Cafe-hopped: Necessary Provisions
One of the Sunday, Bf and I decided to use our cafe fest vouchers for our brunch and us being so spontaneous to travel from North east to the west for our food. We were given $10 of Jimmy monkey and $20 from necessary provision so we thought that we could save our brunch by using the vouchers.
I must admit though, Necessary Provisions, from the outside, looked nothing like the cafes Singapore’s hipster-cafe fever have given birth to in recent years. Just a simple, minimalistic-looking coffeeplace for the adults to catchup.
When you enter, a big huge communal table is at the centre. A huge vase with flowers that regularly rearranged is the centre piece. Lilies always give out a nice scent, so it was pleasant as we walked in.
A sizeable collection of food and other magazines are placed on the table. So you can sit and read slowly.
It was hard to hide the disappointment from our faces when we saw the menu. This cafe is essentially a coffee joint, their breakfast choices were pathetic. There was only panini, toast and pork burger, you can forget about egg benedict, egg florentine, pancakes and bacons etc. Surprisingly, they attracted quite a decent expatriate crowd. We reasoned that the coffee must be pretty good.
And here is my Pork Burger ($25). I was beginning to feel a bit skeptical when this arrived. I started with the chips - very nice, and very flavorful. Don't know if this was done on purpose, but some of the chips were less crispy than the others and made for nice chewy wedges where the potato taste isn't completely fried out. Some people take it as an incompetency factor when not all the chips are fried to the same consistency though.
The burger itself was wonderful. The edges of the pork patty were delightfully crispy, and as I worked my way through the burger it quickly proved tender and succulent. The burger was just the right size, being smaller than your average slider but still big enough to count as more than a snack.
Banana Nutella Panini. ($8.90)
The Banana Nutella Panini is something that can be created at home with sliced bananas, bread and a jar of Nutella with less money involved. The combination of hazelnut and chocolate spread and bananas makes up for a delightful breakfast. The Panini was crispy, but not consistent throughout with some tough bits here and there. For a meal that can be simply replicated at home, we wondered if it was really money well spent.
We went in the afternoon, so only the breakfast menu was available to us. We took quite awhile to order, unsurprising considering how the food items were not exactly meant to be eaten at an awkward timing in the afternoon.
Overall, service is friendly but minimum. You place your order at the counter, make payment and they delivery the order. You can help yourself with cold orange infused water.
Necessary Provisions
Eng Kong Park, 21 Eng Kong Terrace
Phone:
92317920
Hours:
Tue - Thu: 10:00 - 22:00
Fri: 10:00 - 00:00
Sat: 09:00 - 00:00
Sun: 09:00 - 18:00
Closed: Mon
https://www.facebook.com/necessaryprovisions
Till then.
