TARIK

Taking on a neon-yellow-lit industrial vibe, the well-loved Arab St cafe, Tarik, has opened its doors to a new dine-in space in Bali Lane. 🙌🏻 We were recommended their signature Teh Tarik, and Roti Bakar (kaya butter). We also ordered their Matcha Gula Melaka to try!

Served in a siphon ⚗️✨ and decanted into ceramic cone cup, the nostalgic teh tarik drink was elevated to a instagram worthy cafe beverage. Tastewise, it was truly one of the 𝘽𝙀𝙎𝙏 👍🏻 teh tarik’s we've ever had. The ceylon tea base was so potent, and left a satisfying and luxurious aroma in our mouths! 😌 They also have 𝗧𝗲𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗸 (spices), and 𝗧𝗲𝗵 𝗭𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻 (spices and saffron) if you're up to try something different. 🫚

This drink comprises gula melaka, milk, and a whipped matcha cream. Unfortunately, despite the long wait for the drink, it wasn't to our liking. The matcha flavour, in the form of a cream, was already diluted, and was topped on a big glass of milk and gula melaka. The ratio of milk: matcha cream: sugar needs some reconsideration because this was really sugary. 🍯 It reminded us of matcha white chocolate and unfortunately, the matcha flavour was barely discernable. 😥

Because they were shorthanded, the friendly staff checked if we were comfortable with waiting for her to prepare the matcha as she had to clear other orders before she could make our drink, which was fine by us. However, as she was the only one running the show (her colleague was busy), we had to wait almost 30 minutes 🥵. But they don't charge GST and service charge here which makes the drinks 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. ☝🏻 While operations may need some ironing out we definitely think their Teh Tarik is ✨𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙚✨, and we’d be back for that! 🫶🏻