothing much to do there except feed the animals but admission was FREE, so why not?! Further its one of the 14 ULU places you can take a road trip to in Singapore.


First, bird feeding that attracted us, Its a free stand for all the parrots/ birds. You can touch it, pat on their forehead or request them to stand on your finger. They seem to be very well-discipline and obedient and I suspected they understand human language.






 An animal corner where you can purchase animal feed to get close to the small animals and read some basic educational information on them. The animal corner has more crowds. Then I know, most children are here to see and feed the little animals (extra purchase for animal food).










After looking at people feeding the animals, we went around a bit to see the shops. There are quite a number of shops there, and they are not only selling fresh produce. We found a pet shop and a shop selling water features there, among others.










It might be worth coming here just to see the birds. Farmart Centre is easily accessible, even if you don’t have a car. Just take the shuttle bus that will bring you straight there from Choa Chu Kang MRT station. It costs $1 per trip.



And yeah, a pretty much of a fruitful day spent with him. Trying not to worry alot for his thailand training. Please let the positive thoughts run into me.

Till then.
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