Awfully Chocolate | SINGAPORE

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I got the cold poached chocolate with Kahlua cream. I probably should have tried their signature chocolate cake too... Oh well, there will definitely be a next time. We were browsing the food court at 4pm, after we had been to lunch someplace else... Didn't want to spoil dinner, so there was just room for 1 thing in my tummy. Needless to say, I made a scrumptious choice!

The cold poached chocolate is a soft, rich dark chocolate "slab" that was invented by their own cold-poaching method. It's thicker than a mousse, almost like a creamy ganache. The different "flavors" are the fresh liquor creams on top. Definitely getting this again when I'm in Sing-a-ling!

Awfully Chocolate | SINGAPORE

Leave it up to Ion's food court -Singapore- to have such cool, boutique'y meal/snack/drink/dessert choices. It is here where I fell in love with Awfully Chocolate. A small, corner stall that caught my eye with its simplicity and yes... name. How could I walk past something saying Awfully Chocolate?! I noticed quickly that the choices were quite slim - 3 types of chocolate cake, chocolate ice-cream, 2 cupcake flavors, Kahlua bars and poached chocolate mounds. Everything is based on... duh, chocolate.

I checked out the website and learned that this is exactly their philosophy; to have a limited product line, focusing on quality rather than variety. Awfully Chocolate wants to bring the humble chocolate cake back to its glory days, and that's exactly what the business was first built on - 1 kind of cake. They've expanded a bit since then, but it's clear that chocolate has remained the star attraction of this awfully wonderful concept ;)

Wait 'till my next post to see what I ended up tasting! All the wonderful pictures first...

Din Tai Fung | SINGAPORE

Dim sum, dumplings, or even yum cha... Whatever you wanna call it -though I'm sure there are slight differences between those three- you can't deny how amazing these little pockets of goodness are. Din Tai Fung is something I miss, I wish they had it here in Manila. It's a no-fuss, affordable chain of restos that churn out *hand-made* dumplings like a friggin' machine. I was SO excited to eat here in Singapore; Jon and I went for a mid-morning 11am meal at the Paragon branch. As usual, there was a line - since we expected it, we weren't bugged. They're very efficient though, you write down your order as you wait (which also builds up your appetite!). As soon as your number is called, you hand in your order and wait for the food - how easy is that :)

Throwback :: Din Tai Fung in LA

BRO CODE

Wendell didn't get Happy Lemon with us... He got a healthy fruit juice instead. Him and Jon were reading the BRO CODE during our shopping breaks.