Kunafa pistachio min jiang kueh from Munchi Pancakes

No surprise here that Munchi Pancakes is on this bandwagon. No disparagement in that previous statement too. This one's quite nice - milky, nutty and sweet with crunch from the kataifi between the jiggly pancake layers.

Revisiting Tiong Bahru Bakery @ Raffles City

Been a while since we were last at Tiong Bahru Bakery - mostly because I never liked what I had that much from them previously. Menu's updated a little since.

There's a coconut pandan financier (for SG61) and another one with hazelnuts. Pleasantly surprised that both these were kinda nice. They were buttery enough and I liked the pandan infusion from the former that wasn't overshadowed by coconut. Also liked that saltiness we were tasting from the hazelnut one.

Pretty pleasant custard-y canele.

Found a cream shio pan - gotta admit that I rather liked it. It's a little different from the one from Noci Bakehouse. Something about the cream maybe.

Okay-ish houjicha latte. This one was actually kinda smooth going down and a little more milky rather than a more robust tea flavour I was hoping for.

Chocolate banana cake from Secret Recipe @ Mid Valley Southkey

Stopped by Secret Recipe (LG-046, The Mall, Mid Valley Southkey, Persiaran Southkey 1, Southkey, 80150 Johor Bahru) for a slice of their chocolate banana cake. Came with a teh tarik as part of their tea set. Teh wasn't good. Tasted like it came from a packet rather than freshly brewed.

Sushiro, Q4 2025 - Q3 2026

Another compilation of random stuff from Sushiro (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九,十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七) eats from last quarter of 2025 to around 3rd quarter 2026. Most of it happened in the last quarter of 2025 so there's more of the winter toppings.

Curry clams udon.

Shirako gunkan with ponzu jelly.

Ankake shirako chawanmushi.

Winter yellowtail with anikmo.

Anikimo gunkan with ponzu jelly.

Crispy chicken nigiri.

Kani miso wrap.

Mozzarella tempura with honey and salt

Roast beef with yuzu kosho.

Sweet potato apple.

 

Wagyu if I remember right. It tasted much better than it looked.

Miyagi salted beltfish. Forgettable.

Uni & cream cheese with ponzu sauce - there's bonito powder and onions in it as well. Sushiro has traditionally not faired well with the quality of their uni and this was no exception. The smokiness from the bonito powder was nice with the cream cheese though.

Aburi shiodare cod. Didn't remember much of it so it probably wasn't great.

Tempura cod nigiri.

Butter & scallop. Nice.

Shrimp, cheese and mentaiko mayo. A guilty pleasure.

Some limited time thing. It's Arabiki sausage with mayo and ketchup. It's actually kinda nice.

Prawn nigiri two ways. Raw and boiled. I prefer the raw one which was sweeter.

Matcha parfait with matcha Kit Kat.

A $6.10 Suntory for ND 2026.

Revisiting Tsujiri Premium @ Tanjong Pagar

Back at Tsujiri Premium. Tried the mango matcha milk cap & black sesame matcha latte. The latter's pretty good with a nice balance of the flavours/aromas from both the matcha & kurogoma. Light on the sweetness as well. As for the mango matcha milk cap...I'm more favourably disposed towards the strawberry one we had previously. Something odd about the mango flavouring.

That's a slice of Okinawa sea salt matcha dark choco cake. Loads of creamy salted dark chocolate with matcha and some crunchy bits of stuff in it. Not bad.

Noci Bakehouse, Suntec City

Sister to Noci Pasta Bar located at the end of Suntec closer to Millenia Walk (#01-604, Suntec City Tower 3, 3 Temasek Boulevard). They're at the spot that used to be Bakery 1946.

What's enticing about the bakery are their salt bread - their equivalent to Japanese shio pan. These here were larger. Got the one with black sesame and butter.

The insides had sweet black sesame paste and butter. Nice! 

The cream salt bun is not to be missed.

Birds of Paradise, Beach Road

Ducked into Birds of Paradise (263 Beach Road, tel  : +65 9820 5763) for sanctuary from the sweltering humidity.

Picked up a couple of scoops in their eggy rosemary flavoured cone. Top's osmanthus pear and bottom's sea salt hojicha. Nice.

Plain Vanilla Bakery, Cluny Court

We've walked past and sometimes into various outposts of Plain Vanilla Bakery numerous times and have never eaten/bought anything from them until today. Why? The confluence of correct signs never aligned. Today happened because we chanced upon no queues and also an empty table in this tiny (relative to their other stores) branch (#01-03A Cluny Court, 501 Bukit Timah Road, tel : +65 8363 7615).

So we grabbed a couple of cakes. 

Dark chocolate marble loaf - dry-ish but not bad tasting.

If memory serves, olive oil cake with Earl Grey buttercream and strawberry jam. Didn't taste any olive oil and the Earl Grey was subtle. Tangy sweet strawberry jam was pretty good though.

Black sesame cheesecake from Queic

Back at Queic. Pleasantly surprised at how light their black sesame cheesecake was. Black sesame flavour's pretty robust.

Re-revisiting Merci Marcel @ Eng Hoon Street

Been some years since we were last at Merci Marcel at Tiong Bahru.

Got the sweet potatoes & lentils hummus thinking it might be sweet. They weren't. 😬 Tasted like regular hummus packed with cumin flavour and a different texture. There's supposed to be coconut milk in the hummus which I never detected.

Love the roasted feta with the pears, both poached and fresh.

Pleasantly surprised by their beef burger. Meat's nicely caramelised, still moist on the inside and not destroyed by marinates/herbs. Good saltiness coming from the Parmesan cheese and crispy Bayonne ham. Those toasted sesame on top of the buns were nice!

Cauliflower trilogy - had these at Club Street previously. Still so delicious.

Not bad orange confit & cardamom cake.