To-gather Cafe @ Bedok North Street 4

I had a gathering with my secondary school buddies last Sunday.  Due to our hectic schedule, we only got together to meet up twice this year, excluding our secondary school 20th year mass reunion.  We could only lament that time really flies, another year had passed by so fast.  As all of us stay in the East, with 3 of them staying in Bedok, we decided to meet up at To-gather Cafe, which is strategically located at Bedok heartland.

 I called in to make reservation for 5 of us as I had seen queues outside the cafe on two occasions when I was around the area with my hubby. 

 You could request for post-it from them to do some doodle or write some motivational quotes and stick them to a designated part of the wall.

One of my friends decided to bring her two kids along and fortuately, there was a small play corner (just behind our table) for them while the five of us had our food and conversations over the small cozy table at one end of the cafe.

Like many other cafes, we had to go over to the counter to order and pay for our food first.  No service charge and GST here.

 My friends ordered a plate of Mexican Quesadilla ($6.50) to share - Tortilla with grilled chicken slices, sautee mixed bell peppers, mozzarella cheese and fresh tomato salsa.

 Roasted Hazelnut Latte ($4.40)

 I was the only one ordering a main as the rest of them had lunch already.  I ordered Grilled Pandan Chicken Chop, served with light coconut sauce, pineapple salsa, fries and salad.  ($8.90)  The chicken chop was tender and for this price tag, I got nothing to complain.

 I had been warned by my cousin and friends that their Matcha Lava Cake was very sweet.  However, I wanted to try for myself as I thought this was one of their signatures, after looking at so many of their matcha lava cakes on instagram.  True enough, the matcha  was really far too sweet.  My friend and I couldn't finish it off!  :(

Overall, I find the cafe a nice cozy place to chill with friends.  We spent two and a half hours at the cafe catching up and spending quality time with one another.  Looking forward to our next meet-up. Another cafe?  Probably.

To-gather Cafe

84 Bedok North Street 4,
# 01-25 / 27,
Singapore 460084.

Opening Hours:
Sunday - Thursday : 11am - 10pm
Friday - Saturday : 11am - 11pm
First Order - 11.30am / Last Order - 9.15pm
- Closed on Mondays -

For reservation:
+65 6445 1011
Website:  http://www.togathercafe.com.sg/

LICK - Little Ice-Cream Kafe @ Tanjong Katong Road

Had a mini gathering with my secondary classmates at LICK which stands for Little Ice-Cream Kafe.  

 It was a small shop with a few different styles of furnitures.

 They have more than 30 varieties of home-made ice-cream.

 I spotted a "Kaya Toast" Ice-Cream but was not daring enough to try.  I just went for the safer choices such as Lychee and Mao Shan Wang!

 Lychee and Mao Shan Wang

We all love these two flavours, lychee was so refreshing and the sweetness was just right.  Mao Shan Wang was superb.  

 Coffee and Avocado 

These two scoops pales in comparison to the above.  To be fair, it was probably because I had the stronger flavoured Mao Shan Wang before eating the avocado ice-cream so I couldn't really taste the avocado flavour.

The waffle was very tasty!  Fluffy with a slight crisp.  Would love to come back here again to try out other flavours.... maybe kaya toast?  or lavendar?

Little Ice Cream Kafe (LICK)

258 Tanjong Katong Road 

Singapore 437046

Tel: 64408526

Sun - Thurs: 1pm - 11pm 

Fri - Sat: 1pm - 12am

http://lick.com.sg/

Birthday Celebration at Table Manners @ Changi City Point

A Birthday Celebration for my secondary school pals - Ruijun and Lijuan at "Table Manners", located at Changi City Point Mall.  I planned to give the 2 birthday gals a surprise so I arranged with the staff over the phone, to serve the desserts with candles lit after our mains, for us to sing birthday song for them.  The staff was very friendly and said they could also decorate the plates with the wordings "Happy Birthday to (name of birthday girl)"!  

This is the lunch menu - A-la-carte combintation:  You can mix and match the items from the "Fibre" or "Protein" category that you like.    

 After our mains, the staff came with the dessert with great smile, singing the birthday songs!  It was a pleasant surprise for the 2 birthday gals and I was happy that all turned out well too!  

Table Manners
5 Changi Business Park Central 1
The Oasis #01-68/69, Changi City Point
Singapore 486038
Daily: 11.30am - 12am

Jones the Grocer @ Mandarin Gallery

**  All photos here were taken with my new iPhone 5 :)

I had been to Mandarin Gallery twice for Art Jamming at Artestiq but this was the first time that I came here for food.  The occasion this time was to celebrate one of our buddies' belated birthday at Jones the Grocer, which is located at a quiet cosy corner on the 4th level of Mandarin Gallery.

The colour theme for the restaurant was "Blue and White".

I ordered a pot of forest-berries tea.  Most of their white cups were quite badly stained.

A good location for a laid-back afternoon.  I like the fact that the whole place is rather spacious and the tables are not too close to one another.  This gives us more freedom to engage in our conversation without worrying that the people seated adjacent to our tables can hear our small talks.

At 3pm on a weekend, the choice of food was rather limited.  The breakfast, lunch and ala-carte menu was not available at this timing and we could only choose from the brunch menu and bakeries.  The birthday mummy and I both ordered the Jones' Club sandwiches and we were quite happy with the food.  The only disappointment was that they ran out of avocado and replaced it with tomato.

Time flies.... the next time when we meet will be to celebrate my birthday!!  Looking forward to our next gathering!!  :) :)

Changi City Point Mall - Ootoya, Eggs & Berries

Hubby and I visited Changi City Point Mall before Chinese New Year.  The mall is conveniently situated just opposite the Expo.  However, parking can be a problem if you are driving.  Of course, compared to the 3 shopping malls in Tampines that we frequent more, this one pales in comparison.  Although the mall has some outlets like Espirit, G2000, Crocs etc, the pull factor is still not strong enough to really attract us back.  Told hubby that the only reason that I will revisit this mall is "Ootoya". 

Coincidentally, my clique of friends were deciding on a venue for our gathering cum birthday celebration.  The Feb birthday gal decided "Ootoya".  Haha... So I was back at Changi City Point Mall for the second time last Saturday.

As I was early, I took a walk around the mall first before my friends arrived.

 Beautiful desserts.... Hope I can have all of them!!

We met up during the 14th day of the Lunar New Year and we could still see the CNY decoration in the mall.

Bird-cage theme

Interesting store name.  Will be good if the items inside are really "Payless".

The Feb bday gal ordered a healthy salad and soba.

Greedy me ordered a side dish - Potato croquette $4

 Before I confirmed my order, the staff reminded me that there was some minced meat in the croquette.

My main course (ala-carte) - Charcoal-grilled Chicken with Egg

 Shili ordered rice with clams, one of their signature dishes.

 Jan Bday gal's order of hamburger steak.

 After our meal at Ootoya, we went up to the top level to explore a bit.  There is a wet playground.

 Dessert Time!  We decided to settle at "Eggs & Berries" while waiting for our friend Joyce.

 Interesting egg-shaped light on every table.

 Lijuan's dessert

 Shili and I shared this waffle.  We topped it up with all the 3 types of syrup provided - chocolate, strawberry and maple.  After finishing almost half of the waffle, I realized that they had forgotten to sprinkle nuts on top of the waffle after I saw them on Joyce's waffle!  Hiaz...

Overall, the price here is quite reasonable and the other main courses seemed quite good also.