Ladurée opening soon in Singapore!!

Come April, the famed Parisian luxury patisserie chain, Ladurée, will open its first store in Singapore in Takashimaya. Saw the under construction store while I was in Taka recently... oh who am I kidding, I went down to hunt down the store when I learned that they were opening on the second floor of the shopping centre. Turns out they will be taking over the shop space previously taken up by Marc by Marc Jacobs. The shop space looked kind of small though, upon further reading I realized they were not opening a cafe here, just retail shop. I would have thought they would open a cafe, seeing as Paul is doing so well.

Anyways, can't wait for the opening!!

Seafood Paradise @ Singapore Flyer

Took advantage of Seafood Paradise's Seafood Fiesta to have some crab which I've not had a chance to eat for a long time. Every Tuesday, they have What The Crab, with a 30% discount on crabs.

Some fresh coconut to begin :) It was sweet and refreshing, and we enjoyed eating the flesh later as dessert. Well worth the money.

Signature Creamy Butter Crab Topped with Coconut Crumbs. Hands down the best butter crab I've ever had. It tastes even better than it looks. So sinfully rich and creamy but not cloyingly so and totally worth the calories. We even ordered more of the fried man tous so we could had more to enjoy the sauce with once the crab was gone. With the discount, we paid about $50+ for the 1.3kg Sri Lankan crab.

 

And of course one can't have crab without some delicious, piping hot fried man tous to go along with it. The ones at Seafood Paradise cost $0.70 each, and were awesome, nice and crispy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside, despite being a little small.

Balenciaga Flat Clutch in Rose Bombon

Ordered this from HGBags last Sunday and it was delivered to my house while I was at work today. I was so excited when my mum called to let me know she had received it I couldn't wait to get off work lol.

 

Was supposed to be on a ban but I couldn't resist! I mean it was on sale and there was free shipping and everything, I would be a fool to let that opportunity pass right? RIGHT?  Right.

And I'm forever bitter that I didn't get the mini pompon in Grenadine the last time. Then Bal comes out with this pink coupled with the reintroduction of the gold hardware, it was love at first sight tbh. 

It's actually the first time I'm buying something so expensive online sight unseen. I really should have gone over to the Balenciaga store to see the color in person before buying since all the pictures online of Rose Bombon online all look pretty different. Luckily, the color turned out to be the shade of pink I hoped it would be.

This is the last one, I swear. *shifty eyes*

Dulcet & Studio (Liang Court)

I'm a big fan of Western food with a Japanese twist, so naturally I had to come to this restaurant from Tampopo group.

Set of the day:

Tomato Sauce Slipper Lobster with Fettuccine ($16)

Came with:
 

and...

 

...dessert!

The milk tea pudding was surprisingly good. I thought it would be only average, the typical dessert you get in a set meal that you don't really care for, but just there to let you end your meal with something sweet. But this was really good, I liked that they had the milk in a separate little container, rather than just making the whole already mixed milk tea into a pudding.

Although the Tomato Sauce Slipper Lobster with Fettuccine wasn't particularly memorable, I thought $16 was quite worth it for the set meal.

 

The Black Pig Bolognese Fettuccine came with a mini chopped salad (they are not kidding about the 'mini' part). One thing about the pasta here is they import it fresh from Hokkaido. It has a much chewier texture compared to the Italian pasta and it is amazing. Bolognese pasta is such a basic dish but with the black pig in the sauce and the chewy, flavorful Hokkaido pasta, this dish became really outstanding.

St Marc Cafe @ Vivo City

Menu:

Value Meal!

 

Interior:

 

Our order:

 

 

 

Passed by this cafe while having the dinner at Vivo City the other day. I was first drawn to the place by the wonderful smell of the delicious pastries. Upon closer investigation, I realized the cafe was actually a branch of the same cafe I visited when I was in Tokyo! I was ecstatic but I couldn't try it as I was too full from dinner.

 

Finally got time to come by this week and to my joy, I found that the Choco Cro that they are famous for tasted just as divine as the one in Tokyo! I requested for my Choco Cro to be heated up and let me tell you, the taste of the piping hot, slightly melted chocolate (sweet with just a tinge of bitterness) oozing out of the soft, buttery flaky croissant is just heavenly, I would eat this everyday if I could.

 

The Royal Milk Tea (S - $5, M - $6, L - $7) was also pretty good, I liked the well-balanced fusion of the tea leaves and rich, velvety steamed milk. Not the typical milk tea that is not much different from the ones served in bubble tea shops that some places have.

 

Since the lunch set (11am to 3pm) seemed pretty value for money, we decided to get the savory items as well. They were pretty ok, but I wouldn't be shelling out money just to buy it if it wasn't part of the set.

 

Highly recommend this place, I can't wait to go back!