Fika Cafe & Bistro

 A cafe that serve authentic Swedish cuisine in Singapore. The food are mainly traditional swedish cuisine and its halal too. There are currently 3 outlets, Beach Road, One KM mall and  Millenia Walk, so this review is for the outlet located at Beach Road. 

This is how it look like at level one, mainly for small groups or couples

Menu, refer to this link for their online menu

Cafe Mocha ($7.50)

Skagen (chilled) $19.90

Crepes wrapped with shrimps, red onions, mayonnaise, fresh dill and topped with Swedish roe. The crepes are too thick to my liking. Not for heavy eaters as the portion is small.

Garlic Pasta with Meatballs or Grilled Chicken ($19.90)

Linguine pasta, garlic, olive oil, parsley, chilli flakes and choice of either meatballs or grilled chicken. Pasta seems to be slightly overcooked.

Swedish Meatballs ($19.90)

Meatballs serve with potatoes. Cream sauce, lingonberry jam and a small side salad serve as side dishes. The meatballs are made up of minced meat, hence easy to eat.

Herb-crusted Salmon - ($26.50) 

Seared glazed salmon with a herb crust served on a bed of mashed potatoes with honey ginger glazed pickled red beets, sauteed asparagus and lemon butter sauce. Garnished with capers and fresh dill. 

Kladdkaka ($7.90), top up with Ice cream ($1.50) 

Swedish brownie served with fresh berries, chocolate sauce and whipped cream. You can choose either chocolate or vanilla ice cream 

Caramel Ice Cream Waffle ($9.80) 

 This is off the menu but this week special. you have a choice of vanilla or chocolate ice cream serve with waffle. Warm caramel sauce that drip over the ice cream and waffle, topped with biscuit bits and icing. Caramel sauce taste really good but the waffle taste more like flat, non chewy pancake which was a kind of disappointing.

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Opening Hours

Mon - Fri: 11:00 - 23:00

Sat - Sun: 12:00 - 23:00

Outlets

Beach Road, 257 Beach Road 

Contact: +65 6396 9096

Millenia Walk, 9 Raffles Boulevard 

Contact: +65 6336 7234

11 Tanjong Katong Rd., OneKM 

Contact: +65 6702 2456

Email: info@fikacafe.com

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Verdict 3/5

For the price of the food, i think it is consider quite cheap compare to similar cafe concept. What's more, they have set lunches for you to choose from which is quite worth the catch. Simple and good presentation of the food when served. I will recommend this place if you intend to have a small gathering with your friends or family members.

Seow Choon Hua Restaurant - Bugis/ Beach Road

Along the stretch of shophouses near Haji Lane, there is this nostalgic old style coffeeshop selling Foo Chow delights for many years. Of course, one of the highlight is the Foo Chow fishballs which many of us are familiar with. All the Foo Chow fishballs and dumplings here are handmade from fish paste, which is a very uncommon practice to find in Singapore.

On the menu: Red wine chicken soup, Foo Chow fishballs and dumplings noodles, yam abacus and fried rice cake.

Red Wine Chicken Mee Sua ($5.00) - I totally enjoyed this bowl of red wine chicken soup. Soup was just nice, neither too thick nor oily. Flavouring was acceptable, not as heavy as its reddish appearance. Broth was lightly absorbed by the mee sua which makes it a perfect combination to eat with. Chicken meat was tender as well. However, raddish was undercook.

Foo Chow Combination ($5.00) - A bowl of combination ingredients which includes foo chow fishballs, pork dumplings and fish dumplings. Fishball is irregular in shape and totally not bouncy like the usual machine-made fishballs. However the portion of fishpaste is little, thus makes the fishball taste slightly starchy instead of bouncy. Dumplings were good, thinly wrapped with minced pork and fish. Mee pok noodles were tossed in braised black soya sauce (lor chap) which makes the springy noodles very flavoured.

Well marinated minced pork within a foochow fishball

Verdict: 3.5/5

Rather than usual brunch along the Haji lane area, do come for a filling bowl of authentic foochow fishball noodle for a change.

Address: 33 Sultan Gate Singapore 10 mins walk from Bugis MRT, near Haji Lane

Opening Hours: 10.00am - 10.00pm everyday

YY Kafei Dian 喜园咖啡店 - Beach Road/Purvis Street

YY Kafei Dian 喜园咖啡店 - Beach Road/Purvis Street

A crowded and busy old school Hainanese coffee shop located right at the end of Purvis street.

Make your order for all food and drinks at the counter.

Range of old school breakfast on display: Assorted breads, donuts, sugar cookies and muffins.

Back to the 60's chinese coffeeshop setting

Kopi, thick toast and half-boiled eggs ($4.90) - Thick toast was soft and fluffy on the interior with generous spread of home-made kaya and a thick slice of butter.

Typical Hainanese breakfast of early days

Hainanese chicken Rice ($4.00) - Both the steamed white chicken and roasted chicken were tender and rice was fragrant yet not oily. Overall food was on the salty side.

Verdict: 3.5/5

YY Kafei Dian sells a wide selection of Hainanese food which are equivalent to our typical local food. Zi cha menu is available as well for evening crowds.

Address: 37 Beach Road #01-01 Singapore 189678 (10min walk from Bugis Mrt Station, opposite National Library, at the end of Purvis street)

Opening Hours: Everyday 8am till 1030pm 

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