Blackbird Cafe Singapore Food Review

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Blackbird Café has been around for a couple of years already but for some reason, we kept missing the golden timing for brunch! After my appointment with my gynae at Mount Elizabeth, we were kinda racking our brains thinking about what to eat. Too many choices when you are in town! And then I finally remembered about Blackbird Café which is located along Handy Road, in between Plaza Singapura and The Cathay! 🙂

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The hubs called to find out when’s the last order for brunch before we made our way there. After placing our orders, we were told that we had to wait for about 20 minutes for our food because there was a private event going on. Okaaay~

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At least they made an effort to serve us our drinks first. Go Bananas ($9) for him and Mango Delight ($9) for me. Yummilicious and healthy fruit smoothies that weren’t overly sweet.

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The many faces of misterchewy. I had commented that he badly needed a haircut. LOL.

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I realized that misterchewy likes to order his food in big portions because he’s almost always ordering “Big Breakfast” if there’s one on the brunch menu. Sadly, the portion of the Big Breakie ($19) seemed miserable. He had chosen scrambled eggs, which came with bacon, a sausage, hash cake, tomato and sourdough bread on top of baked beans. The hubs wasn’t used to the hash cake as its texture was too soft and mushy for his liking. I suppose the rest of the items were ok for him but he didn’t look very satisfied.

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I know I shouldn’t be eating anything that’s not fully cooked at this moment but I wasn’t able to resist the idea of having Eggs Benny (14.80) for brunch. Besides, my gynae advised me to eat eggs everyday 😛 Likewise for me, I was a little taken aback by its meagre size. I chose Portobello mushrooms over smoked salmon and bacon. Taste wise, it was mediocre as well. Nothing to shout about. Guess we won’t be back anytime soon!

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Blackbird Café
6 Handy Road
Singapore 229234
Tel: 6337 3448

Opening Hours:
Mon to Thu
11am – 11pm
Fri
11am – 12 midnight
Sat
10am – 12 midnight
Sun
10am – 10pm

Cafe Melba: A Tranquil Foodie Escape From The City

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I have always wanted to visit Cafe Melba after seeing photos of truffle fries posted by some of my friends on Facebook. I’m not on a quest to hunt down the BEST truffle fries in Singapore but it’s actually quite fun comparing and agreeing on which are the places that serve really really good ones! 🙂

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As our birthdays are one week apart, it was good enough reason (sorry cuz we are very busy ppl) for Pei Rong and I to celebrate and catch up over dinner with our husbands on a lovely Saturday evening. For some reason, I didnt have any of my cameras with me and had to rely on my iPhone 5 that day. #bopian

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Thankful that PR and her husband gave us a lift (we came from the west) because Cafe Melba is located at such an ulufied place! I have never even heard of Goodman Arts Centre. Sheesh! Take public transport at your own risk 😛

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However, Cafe Melba has a very nice ambience. Rustic, yet romantic. I like. But Pei Rong and I agreed that Cafe Melba reminds us of PS Cafe. Does anyone know if they are under the same group?

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Even the menu is so PS Cafe-ish.

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The Truffle fries ($13) were quite good, but not the best that I have had so far. I don’t think I would travel all the way to Cafe Melba just for this.

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There is all day breakfast here! Good for those who like eating breakfast food anytime of the day. Haha.

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Pei Rong and misterchewy had the Full Melba cooked breakfast ($25). Eggs can be done in various ways – poached, sunny side up or scrambled. Only free range, organic eggs are selected. I only tried a bit of pork sausage and mushrooms. Sausage was quite salty but the mushrooms were good.

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Forgot that we had truffle fries to share, if not I wouldn’t have ordered the Haddock and chips ($24). The fish was coated with light batter and was crispy. Nothing to shout about though.

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Every pizza at Cafe Melba is made to order a la minute and is available from 12pm onwards everyday. There are 10 types to choose from and we had the 12 inch smoked chicken pizza with additional shiitake mushrooms ($25). I only had a slice because I personally found it strangely sweet. Not really to my liking.

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The food that we had was satisfactory but I really like the ambience. Perhaps we would have better luck with the other dishes next time!
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PoTeaTo @ Yong Siak Street: Lazy Sunday Brunch with Friends!

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Hoho! Sorry this is yet another long overdue post from yours truly 😛 The secondary school friends met up to celebrate the September babies’ birthdays and we had brunch at PoTeaTo on a Sunday afteroon.

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PoTeaTo is at Yong Siak Street, some walking distance from Tiong Bahru MRT station. As you can see, the weekend brunch set is actually quite limited but the offerings are pretty attractive nevertheless.

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I think SS was the only one in the group who ordered the Avo on Toast ($14.80). Look at the generous amount of avocado!

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SS and MJ. These two guys used to sit behind me when we were in Secondary One. LOL.

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Chee and JH.

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The September birthday boys – CY and misterchewy!

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The Brekkie Platter ($16.80) features all my favorites on one plate! I didnt choose this but I koped a bit from the hubs 😛

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I ordered the All American Breakfast ($14.80) because I thought it sounded really good from what I read from the menu but I overlooked that it was ‘baked’. Was kinda surprised when this was served and wondered if I did order this. LOL.

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Me and Bee FF! 😛 She will be one of my jie mei (sister) on our wedding day! Anybody with solid wedding gatecrash ideas please email me at missuschewy@ gmail.com Thanks! 😀

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This is so cute! PoTeaTo coffee art!

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Coincidentally or not, my friend is PoTeaTo’s chef! Ok by the time you read this, she’s no longer working there anymore. It’s such a pity and I can’t wait to find out what other big plans she has in mind! You go girl! 🙂

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It’s the weekend again! I promise my next post will be on our Bangkok trip! Stay tuned! 😀

PoTeaTo
78 Yong Siak Street
#01-18
Singapore 163078
Tel: 6221 2488

Opening Hours:
Tue to Fri
11am – 10pm
Sa
10am – 10pm
Sun
10am – 9pm