The Little Prince Cafe/Creamery is back yet again; this time with a local twist in its name being the Leeter Tunku Kopitiam, and taking over the former premises of now-defunct Katasumi Kohli at Grassroots Book Room situated along Bukit Pasoh Road — the menu for now comprising of both coffee, tea and non-caffeinated beverages, as well as waffles and roll cakes for those who are looking for a sweet treat to go alongside their beverage.

The Matcha Roll Cake comes with Azuki amidst the cream — the roll cake being sufficiently moist and fluffy whilst perfuming of a bitter undertone that is often associated with the Japanese tea. Liked how the cream was light and smooth, while the Azuki helps to add an earthy note to the cake — a classic flavour combination of red bean and matcha without being overly sweet. Felt that the additional serving of whipped cream was a tad unnecessary; the cake already coming with sufficient cream and the additional whipped cream being overly whipped; a little mushy and airy.

It’s interesting how The Little Prince Cafe/Creamery makes it re-appearance into the F&B scene after every couple of years — this iteration being the revival of the brand with a local touch (the ice-cream which comes with the waffles is served in an entire rectangular slab; the same way one would expect from the ice-cream uncle selling them out of the motorbike — full with two wafer biscuits sticking out of the block of ice-cream). Whether Leeter Tunku Kopitiam will be seen as a successor to the now-defunct Katasumi Kohii remains to be seen, but here’s another chance for those who have yet to visit the various iterations of The Little Prince Cafe/Creamery over the years ...