Baking Bad 😎🎂🍰🧁🍨🍧🍦

Craved for some chocolate cake and good thing we chanced upon this cafe! Ordered their chocolate ganache, and though there was a promise of lava, the supposed oozing chocolate was slightly thick - but enjoyed it still with its richness. Served with really smooth vanila ice cream, and with choco dressing and blueberries on the side. Overall sweetness is to my liking :)

Plus points for the really cozy atmosphere despite being situated in Chinatown

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📍 CafeGround@252
252 South Bridge Rd, Singapore 058801

#burpplesg #cafeground

Though the googly eyes are eye-catching, I still always choose Dunkin’ Donuts’ butter choconut munchkins. Filipinos ~adore~ this donut hole snack, or at least we really used to when we were young *age alert*

It is a butternut-dusted (or just orange powder 😅) chocolate cake. Good for bite-sized treats. This round it was slightly dry, but it is moist most of the time!

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📍 Dunkin’ Donuts
1 Maritime Square, 01-102 HarbourFront Centre, Singapore 099253

#burpplesg #dunkindonuts

Always can’t resist AJ Delights’ stall smell whenever I pass by 🙃 can grab these freshly baked goodies if you are willing to queue for 8-15 mins (always got snaking queue and bulk ordersss)

While there are a lot of flavours to choose from, I always just have their Double Choc (basic 🐝 lol) - moist, soft, and fluffy

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📍 AJ Delights
Blk 120, 01-82 Bukit Merah Lane 1, Alexandra Village Food Centre, 150120

#burpplesg #ajdelights

Got to try this danish from Ah B Bakery while looking for other pastry options since AJ Delights’ queue is always long

The pastry is fluffy while still sturdy, but quite a mess to eat with the flaky texture (maybe I’m just a messy eater lol). The burnt custard filling is enjoyable - it’s silky and smooth, sweet but with good bitter notes as well

Easily one of my new neighbourhood bread faves (disclaimer: I haven’t had the fair share of pastries tried) 😅

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📍 Ah B Bakery
Alexandra Village Food Centre

#burpple #ahbbakery

Crusty pancake with generous red bean paste filling. I’m a sucker for not overly sweet desserts, and this one hits the spot. Definitely ended our meal with a good note. The caramel ice cream on top provides a bit of contrast on the texture, while also giving taste contrast with the paste

But lol, first impression? It looks like a shuriken 🥷🏻 😂 cute tho haha

Thanks again @burpple for the invite, and @laobeijingsg for hosting! 🤍

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📍 Lao Beijing Square 2

10 Sinaran Dr, 02-76/84 Square 2, Singapore 307506
Floor 2 · Square 2

#laobeijingsg #burpplesg

New flavor! (But actually not sure how often IKEA changes their ice cream menu) It was the first time I saw/had this and it’s good! It’s salted as well making it less overwhelming. The cone also neutralizes the sweetness

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📍 IKEA Bistro Alexandra
317 Alexandra Rd, Singapore 159965

#gulamelaka #icecream #ikeasg #burpplesg

One of Heytea’s signature drink. Loved it! Wish I have tried it sooner lol. Reminds me of @happylemon_ph 07/08 very popular drink. Enjoyed the generous cheese layer, while contrasting with the oolong tea at the bottom

We have queued 1h+ unaware that the queue is for their limited edition merch 🥲

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📍 HEYTEA @ Marina Bay Sands

2 Bayfront Ave, 01-73/74, Singapore 018956
Floor 1 · The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

#heytea #mbs #burpplesg

Just had to include Ice Bear on my feed 😂 nothing special, good old choco flavor from BR (gets too sweet, 1 scoop is enough for me). You can get a better cup (with WBB ears and nose) for +$0.50 till mid July!

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📍 Baskin Robbins Nex Serangoon
23 Serangoon Central, 01 - K4 / K5, Singapore 556083 Floor L1 · NEX

#icecream #baskinrobbins #burpplesg

Yogurt to be kidding me, weekend is over again 😭🥲

This activated charcoal Dark Side (~PhP 250, ~$6.5) is enjoyable, even for non-yogurt fans like me. You can choose to add 1 crunch, 2 fruits, and 1 sauce to go with it

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📍BLK 513
Ayala Mall UP Town Centre, Katipunan Ave., Brgy, UP Campus, Quezon City

#frozenyogurt #froyo #darkside #blk513 #burppleph

Got this Double scoop for $8.50 (just $8, +0.5 for premium flavor). Chosen Blue Milk out of curiosity (and cause the color is calming lol), together with my ice cream flavor go-to 73% Dark Chocolate (premium). Blue Milk which is some milky goodness flavor and has some salty surprise in every bite, which actually paires really well with the Dark Choc - I had salty, sweet, milky, chocolatey and bitter flavors in every spoonful. Enjoyed it 😁

It seems it’s always crowded though, so if you’re looking for some place to hang for a bit, this might not be it. Can opt to have their tubs delivered instead (saw them on Grabmart)

Oh crepe, it’s Monday again! 😴😴🥱 a little throwback to our 2020 Tokyo trip wherein we tried all the touristy stuff, including the ever famous crepe stores in Harajuku. We got the Mango Whip Cream Crepe from Santa Monica Crepe Harajuku (¥430, 2020 price). Stall is very pretty in pink with all the crepe displays making it easy for you to choose. Ours was as expected, full of cream and with teeny bits of mango (not too enjoyable) 😅 can’t expect too much given that it’s a tourist street.

It was my first time trying this Turkish dessert, and it was a pleasant surprise. This Kunefe with ice cream ($17.90++) has a fried noodle-like texture for the pastry dredged in a sugar-based syrup, layered with cheese inside, and topped with nuts. The pastry itself is warm and it has the perfect balance when paired with the ice cream.

Overall taste is quite reminiscent of some hometown dish (which we cannot recall lol). 2 photos to show the pastry. 1 dish is enough for 3-4 pax :)