Sunday, October 01, 2006
She heard about this cafe called Miss Clarity Cafe at Purvis street that was supposed to have good food at a cheap price, so after walking around Millenia and Suntec, we took a walk down there... Quite nearby...
Decor was quite cheeful... although it looked a bit childish... You know the sort, just tables and colourful chairs, like those you'd find at Ikea... The good thing about this cafe is that there's free wireless... Just too bad there aren't any comfy sofa seats to slack in, kinda farney to be doing your work on the normal tables and chairs... feels too much like a classroom... Ahaha...
Food wasn't bad, main course about $8, drinks ranged from $1 to $4.50, same for desserts... It got a bit noisy as there were a few large groups in the cafe... guess they tried to make it more 'high-class' by placing tea candles on the table.. But... the whole setting just looked mismatched... Heh...
Food presentation wasn't bad... I had the Chicken Ballotine, she had the Chicken Cordon Bleu... The Ballotine was nice and juicy, but the Cordon Bleu could have been a bit more moist, probably cos they were using chicken breast for that... the presentation and sauces were nice though...
Chicken Ballotine... Roasted chicken thigh stuffed with mushrooms, delicious! Potatoes are very nicely done too..
Chicken Cordon Bleu... Breaded chicken with a cream sauce... think its stuffed with ham too...
They had nice appetisers too... the usual finger foods, and in an attempt to cater to a more upmarket crowd, they actually offered fresh oysters and french escargots... Hehe... I just had to try the escargots, wanted to compare them to Jacks' Place escargots...
Whats left of the French Escargots in garlic butter... Yum... Heh...
The winner? I'd say Miss Clarity's... both were comparable... just that price wise, Miss Clarity's is cheaper... Lol...
Dessert was filling as well... The Milk and Bread pudding was damn good... moist and firm, not too sweet, and the raisins on top complemented the pudding nicely... The Mud Ooze I ordered was interesting... Ice cream on top of a serving of brownie drowned in melted french chocolate was just to DIE for...
Milk and Bread Pudding... with raisins too!! Damn sinful... =)
Mud Ooze... Even MORE sinful... vanilla ice cream on top of a serving of melted chocolate and brownie... *drool*
Too bad the atmosphere there wasn't as nice as I'd hoped a cafe could have been... In the end, we went down the street to CAN cafe for its nice cosy area to sit, chat and chill... But not before walking around Bugis Junction to digest some of the food... Haha...
I've always loved the drinks at CAN cafe... interesting mugs used... Ordered a Copacabane Beach and one Sunset Boulevard... Both quite fruity and nice... then we just sat there and slacked... talked crap and laughed at silly things...
Drinks at CAN Cafe... Sunset Boulevard on the left, Copacabana Beach on the right... Good place to chill out too...
I never really had a chance to explore the cafe, but she noticed that they had old newspapers on the wall... and the newspaper itself was quite interesting... One was from The Examiner, dated Feburary 15th, 1942... On the front page, was the article covering the surrender of Singapore to the Japanese... The other newspaper was The Statesman, dated January 31st, 1948... The cover story was on the assasination of Ghandi... who was shot 4 times while on his way to prayers... Its actually quite amzing that the newspapers were actually still in quite good condition...
CAN cafe really is a nice spot to relax in... and if you take a look around, you'd see interesting things in that cafe... Like old ice kachang machines, old cameras and sewing machines too... not to mention all the movie memorabilia hung everywhere... I actually hated it when we had to leave the cafe... =)
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