Shots Cafe @ Ann Siang Hill

8 Ann Siang Hill 
Singapore 069788

Located at Ann Siang Hill, with another branch down at Club Street, Shots Cafe is a place that doesn't just provide food and drinks, but a place to showcase talent as well. Currently there's a instaArtist exhibition going on in the cafe, where instagram photos are printed and pasted on the walls of the cafe.

As a fan of flavoured coffee, I ordered one that caught my eye - Tiramisu Latte.

The coffee came in such a cup, which I thought was quite cute. And, it didn't disappoint me. I could really taste the Tiramisu in the coffee, but at the same time, the bitterness still managed to come out. However, it might be a little too sweet for some people.

My friend ordered Hazelnut Latte, which was perfectly to her liking and she enjoyed it a lot. It wasn't that sweet, but the flavour wasn't overwhelmed by the bitterness.

Furthermore, this place has a quiet environment, with appropriate background music. It is brightly lit, and the dark coloured furniture kind of gave it a relatively posh feeling. The staff was friendly, and provided very good service. I really liked this place a lot.

The Plain

50 Craig Road #01-01 Singapore

Just down the corridor where Selfish Gene Cafe is located, there lies another cafe - The Plain. As I entered the cafe, I was greeted by the friendly staff which also kindly made recommendations when I asked for it. The cafe made use of orange lighting to create a dimly lit, but warm ambience. The coffee fragrance filled the whole place, making me really looking forward to trying their coffee. This place offers espresso based coffee, and does not do drips.

menu

There's a dessert trolley located inside the cafe, holding cakes and pastries not on the menu. I was too full though, at that time to order food so I only ordered beverages instead.

My friend ordered a regular latte, with a pretty coffee art presented to us.

As for me, I decided to go for something I had never tried before - Iced Generra. It is basically coffee, but the special thing is it has a tinge of orange taste in it. Quite interesting, having a zesty feeling with coffee. To be honest, my first sip reminded me of the Van Houten orange chocolate. What surprised me more was that as I finished the drink, I found that there's orange peel inside. No wonder there zesty taste was quite strong, but not overwhelming till it covered the taste of the coffee.

Overall, this place is very welcoming, but it does get a bit noisy sometimes. Hence for those that prefer a quieter environment, this would not be as ideal.

Selfish Gene Cafe

As summer 2013 starts, and I begin a new journey out of school, I start engaging in another activity - cafe hopping. Cafes have always interest me because of their drinks. Not just coffee, others too but mainly, coffee. I do admit that I do not know much about coffee, but just the taste alone makes me love drinking it.

I have visited several cafes, but just didn't have the time to write about them. So starting from now, here are my cafe hopping experiences.

40 craig road
singapore 089678

This is one of the three cafes that I visited today. Heard much about it so here I am, to see what it has to offer.

My friend and I ordered a smoked salmon sandwich, iced chai tea latte, iced matcha latte and a banana cake.

The sandwich wasn't to much of my liking as the bread was quite hard. We were given knife and fork, but it wasn't easy to cut the sandwich. However the smoked salmon was really nice. Kind of makes up for it. 

Iced matcha latte. It just taste of powder, and doesn't really have an authentic matcha taste. It also tastes kind of diluted. An average drink. Nothing to rave about.

This was what made the trip worth it. The banana cake, with banana slices and peanut butter on top. Furthermore, it was warmed and the cake was very moist. The texture of the cake really just made up for everything else. A must try in this cafe.