Cedele Bakery - Destination for cakes

We celebrated a friend’s birthday in church today and the cake is from none other than Cedele Bakery. It has almost become the default place I go to for cakes.

The cakes are priced slightly higher than normal bakeries (e.g. BreadTalk and the likes). At the same time, it is more affordable than cakes from Canele and Patissier.

The birthday girl had a Chocolate Truffle Cake (SGD43.80). It was awesome. The dark chocolate cake was rich and most of us were enjoying the texture of the cake. If only it was colder though!

On some previous occasions, I ordered

Apple Nut Cheesecake - As you start on the cake, you would not miss the ting of cinnamon. I like it how you could taste the chunks of apples.

Chocolate Banana Espresso Cake - Although I am not a coffee person, I found the cake to be a little electric. Perhaps it is to do with the combination of chocolate and espresso. The caramelized banans and waluts added much flavour too.

Read more about the cakes at the site for Cedele.
Cedele Bakery
#01-01/02 Novena Square
Tel:  65 6258 5991
Website: http://www.cedeledepot.com/

Lao Beijing 老北京食堂 - Northern Chinese fare at Novena

Lao Beijing (老北京食堂), under the Tung Lok group, serves Northern Chinese fare. Have visited this place for a set meal in 2008. It was quite a pleasant experience so I was all for it when my family suggested that place.

Besides, Tung Lok has been having a series of promotions by vouchers! If you spend up to 50, 100 or 200 on ala carte items, you could enjoy 50% discount respectively! 

The best dish has got to be Soon Hock (SGD48.00). It was of supreme freshness. The sauce also goes very well with the fish.

Shanbei Chicken (SGD12.00) was served in a claypot. Shanbei chicken has also been one of my favourite dishes. So I was glad to find it on the menu. I find that it can be stronger in the taste.

The portion of Beijing Duck (SGD24.00) was quite generous. The wrap for Beijing Duck was rather unique and it is probably made of eggs.

Pork Shank (SGD22.00) was quite well braised. Worth a go at it.

The other dishes were rather mediorce:

Mushroom with Broccoli (SGD16.00)

Egg Skin Beancurd (SGD12.00)

Jelly Fish (SGD4.00)

Shark’s Fin (SGD28.00) was a disappointment. The way it is served does not make it easy to eat either. The stock was average too. Quite a boo hoo.  

We ordered two sets of Xiaolong Bao (SGD8.00). Little did we know that there were 8 Baos in a set. We were surprised how the waitress did not advise us against it.

When we tried to order the desserts, quite a number of items were out of stock. So we only ordered Mango Sago Pomelo (SGD5.00) and Herbally Jelly (SGD5.00).

The former was a let down and the sago was not even well cooked. The herbal jelly on other hand was quite good apparently.

Lao Beijing 老北京食堂
238 Thomson Road #02-11/12
Novena Square
Singapore 307683
Tel: 65 6358 4466
Website: www.laobeijing.com.sg/

Cedele Depot - More than just cakes

Cedele Depot is not just a place for cakes. They are also serve a range of main courses, pastas, pancakes, breakfast sets, sandwiches and greens!

I was delighted when I had a go at the food in the cafes. The portions were relatively large. The dishes were prepared in a healthy manner. My friends and I found the taste rather exceptional.

My personal favorite is Chicken Portobello sandwich (SGD14.80). You get to choose the choice of bread. This sandwich goes exceptionally well with walnut bread. However, the walnut bread is always not available at the chain at Wheelock. The sandwich is packed with generous portions of Chicken and Portobello. Yum! An extra incentive for mushroom fans.

The wild blueberry pancakes (SGD12.90) was also delightful. There were three pancakes in all, proving to be too much for lunch! The soft pancakes were littered with bits of blueberry. Definitely a good to try for pancakes fanatics.

Rosemary Sea Salt (SGD21.90) was one of the other dishes we ordered. It must have tasted good with potato slices!

If you like a quick look at the menu, here it is!  

Cedele Depot
501 Orchard Road
#03-14 Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880
Tel: 6732 8520
Website: http://www.cedeledepot.com/

Theme restaurants in Hong Kong - Modern Toilet and Charlie Brown

Out of novelty I decided to check out two theme restaurants.

Modern Toilet originates from Taiwan and is located at Mongkok.

One can't miss the toilet concept at all! From the restaurant fittings to the cutlery to the names of the food. It is everywhere!

Given the concept it would naturally attract many youngsters. So it maybe good to be early.

It may be very interesting on the onset. But it becomes a little sick after a while. Imagine drinking from a glass urinal.

The food served is rather mediocre.

This is probably a place where you wil visit once and that is it.

Charlie Brown cafe is a neat setup located at a few busy districts.

Would be good if you are a Snoopy or Charlie Brown fan.

If you've guessed it already they serve the western fare. Can't quite remember the taste of the food.Here is a snapshot:

But the theme is probably more interesting than the food is!


Modern Toilet
240-244 Portland Street Room 3B,
Mongkok
Website: http://www.moderntoilet.com.tw/en/index.asp
Tel: +852 2308 1166


Charlie Brown
G/F-1/F, Kok Pah Mansion,
58-60 Cameron Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: +852 2366 6315