SICC Cheesecake

It's a rarity to see people having cheesecakes as their birthday cakes since the norm would be the chocolate based cakes, multi-flavoured sponge cakes or ice cream cakes.

Nevertheless, our very special and creative friend, Clara, decided to have these cheesecakes at her birthday party!

From the Singapore Island Country Club, one would stereotypically assume good traits to the food despite its slight deformity as you can see in the picture. (Well, at least i did!) I mean, they even have their own club logo stamped onto the decorative chocolate piece!

So having grabbed out forks and rushing to the cakes section of the buffet table, Min and I excitedly hurried for a taste test.

It is not uncommon to find a subtle citrus taste in your new york cheesecake. However, this particularly cake had a higher than average (distinct) lemon taste fused into the cheese. The richness of the rather dense cheese component would have resulted in some difficulty in finishing the cake. Lucky for the cheese, the citrus taste came at a timely rescue. Both complemented each other fairly well. 

Deviating from the popular choice of a graham cracker crust, this particular one had a pie tart pastry base. This certainly came as a disappointment for Liz who favours the former.

Unlike what we have imagined, the cake did not turn out to be smooth and creamy. Even though we enjoyed the taste, we did not fancy the texture of the cheese. Thus, we award this with a

2.5 out of 5

(Where have all the good cakes gone! :O )

Top 5 Japanese Bakeries in Singapore?

Hi everyone, Huimin stumbled across this article on inSing.com and insisted i read it because she thought it was absolutely hilarious.


I too, thought it was a good laugh, after reading the article.
So we insist please. Read it!

http://food.insing.com/feature/top-5-japanese-bakeries/id-d5ba1600

Basically, the article recommends the top 5 Japanese bakeries in Singapore. Although dated back at least 1.5 years ago, some restaurants probably should have never made it to the list in the first place!

1. Pâtisserie Glacé

2. Tampopo Deli

3. Provence

4. Bread Society

5. Icing Room

We don't know if you can spot the irony here, but it was pretty obvious to us. How did Bread society and Icing Room come on the list? 

Part of the Bread Talk group, both Bread Society and the Icing Room are pretty failed attempts to branch off into artisanal cakes and pastries. 
There is nothing Japanese about the two - the former obviously prides itself for its European (and not Jap) style pastries while the latter is remembered for their DIY cakes which allow customers to flaunt their artistic skills, adding on a personalized touch.

Also, if you go to Bread Society's webpage, it says "Leveraging on his wealth of experience in baking rustic artisanal Europeans breads, together with the Bread Society team, Chef Takaaki Nishikawa ..... " 

Key word here - European  & Chef Takaaki Nishikawa.

So now, nationality of chefs = cuisine type?

We couldn't avoid viewing this article as well, pretty much another underground marketing move by the Breadtalk Group possibly? 


Don't get us wrong here. We are not trying to invalidate the article altogether. Tampopo Deli has one of the best Japanese chiffon cakes (in min's opinion) on top of their infamous cream puffs. Also, Pâtisserie Glacé have came a long way from an obscure corner at Chinatown Plaza to the present counter at Icon Village. They offer a diversified range of desserts from Madeleine to pies and cakes, not forgetting their signature cheese tarts!


Don't blame us for openly flaming the Breadtalk group and the article on inSing.com. But both Huimin and I have suffered too much over-baked "biscuits-like" macaroons, mousse-invaded sponge cakes, and inflated prices of sub-standard quality bread for us speak nice words in lieu of the Breadtalk group. (Liz loves toast box though) 

After all, they don't fool us, we talk cakes! :D

Opera Green Tea Cake

Hi everyone! 

Our first review so go easy on us. (:

It has been long since we've walked the olden day routes from Tangs to Far East Plaza, but ever since, we found a newly erected food and beverage kiosk on the way!

Situated outside the entrance of Marriott Hotel (where the valet is and where you can also hear Ferrarri drivers revving their engines off into congested roads of Orchard road), Coffee At The Marriott is a simple takeaway counter selling simply pastry, cakes and beverages.

Coffee At The Marriott

What caught our eyes were the very unconventional flavors such as lychee mousse, raspberry earl grey, etc. We settled for the Opera Green Tea slice cake for $5.50.

Opera Green Tea Cake

Discounting the fact that we had this at approximately 8pm, the cake was pretty stale. The outer layer of the cake was evidently more dull with a yellowish tint (compared to the fresh green on the inside) as it has already lost its orginal moisture.

Scorning at the layers

Somehow the colors inside look so much more vibrant than the colors of the layers outside! It has probably been out on display for a number of days no?


The cake was also too sweet and all we could taste were the milk and white chocolate layers which very sadly, overpowered the taste of green tea.


To be more particular, the cake is unlike the classic 7 layered Opera consisting of 3 layers of almond sponge (also know as Joconde) brushed and soaked with espresso; 2 layers of coffee buttercream; 1 layer of ganache; and another of chocolate to finish off. Despite having so many layers, a good opera is only about 4cm in height. After all, this is a dessert and not some Mega BigMac that you have to stretch your jaws to enjoy all the layers at one go. 


We really felt that the cake failed to deliver in terms of its taste, freshness and texture. The only good thing is that the kiosk is non-GST chargeable. We think this cake is a no-no, a 

1 out of 5