The Orange Thimble

I miss the hectic weekend I had few weeks back. Right after I concussed due to the exhaustion from 11th January (previous post), I had to wake up with an alarm to start the day with my DHLFM clique.

In case you're wondering, these people are my awesome polymates + HM who is missing.

dafuq, XT commented that I look like somebody brought their xmm out. LOLOLOL

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Yea step one photoshoot like those blogshop model. Our inital plan to 49seats failed terribly, didn't know that they are only opened from 6pm onwards. So people who are planning to make a trip down to 49seats while the sun is still shining bright (like a diamond), please switch to your plan B.

As the title suggests, our plan B: Hightea @ The orange thimble. They are located right beside Tiong Bahru Bakery..

 Unglam shot of Ice-cream

 Petit Four selection!

 + point: SELF-SERVICE STATION WAHAHA

 Waiting (im)patiently for my order!

Look @ this ZG. Lost 22kg during his BMT period. I also wanna lose 22kg!

3 of them used to be my groupmates throughout the 3 years! :( Sigh miss doing tutorials with them SO MUCH. I think I'm the most slack mate among all! Well... W should also be considered as the slacky groupmate too! 

Lovely dovely birds~

'Nuff said, time for food pictures!

 Shepherd's pie (beef) @ $9.90

 Shepherd's pie (chicken) @ $9.90

OT American Breakfast @ $13.90

Consisting of grilled tomato, salad, red beans, french hotdog, 2 slices of bacon, sauteed mushrooms, scrambled eggs (choice of eggs)

Smoked Salmon Salad @ $9.90

Model XT

I chose their OT American breakfast and I can't stop munching on their chunky sausage! You get to choose the choice of eggs: either sunny side-up or scrambled. Additional $2 for hard-boiled and $4.90 for omelette style (3 eggs). If you look carefully, hamburger buns are included so you can "build" your own burger with eggs/bacon/mushroom/sausage! The only downside is that grilled tomato. omg it's too sour to my liking!!!

P.S. The Orange Thimble is tax-friendly so there isn't any hidden charges!
P.P.S. The cafe is relatively spacious so there isn't any problem for us to find a seat

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Am loving their Breakfast set so much & I made a trip down again with G for a hearty dinner on some random Saturday night! <3

To-gather cafe

Have been hearing recommendations about a mini cafe @ Bedok area, under a HDB building. The block is actually located right beside the famous 85 hawker centre!

Blk 84 Bedok North Street 4

#01-27

Tel: 6445 1011

Decided to make a trip down with WL while I was working at Park Infinia. She told me that she can't figure out why people loves to cafe-hop nowadays (indirectly shooting me). Yes I love dining at cafe and writing lupsup (my standard) reviews on my blog like now hahaha & snapping pictures away, be it on blog or even instagram! Life is all about exploring those hidden treasure food isn't it?

I'm being an 'aunty' here. Chose the seat right in front of the cashier. FUCK HAHAHA too excited to snap better angle pictures/food-to-be-served-faster/pay-also-fast ^^

If you're wondering what's with the "Merry Christmas" sign, I arranged this date with WL on Christmas week, yes this blog is super overdue but I simply love having the "oh I have some posts undone yet" feeling! It keeps me busy from updating my blog :)

Can't believe her maturity for fashion is too intense. Makes me feel like a kid whenever she's with me HAHAHA

Soup of the day ($3.60)

Mushroom soup

Both of us perceived that their mushroom soup is too diluted. What a unforgettable scene, both of us were spamming our soup with pepper. Their soup is a tad bit soft, the thickness of the common mushroom soup standard isn't there!

Grilled Chicken Chop ($8.90)

Served with wedges & seasonal vegetables

WL ordered this & the chicken chop sauce is pretty satisfying! However, I find that the portion is quite insufficient for a huge-eater, at the same time you're paying it for $8.90 so it's acceptable.

Italian Herb Crusted Fish & Chips ($8.90)

Served with fries & seasonal vegetables 

Choice of dip: Honey mustard/Tartar sauce

On the contradictory, my crusted Fish portion is huge and undoubted crispy! I had a filling dinner on that night, too full to even sleep peacefully!

Chocolate Lava with Vanilla Gelato ($5.90)

WL had this for dessert. I didn't really manage to try the Chocolate lava as I was restricting myself from excess food/snacks at that point of time. HAHAHA DETERMINATION PLEASE COME BACK TO ME RIGHT NOW, WHY AM I EATING LIKE A PIG NOW :'(

Some additional points to take note if you're planning to make a trip down:

-The cafe has limited seats (max. 30pax for indoor space) so it's strongly advisable to make a reservation with them few days in advance

-They have a self-service Ice water station, I forgot to snap a picture of the station! 

-No additional charges (GST/Service charge) as To-gather cafe adopts the self-service system

-Prices are relatively cheap compared to other popular cafes

The only downside is that the location is pretty inconvenient, you have to take a bus from Bedok interchange if you're not a residing in the East.

The Dispensary

Finally had the chance of entering 'The Dispensary' with JY. 

This cafe is located right beside Sin Hai Shan (those who resides around Tiong Bahru will know this seafood restaurant). Well not EXACTLY beside but you'll definitely spot The Dispensary if you are at Sin Hai Shan. Not only that, whenever I take bus back home from Great world city direction, I could only stare at this cafe because I can't find a partner to go with! T.T

What makes it worse: A actually posted their Chocolate Banana cake on instagram. MAD DIE CRAVING FOR IT!!!

They have the "Chinese Medical Hall" concept, vintage concept. No GST involved, you pay for the exact amount as stated in their Menu

Whilst walking to their dining area

Dining area

I really like how spacious their dining area is. I merely snapped a corner of it, this isn't the concluding space. P.S. they have 2nd storey as well! Oh my~ great venue for party!

P.S.S. I was freezing despite having my hot beverage. Luckily they left their remote control on the wall so it saved my life. (k exaggerate too much but it's really cold although the temperature is 25°C)

I chose this cosy corner. HAHAHA and right beside JY's seat was...

Self-service Ice & Warm water!

Major PLUS POINT FOR THIS STATION. I've spotted self-service Ice Water BUT none of them provides hot (warm) water! Apparently you are supposed to dispose your used cups in that basin. Almost mistaken it as a real basin whereby I can pour my unfinished water x_x

I'm not trying to say that cafe without self-service water station is cheap/lousy/poor. For people like me (I'm "水桶" a.k.a somebody who spam plain water like mad), it can really be annoying if we request for more water more water more water please. I understand how bothersome it is for a server to refill a free-of-charge beverage even if it's tap water. Which is why I absolutely adore self-service water station :D

An amateur artistic shot hor? :P 

With the help of VSCOcam! Their effects are awesome!

The Carrot Cake ($6)

old-fashion carrot cake is stuffed to the brim with carrots and walnuts. Smothered in rich cream cheese, delightful rich and moist

The Chocolate Banana ($6)

Layers of Valrhona chocolate cake, interwhined with fresh banana slices and infused chocolate cream cheese

Very crunchy chocolate balls!!

& not forgetting my Hot Chocolate drink ($4.50)

Needless to say, my readers should know which cake belongs to yours truly. Comparing their cake with Awfully Chocolate (AC), if you're someone who prefers rich dark chocolate, AC should be the wiser choice. However if you prefer more of cream cheese filling then The Dispensary's Chocolate Banana is the right one. 

In terms of quality, I am really in love with The Dispensary's Chocolate Banana cake! No bombastic words to describe it, only 1 word: DELICIOUS because Chocolate can never go wrong with Banana. I don't mind having this for my Birthday cake! My current obsession after I've gotten over the "Red-velvet-obsession" period.

In terms of $$$, I think it's a tad pricey. 1 slice is pretty small-scale as you can see from my amateur artistic shot. I may visit them again for the same cake if I manage to strike lottery or have some extra cash on hand.

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This marks the last post for 2013, see you guys next year. Many has blogged about their New Year resolutions, I ain't gonna do that. 

Frankly speaking, I'm not ready for 2014 yet. I dread seeing 2014 on my calendar. It's gonna be a freaking fuck-up year. 

• Settle University matters
• Settle University matters 
• Settle University matters

Sometimes I wish I am an engineering person or literature kind. I don't know what I want, I only know business is probably the right choice, yet my score CMI. All I can do is to pray hopelessly for the rest to score lower than my GPA. Obviously I know miracle isn't going to happen like that. Only hard work pays off, not praying hard.

I have a wish for the upcoming New year instead of resolution. Just. one. wish.

To be accepted by my desired local University and to know what I exactly want to do in future.

God bless everyone and amen. :(

three wombats cafe

(Late post)

I swear I wanted to publish this particular post few days back, but I was exhausted to even upload the pictures... seriously. Work simply drains our energy even if we have sufficient sleep

Had our yummy lunch @ Three Wombats Cafe! This cafe is located at around Balestier Road.

18 Kim Keat Road 

Singapore 328846

We took bus 145 from Toa Payoh Interchange! 

Chanced upon this groupon deal together with JY, it is a 3-course western set menu @ $25 for 2 pax. I think we are the 省钱王 couple HAHAHAHA! The 3 course menu includes: Soup of the day, Main course and Drink.

The entrance

 It is a small-scale cafe that seats up to max ~20 pax? So do make your reservation if you're planning to head down!

Excited Botakguy

Ice Lemon Tea. 

I've decided to put a stop to soda drink. No more coke, pepsi, 7up, fanta etc. Time to get used to it although I'm not a fan of tea :(

Chicken Soup (worth $3.90)

I know the soup looks very diluted but trust me it's NOT. Onion, tomato and chicken are all hidden inside. Of course I still prefer my all-time favourite mushroom soup!

Baked Seafood Pasta (worth $13.90)

Cheesy baked pasta with clams, calamari and prawns in tomato sauce

JY ordered this & I managed to try the fresh prawns! (Y) Awesome~

Finding Nemo (worth $11.90)

Golden brown deep fried breaded fish fillet served with special Wombat's sauce

The potato wedges are beneath the fish fillet. This is the best potato wedges I've ever tasted! It is extremely crispy on the outside and extremely soft on the inside. Sorry for using the word 'extremely' twice, because I'm addicted to threewombatscafe's potato wedges! I had a hard time eating the fillet because I can't use my fork at all. Again, i'm going to describe it as crispy skin & soft meat. 

I can't stand it anymore, the more I try to recap how Finding Nemo tastes like, the more I feel like grabbing my friends back there for more! Am definitely going to stick with my Finding Nemo the next time. 

Lastly, I would like to emphasize the portion served is relatively huge for a person, which means at least a 80% full for their main course. I realised they are very generous in the portions, even JY's pasta is the same. As for their service, the staff are very friendly! Our main courses are served piping hot (JY almost got scalded from his plate) and 1 of the staffs actually recommend the more popular dishes according to other customers. Thank you :)

Loving this blurry shot, but my face looks huge :\

Watch out for this signboard ^^

Just like what their slogan says, "Come Hungry, Leave Happy". Both of us left the cafe happily, holding hands together to shop for our Christmas gift with a hefty tummy!