Wild Honey - Mandarin Gallery

Hi guys! Sorry it's been a while since I've posted anything! I did Lasik on Sat (yay!)  and I didn't want to stare into my laptop screen for too long a time so this post has been delayed!

GD's birthday just passed and we celebrated it quietly (LOL)! On the actual day itself, the both of us just chilled and spent the day together.

We went for brunch/lunch at Wild Honey. Well it was supposed to be brunch/lunch but I was late (because I was baking him a mini cake) and it ended up being a late lunch. In the end, we arrived at Wild Honey at about 3pm! (Opps!!!)

One good thing about going there at 3pm is that there is no need for us to wait in line! On my first visit to Wild Honey, my friends and I had to wait sooooo long to be seated because there were just so many people! I think it was a 30-45min wait if I'm not wrong. After that, there was also another time when I wanted to dine at Wild Honey but we were told to expect a long wait so in the end, we gave up waiting and ate at Jones the Grocer instead! 

So, one of the perks of going there at an odd timing (3pm instead of 12pm) is that there is no waiting involved and we could even pick our seats! (:

We sat right in the middle of the cafe, on a very cute couch! 

Very comfy and perfect for two! 

Here are more photos of the interior of Wild Honey those people who have not been there yet!

Our table!

We were both so hungry because it was late so we placed our orders immediately!

First up, really good lattes!

We ordered 2 dishes to share - We couldn't ordered too much food because it was just the both of us and the portions are pretty big!

English ($22) - Their big breakfast basically - Scrambled eggs, pork sausages, sauteed mushrooms, baked beans, bacon and roasted tomatoes.

I love big breakfasts because there's everything on the plate! Loved the scrambled eggs! They were soft and creamy and oh so delicious! The bacon was great too because it wasn't too crispy or hard. The sausages were delicious as well! And the bread was fantastic!!!! It was so thick yet soft! I don't usually finish up the bread but I did for this because it was so good! The only thing I didn't really like was the beans because I don't really like to eat beans generally and I found them to be too hard.

I really enjoyed this plate!

Tunisian - Red pepper, onion, tomato stew, sliced chorizo sausage and 2 fried eggs in a sizzling pan! 

It definitely looks appetizing!

It's something new I must say, because I've never tried anything like it before and it was very nice! GD really enjoyed it, he finished it all up!!! 

That's all we ordered, but I'm just going to post some picture Tiff took when she went to Wild Honey on a separate occasion!

This is _______________. I don't know what this is, Tiff maybe you can fill it in for me! (:

European - Poached eggs, sauteed mushrooms and prosciutto on homemade brioche with hollandaise sauce!

I don't know what this is either! But it sure looks good! 

Price: 

$16-$24 for the breakfasts

The Meal:

Delicious meal! GD said that it reminded him of Perth, which is a good thing!!! (:

The Ambience: 

Lovely place, decor and ambience. It was very homely and cosy!

The Service:

Pretty friendly and helpful staff! 

Overall:

Definitely a good place to go to if you are craving for a hearty breakfast.

Address:

1) #03-02 Mandarin Gallery, Orchard Road, Singapore

2) A second outlet is opening soon! Very soon in fact, on the 12th of Nov! (Exciting!!!)

This new outlet is going to be at Scotts Square!

The address is:

6 Scotts Road, 3rd Floor

This outlet at Scotts Square is able to take reservations, so do call to make a reservation before going down if you want to avoid a lengthy wait! (:

Telephone:

+65 6235 3900 (Mandarin Gallery)

+ 65 6636 1816 (Scotts Square)

Website:

www.wildhoney.com.sg/

That's all for now, hope you had a good read! (:

Love, 

Huiyi

The Secret Garden Cafe- South Perth

I've been wanting to go to the Secret Garden cafe for a really long time but never ever got a chance to. But I finally managed to a few weeks ago when Cass and I decided to meet up for a nice catch-up session! :)

I didn't really manage to get some pictures of the exterior, so I had to steal some photos from the Secret Garden website! The cafe is located in South Perth and is really fast/easy to get to from the city. There is another Secret Garden cafe on Murray Street in the city, so don't be confused! 

Photo credits: Secret Garden Website 

Photo credits: Secret Garden Website

The outside of the cafe! 

The place looks just like a small, regular cafe from the outside...but it's a totally different story once you step in! 

Photo credits: Secret Garden Website

The doors that lead towards the garden! 

Photo credits: Secret Garden Website

The garden!!!

I was honestly quite shocked at how big the garden area was! I mean it wasn't like acres and acres of land or anything close to that, but the cafe really looked so small from the outside and suddenly there was a whole garden filled with lots of people everywhere! On top of that, it was a weekday afternoon so I was quite surprised to see so many people and how crowded the cafe was, especially because it wasn't even in the city.

Cass with the drinks that we ordered!

Cass's drink!

I know it looks really gross because so much of it overflowed out of the cup! haha. At this cafe, the ordering is self-service and you will get a number to bring back to your table and then the waitresses will serve the food and drinks to your table. So anyway, we kept seeing this lady carrying THIS drink and some piece of cake and she was looking HIGH and LOW for the table to serve it to. So we were looking at her and saying to one another how difficult it must be to find the table to serve it to because the garden is pretty big and there are so many different areas!!! We kept seeing her walk everywhere and she kept walking PAST our table, countless times and we were wondering, WHERE ON EARTH is she going with that cup of coffee (this whole time we didn't even know it was ours) and we were saying how we wouldn't want that cup because she was spilling it everywhere...then the next thing you know, she put it down on our table -_-!LOL.

My yummy chai latte!!!

The drinks and food took pretty long to come, so when it finally did come...I was absolutely famished and ready to gobble down all the food!!! :) But of course, not without taking pictures first! :D

:) 

Chicken sandwich! Haha. Honestly, I CANNOT recall at all what this was! 

Ok, have just checked their website...and this is a chicken foccacia that has char-grilled chicken, avocado, sun-dried tomatoes, cheese, lettuce & mayo! However, I think that the description was nicer than the actual thing! But it wasn't bad, just not fantastic. 

Our second dish...the caesar salad with calamari. Really liked this! Loved how much salad AND calamari they gave! The calamari was really tasty and nice and chewy and not too hard. 

The Secret Garden Cafe also serves breakfast all day, so I will definitely go back one day to try their breakfast! 

The Price:

$12-$18 for mains

Foccacia: $12

Calamari Caesar salad: $18

The Meal:

The food was nice but not very spectacular

The Ambience:

The place was very relaxing and inviting and there was a nice buzz around the place because of the crowd. However, the cafe really has a lot more potential for improvement and they can just add a little more to the garden to add to the "wow" factor

The Service:

I would say that I was a little dissappointed with the level of service because they really took a very long time to deliver both our drinks and food and as mentioned above, when Cass's drink came a lot of had already overflowed out of her cup. It would have been better if they had assigned table numbers so that the waitresses knew exactly where each table was so that they could serve the food faster and more efficiently.

Overall:

Although there are a few areas that I feel were lacking, I still had a very nice time at The Secret Garden Cafe. The place was unexpected and had a very nice, casual vibe to it. It was definitely something different from other cafes that I have been to and given the chance, I would definitely head back again, this time to try some of their breakfast items! :) 

Address:

64 Angelo Street, South Perth 

Tel:

(08) 9367 5597

Opening Hours:

Monday- Friday: 7.30am to 4.30pm

Saturday & Sunday: 7.30am to 5.00pm

Website:

http://www.secretgardensouthperth.com.au/

Hope you enjoyed reading this post! :) 

If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to comment or email us at:
fabandfamished@gmail.com

Love,
Tiff 

Antoinette - Mandarin Gallery

Hi guys! This is going to be the first post on a restaurant in Singapore! Tiff came back to SG to attend a wedding so the 3 of us (Tiff, Loo and I) met up for a lovely lunch plus a very lengthy catch up session (:

Here are some (kind of lousy) photos of the interior of Antoinette:

Lots of ladies!

Opps, unflattering photo of this woman. Haha

Alright, now lets just go straight to the food shall we? 

The three of us were famished by the time we got there so we wasted no time ordering. Loo came up with a very systematic way of deciding what to eat and soon, we were ready to order! 

I was craving for some breakfast so we ordered......................Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon!!! (Our all time favourite!)

I'm sorry my pictures look abit grainy and weird - The lighting in the restaurant was quite dim so my photos weren't very clear! So anyway, I thought the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon were really tasty, and the toast was delicious - crispy yet soft, if you know what I mean. I would definitely go back there for this dish. YUM!

We also ordered a savory pancake - Fluffy pancakes with mushroom ragout and bacon. 

This dish was just average. The mushroom ragout was kind of non-existent. The sauce was thin, very liquid and quite tasteless! I guess we expected something rich and creamy, so we were all quite disappointed at how it turned out to be like. Nevertheless, the pancakes were nice!

We ordered another dish - Crepe with paris ham and sunny side up but, I'm so sorry to tell you guys that I forgot to snap a photo of it!!! Urgh!!! I'm so so sorry! I think I was too engrossed in the conversation (and the actual eating of the food), that's why I forgot to take a photo of the crepe!!! :( 

But I have to say that the crepe was nice, it was filled with paris ham (salty the way I like it), served with a beautiful sunny side up in the middle and a generous amount of green salad scattered on top. 

Oh yes, we ordered lattes as well and we really enjoyed it! 

After our meal, we all felt that we still had space in our tummies for dessert, so we went on to order 2 desserts!!! 

This is Violette, what a pretty name! 

I was very intrigued by it's description so I couldn't wait to try it. It had a really unique flowery taste which was very pleasant, but I didn't like the texture of the cake because it was quite dry and hard.

I preferred the next dessert - Mont Blanc, doesn't it look very interesting?

It's basically some kind of almond tart and it was good. Impossible for 1 person to finish but great for sharing!

So after consuming three main courses and two desserts, we left Antoinette with exploding tummies. 

Pretty ladies! Really look forward to hanging out in SG again! (:

Fab and Famished, one more month before we reunite!!!

Price:

Mains (Breakfast, pancakes and crepes): $10 - $20

Cakes/Desserts: $8 to $10 depending on which ones

Coffee: $3.50 - $6.50

The Meal:

I wasn't very impressed with the food - I expected it to be much better. However, I would go back next time and try their pastas, sandwiches etc!

The Ambience:

I liked it, it was a really lovely and cute little place!

The Service:

Not very fantastic or friendly, just average.

Overall:

Overall a nice and quiet place, really good for some girly catching up time or high-tea. I wasn't blown away by the food but I would go back for dinner one day! 

Address:

333A Orchard Road, #02-33/34 Mandarin Gallery, Singapore

Telephone:

+65 6836 9527

Opening hours:

9am to 10pm daily!

(Last orders 930pm)

Lots of Love,

Huiyi