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Cafe-hopped: Assembly ground + Ben's cookies

Have been wanting to try out Assembly ground located at Cathay for sometime and I decided to call my "Cafe-hopped Khakis" group with me for brunch on a Sunday morning. Unfortunately, Wendy was caught up by her Yellow ribbon run and couldn't make it on time for the breakfast. So I had a mini date with Stella on our Sunday.


When I first walked passed The Assembly Ground café at The Cathay after an evening of shopping at Orchard Road, I thought it to be a new branch of the popular Assembly Coffee at Evans Road. The confusion was cleared when it was later explained to me that the café is actually an extension of the adjoining The Assembly Store

The cafe is spacious with the high ceilings and ample space between seats, especially the back-to-back ones. There are also couch seats too but it’s limited. Brightly lit, colourful and staffs are very friendly.



The cakes were limited and I don't see myself craving for their cakes. There's wasn't vibrant cakes around like Rainbow cake but I do see Red velvet on the shelves which I thought that they should improve on the colouring. It looks really dull from far and wasn't appetising. Or maybe I shouldn't judge that much. 




Loving the green tea latte at ($6.50.) It has the strong fragrance green tea taste.


Iced chocolate ($6.50)
Im not a coffee person so I ordered the iced chocolate. Was glad that it came with a scoop of ice-cream. Though the chocolate is tad bitter, the ice cream covered it well with the sweetness.


Truffle fries ($10)
Not to be missed are its Truffle Fries, which we found ourselves eagerly grabbing forkfuls of after the first bite. Straight cut fries deep fried to a crisp perfection, with an intense aroma of truffle oil that made our mouths water in anticipation. Dipped in tartar sauce, those fries just hit the spot. 


Moroccan baked eggs ($15.50)
We were expecting better with the Moroccan Baked Eggs, but we found the eggs cooked too thoroughly as the whites were completely stiffened. The Shasuka was of a below-average spiciness, which is good for those who cannot handle spicy food well. Lamb sausages came underneath the eggs, but a wee bit gamey. Toast were seemingly uninspiring; probably the use of artisan breads would help improve the dish.


Rosti Omelette ($14.50) 
Simple dish prepared slightly different where the rosti is cooked together with liquid eggs. Nothing special about its taste, not recommended.


The food here did not particularly impress us, but we must say that the drinks served are pretty good. All the drinks we ordered look good and tasted great. Having said that, we suggest you come down here, grab a cup of good coffee, and spend some time on a book. No service charge here as you have to approach the counter to order and make payment. No escaping the GST though!

Address: The Cathay, 2 Handy Road 01-21 
Contact: 6733 3375

Opening Hours: 
Tuesday to Friday: 11am – 10pm 
Saturday and Sunday: 10am – 10pm
Closed on Monday 
KITCHEN closed: 3pm – 6pm (weekdays) and 4pm – 6pm (weekends)




Just after I sent Stella off to work, I took a stroll around Orchard area and walked past Ben's cookies. A part of me was telling to buy it and try. 

There are different flavours to choose, from Dark Chocolate Chunk, White Chocolate Chunk, Milk Chocolate Orange, Coconut, Ginger & Dark Chocolate, Cranberry & White Chocolate to Triple Chocolate.

Their cookies are pretty much had a muffin-top cake texture when consumed. Best eaten within 4 days and these supposedly are crispy fresh out of the oven. Don’t get me wrong, I love my cookies very much. The point is, hardly large cookies come crunchy so it is a preference that hinders me from screaming. I decided to get myself a box of 7.

Cookies are sold at $2.95 per piece, $14.75 for box of 5 but you would get 2 free. So do grab one if you haven't.

Ben’s Cookies
Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road #B1-50, Singapore 238877 (Orchard MRT)
Opening Hours: 10am – 10pm Daily



That pretty sum up my Sunday with Stella (:

Till then.

KOH grill and Sushi Bar @ Wisma Atria


To be continued on Saturday after wasting 30 mins at Cafe Fest, Bf and I decided to train down to Bugis to catch a movie. And YES, we watched step up 4!! Lucky Bf has Safra card, we were entitled to a 1 for 1 movie tickets so a pair of movie tickets cost us $11. But it served in first come first serve basis, the first 1000 Safra member will receive such good benefits. I wouldn't say that its the best step up films compared to the rest, would preferably goes with less talking and more dancing scenes but the ending was good enough to prevent me from falling asleep ( Probably will if I watch action films).




Movie ended at 4.30pm and we were so ready to meet up another couple for our dinner date. Bf and I simply walked from Bugis to Marina Bay Sand to look for them as they were hanging around Cafe Fest. Had a romantic walk with Bf over the Helix bridge ( I was hoping the skies to get darker! It would be definitely more romantic than usual).

Wei min was telling me how disappointed she was as most of the cafes are preparing to close the shops. 85% of the food were sold out too when they reached! She only got a slice of rainbow cake and ice-cream sandwiches throughout the whole tour.



Since dessert doesn't make us full, we proceed on to town for our dinner and also the couple wants to buy mooncakes for their families.Dinner was at Koh Grill & Sushi Bar and as usual, it always has a long queue of people waiting to savour for their Shiok Maki. Why? Because they serve the best cheesy mentai maki ever! I'm not even kidding, these are legendary. Koh Grill & Sushi Bar have appeared in papers and magazines several times now. You gotta try to find out what all that rave is about.



The menu is simple and covers all the usual Japanese food suspects like sushi, sashimi, udon, makis and more. Despite the extensive menu, little focus is taken away from their star attraction, the legendary Shiok Maki.



Bf trying to advertise his apple soda and it taste like beer please. My tummy literally felt bloated after drinking a few sips. 







Shiok Maki ($16.80)– a sushi roll consisting of lightly roasted salmon, avocado, mayo, charcoal-grilled unagi that is finally topped with a generous serving of tobiko. For those of you not convinced to brave the wait for a seat and still in search of valid reason to return, you can look forward to the 2nd Gen Shiok Maki, which holds the promise of deep-fried prawns and mango sauce. With either Shiok Makis spotted on every other table (and their Instagram location geotag), I’m pretty confident that it would be game over for Koh Grill if they decided to do away with them.

Shiok Maki 2nd Generation ($16.80) - Crispy prawn sushi roll wrapped with aburi salmon is better that the original 1st generation, in my opinion. Or maybe because I prefer prawn to eel.



Despite of the famous SHIOK MAKI that we ordered, we also had Teriyaki Chicken sushi roll and Bf has to order his Pork set meal because he needs to eat rice to regain his energy! 






The only little grouse I have about Koh Grill and Sushi Bar is the order in which food was served. However, due to the large number of people ordering the Shiok Maki, the sushi counter was moving slower than the cooked food counter. Thus all our food arrived except the both main dishes. Other than that, it was perfectly good having dinner with the couple.
More couple date again! (:

Koh GRILL & Sushi Bar, 
435 Orchard Road #04-21,
 Food Republic, Wisma Atria Shopping Centre 
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