The Fed Giraffe

Medium sized acai was $7.90 and the iced chocolate was $5.90!

The acai had blueberries, bananas at the top, and chia seeds at the bottom. There's a choice of 2 crunches and 1 drizzle for the acai; i got chocolate granola and lotus biscuits for the crunches, and almond butter for the drizzle. Toppings were very generous and the acai was the icy kind, my favourite HAHAHA

The iced chocolate was very thick but it wasn't heavy at all, it was a very nice drink

Service was amazing, the people there were so polite🥰 will keep coming back whenever i crave for acai hehe

5/5⭐️

Caught wind of the new The Fed Giraffe — the florist-cum-cafe is one of the few tenants of the newly-opened Hougang Rivercourt that is situated in between Hougang and Kovan; accessible via bus just a few stops away from either MRT Station. Whilst the neighbourhood mall itself, as well as most of the shops within are undergoing renovation works, there are a few F&B establishments that had already opened their doors here which includes the likes of a Koufu foodcourt, R&B Tea, Overscoop (yes, the same one from Junction Nine at Yishun that had also opened yet another outlet in Orchard Central recently) and Burger King amongst others. Despite being a florist-cum-cafe, The Fed Giraffe is a spot that is more meant for lighter fare — quite evident would be the small food preparation area that doesn’t really allow for open-fire cooking; the menu features a variety of bagels (including bagel sandwiches and bagels with various spreads), poke bowls and açai bowls. Beverages available here includes specialty coffee as well as a decent selection of tea.

Given the size and equipment of the food preparation at The Fed Giraffe, we were actually not expecting a lot from the Loxlox that we had order. Being more of a classic Lox bagel sandwich (some will call it “that smoked salmon bagel sandwich”), the Loxlox comprises of items such as Smoked Salmon, Scallion Cream Cheese With Cucumbers and Fresh Onions — patrons will have the choice to opt between the Wholemeal Bagel or the Plain Bagel; we went for the latter. Going straight for a little bit of everything, what really impressed us with the Loxlox here is how there seem to be attention to detail being placed on the bagel itself — for an establishment of its type, we were already impressed with how the bagel carried a slight crusty texture from being toasted; adds texture to the otherwise rather “safe” bagel sandwich that it is. The rest of the elements here is just a classic combination that goes well together — that savoury, cured flavours of smoked salmon and that zing from the fresh onions that resets the taste buds when all gets a bit too heavy; the scallion cream cheese that provides a creamy texture that bind all the elements together. Pretty satisfying despite being a really simple and classic combination for a bagel sandwich.

If anything, The Fed Giraffe is that sort of spot that falls into a difficult category — there isn’t quite a variety of items that would attract the masses given how bagels, poke bowls and açai bowls do generally seem to only appeal to a niche crowd — not to mention how the items do feel somewhat simple though there is nothing much they could do considering the space that they are occupying. That being said, we really did love how they were still able to nail a simple item relatively well; perhaps they just need to take a look into offering something with more character to stand out from the saturated cafe scene in Singapore. Wouldn’t really say that I would travel out the way out from a far end of the island to just go for their bagels here, but I think it works if one is living around the North-East region; also a convenient hangout for residents in the area.