Paddington House of Pancakes

Salina and I picked Paddington House of Pancakes at City Square Mall for lunch to replenish our brain juices after our last paper. Even though there were not many people as we patronised on a weekday, be prepared to wait for your pancakes as they are freshly flipped from the griddle and served straight to your plate! I love how we were able to see the chef flipping our pancakes. Nothing beats knowing the food served to you are made fresh on the spot. 

If you order the Classic Buckleberry like me, you can look forward to having blueberry pancakes (changed mine to pancakes with banana slices) served with scrambled eggs, mushrooms wrapped in turkey bacon and also a generous portion of maple syrup. A clever combination of sweet and savoury, need I elaborate further? The pancakes were airy and fluffy as well. However, I wish they would be more generous with the bacon and mushrooms. 

Since Salina was dying for something sweet, so she settled for the Choco Fondue which consisted of dollar pancakes with bananas, strawberries, marshmallows, nuts, cinnamon and ice cream served with a pot of chocolate fondue. You would definitely not go wrong with anything dipped in chocolate fondue! 

We found ourselves in some very interesting shops after the meal. 

If you ever need a reason to eat pancakes, well, (Salina would agree with me) any day is pancakes day! Do yourself a favor and get yourself some pancakes today. 

Paddington House of Pancakes
180 Kitchener Road, City Square Mall
Singapore 208539
66129029

PasarBella at The Grandstand

With more than 30 stalls, PasarBella is an open concept market at The Grandstand. Other than groceries and food, there are a variety of other specialty shops that sell products such coffee, cheese (yes, cheese wheels), wine, and a few other novelty shops that sell art and even fragrances. This post is put together after 3 visits (also why I can't remember the prices for most of the food featured here), so you can see how much we love this quaint place.

Neon signs add a rustic touch to the marketplace. 

The hot favourite Seafood Paella from Le Patio in its monster size pan.

You would not miss this stall for sure! This is the one that most of the patrons were queuing up for so we just had to try for ourselves! Not sure if the paella was served hot, because after buying, we walked around to buy some other food and by the time we settled down to nom on our paella, it was not hot. But the seafood was really tasty and fresh. 

We also got the Honey Glazed Pork Ribs from Nana's Kitchen to try. The ribs were lightly charred and the beautiful glaze made us ridiculously hungry even after downing the huge portion of paella. Even though the ribs were very sweet, it was equally as tough and difficult to chew. Definitely not suitable for Nana.

On two of our visits, we ordered Sea Salt Carribean Deli's Pulled Pork Sandwich ($14) which we could not stop ooohing and mmming about! Accompanied with a pile of greens, the chef put together this sandwich by stacking a generous portion of pulled pork, cream cheese and onions between two thick slices of bread. Good for sharing!

One simply does not walk past Keith Crackling Roast and not be drawn to their Roast Pork Belly ($8). There were two choices of sauces - apple sauce and mustard sauce, to dip in. We easily agreed that the crackling pork roast went better with the apple sauce, although the pork was tasty even on its own. 

And here is Glenn's favourite! He never fails to leave PasarBella without an ice pop (maybe because the server is a cute girl) from Popaganda. So far, he has tried Straight-Up Raspberry and Banana Dark Chocolate and has nothing but praises for them. 

Stop by Oceans of Seafood for fresh seafood with fishes with eyes bigger than my toes and crabs bigger than my face. We are very sure the seafood you see there are fresh and alive because one of the clams closed its shell when a patron attempted to put his hand near it. 

If we had to describe PasarBella in one word, we'd say it's like a carnival. A mismatch of shops come together to form a place full of wonders, surprises and great food. 

PasarBella @ The Grandstand Bukit Timah
200 Turf Club Road Singapore 287994
Stalls: 9.30am to 7pm
Restaurants: 10am to 10pm

P.S. The Grandstand provides shuttle bus services (great for people like us who don't drive!) at Clementi and Toa Payoh MRT Station. The shuttle bus time schedule can be found here.

Penny University

It has been what, 4 months?! Sleepless nights meeting tight project deadlines left me with no time for the blog. So, on the day of our final submission of projects, I went for brunch with Vanessa, Salina and Qian Hui at Penny University to celebrate our tiny victory! One step closer to poly graduation yay!

The smell of endless possibilities hit us once we entered the cafe, oh I meant the smell of coffee. However, we did not expect the cafe to be fully packed that Thursday afternoon (or because it is a small space), so we had to wait some time before we got seats. 

Vanessa ordered the Vanilla-infused Greek Yogurt with Granola ($6) that came with strawberries and blueberries because she was not feeling as hungry as the rest of us.

Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, Capers, Dill on Bagel - $8 

Salina almost broke her tooth trying to eat her bagel but the smoked salmon made her day.

Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon - $12

I went for the poached eggs on sourdough toasts and smoked salmon, because that seemed like the only right thing to do that day. Combining rich and creamy eggs Benedict and fatty smoked salmon, things do not get better than this!

Croque Monsieur - $12

This is a dish of turkey ham topped with gruyere, parmesan and homemade bechamel sauce, served on toasted ciabatta and mustard. If you are a fan of cheese like Qian Hui, you will definitely like this dish.

The Peppermint Hot Chocolate and Hot Chocolate (priced at $4 each cup) that we ordered were quite good as well. The minty flavor provided an invigorating sensation, which we really needed that day. I saw that some other diners were having an interesting bowl of colors and found out from the staff that they were having Turkish Eggs. Seems like this dish is rather popular, try it if you are there the next time!

Penny University 

Closed on Monday

Tuesday to Thursday: 8.30am - 6pm

Friday & Saturday: 8.30am - 12am

Sunday: 8.30am - 9pm 

402 East Coast Road

Singapore 428997

63450955