CAFES & TAKEAWAY

The most popular castella cake from Malaysia, Ah Mah Homemade Cake opens two outlets in Singapore at once! First launched in Restoran Poh Yap, Kota Kemuning, Malaysia, on 7 April 2017, the concept has soared in popularity within the span of two months, and has opened 14 outlets across Malaysia. With an average queue time of around 45 to 60 minutes, the brand has sold over 100,000 boxes of its delicious cakes in Malaysia to date.

The “castella” cakes from Ah Mah Homemade Cake are inspired by the popular egg sponge cakes from Tamsui, Taiwan, and infused with a local twist. Freshly baked for 80 minutes every day, each batch is made purely with milk, eggs, and quality flour. There is no added water, preservative and colouring.

There are two flavours to be savoured: Original, and Cheese (which comes with a variety of cheese to enliven the flavour). To ensure absolute freshness and maintenance of quality, Ah Mah Homemade Cake bakes its cakes daily and discards all cakes after 12 hours if they are not consumed.

Taking over the space of Carpenter & Cook Jr, All the Batter opens their second outlet after the one at Anchorpoint. They specialize in… AVOCADO! and they serve many avocado-related desserts.

Amamoto Café is a take-away counter concept that reinvents the 1500-year-old Japanese culture of Amazake-drinking for a new generation of wellness and lifestyle aficionados. Amazake, or ‘sweet wine’, is an alcohol-free beverage made from fermented rice, with no added sugar. It is packed with enzymes – thanks to the special koji mould used in its fermentation, which in turn produce essential amino-acids, oligosaccharides, vitamins, minerals, and a host of other bio-chemicals that bring repair, nutrition and health to the body – giving the drink an amazing array of wellness and beautifying benefits.

The Autobus is a bespoke bicycle retail shop-cum-cafe. The weekend brunch starts from $11. They are proud of their pulled pork burger ($18) using slow cooked pork and house-made BBQ sauce.

By Korean chef Emily Oh Young, CafeMama offers Dosirak도시락 (lunchbox) reminiscent of a scene from a Korean drama where mum prepares a tiffin meal packed with different vegetables and meat side dishes, kimchi and a serving of rice. Recommended: beef bulgogi dosirak ($9.90). They also serve other Korean street food like ramyeon pots ($8.90), and Budae Jjigae army stew ($9.90).

The cafe serves Western food including pasta (from $11.50), steak (from $16.80), chicken chop ($11.90), and salmon ($17.90).

The Dark Gallery is a new boutique café that promotes not only the enjoyment of artisanal dark chocolate desserts, but also the art behind their making. Customers can embark on an exploration of single origin chocolate from various countries, such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Madagascar and the Dominican Republic. Recommended: Single Origin Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Platter ($12) and the Single Origin Hot Chocolate Shots Platter ($8). Single Origin Chocolate Medley ($10) comprises one pastry, one scoop of dark chocolate ice cream, and one hot chocolate shot.

El Spice Bistro aims to provide quality food at inexpensive price, focussing on Mexican & North Indian Cuisines. For their butter chicken ($11.20), the sauce base is made of pure tomatoes boiled and cooked instead of using canned tomatoes as market practice. The chicken is marinated overnight. Other recommended dishes: Tikki Carbonara (S$10.90) & Burritos (S$10.80).

Mayson Bakery started as a small bakery in 1983. Now they open “Kopi & Tarts,” a local Halal cafe. Apart from coffee and tarts, they offer pastries, muffins, cakes, and mains such as Hong Kong-inspired noodle dishes.

Kori King is the pioneer of the most ancestral shaved ice in the world. The tradition of Kakigori dates back to the 11th century and was one of the most appreciated dessert of the Japanese elites. Over the past few decades, Kakigori became very popular during the warm summer months in Japan and is considered as a healthy dessert to cool down. All products are handmade and prepared daily with highly quality products imported from Japan with no additives, colorant or chemical flavors.

Kyoto coffeeshop opens in Singapore at Odeon Towers.

Casual cafe.

My Banh Mi Saigon (MBM Saigon) is a family business managed by Celebrity Chef Bobby Chinn’s father, Frank Chinn. Together with Vietnam’s well-known European chef Andreas Ertle who has opened restaurants globally from New York to Moscow, the specialty sauces and roasting processes of the quality meat being used by MBM Saigon was developed.

In Singapore, it’s a takeaway kiosk that currently sells 4 banh mi and 4 noodles. Recommended: Roasted pork banh mi ($7.50) and marinated pork rice noodles ($8.50).

A cafe and bar selling specialty rice and fusion dishes.

The famous Osaka cheese tarts are open today! They also offer a variety of other flavours including chocolate and matcha green tea. There are also cheese milkshakes.

Pastas start from $8.90, and pizzas from $13.90. In the morning, they serve sandwiches starting from $4.50.

Tok Panjang, which is established in 1985, has opened a new Peranakan cafe at Dorsett Residences.

Salad shop.

HAWKERS

American Western food.

This is a subsidiary of Rong Cheng Bak Kut Teh, catering to a younger crowd. The set is priced at an affordable $8.50, and includes 2 side dishes and Japanese rice.

After Beach Road and Geylang, Beach Road Scissor Curry Rice opens its 3rd outlet, taking over the space of Hua Nam restaurant. It is opened by a 4th generation hawker.

From the facebook page: “Quality ingredients and sauces are used in all dishes to allow individuals to enjoy ‘NEAR’ Restaurant Dishes at Coffeeshop prices.” Rice bowls are priced at $5.80 to $9.80.

They serve curry in a claypot. Choose drumsticks or wings or veg.

They hand-make their ramen noodles, and boil the broth for 8 hours. There are two options: tonkotsu pork broth or spicy miso broth.

Ramen Taisho moved from the Clementi mall to Maxwell food centre. They hand make their noodles and serve them in tonkotsu pork broth for below $10.

The Toa Payoh Branch, not the one at Joo Chiat, has opened an outlet at Thomson Plaza.

They serve Singapore-inspired bowls such as wagyu beef and iberico pork bowls.

By the same people behind defunct Nung Len.

You may be interested in…
–New Cafes & Hawkers in July 2017
–New Cafes and Hawkers in June 2017
–New Cafes in May 2017
–New Restaurants and Hawkers in May 2017

PHOTO CREDIT: Photos without RERG logo are taken from the respective establishments’ facebook pages or websites.

Written by A. Nathanael Ho.