frisky goat, ttdi

This new little café cum bakery is fast becoming popular amongst the locals and true to its name, the crowd is as frisky as it gets.

I must commend on the service provided here. In spite of the swarming visitors, the waiters make sure that their customers' requests do not fall on deaf ears. Coffee was all I managed to try. Creamy with cocoa notes, their Columbian black coffee is as good as the decor. I was told their savoury waffles are one of a kind, so it appears that I will be back very soon.

A modest example of the café movement that is sweeping Malaysia, Frisky Goat is definitely here to reign TTDI.

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touché

If you can't tell, I'm still on with my pastry love affair...

And the past couple of weeks had been all about satisfying this little, selfish craving. I always have a hard time choosing what to eat and making bad meal decisions seems to be my forte. Thankfully, I haven't regretted any during this beautiful phase.

Last weekend, I managed to fit a little adventure to a pastry nook at the suburbs in my schedule. Touché is the kind of cafe you wish to have in your own neighbourhood, 'nuff said. This pastry shop & more as they will, provides a healthy range of fresh-baked pastries and offers substantial meals that won't make a hole in your pocket.

Note to my future self: Go for the croissants, ask for a fresh-baked/reheat and if you're feeling fancy, their mille crepe is not too shabby... although, do you really need that extra calories?

touché pastries

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cafe hopping, singapore

It was not too long ago since I'd last visited this gem of a country... seven months to be exact. Each trip left me longing for more but there never seems to be enough time! I definitely had more than my fair share of coffee and pastries here in the time that I had. Often, accompanied by the lovely and talented locals I was lucky to be acquainted with through instagram.

Oh the life of a Singaporean is indeed an enviable watch... A return trip is definitely in order!

Pictured 

Tiong Bahru Bakery
Flock Cafe
Kooka Cafe
Jimmy Monkey
Strangers' Reunion
The Plain
Selfish Gene
Toby's Estate
Smitten
Necessary Provisions

Not Pictured

Carpenter & Cook
Maki-San


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yeast boulangerie

I have to admit, social media has gotten the better part of me. Should there be an Olympic Medal in checking your phone for new updates every 5 minutes or so, I would win hands down... and I ain't sorry.

While I was away from the blog-o-sphere of theweekendbrunch, I took the path most travelled and submitted to using Instagram as my sole food-sharing platform. The gastronomic adventure continues, but my old pad did not make the cut. It has been over four months now and I am still adjusting to this new cubbyhole... though, mostly in the kitchen.
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Amidst all the business, I managed to sneak and breathe out dust and stress steam, to inhale the scent of an operational boulangerie in the stylish suburbs of Bangsar.

Yeast Boulangerie, Bistro and Bar has a pretty long attribution for what is simply known as 'The place where everybody goes when Antipodean is full'. Looking back at my last visit, that was exactly how I stumbled Yeast.

Pictured below is my order of Oeuf Poché Bénédictins on Brioche Toast with Smoked Salmon, Béarnaise Sauce and Greens. In other words, I had a plate of poached eggs on French toast with smoked salmon, hollandaise-like sauce, vegetables and a bonus of French attitude. A requisite breakfast choice so much so that the table beside you probably beat you into ordering the same thing first.

As its name implies, Yeast Boulangerie serves an assorted line of fresh breads daily, a tantalizing fare of gourmet French cuisine as a Bistronomy and fine wine over at the Bar à Vin. But really, its probably their motive of serving simple French cuisine at an affordable rate that lures customers in. Besides Antipodean being full, of course.

Yeast Bistronomy, Bangsar

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// photos taken with iPhone 4's camera.