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7Kickstart Museum Cafe

POSTED ON Saturday, June 25, 2016 AT 10:37 PM \ leave a comment (0)

The Singapore Art Museum is having somewhat of a renaissance of late, as more families are now stopping by to immerse themselves in some of the themed exhibitions such as edible art or children's art. In the museum also houses one hipster cafe that is positioned with a twist, serving local fusion brunch food.

7Kickstart Museum Cafe is decorated somewhat like a vintage classroom, with long tables for group discussions, chalk-boards and self-service drinking water that you can fill using science lab beakers. The food itself is pretty much creative, from many local-influenced western food, a range of waffles, to their signature ice-dripped coffees. Having quite a following, a second outlet is now opened at the Singapore Management University.

one good example of their fusion dishes would be the specialty Liu-Sha French toast. Practically a thick slice of toast with salted-egg yolk and custard flowing out of its centre. with the craze for all things salted-egg these days, we found this particular one not too over-powering and well blended with its drizzle of condensed milk over it, to give it a sweeter taste. Other similar fusion dishes would include the Orh Nee waffles and its assam-infused nonya curry grilled dory (only on weekdays).

we went for the weekend brunch and tried their other breakfast classics, such as the Royale Classic Benedict which is essentially a salmon eggs Benedict with a sweeter apple-yuzu hollandaise sauce. we also tried the Portobello with eggs which was made up of 2 sunny-side-ups laid over portobello mushrooms and served with hash browns. this is one of the few vegetarian options that is available at this cafe, which makes it a plus for group meetings with people of varied dietary needs.

and then special mention for their coffees. the cafe is famous for their ice-dripped coffees, with 7 different blends of cold-brews to kickstart your day. we went for something of slightly higher coffee intensity in the form of the Brazilian Yellow Bourbon ice-drip coffee that left us a little high on caffeine. I think their coffees are an acquired taste, as you'd read several mixed reviews online. if you ask us, straight-up, their iced chocolate drinks came out top, even the kids loved it. In all, this is a quiet place, good for discussions and has a solid range of artisanal dishes to choose from.

7Kickstart Museum Cafe
71 Bras Basah Road
#01-03 Singapore Art Museum
Singapore 189555

Opening Hours
Mondays & Tuesdays: 8 am to 8 pm
Wednesdays to Fridays: 8 am to 10 pm
Saturdays: 10 am to 8 pm
Sundays: 10 am to 6 pm

The first cafe in the country to serve ice-dripped coffee?

Pu Tien

POSTED ON Saturday, June 11, 2016 AT 5:11 PM \ leave a comment (0)

The Pu Tien restaurant chain is already somewhat like an institution back here with 10 outlets spread across the island. made famous from its original Kitchener Road outlet serving its brand of Xing Hua dishes, the restaurant has expanded quite rapidly in recent years. as its name suggests, Xing Hua dishes originated from the province of Pu Tian, China and is known for its unique style of savoury dishes..

if you ask regulars who patronise this restaurant chain, the most distinctive thing that many will recall is their signature chilli. definitely spicy with some kick, the sauce has a unique sweet and sour taste as well. in fact, it is so good that Pu Tien sells their chilli sauce by the bottle at their stores. certainly a must to accompany their food.

another specialty that can be eaten as a meal on its own is the Pu Tien Lor Mee. probably not quite what you'd find at the hawker centres but rather a mix of seafood noodle in a very thick and aromatic pork broth. this is by far one of the better noodle soups we've tasted.

a notable trait of the Xing Hua cuisine would be their unique range of pork dishes. from the whole pig-trotters to the little pig-trotter jelly cubes, they are all common dishes that regulars would order. We went for the sliced pork-belly with garlic this time around, a perfect dish to go with the chilli or eat on its own.

we also ordered our regular favourites of the braised home-made beancurd and the Pu Tien oyster omelette, dishes that typically complete our Pu Tien fix. this time, we also tried the Claypot chicken in fermented red rice-wine. a little disappointing as the chicken pieces had alot of bones and lesser meat, although the red rice-wine gravy went well with our rice. i'm not sure what came over us to order the Pu Tien rice cakes for dessert, they are literally expensive kueh tu-tu, they are very good actually, just not expecting to eat that in a restaurant. In all, every Pu Tien outing always brings out the warmth of home-cooked food, the dishes are generally tasty and brings good value for the whole family.

Pu Tien (Raffles City)
252 North Bridge Road, #02-18
Raffles City Shopping Centre
Singapore 179103

Opening Hours
Mondays to Fridays: 11.30 am to 3 pm; 5.30 pm to 10 pm
Weekends & Public Holidays: 11.30 am to 4.30 pm; 5.30 pm to 10 pm

Tasty, Simple & Heart-Warming Comfort Food..