Wandering Fel

It seems to me that the neighbourhood of Upper Thomson is populated by a lot of cafe selling waffles and ice cream. Well this is good news for me who love the combination of warm thick waffle and ice cream plus sauce. In the midst of many choices, I decided to go go to Les Patisseries because it’s basically just right beside the cafe that I just visited, Columbus Coffee Co. I was really lazy to walk that day. Hahaha.

At 8PM-ish on a public holiday, the cafe was deserted. But we did not mind it because after all my bae and I were on a date and we love quiet and dim cafe as our dating venue. There is a menu right outside the cafe so you can check out their selection of waffle, ice cream and sauce before stepping into the cafe. There are a few cakes available at the counter too but they did not pique my interest at all, unfortunately.

The great thing about how Les Patisserie serve their waffle is that although the cafe offers their set waffle creation, it also offers option for its diners to create their own waffle at both half size and full size. You can choose the combination of the waffle (plain/double chocolate/ earl grey/ rose), ice cream (salted caramel/ belgium chocolate/ madagascar vanilla/ mint chocolate chip/ thai milk tea/ mango sorbet/ raspberry sorbet/ rose & lychee/ horlicks/ strawberry shortcake/ cookies and cream) and sauce (horlicks/ classic vanilla/ dark chocolate/ salted caramel/ lychee puree/ forest berries compote/ maple syrup). The waffle costs ranging from SGD 3.5 to SGD 4.5 for half size and SGD 6 to SGD 8 for full size, ice cream costs SGD 4 per scoop and sauce costs ranging from SGD 2.5 to SGD 3.5.

Chilling out at Les Patisseries Upper Thomson

I let bae chose the combination because I am okay with the selection since there is no durian inside the option. He came back with a combination of half-sized earl grey waffle, mint chocolate chip ice cream (his all-time favourite, why do boys love mint ice cream/chocolate/drink?) and salted caramel sauce. Our waffle creation costs SGD 10.50 (SGD 4.5 + SGD 4 + SGD 2). This is the first time I saw the option of choosing half waffle (except Gelare, maybe?) and I was really glad this option is available because I was pretty full from my gluttony at Columbus Coffee Co right before visiting Les Patisserie.

Half waffles with mint straciatella ice cream

Les Patisseries is located at:

222 Upper Thomson

Singapore

Nearest MRT: Marymount

Opening times:

Monday to Thursday - 11AM to 11.30PM

Friday - 11AM to 1.30AM

Saturday - 9AM to 1.30AM

Sunday - 9AM to 11.30PM

The weather has been so crazy hot and humid lately, I ended up getting the flu bug. Actually I don’t really know the correlation between the weather and the flu but I suppose hot and humid weather made you somewhat weaker and then, easier to catch the virus. Haha, that sounds very made-up but I really hate hot and humid weather but can’t really complain because I was born in tropical country. In times like these, it’s time to grab bae to go for a cafe adventure because cafe is equipped with air-con. We took our aircon-looking/ cafe-hopping adventure to Upper Thomson back on labour day and picked Columbus Coffee Co. as our sanctuary for that afternoon.

Singapore Food Log: Columbus Coffee & Co.

Oh wow, talking about a fully blast air-con, you can literally feel the chill inside the cafe (even the glass windows get all fogged up). Columbus Coffee Co. was not very crowded when we reached the cafe around 6+ on a public holiday.

Let’s see what Columbus Coffee Co. offer on its menu. Since the cafe is owned by the same people behind Atlas Coffeehouse, I expected to see similar dishes offered by these two cafes. The thing is, I only visited Atlas Coffeehouse once and only remembered one dish from their menu, Butterscotch Banana Pancake. Oh wait, there it is, right at the bottom of Columbus Coffee Co. I suppose you don’t have to travel all the way to Botanic Garden MRT if you feel like having the butterscotch banana pancake.

You need to make your purchase first upon ordering at the counter, so I left that activity to bae to settle (yay!). He was confused on what to drink so I kinda suggest him to try one of the cold brew items because the bottle is so cute (#wrongfocus). He chose the Matcha Warrior (SGD 7) and it taste so good because it’s chilled and well, it’s matcha and I’m a fan of matcha. But I could not really drink cold drink that day because it’ll make my throat itchy and cough cough. Boo.

Matcha warrior cold brew from Columbus Coffee Co

I ended up drinking Chai Latte because well technically it’s tea instead of coffee, right? Haizz, I forgot to check how much does my chai latte costs. But I figure it should be around SGD 6 - SGD 7 based on the market price of...chai latte. It taste pretty good and oh boy, it did make me awake at night even though it’s supposed to be tea and not coffee.

The funny thing that day is, both bae and I did not feel like eating the brunch menu. Instead, we both opted for the pasta dishes. Columbus Coffee Co. is not supposed to be Italian place but well, the cafe does offer a few pasta dishes on its menu. I have set my eyes on Brown Butter Sardine Crumb (SGD 18) because this is the first time I saw pasta served with sardines. Since I have chopped Brown Butter Sardine Crumb pasta, bae ended up choosing Mushroom Medley (SGD 18).

Pasta from Columbus Coffee Co. Upper Thomson

His Mushroom Medley kinda hard to differentiate from Mushroom Carbonara except for the fact that there is no bacon anywhere in his pasta. Oh my, bae has turned into a vegetarian although this dish is definitely using a lot of cheese/milk/egg for the sauce. Oh wait, did I see a lot of shreds of cheese on top? I love creamy and cheesy pasta so I like Mushroom Medley although it kinda feels too normal (i.e. can be found at any other place).

The Brown Butter Sardine Crumb pasta however is a unique delicacy. The pasta is cooked in aglio olio style so it’s definitely not using any creamy sauce or whatsoever as the garnish. The cafe does not skimp at all on the crumbs and sardines turn out to be a not bad protein to use for pasta although I still prefer salmon. Bae prefer my pasta compared to himself but since I was saving space for dessert, he ended up helping me finishing both pasta. Hopefully he won’t get fat by going out with me.

Brown Butter Sardine Crumb from Columbus Coffee Co.

Columbus Coffee Co. is located at:

220 Upper Thomson Road

Singapore

Nearest MRT: Marymount

Opening times:

Monday - closed

Tuesday to Saturday - 9AM to 10PM

Sunday - 9AM to 7PM

Wandering Fel

Singapore Food Log: Les Patisseries

Singapore Food Log: Columbus Coffee Co.