Lady M Confections + TIM HO WAN
Say YAY to Thursday. Mum took off from her work and we decided to have Mother-daughter time together. So woman being woman like us, we bonded very well with our window shopping. I'm surprised that we can walk for so many hours, with so many different places. From Suntec City> Marina Square> Raffles City> Somerset> Plaza Singapura! WHOA, that's impressive and we definitely killed quite a sum of calories. HAHA.
Being a dessert-lover, I went to do some research before our shopping spree. Scrolling through on what cafe to bring her to try and I cafehopped this awesome Mille crepes at Marina Square.
Lady M Confections is one of the highly anticipated openings in Singapore considering its success over in the US. Priding itself on creating fresh and fine cakes, Lady M's cakes are handmade following recipes that had been refined over the years.
The spacious open-concept cake boutique has a minimalist design with simple clean lines. Tables are spaced far apart to give diners more privacy.
A variety of coffee, tea, juices and even CHAMPAGNE are available to accompany your sweets. These days, more and more places do not serve tap water, or charge for it. Thankfully Lady M is not one of them. On a weekday afternoon, it was rather quiet; service was polite and efficient.
Strawberry short cake (S$7.50)
This cake is also one of their specialties. The best part of this cake is for it’s center sponge cake portion and I can say that it’s not too exaggerating to say that it literally melts in my mouth. I quite like the overall texture of the cake, with a layer of strawberry puree at the center with thinly sliced sweet sour strawberries mixed into the cream.
Signature Crepe Cake (S$7.50)
The famed Mille Crepe ($7.50/slice) consists of 20 layers of handmade crepes, with fluffy, frothy cream sandwiched tightly in between, topped with a caramelized finish. Layers are so thin, they melt in the mouth. The fresh pastry cream is subtly sweet and light on the palate. I strongly recommend them to provide fork and knife for this cake. The fillings had a very light aromatic cream taste followed by a bit of sweet condensed milk after-taste. I thought it would be really ideal if the cream can just be a little less sweet. The paper-thin crepe is really good. Much much better than some that I had tried some where the crepe is so thick that I can feel that I am biting on the flour.
All in all, Mum and I both thought that the cakes were of a rather good standard and we would certainly not mind going back again for more of their cakes! Hopefully they have the whole range of cakes stated in their website on rotation!
Lady M
Marina Square Shopping Mall #02-103
6 Raffles Boulevard
Daily 11am-9pm (heard their cake selection dwindles really quickly around 6ish-7pm so do go early if you want choices!)
Next up, dinner over at TIM HO WAN after our shopping. When Tim Ho Wan opened here in Singapore in April last year, we also gave it a wide berth. While I really wanted to try it now, horror stories of long lines and underwhelming food kept us away. But, at the end of the day, I was far too curious–and greedy–to stay away forever. So this time round, being the most typical singaporean, I told Mum to start queuing at 4pm. Guess what? We were seated in less than 5 minutes. I AM REALLY A HAPPY GIRL. KIASU worked at times too!
This Baked Bun with BBQ Pork is price at $4.50 per 3 pieces.
The amazing Baked bun with BBQ Pork taste amazingly good and its one of Tim Ho Wan's signature bun that most of the people are eyeing to get their bite on one of this crumbly and fluffy exterior that with a bite, oozes a sweet-salty taste sauce along with the amazingly barbecued pork. This pork bun is simply irresistible and you just can't stop yourself from the temptation of having a second and third round. It's my favorite dish out of all the dim sums as it is seriously my first time trying such a unique crispy yet soft and tasty bun.
Vermicelli Roll with BBQ Pork ($5.50)
Another one whose skin played a major part, and another one that failed to live up to expectations. A tad too thick and retaining a flour-y texture, the lack of fillings also seemed to play a part, though I had to admit that the pork was pretty good without the usual gamey smell. And oh yes, besides the surfaces that were in contact with soy sauce, the rest of the rolls were rather bland too.
Pork Dumpling with Shrimp (4 pcss) (SGD5.00)
Pork Dumpling, or a name we are more familiar to - Siew Mai, has never ever appeal to me. I would till give it a try as always but they all failed. That's partly because the yellow skin used to wrap the siew mai often taste weird. Right here, I've finally found one that doesn't have that weird taste anymore. For some reason, I couldn't identify the weird taste, could be the taste of the meat filling itself has successfully covered the weird taste coming from the yellow skin, perhaps?
Prawn Dumpling (S$5.50 for 4)
I loved this one: Har Gao can be a hit or miss in many of our local dimsum restaurants, and can often be lackluster if the prawn is not fresh, or if the dumpling skin is too hard and thick. This one was neither, and had a nice juicy filling with quite a generous portion of crunchy prawns in it!
| Glutinous Rice Dumpling ($5) |
For all rice and dumpling lovers, this is something you must try as this dumpling is different from what you get outside, it is not only rich with flavors but it is also accompanied with tender meat that spices up the dish mixed and wrapped within a sticky sweet glutinous rice cover.
Although some dishes did not quite live up to the hype, I definitely left Tim Ho Wan Singapore with an extremely satisfied tummy, and enjoyed a huge number of the dishes! I will certainly be back for the BBQ Pork Buns, as well as some of the other tasty dishes like the Carrot cake & Spring rolls
Tim Ho Wan (Singapore) is located at:
#01-29 Plaza Singapura The Atrium @ Orchard
68 Orchard Road
Tel: +65 6251 2000
Opening Hours: 10.00am – 10.00pm
(First-come-first-serve basis; no reservations)
I shall end off this post with one selfie of myself (: This pretty dress from MDS collection. Hehe.
Till then.
