Showing posts with label Cafe. Show all posts

Hey guys, so it's been a quiet past few days since coming back from Bali - a bit of a post trip down especially since Justin is gone to Australia for work, but I've been trying to keep my mood up catching up on some old blog posts and meeting close friends (though some days I've been failing but it's ok).

Anyway, thanks to Hilary's ever expert knowledge on where the new, cool cafes are, we ended up at The Glasshouse on a rainy weekday afternoon for a little coffee (or tea, in my case) which is located at Chijmes, and it's funny because I never knew noticed this glass box before all my times I've been here but hey, here it is - and isn't it quaint?

The cafe had only been open for just two weeks when we went down, so they were just going by a tips system (i.e. where you just pay however much you think your drink should be), also there wasn't any food available yet but it's called a toast bar, so I'll see the next time I'm back, which also happens to be this week anyway for a little The Ordinary Co shoot!

The space is quite small, I think it fits max 20-25 pax, and was quite crowded even when we went on a weekday, so come early to chope your seat!

The Glasshouse
30 Victoria Street
#01-K11, CHIJMES
Singapore 187996

Opening Hours:
(Mon – Fri) 7.30am – 5.00pm
(Sat – Sun) 8.30am – 6.00pm

I don't know why more people post about this place on the 'gram but I am crazy about Sprout Salad Bar's interiors - I mean, that blue velvet couch alone is just iconic. And to top it off, the mosaic floors, too-cool fluorescent words on the wall ("we covet what we see") and gentle light filtering through the air well are such a clean and refreshing palette to match the food offerings here, which lean towards the super healthy (could you guess from the cafe name?)

Had fun pretending to be all healty / hipster at Stranger's Reunion post-yogasana with Sujin - this girl really just entertain's all my whims and wishes whenever I have these crazy urges to check out a new find!


So anyway, I've heard about Stranger's for the longest time but just never really found any reason to come down, I mean, it's just another cafe right? But after chancing upon a picture of their Avocado Smoothie Bowl ($11.90) on Instagram, I had to go because I've been crazy pinning all kinds of these super photogenic food on my Pinterest for the past couple of weeks but hadn't had a chance to try one or saw one pretty enough to take a trip down for... till now!


The Smashed Avocado Toast ($15.50) also was outstanding albeit a bit pricey for not a lot of food. The bread was crispy and fluffy and soaked with BUTTER, and the avocado was very generously lathered on (though still not really worth $15.50 on hindsight).


Anyway the verdict on the Smoothie Bowl is that it a) does not taste as bland or as baby food-ish as I thought b) it is a surprisingly filling to be a whole meal and c) I think it's not actually that healthy because it was super sweet, but that's what made it yummy, and I don't really care about healthy food anyway so whatever, haha.


Quite impressed with Stranger's Reu really, there are so many cafes in Singapore that bank on being pretty but serve subpar food, but their food is pretty legit AND the place is pretty too, of course, which is still an important part of cafe culture. Guess that's why they've been around so long!

Stranger's Reunion
33/35/37 Kampong Bahru Rd
Singapore 169355

Had a really fruitful trip to Bangkok with Janine last month - I think this is my fourth time ever in the city but there's always something to do and every vacation is a little different! This was by far the most chill in the sense that I only brought my camera out on the last day for our cafe trip, which I promise you is rare for me because I drag it every where with me normally, haha. It was kinda liberating to not have to take picture of everything, but of course I finally took it out with me because we were going to... Rocket Coffeebar!

So I swear I hardly see J9 in the day time other than shopping and cutting hair back in Singapore cause we are night bugs - but miraculously we managed to drag ourselves out of bed early-ish (around 11am) because we were worried it would be crowded. In actuality, it stayed pretty empty the whole time we were there - so no worries if you are coming in for a late lunch.

After the last few days of stuffing ourselves with mango sticky rice, coconut ice cream and tom yam seafood soup, it was quite refreshing to have a super clean, healthy, nordic breakfast. I had the Maiden's Breakfast Plate (370 Baht, or SGD14.60~), and I added on some wild mushrooms cause it didn't look super filling; and Janine had the Rocket Benedict (290 Baht, or SGD11.40~) which came with chorizo on a light brioche bun. Kinda envious because her eggs were hot - but I was trying to pick something different for once, kay. Fun fact: all the food on their brunch menu is gluten free! I'm not particular about my diet but just FYI if you're into that stuff.

Lastly, there are actually a few branches of Rocket Coffeebar in Bangkok, so make sure you come to the right one - which is at Sukhumvit Soi 49! Almost went to the one at Sathorn S12 which is not as pretty, true story.

Janine let me run around and have my fun taking photos of the place cause I'd been wanting to come here for quite a while (the space is sooo pretty, I mean you can see from the photos), so yay, another cafe off the bucket list!

Rocket Coffeebar S49
1/F, Grease building, Piman 49
Sukhumvit Soi 49
Bangkok, Thailand
Opening Hours: 7am – 9pm