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($9.80) it's quite expensive drink on north east line tbh :") tbh I don't wanted to get this "trend" for banana pudding. I really want to try their popular drink so it just happened. But I felt that banana pudding got strong taste in matcha before premixed as their matcha taste quite milky and sweet tbh. overall that I want to try for once to experience how "trend" go up and down like roller coaster. But it's interesting fusion for banana pudding w matcha tbh.

[KOVAN, SINGAPORE] @alkove.sg is known for their multiple promotions throughout the day, and I've finally tried their daily dinner set menu!

At around $25, depending on your main and top-ups, you get a really sizable meal with a starter, a side and a dessert. The mains are already quite huge, and my favourite among all I've tried is the Chicken Schnitzel 🐔 ($17.90) which was really enormous and the meat within is really tender and flavourful! The rice unfortunately did not have much garlic taste, but the meat sauce helped.

As for starters, the ciabatta with kombu butter 🥖 is lovely, as the bread was toasted well and paired deliciously with the umami spread 😋 Get the mushroom chips as well as that provided a lovely crunch!

For sides, the Mala Potatoes 🥔 is the GOAT. Crispy potatoes with a mala sauce that tasted like lao ganma, this was addictive.

As for desserts, both the Brownie with Ice Cream 🍫 & Tiramisu ☕ were good. The former was very rich and chocolatey and the latter had a strong coffee taste!

Indeed there were some misses from the items not mentioned, but overall it was a decent meal, and it was fun trying out so many different varieties of food! Where else can you get such variety at such a price?

Bing Duo Duo's Mango Pomelo is a tropical delight! Creamy milk-infused shaved ice is topped with luscious mango puree, juicy pomelo bits, diced mango, and chewy konjac jelly. Refreshing, sweet, and tangy 》$4.80

I was eager to try more of their items. But this had diminishing returns haha. The toppings are grass jelly, peach gum and taro balls. Peach gum not nice one haha.

I was eager to try more of their items. But this had diminishing returns haha. The toppings are peach gum, red beans and taro balls. Peach gum not nice one haha.

Surprisingly satisfying. I love yam and the tau huay was good too. This usually has taro balls too but they had run out so we only have paste and mini taro balls.

Wah I normally ignore such stalls but we randomly ordered something and I loved it. The mango was perfect and all the coconut floored me. The one big fatality was the ice wasn't done properly so it solidified into blocks quickly.

Had the Earl Grey Milk Tea Fatcaron and Pistacho Dirty Latte.

The Earl Grey Milk Tea Fatcaron was good as it is not sweet like usual macron that is available in the market. The Earl Grey is strong in taste for people that like strong flavour.

Pistacho drink wise, is too nutty for me and viscous. I would expect it to have a more smooth texture for a drink.

Singapore Coffee Festival Special Flavour
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50% Colombia and 50% Brazil Espresso Blend by Tiong Hoe Specialty Coffee

This bowl of $8.60 dessert was just ok - expected more for this price.

Putu Mayam is a traditional Southern Indian rice flour noodle dish. It can be either a sweet (with sugar) or savoury (with curries) dish. Growing up, you usually find it served during breakfast with red sugar and freshly grated coconut on the side at some neighbourhood mamak stalls. It was rather uncommon to begin with but seemed to have disappeared nearly completely.

Looking deceptively simple, this dish is actually rather tedious and time consuming to make from scratch. A dough is made from rice flour roasted with pandan and then filled into a hand wooden press with minute holes. The dough is then pressed through the holes to create the signature thin rice flour strands. It is then placed on greased rattan trays and steamed just before serving.

I really like that Tom's Palette has brought this little known heritage dish back in their own unique innovative way. The putu mayam is layered into the cone and then topped with their signature fresh tekka coconut ice cream and finished with a sprinkling of red sugar. I'm personally no fan of coconut but found their tekka ice cream rather enjoyable with a good balance of sweetness, and richness with a good layer of refreshing flavour. It's perfect for the summer dog days. The putu Mayam was soft and fluffy and one of the best I had in a really long time.

The waffles are good but I reckon the putu Mayam cone is better!

P.S.A. After some persuasion, I managed to persuade the good folks there to reveal their putu mayam supplier and it might surprise some!

Tom's Palette is one of the early pioneers of the indie ice cream shops in Singapore when it opened in the sleepy Shaw Tower in Bugis which has since been pulled down.

Best known for their salted egg ice cream, this little scoop shop has shifted to Middle Road and opened a 2nd outlet in Kovan, serving innovative and interesting flavours. It's great to see that they continue to serve the Tom's Palette which featured SIX scoops of ice cream that is great for sharing at $30.

During my visit, I quite enjoyed their freshly baked Belgian waffles. Not as good as Creamier's but close enough. As for ice cream flavours, I would highly recommend the lychee Moroccan rose for its fruity sweet yet bright floral flavours!