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Loola’s by Awfully Chocolate @ Esplanade

24 Feb

Loola's

Loola's

Happened to be around Esplanade area to standby for Chingay’s on a Saturday afternoon and chanced upon this cafe for some sweet treats. Warning: Please read this after your meal!

Loola's

Loola's

Loola's

Loola's

Loola's

We were at a loss of what to choose cos all looked really awesome especially the cupcakes. So in the end we minimainiminimo and…

Loola's

Loola's

We chose Hazel Crumble that came with a scoop of Awfully Chocolate’s signature chocolate ice cream. I like the mixture of the slight saltiness of the hazel crumble on top of the dense and moist chocolate cake! Even though it seems like an overkill, but the mixture of the cake plus the chocolate ice cream was so good!

The only gripe I had was the price of this dessert. Even though it’s located at a tourist attraction, $12 (without GST & service charge) for this is quite overpriced to me.

Loola's

Moreover, the latte was a huge disappointment. It was scalding hot and the latteart looked so halfhearted! We had to wait for a while for it to be drinkable and the coffee was not as kickass as we expected it to be. Even after we hinted to the waitress that the temperature of the coffee is not acceptable, the only solution she came back with was to add cold milk. I heard “Aiyo aiyo ai ai yo…” in my head at her lacklustre service. But luckily the dessert saved the day, really.

Loola's

Loola's

As much as I would love to recommend the dessert to my friends to try at Loola’s, I feel that the money can be better spent elsewhere for equally awesome dessert at a more affordable price. However it is a nice place to chill at Esplanade while waiting for a concert or gig to start. Maybe you can try the iced drinks instead! 😉

*****

Loola’s by Awfully Chocolate
8 Raffles Avenue #02-14
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
Operation Hours:
Sun to Thu: 1200 – 2200
Fri – Sat: 1200 – 0000

Standing Sushi Bar @ Queens Street

23 Jan

I don’t deny that I’m a very typical Singaporean who loves promotions/sales/discounts – especially when it comes to food! So recently, I chanced upon this $3 salmon sashimi promotion (5 slices) on Standing Sushi Bar’s FB page and I quickly set up a date with 2 girlfriends (who are foodies like me) for a salmon feast!

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And we weren’t disappointed! The salmon sashimi were really fresh and generous with thick soft and almost melt-in-the-mouth kinda texture. In the end… we ordered 30 friggin pieces to share, for just 3 of us and not forgetting the tasty beef sukiyaki! Perfect for the chilly weather nowadays actually. Due to the dark environment (and dark soup), the picture turned out quite nasty! 😦 But anyhoo…

Catch the salmon promo while you can! Details in the banner below. 😉

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Credits to Standing Sushi Bar

Standing Sushi Bar
8 Queen Street
(Just besides Food for Thought)

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