Workbench Bistro @ Ang Mo Kio

Heartland cafes have been popping up here and there recently to attract neighbourhood crowds. Opening up its 1st branch at a mature estate in Ang Mo Kio, Workbench Bistro offer quite a wide selection of food for lunch and dinner crowds. 

What's more, customers can choose from the selection of either Red or Blue velvet Waffle which is quite unique and refreshing to see instead of the usual red velvet waffle. 

Starters:

Signature Truffle Fries ($9) 

What can go wrong with fries when it was fried with truffle oil? 

Parsley and cheese are added as toppings on top of the fries!!

Salted Egg Wings ($12)

Slightly overpriced i think. 6 pieces of mid wings only. Crispy wings with salted egg sauce taste that make it taste fantastically good!!

Aglio Olio with Smoked Duck ($13) - Fusion food!! Sliced Duck meat with aglio olio, slightly wet which i not sure why and taste bland. Not recommended

Aglio Olio with Chicken ($12) - Grilled chicken breast meat with aglio olio. This is better than the duck meat version, but still slightly bland. I wont recommend their aglio olio.

Salted Egg Chicken Burger ($16) - Burger is the preferred choice, Salted egg chicken filling in a burger, definitely better than the fast food version. LOL 

Pulled Pork Burger ($16)

Burger stuffed with Braised pork and vegetables. Fries sprinkled with chili powder for extra flavour. Highly recommended 

Assorted Ice Cream (From $3.90 onwards)

Differentiate by classic or premium flavours

Waffle with ice cream ($8.70 Premium flavour) This pricing is for normal waffle only

Classic flavour cost $8 thou

Red or Blue velvet Waffle required additional cost......

Website: https://www.facebook.com/theworkbenchbistro/

Address: 332 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, #01-1881, 560332

Opening Hour:  Tue- Sun

12PM –11 PM

Closed on Monday

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Verdict 3.5/5

Dazzling Cafe Singapore 蜜糖吐司專賣店

Oh yes, finally get a chance to try the food in Dazzling cafe after last year fave when they opened. Located at CBD area, Stamford road, it is quite accessible via public transport such as MRT (alight at city hall station) or bus. 

2 levels of seats available

Menu for your mains

There is a separate menu if you are looking for Toasts

Weekday special for just $19.90 nett. This is quite a good deal for lunch. You get to choose either a soup or tea on top of your main (Spaghetti). The choice of spaghetti range at about $16.90++, so just another $3 you will get a soup/tea. 

I decided to try this lunch special

Cream of Mushroom - Thick brown mushroom soup which the mushrooms are finely blended. Quite delicious if you ask me.

Scallops and crabmeat agilo oilo - Surprised by this dish, seriously real crab meat was used instead of those artificially made crabmeat sticks. Mildly spicy. Scallops are cooked nicely, topped with roasted garlic for extra kicks.

Hazalnut Cocoa ($9 iced)

Matcha with Azuki Beans Honey Toast ($19.90)

Nice presentation of the dessert. 3 thick toasts topped with matcha ice cream and covered with thick layer of cream. The toasts are coated thinly with sugar. The interior of the toasts had been filled with cubed size bread. I hardly find the azuki beans in the toast, maybe just a few beans on the outside. Overall, the sweetness is acceptable, but just too much cream to my liking 

Website: http://www.dazzlingcafe.sg/

Address: 15 Stamford Rd, 01-85, Singapore 178906

Phone:6384 3310

Opening Hour: 12–10.30 PM

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Verdict 4/5

Impressive presentation of the food, however i find the taste for the toast is somewhat a let down.
I have to compliment the staffs. Very good service and attentiveness i received from the staffs.
It is still worth the experience if you have not tried theirs version in Taiwan outlet

FIX Cafe Review

The main selling point of this cafe is probably dinning by the pool. Located in NS Hometeam club house, FIX cafe certainly can be easily spotted if you are near the pool.

Recently change in their menu - they turn Mexican!!

Value set lunch at $12.90 (comes with icecream) 

Definitely a good deal not to be missed

Additional soup or drink at $2 each. Check out with the staff on the soup they served for the day.

Beef chili fries $9

Fries with chili con carne and cheese sauce

A must try appetizer. Things won't go wrong with crispy fries and hot cheese sauce. The spicy stew comes with meat bites which you should be eating with the fries!!

Chicken drumlets $8

Crispy chicken drumlets served with a spicy sour cream dip

Dip the crispy fried drummlets with the sour cream sauce... hmmm yummy. I feel that the sauce is abit too spicy to my liking, i refer more on the sour cream instead

Chicken & cheese quesadilla $8

Grilled tortilla filled with chicken and mozzarella, served with guacamole and sour cream

Mushroom / Fish / Chicken Enchiladas 

served in tortilla wraps and cheese with beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream & nacho chips

Fish & chips 

Battered fish fillets served with tartar, side salad and fries

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Steak & potatoes additional $5

200g flank steak grilled to desired doneness, served with roasted potatoes and mushroom cream sauce

Chicken pascal additional $2

Braised chicken leg in chipotle tomato sauce, sweet potato mash and mango pico de gallo

Bunuelos & ice-cream $8

Crispy tortilla glazed in gula melaka, served with vanilla ice-cream 

(Melted ice cream i mean, hahaha)

I can't really taste the gula melaka, it more like honey glazed to me, give it a miss i say!!

Donuts with salted egg dip $6

Soft, fluffy donuts served with salted egg dip

Hooray, salted egg dip... i don't think it goes well with donuts. Too much of a hassle to keep dipping into the salted egg dip after every bites. I can't share with my friends!!!

Churros $7

Crispy dough fritters dusted in cinnamon sugar, served with dark chocolate dip

Come on, why chocolate dip?? I prefer nutella dip instead. Churros taste flat, sugar coating does not really help too. Please improve the recipe 

Opening Hours:

Daily 

11am to 10pm

Website: http://fix.com.sg/

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Verdict 3/5

Certainly a good place to hang out with friends or gathering. The food here taste good but can be better.

The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen

About 10 minutes walk from the Citysquare mall, this small cafe is located near the famous chicken chop shop, easily identified by their white colour paint.

Iced Chocolate (RM 16 - bottom left), Iced Mocha (RM12) - Taste sweet and thick

Original Churros (RM12.90) - The churros are coated with sugar and bits of cinnamon. Slightly slimmer compare to those served in Singapore and slightly fluffy too. Well, we ordered peanut butter dips which taste rich and thick. It does not harden after turning cold. There are quite a selection of other flavoured dips like chocolate and salted egg

The Replacement Lodge & Kitchen also served breakfast set and brunch menu. Drop by if you are nearby.

Tel: +60-10-226 0311

Opening hours:

10.00am to 7.00pm (Mon-Fri)

9.00am to 10.00pm (Sat)

10.00am to 7.00pm (Sun)

3 Petits Croissants

A French Artisan Bakery selling French artisan croissants

Quite a spacious seating arrangement and you get to the baking in action while enjoying your croissants and coffee

Pain Au Chocolate ($2.90) - Flaky outer skin and fluffy texture. You can find bits of chocolate filling. Right amount of sweetness from the chocolate to match the croissant. Recommended!!

Matchazuki Croissant ($3.90) - Premium green tea flavoured croissant filled with sweet red bean paste. The sweetness from its filling covered the green tea taste. What a left down, but if you like sweet stuff, this is recommended 

Plain croissant @ $1 only. Nice fluffy and buttery taste. Flaky outer skin

Mocha ($4.80) 

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 08:00–22:00

Sun: 10:00–18:00

1 Zubir Said Drive, #01-01/02

Singapore 227968

Verdict: 3/ 5

I will rate them high on the tasting portion, other than that, service is not up to par and croissant are cold even after warming them in the oven twice upon request. The staffs half-hardheartedly prepare and serve the food for self collection. 

Will not come back again for such bad service.