Max Brenner Chocolate Bar @ Esplanade Mall

It is such a random decision that we headed off for a quick dinner after work and headed to our actual aim to have chocolates! We are chocolate lovers and it is a great start of the week and of course to kill Monday Blues.

We headed to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar located at Esplanade Mall to satisfy our cravings. It is purely base on recommendation from the website. We are basically greedy at the spur moment and end up too full at night.

My choice is the best recommendation desserts-

Melting Chocolate Truffles Heart Cake & Shake S$16.00.

 It is served with vanilla bourbon ice-cream. Strawberry and iced milk chocolate shot. The description was too fascinating that you couldn’t tell from the menu that it is actually a chocolate lava cake. Sinful I would say and it is very VERY rich chocolate. The smell was simply alluring. The combination of the vanilla ice-cream with the chocolate soufflé melted in the mouth with rich dark chocolate.

Pamela’s choice – The S’mores Connection S$13.90.

It is served with marshmallow fluff, milk chocolate mousse,graham crackers and caramelized bananas. She finished all of them within minutes. She is a dessert lovers and she enjoyed the taste of the milk chocolate mousse. The presentation of the dessert caught our attention immediately when it is served. The milk chocolate mousse to go with the marshmallow fluff makes you feel like drinking a milk chocolate but in cold version

Yunita’s choice – Banana Split Waffles S$18.90.

It is served with vanilla bourbon ice-cream, milk chocolate truffle and caramelized rice krispies. It is superb rich plate of dessert. We are awfully shocked with the presentation. It was ‘huge’ for us but we managed to finish it. I love the crispy sound when I bite the rice krispies accompany with the hot waffles and vanilla ice-cream. The chocolate syrup was all over the waffles and sweetness was surrounded us.

I think we are overdose as we ordered 3 different desserts and managed to finish them off after our main course. We had rice and noodles for dinner. It was a perfect ending with wonderful desserts on the table.

 Location Address:

Esplanade Mall #01-06/08
8 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039802
Tel: +65 6235 9556
Website: http://www.maxbrenner.com/home.aspx

Desserts to TRY @ KL

TONG PAK FU

Desserts are always a must whenever we had our main course. It marks the perfect dinner. The current desserts choice in KL would be Tong Pak Fu and SnowFlakes. I had both when i went to KL on the first weekend of this month (November).

We headed to Tong Pak Fu located at Subang Jaya. Tong Pak Fu (in Cantonese) is actually a famous Ming Dynasty scholar. Fu carries the connotation of shop, Tong refers to 'Tong Shui' or dessert while Pak symbolises the blooming of different varieties and styles. The combination then brings out the message of 'a dessert shop offering myriad of choices"-be it traditional or new flavours. (Source: Malaysiamostwanted website). The dessert branches are expanding fast in Malaysia. 
 

 

The famous Treka Durian- durian snow ice dessert which is extremely sinful! Very rich durian taste and the snow ice is nicely done! No much comment but once you taste it, you will enjoyed it. It will be a wise choice for durian lover.

 

We also ordered the Matcha (Green Tea) Snow ice with red bean. No much comment as well as it really taste like green tea and the snow ice is nicely done as well. All I can say this is Malaysia's snow ice version which is popular among Malaysian desserts kaki as well.
 

SNOWFLAKE

Next we have the Snowflake, Taiwanese dessert that began popular few years back.The business is booming and franchise branches are available in the market We had snowflakes for desserts on the day before Elaine and I headed back to Singapore. It's her first try and she loving it as well. I miss the taste and this time round i am able to reminisce the taste of the icy snowflakes with the yummy taro ball. I personally feel that no other desserts stall are able to copy the exact same taste of taro ball like here. It's really chewy and Q! I love to chew them and eat them with the snowflakes.

Location address:

The first ever outlet in KL

Snowflake

No. 61A, First Floor, Jalan SS15/8A, 
Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor 

Dessert First @ Liang Seah Street

This is recommended by Yap after our dinner.

It is located along the Liang Seah Street which is famous with Ah Chew's Desserts. Guess more and more competitors coming their way along the streets. Neverthless the desserts shops are always full house.

Durian Snow Ice @ S$6.00 per serving.

It is extremely heaven!The durian is super rich and they are generous with the servings. But beware if after serving because your mouth is full of durian smell.

November birthday guy in the picture..

Green Tea Snow Ice with red bean S$5.00 per serving.

Green Tea is always to go with red bean and it makes a perfect combination. The snow ice is smooth and it just melt into your mouth.

Mango Snow Ice S$5.50 per serving

Pure generous mango colour is beautiful on the serving.

The taste is sweet as it looks.

The place is a bit squeezy though.

 It's a self-order counter available and the staffs will serve the desserts once it is ordered. Our seats are so close with the next table and our movement cannot be extreme otherwise we will occupied next table.

 That's how dessert shop design is for nowadays.

We ended our day with instax wide photos.

Love all the photos taken!

Bakerzin @ Yishun Northpoint

Short post before i continue with Bandun last post :)

Headed to Yishun for unfinished business with Seatfu yesterday after I back from JB. The timing was just nice for dinner and she wanted to treat me dessert.

 

So we headed to  Bakerzin. Menu list can be found from the website as well.

Since she needs to be back home for homecook dinner, I opt for Chef’s salad from the menu list. I am glad to choose this salad and it’s exceptionally refreshing and delicious for me. The combination was rather special than the ones that I had before.

Chef’s Salad @ S$13.50

Slivers of honey baked ham, roast beef, turkey, Spanish red onions, dried cranberries and walnuts tossed with a homemade dressing and topped with a hard-boiled egg. You can have the crunchy bites when u bite the walnuts, the lettuce with the baked ham, roast beef, turkey and the red onions blew me away. I don’t like the taste of the onions but the smell and taste of the onion is able to cover up with the combination. Totally not dried at all. Seatfu loves the walnuts especially.

 

Dessert is a must to cheer one’s mood. Especially chocolate as it is my favourite for all time. We decided to go for Warm Chocolate Cake @ S$11.50 per serving. The service staff informed us that the serving time takes approximately 10-15 minutes for this dessert.

 

It’s Bakerzin signature molten chocolate cake served with homemade vanilla ice-cream and fresh berries. The presentation is nice but not the vanilla ice-cream. It was melting when it is served. I believe that it has been placed a while before they served it out to us. The taste does not disappoint us though with the combination.

 

 

It was a pleasant dinner with great companion.

 We had a good catch up session over the dinner.

Canele @ Raffles City Shopping Centre

 I was browsing my blog post and i realized that i left out this post. This is supposed to be post up during august which is on my birthday week but it was left in the post until today. It was a friday night few days before my birthday. My sister suggested to have sisters' gathering and we decided to meet up at Raffles City Shopping Centre after work. I turned up almost 9pm and we decided to go for Canele Patisserie for dinner cum desserts.

The foods that we ordered that night:-

Pancake style which is quite similar with roti canai style. Combination of fresh vegetables and turkey hams and delightful sauce to go with the crepe.

Spaghetti with mushroom sauce and ham. Not sure the actual name of the dish but it is definitely a creamy one. It is awfully sinful for me as i feel that my weight increase with the creamy sauce.Ahaha... 

Laurel ordered sandwiches with eggs and hams if i am not mistaken. It's surely a big portion one and she can only stuffed part of it. 

Very filling one!

  

Desserts that we ordered:-

 

Le Royale is definitely a good choice for chocolate lover. A slice that costs S$7.48 is surrounded by the wall of chocolate glaze and almonds and topped with the heavenly bubble dark chocolate that melts into your mouth.

In love with their desserts. No wonder Canele is always in the dessert list if you google search through website. It definitely live up with their reputation. The desserts are very rich with ingredients and presentation. The presentation has taken the limelight of the day as it will attracts sweet tooth lovers to order. I do admit i am one of the sweet tooth lover. It totally brighten up the day when it slips into my mouth. I sound exaggerate? But i am chocolate lover and this dessert really satisfied my cravings for chocolate taste.

Address of the outlets:-

Shaw Centre

#01-01A

Paragon 

#B1-25

Raffles City Shopping Centre

#B1-81/82

The Pizza Place X Fruit Paradise

It was a monthly cousin gathering and here is the location for our July gathering. Carmen suggested The Pizza Place located at basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre. The restaurant is quite small scale and it is self-service order. So basically we will need to get a place to seat and queue for order.

Laurel & Carmen ordered Carbonara Linguine which is cream sauce topped with beef bacon bits @ S$9.80. The taste and the presentation is lovely. The cream sauce is way enough for the serving.

Beef Lagsana @ S$12.80 where the choice of juciy ground beef in the unique cheese and herbs. It was a filling dish. I can't finish it alone though. 

This is highly recommended by Carmen. It is the the wedges. 

We ordered two types which is one with baked one and the other is the original wedges. Forget the price though :p

Dinner was great. The foods are nice and price is decent. The companion is great too. I was the last person to reach. Luckily both of them wait for me patiently.

We went window shopping before we have our dessert time. It is to digest our immune system before we input more foods into our stomach.

Luckily we reserved the cakes because the cakes are selling like hot cakes. I always passed by Fruit Paradise and never really want to try the fruit cakes because i felt the price is a bit pricey.

Even by looking at the photos, my saliva is drooling. We ordered one slice of banana cake and mango cake to try. True enough that the taste is as good as the presentation.

 Awfully delicious and sinful! I felt so loved! 

The mango and banana are nicely filled into the gaps of the cake layers and you can taste the fruit sweetness when you have it with the sponge cake and also the cream.We were so engrossed with the cakes and started to have shooting before we dig in. 

It was truly a fruitful gathering. The cake slice is around S$6.90 per slice if i remembered clearly. I felt that the price is pricey but the quality of the cake paid off. I would love to try it again.

All photos taken using Olympus camera.

 Photos credit to Carmen.