Like Malaysia, independent cafes are growing too in Singapore, mostly with also the rugged or old school concepts. I was lucky to have some time to try just one cafe -
The Orange Thimble (love the name by the way) located at Tiong Bahru with my friends right after our
Korean dinner (walking distance from
Big Mama).
The cafe has a mixture of concepts, a little artsy, old school yet not overly rugged, neat and cozy to hang-out at. The shop itself is very long and deep in so it's almost like there are rooms with different concepts in it.
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| Some unique decor found at the cafe. |
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| Clean and tidy too! |
They serve coffee, good selection of hot food, sandwiches and cakes, as well as ice-cream and chocolate!
Since we just had dinner, we ordered only desserts to go with our coffee.
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| My latte with a teddy latte art on it! How cute! $4.50. |
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| Double Scoop Ice-Cream, $8.50, Iced Latte, $7. |
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| Tiramisu, $8. |
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| Hazelnut Daqouise, $6.50. |
I was pretty happy with my latte which comes with a nice aroma and tasted quite smooth. Definitely one of the better coffees I've tasted recently. I'm guessing their desserts and ice-cream are all outsourced but I really love the Hazelnut Daqouise. But then again, I like almost everything that has hazelnut in it anyway! :p Ice-cream were quite yummy too but the Tiramisu is just so-so.
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| Coffee and desserts to end a wonderful catch-up night! :) |
We sat there for about two hours chit-chatting and gossiping and the cafe gets busier even later in the night! I saw some people having their dinners there and the food look delicious too!
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| Gotta love these old buddies of mine who we still pretty much clicked after not seeing each other for so long! :) |
With the three drinks and three desserts we had, the bill came up to $40.50, which is honestly pretty reasonable, once again, if we don't convert! In KL this could easily cost up to at least RM60 already! Sometimes I really think Singaporeans are freaking lucky... :S
Anyway, here's a nice place to have a cuppa while hanging out with your friends or family! :)
The Orange Thimble
56 Eng Hoon Street #01-68
Singapore 160056
Tel: 6223 8068
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2 comments:
Food price in Singapore usually is reasonable as long as not converted to RM but as a Malaysian earning RM, sometimes it is quite heart-bleeding after having a meal there. I was once spending RM20 just to have Pisang Goreng in a foodcourt there, and probably will not try the same thing again in few decades. Thanks for sharing :)
It's true!
But when you are there for holiday or anything like that, I guess you have already expected to pay the price!
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