Hi fellow readers,  Jthejon is back for more cafe reviews.  

Recently I have been working a part time job for an photobooth event company. It is quite fun to work in this industry, I learn some new skills and I had met a good boss and colleague. I am enjoying what I work as now, maybe will find another part time barista job to work.

Let's start off with this week cafe hopping! 

First stop, Antoinette. 

Having a monthly catch up with candice at antoinette cafe. 

Antoinette cafe is apparently the brainchild of a chef that used to work in the famous french fine dining restaurant called Les Amis (Top 5 in Singapore). The interior design of the cafe look elegant and classy.

Address: Palais Renaissance, #B1-08,

390 Orchard Read, 

Singapore 238871 

Nearest MRT Station: Orchard Station

Phone: 6735 6392

Opening Houes: Daily, 11am - 10pm

www.antoinette.com.sg

Americano (6++) // The coffee was smooth and fragrant.  

Viennoseries // It came along with my full breakfast set. The crossisant was good, other was good too. 

Antoinette's Breakfast ($24++) // It served with choice of egg, grilled bacon, tomato, sausage,  pain de mie toast, and basket of viennoseries. The scrambled egg was good, it was fluffy and creamy. The toast was soft and fragrant. 

Burger Royale ($24++) // It served with pan fried beef patty on brioche bread, mayonnaise,  homemade tomato relish,  plump tomato, lettuce,  red onions, mustard,  aged cheddar cheese, chips, and petit salad with house dressing. The beef patty was a bit dry and hard. The chips was crisp and good. 

 Food: 3.75/5 

Ambience: 4.75/5

Service: 3.5/5 

The ambience was good, it was a good place to chill out with friends in the afternoon or spending some time along with book or laptop. The food here was great too although it was a bit pricey.  The service here was a bit slow, but overall I have a good experience here. I will be back again someday. 

2nd stop, The Nook. 

This was a very long overdue post. Came over to the Nook cafe with Cress, Rui, and Debs. 

Nook is located in bukit timah, it is the first D.I.Y pancakes house in Singapore.  Their goal is to bring an interactive and fun pancake and brunch experience to everyone. 

Address: 21 Lorong Kilat, 

Singapore 598123

Nearest MRT Station: Clementi Station

Phone: 6466 1811

Opening Hours: Tuesday - Friday,  12pm - 10pm

Saturday,  10am - 10pm

Sunday,  10am - 7pm

www.nook.sg

D.I.Y pancakes // 2 flavoured pancakes with 3 choice of toppings. Each set serves 2 pax.

Red velvet pancake // The pancakes was good, it was fluffy and soft . The velvet aroma was there. 

Truffles Fries // The fries was disappointing. It tasted just like normal fries.  

Food: 2.5/5

Ambience: 4.5/5

Service: 4/5 

The food at the Nook cafe was just normal. It not really worth a visit if you guys just heading there for foods. But it worth a visit to have fun over making your own pancakes. The service was fast and efficient. Have a great time over here with my friends. Sorry that there are no price shown on this trip, cause I had forgotten how much was the total bill and it was a very long overdue post.

Last Stop of the week, Swirl Art Cafe.

Heading down to swirl Art Cafe with Oogii (She suggested) for dinner. 

Swirl Art Cafe is located at river valley, it was the first in Singapore to offer a unique self service 100% fat free yogurt and a cafe all under one roof.

Address: 417 River valley road, 

Singapore 248316

Nearest MRT Station: Clarke Quay Station 

Phone: 6887 3720

Opening Hours: Sunday - Thursday, 12pm - 12am

Friday - Saturday, 12pm - 3am 

www.swirlart.com.sg

Yogurt machines. 

Truffles Fries //  Average. 

Chicken bites // It was crispy and yummy. It is a must to try.

Foie Gras // The foie gras was disappointing, the texture was a bit tough. 

Seafood Linguine // It tasted awful. The pasta tasted so weird but the seafood was fresh. Not worth a try.

Yogurt // The yogurt was good, it was rich, smooth,  and creamy

Food: 2/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

Service: 4/5

The food over swirl Art Cafe was bad. I think they really need improve on their food, but the yogurt was good. I don't mind come back for their yogurt.  The service here was fast maybe cause it don't have much customers. 

That's all for this week cafe hopping, I will be back for more cafe reviews.  

Hi fellow readers, if you have any recommendations or cafe/restaurant or any food places you want me to do a reviews on feel free to email me at jonathanjonnn@gmail.com or even any tips or comment for improvement on any area of my blog don't hesitate it and email me. I appreciate all the comments. 

Hi fellow readers! I am back again for more cafe reviews.

It seems like my cafe reviews attracted more readers than my restaurant reviews. So I am gonna do more cafe reviews these 2 weeks. I am enjoying my holiday now but guess I am gonna start finding a job. 

Let's start off with my cafe hopping trip at 49 seats with Alvin and kang rui. 

Made a trip down to 49 seats as we heard a lot of good reviews and saw quite a number of bloggers blogging about it. 

The cafe literally has 49 seats, we counted. 

The cafe is opened till 430am, it is quite hard to find a cafe that opens till 4am, so for those night owls this can be 1 of the places that you guys can hang around. 

Address: 49 Kreta Ayer Road, 

Singapore 089007

Nearest MRT Station: Outram Station 

 Phone: 6225 4332

Opening Hours: Monday - Thursday,  6pm - 1am 

Friday - Saturday, 6pm - 430am 

Cheese Fries ($7.90) // Super generous portion of the cheese. It is a must-try dish, it is definitely worth it. 

Fish Bites ($8.90) // The fish meat was soft and fresh, but it wasn't crispy enough.  

Tom Yum Seafood Pasta ($14.90) // The highly raved pasta! It comes with mussels, Clams and prawns. It tasted like laska to me, but it was sour and spicy, I suggest if you guys can't take much spiciness, you should request for less spicy. 

Seafood Marinara ($15.90) // It comes with mussels,  Clams and prawns. The seafood was fresh and the pasta was good but the sauce was a bit salty. 

Chicken Chop ($13.90) // There was a list of sides to choose from, we picked mashed potatoes for both sides. The chicken was really soft and tender, the sauce was good too. The mashed potatoes was a bit dry.

Food: 4/5

Ambience: 4/5

Service: 3.5/5 

There is no service charge and GST at 49 seats cafe. The food is good and it is a good place to chill and chit chat with friends over the small bites and drinks. I suggest everyone to make a reservation during dinner hours to avoid of waiting for too long. I definitely will be back again. 

2nd stop, the plain.  

Made a trip down to the plain cafe with my technology blogger friend olivier, do visit his blog for technology stuffs update ( haehcreivilo.blogspot.com). 

The plain is a Melbourne styled cafe and it offers good coffee and hearty breakfast. The ambience over here is very cozy with simple furniture. 

Menu photo taken from the plain Web page.

Generra ($4) // It was mocha. The coffee was good, smooth and creamy. Not too sweet too. 

Latte ($4) // The coffee was fragrant, and smooth. The latte art was good too.

Darling's Eggs ($7.50) // It comes with ham, cheese, romantic tomatoes, and poached egg. Poached egg was well cooked, and the rest was just average. 

Food: 3.5/5

Ambience: 4/5

Service: 4.25/5

It is a good place to chill out with friends or spend quality time alone on a weekday afternoon with a cup of good coffee and a book. There is no service charge and GST at the plain cafe. 

3rd stop, Strictly Pancakes 

Strictly Pancakes specialises in both sweet and savoury pancakes. It offered personalise your own pancakes too. 

Made a trip down to strictly Pancakes with Oogii for dinner.

Chocolate pancakes ($12++) // I think it was too sweet and galore. 

Garlic Buttered Prawns ($14++) // The prawns were fresh, the pancakes was soft, and the garlic sauce was rich and creamy. The garlic fragrance was too strong. 

Food: 4/5

Ambience: 4.5/5

Service: 3/5

The food was just average,  or maybe I am not sweet tooth person. I think is a bit over priced with some above average pancakes. But it is worth a try. I suggest everyone order and share the pancakes cause the portion is too big to consume it alone.

That's all for this week's entry. 

Thanks for reading :) 

Address: 78 Yong Siak Street,

 Singapore 163078

Nearest MRT Station:  Tiong Bahru Station

Phone: 6221 2488

Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am- 10pm 

Saturday, 10am - 1030pm

Sunday, 10am - 9pm

Latte ($5++) // The coffee art was good. (Can you guys figure out what they are drawing?) The coffee was just normal. 

Chamomile Blossoms ($7++) // The tea was good, the tea aroma was there. Highly recommended everyone to try.

Truffles Fries ($10++) // It was disappointing. It tasted just like normal fries. Not recommended!!

Fish and chips ($16++) // Fish was freshly battered,  but the taste was a bit bland. It came with shoestring fries and sweet potato fries. Shoestring fries was normal to me, but the sweet potato fries was good according to my friend. I don't eat sweet potato. 

Teriyaki salmon ($17++) // The salmon was fresh and well cooked. But the teriyaki sauce was a bit salty. 

Food: 4/5

Ambience: 4/5

Service: 4/5

The service was good over here. It was fast and efficient. The food was great. I will definitely be back again for their brunch and tea.

Second stop, 18 Chef cafe for brunch at tiong bahru mall with my diploma friends. 

18 Chef cafe was opened by a former drug addict chef benny. He opened this restaurant to help ex convicts by providing them a job to let them have their second chance of finding alternative way of integrating into society. 

18 Chef cafe has expanded to more and more outlets all over Singapore. 

Address: 302 Tiong Bahru Road, #02-k1,

Singapore 168732 

Nearest MRT Station: Tiong Bahru Station

Phone: 6272 0961

Opening Hours: Daily,  1130am - 1030pm

www.eighteenchefs.com

Bolognise fries ($5.80++) // Normal fries.

Cheese baked rice ($7.80++) // This was a dish in which you can choose your sauce and ingredient. I chose with my cheese baked rice with creamy white sauce and scramble egg as my ingredient. The sauce was horrible and the egg was too bland. 

Heart attack fried rice ($15.80++) // The fried rice tasted awful. Regretted ordered this dish. The steak was just normal. Not recommended. 

Food: 0.5/5

Service: 2.5/5

Ambience 2.5/5 

The food over here was really disappointing,  it is totally not worth a try. I was expecting some good food over here but the quality really not up to standard. My friends and I was really not enjoying the food, we ended up going for second round of lunch.

Third stop of the week will be heading to Han's cafe for a second round of lunch.

Han's cafe has been a household name since 70s. A cafe lasted for long. 

Address: Novena Square, 238 Thomson Road, 

Singapore 307683

Nearest MRT Station: Novena Station

Phone: N/A

Opening Hours: Daily, 7am - 12am 

Set meal come with a soup of the day, garlic bread, and drink.

Soup was just normal.

Fish and chips ($9.80) // Fish was too oily and the meat was a bit hard. Fries was normal. Not very impressive. 

Hainanese pork chop ($11.80) // The pork was overcooked but the sauce was good.

Aglio olio with beef ($15.80) // The aglio olio was good, the spiciness was there but the beef was overcooked. Overall it was a good aglio olio.

Food: 3/5

Ambience: 2/5

Service: 2.5/5 

The food there was average but the aglio olio was really good, it was a good place to have a quick meal. There are no service charge and GST over here. 

That's all for this entry. 

Till next time.