Saturday- date
So much good food for this week, I can feel my tummy is protruding out of nowhere. Though the scale doesn't show much but I can feel my hip getting wider and round. Hais... WHY CAN'T I EAT WITHOUT GETTING FAT. #womanfirstworldpain.
But nevertheless, I had a date with my man and we were out again for food hunt. So much of dying to go for our Five and Dime brunch but it was a mistake that we took the wrong bus and ended up in nowhere. Its too late, the bus ended off at Toa Payoh interchange when we realised that we have taken the wrong bus.
Its not the end of the world yet! We had an last minute decision of changing our brunch venue and since we were at Toa Payoh, we took a shuttle bus over to Pasarbella to re-visit the place and also to have our brunch there.
I was telling my friends a few days ago about how much I wanted to try their pies from Pies and coffee and it happened that they have one outlet at Pasarbella. Not really sure if its fated or its hinting me to give it a try! Once I got a glanced on the pies, I immediately turned to Bf and eventually he got my hint.
I think they have upgraded their menu over the months. From only PIES and coffee, they do have their BRUNCH menu too! Everything on the menu looked really savoury! But with only two small tummy of us, its impossible for us to order everything on the list.
As usual, I will be looking at their dessert/ pastries. But yet both of us did not order anything on the shelves. Maybe next time I will go for their high tea here.
This is my first time having shepherd's pie for lunch. At first I thought I won't be full after that but how wrong was I! I was so full and satisfied after this meal and I totally love the food here.
About the food: What I had was the chicken cheddar pie ($10.95) and I can't emphasis how much I love this. The cheesy flavour was just nice for me since I have always been a cheese person. What was amazing about this dish is the marvelous combination of a crunchy crust on the outside and a soft and smooth mashed potato fillings on the inside, filled with generous amount of chicken and real potato chunks.
I especially love the crunchy yet soft crust! On top of the pie is the a ball of mashed potato and the texture was prefect. It was not so soft such that it will go out of shape, neither was it too hard.
Sun-riser ($12.90)
A harmonious combination of truffle mash and cheesy chicken sausage is contained in pastry cups, and topped with a whole egg. This is exactly what I had tried baking for my man too. But instead of using bread as the crust, they have it in a pie tart. The poach eggs was set nicely inside the pie crust, once you slice it open, the egg yolk started flowing out.
The good thing about Pies and Coffee is there is no service charge and the cafe has nice ambiance and great for small group gathering. Do note that for the Pies and Coffee breakfast sets, the Tanjong Katong and The Grandstand outlets serves egg mayonnaise mixed with sweet relish, while Robertson Walk and Rochester Mall serves scrambled eggs. With an additional of $1.00, you are able to upgrade for a Long Black or English Breakfast Tea.
Turf City
200 Turf Club Road
#01-10
SINGAPORE 288794
Tel: 6463 5573
Walking around Pasarbella market and it seemed that nothing has changed. Everything remained the same as we last past by. All we saw were Caucasian sipping down wine and beer, indulging Italian/ French/ German food or rather families just strolling around since it was a Public holiday, the place was congested with a lot of people.
There were many food stalls lining around the market but once will not leave the place without sampling this Italian home-baked cakes. What I love was the shop tenders were generous enough to allow us to sample their cakes before purchasing. You can see typical Singaporean there, forking their fork on every of the cakes displayed.
Vibrant macaroons sold there were so beautiful that would tempt you from buying but $3-$3.50 per piece is way beyond my budget. I could get $2 macaroon from TWG and it tastes equally nice too!
We didn't stay long because we have been there before so there wasn't much things for us to explore so we headed back home to prepare for brother's belated dinner and also to celebrate EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY.
All the food done above were prepared by my Brother and his friend whom both of them are in food industry! We have no problem to entrust our dinner to these two chefs. All we did were to wait patiently for the food to be served on our table. Sounds like we only know how to eat and yet not helping them but usually chefs prefer to do things at their own pace and space without anyone disturbing them so we gave them their needed space.
Food on the menu:
- Salsa Sea-bass
- Aglio Olio
- Carbonara
- Potato Salad
- Seafood fruit salad
And this sushi platter came in out of nowhere. HAHA. Such a weird combination to have Japanese food while the rest were western food.
No doubt that the food was good, it added on to my family bonding too! I don't usually have family dinner as each of us are always busy at work but once we organise it, we will make sure our tummy would be filled with lots of food. From there, family gathering is always so important to me.
Such a blessed day with family and also my half-partner (:
Till then.
