Old Town Coffee and Toast cafe, Soup Spoon & Ikea

I fell in love with Old Town the last time I went to Genting. Ah dear was sooooo hungry the moment we touched down, and so he bought quite a lot of Old Town toast. My god, I remembered it was an agonizing long wait for the toast! But hey, it was really nice! =D And then when we reached Genting, we bought more again! Me like me like! Hehs.

(Under poor lighting, iPhone sure takes lousy picture! That's the problem when I don't bring my camera out everyday. Haha!)

Old Town started off from Malaysia, but now, you can find their instant coffee everywhere! But hmm, I'm not a great fan of coffee. I don't like the smell of it. BUT! I thought the white coffee was NICE! Haha. And, it was a great companion in the cold cold Genting. Haha.

So, I got really happy when I saw it in Singapore! Haha. I went to get some toasts to calm my growling stomach since I was at NTU the other day. =D Oh, that made me really happy even though I'm supposed to be on a strict diet. Hahaha!

In case you are looking for the branch in JP, here's the address. It's neatly tucked away on the top front, near the NTUC xtra. Hehs.

Well, as I was saying, I was on a strict diet. So, I only ordered one toast (it was a taboo too cos that's not liquid diet at all!) and no white coffee (I cannot take caffeine products). I was happy enough!

Seriously, I had long forgotten the taste of the toast. The last time I tasted it seems so long ago. Haha. So, I only remembered it as very nice. But, I expected the taste of a normal toast. Oh, but the moment I bite in, I have to go 'Ohhhhhhh....'. (If you know me well enough, ya, I gave that lighted up face that I always give when I eat something nice. Hahaha!) Ya, alone, in the middle of JP2. Lol!

I'm seriously craving for moreeeeeee.

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I love going to Ikea. Not because of furniture, not because of meatballs and chicken wings, but because of THIS! My favourite hot dog bun! Haha. Actually, I think it's not too difficult to find hotdog buns like this around. But, since we are near Ikea, I have an excuse to eat a hotdog bun that can make me smile non-stop. =D So, why not? Hehs.

I love steam bread! Because they are always so soft and yummy!

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Went to soup spoon on Friday after Ikea since there's buses to Vivo. BOO! That's not exactly what I would love to eat when I'm at Vivo city! Haha. But well, considering that I should attempt to eat as much healthy food that's smoothing to my stomach, OK FINE!

But erm, no, I wun want to go back there for dinner anytime in future. Seriously, I felt really miserable through the entire dinner. You should ask Ah dear for my gloomy face la. Haha.

The main reason why I felt miserable was seriously not because the soup is not nice. But mainly because I need more texture other than plain soup for a meal. If it's the starters, I would not mind that much. Oh, blame it on my stomach. Haha!

That's ah dear's clam chowder. Quite nice! Haha. At least there are ingredients to chew chew chew. Hehs.

My pumpkin soup (because ah dear say I cannot eat tomato. BOO!). Grrrr... I want MEAT! Or at least vegetables! Haha. It was a little sweet. Hehs. First few mouths were really good. I got so sick and tired of the taste after some time. I didn't finish the whole bowl. Haha.

Please do not ask me there to drink soup for dinner again!

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Realized something? My main reviews are on bread bread and more bread! Lol! This explains how much I love eating bread. Hehs.

Provence Bread

Don't ask me why did I keep raving about how delicious certain breads are. Haha. Because, they are like my life. I cannot live without them. I simply love their texture, their softness and their taste! Haha. Especially with my current stomach condition, bread seems to be a magic food to me. Hahaha. Ah dear and mummy ask me to just eat bread for all my meals to save all trouble. LOL! I really wanted to. If not for a balanced diet..... Haha.

Back to Provence bread. I hope I din get their name wrong! =X Hehs. I'm so super bad at names...... Hehs. Even dishes names and restaurants names! Haha. To make sure that I've got it right, here's the plastic bag. Lol!

The Provence bakery and cafe is actually a Japan and French fusion. They make really nice bread. Ok, at least their signature breads are really nice! Haha. They have a few branches around. But I'm only familiar with the ion one. Not too sure of the location at Holland Village. And according to their website, there's a few other branches too. Go check it out yourself! Haha.

I love the way the cafe look, by the way. Hehs.

So far, I've tried a few of them. And nothing beats their chocolate wassant!!!! Yes, it's a tad expensive. 60 cents for one. And even if you buy 10, there's no further discount. Hahaha. Like, what's the point right? Should be buy more get more free de ma.... But nvm. Hahaha. Please pardon my lousy photo. They taste better than they look. I SWEAR!!! But just looking at the photo made me want to take the whole bag and start munching now.....

Haha. I was going home from the hospital today and I realized that I'll be going pass Orchard. So, I made an impromptu decision to alight to pick them up to make myself a happier person. Haha. I've been yearning for the since the last time I finished the last wassant (that's like, on the day I went Phuket! 2 July 2010. LOL!)

And although I think I don't have the tummy condition to eat so much, the flavor of the bread made me want to try it! Green tea and melon! Haha. I'm a fan of green tea you see.... Haha. (Only the japan one. Not the jasmine one! Hehs.) I cannot wait to try it tomorrow! =)

The other 2 that I've tried were the kaya and the cream wassants. Texture wise were comparable. But I still prefer the choco ones. Because of the nice smell that comes out of the choco wassant. The whiff you get the moment you pick them up. *Slurps* Haha.

Also tried their coffee cinnamon. I have to say, I'm not a fan of coffee and really sweet stuffs. So, that wasn't my cup of tea. But, it's not to the point of not nice. It's just that, compared to my choco wassant, they are not that nice. Haha! I'm biased. LOL!

And this! Cinnamon sugar. Wah. That was really sweeet! Ah dear finds it nice. That's why he bought it for me! But urm, it's sweet. Other than that, not too bad. Haha. I'm sure people who like sugars will like them more than I do. Haha!

All in all. This is my favouritest bakery in Singapore, currently. Hahaha. Because of the choco wassants. LOL! Please do tell me if you find any nice bakeries around! I would love to find new favouritest bakeries! Hahaha.

Actually theres's one at Yishun, near ah dear's house. It's called Breadman. And oh, there's another one at Woodlands. Near the town council. They have really niceeee bread too! Wooo. I feel hungry now....... =X

DayPlus Bread

Have you ever came across this bread in your life in Singapore before? Well, I had.

My first encounter with the bread was a few years back when Max offered the bread to me during some lessons because I was too hungry. Hahaha! Upon finishing the first one, I've decided that I am going to go looking for it because it was so good! But I think, I forgot all about it, or I couldn't find it. Haha.

But I found it once again in 7-11. It brought back all the wonderful memories of how good the bread was. Haha. I'm serious. It's soft and the smell is great. I think I can have it every single day! LOL. Because, I'm a bread lover.

But when you look at the flavor outside the package, you would most probably think that there's some filling inside right? I really really really thought so. So the first time I tried the Hokkaido cream, I was trying to pry the entire bread apart so that I can get to the cream area in the center. No. I cannot find it!

It was only then that I actually realized that, hey, the strong smell of the flavor is just around the entire bread! There's no big crater for the filling! Oh, that's something that I love. Because I love the texture of breads more than the filling itself. But, I would like to have the filling too of course. This bread totally saved my day! Hahahahaha! I can have both the smell and the texture right at the same time. So that makes me happy, and it makes me want to have more of the bread! Hahaha.

But there are some flavors that are not like this of course. Their red bean, white chestnut, purple potato etc, have the real fillings. Hehs. I find them a tad sweet. And I prefer the ones without the filling. But I have to say, the white chestnut was nice! According to them, they have a special new flavor once in a while. I guess the purple potato is the new one. Tried it, ah dear din find it special at all. Hahaha.

But what really amazed me was that, despite the Japanese look of the packaging (yes, I am a sucker towards Japanese products! I admit!), it is a product of Singapore!

If I had not look carefully at the packaging, I would not have thought that it was from Singapore! Haha. But they claims that the ingredients are from Japan. I dun care where they get their ingredients from. So long they give me nice, good quality bread with the texture I like, I'll be a great fan of them! =)

Anyway, they can be found at 7-11, cold storage and some convenience stores. Oh, the shop beside the food court at Biopolis have them too! Most places sells it at $1.20 per bread. But the econs mini mart at ah dear's place sells it at $1. LOL! Ok, I sounded a little auntie here. HAHAHAHA!

*Psst, blueberry and melon is currently my top top top top top top flavor! =) =)