First experience eating Truffle Fries at Lola's Cafe

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Actually I have tons of food photos, but I feel lazy to write the essay for my blog. Oh I wish I'm just a fashion blogger. Just snap some photos and put where I got those items. But I don't have good fashion items to show off. Lol

Back to main topic . . .

My friend once mention to me how good truffle fries is. I really wanted to try it for quite a long time, but always ended up choosing the main course over this because of the price.

Finally today I made up my mind, die die I must try the truffle fries. We (my husband and I) went to Lola's Cafe for brunch. This place is a highly rave cafe in Singapore. It's located near Kovan MRT, just 2 minutes walk. We've been there once actually, but didn't try their truffle fries.We like the food there, especially their brioche bread.

This place is super popular, there's always queue, we have to wait for around 20 minutes before we can get a table.But don't worry, they have a tablet where you can get your queue ticket and write down your phone number, once the table is ready for you, you'll get a sms. So you're free to go anywhere you like without worrying people might cut queue.

Lola's Cafe at Simon Road

They had good selection of coffee, but I'm not a coffee person, sorry.

those table legs' are actually vintage sewing machine.

detailed interior

OK, now here comes the food...

First time we went there, there were 5 of us, so we managed to order more varieties. One of my friend ordered the Croissant, it was so good! Next time when I come here I wanted to try this.

Bacon and egg croissant, if I'm not wrong, this dish is not listed on their menu on the website. I can't cheat.

This is everyone's favorite on the menu, Avocado Egg Benedict. I'm not a runny egg yolk kind of person, so I don't really have the right to comment here. All I can say is I can't really tasted the avocado, and it is a raw sliced avocado, my expectation was some kind of guacamole. The brioche bread save the dish. Really love their bread.

Avocado Egg Benedict

Yeeay mushroom! My fave veggie. Whenever I see mushroom on the menu, I'm sold! I have to order whatever it is. And this is really good. Second time we come back, this is the dish that we ordered again!

The creamy mushroom is melting on your mouth, and again the brioche bread, it's crispy on the edges but very fluffy in the middle... Where do they get the bread?? How do they cook it until this perfection...

Mushroom Melt, the side salad balance it all

And finally the truffle fries... the most expensive fries that I ever bought. This small plates of fries cost $12 (IDR 100rb!!!). When I put this on my mouth, I can feel the strong aroma of the truffle. The fries is thinner than usual fries (compared to mc donald's), it's crunchy and not oily at all. It's a bit salty but not too salty. I think those white flakes is parmesan not salt.

This fries is perfect to share for 3-4 persons. I feel it a bit too much and too expensive for 2 persons.

Now truffle fries is on the list of my favorite food.

Truffle Fries

Lola's Cafe
5 Simon Road, Singapore
http://lolascafe.com.sg

Nearest MRT: Kovan
take the Kovan Melody exit then just walk 2 minutes.

Fine Dining at Restaurant Les Bouquinistes à Paris de Guy Savoy

If you visit Paris, at least you must experience a real fine dining. In my life I only experienced real fine dining few times only and always end up it didn't make me full at all. But the food was good.

The title looks so cool right? Yes we ate there. It's a restaurant owned by Guy Savoy, but not the michelin star one. The price will be doubled if we went to Guy Savoy Restaurant. My boss tell me better go to this one, the food might me more or less the same, but only the place and the service won't really be super 'atas'. And if you want to save money also, better dine during lunch time because the Set Lunch is cheaper compared to the Set Dinner. It comes with a glass of wine too.

No need too talk too much, here're the verdicts..

This is the interior. Not so packed during lunch hour

hungry face #1

hungry face #2

The service was good, we made a reservation like 2 weeks before (super kiasu) because I don't want to ruin my schedule and end up not having a fine dining or have one but the price and the food is not comparable. So better make a reservation, it's free and you still can cancel it anyway.

They had 2 options for the Set Lunch, fish or beef. It consists 3 courses meal: appetizer, main and dessert. And also a glass of wine. We ordered both, so we can taste everything. If you have more budget, you should order the Tasting Menu, it's like they will served you whatever best ingredients they had that day. 

Here comes the food. . . .

Appetizer #1, it's a pan fried prawn in something. I can't remember anymore... sorry.. But it tasted so good, and only 3 pieces.. I wish I had more

Appetizer #2 is Tomato Soup, I forgot what is the green thing. This is also so good...

Main #1, the beef. From the photo you can tell it's a perfectly cook beef, when you chew you can't tell the different whether you eating the beef or your own tongue. The potatoes also so good.

Main #2 The Fish, haiyah, forgot what kind of fish it is. The fish cooked perfectly also, it's a bit crispy on the outside but very juicy and tender inside, but still cannot beat the fish that I had in Barcelona.

Dessert #1, mixed berries sorbet. Not really a fan of berries, tasted nice but nothing really special.
I like the bowl, where can i get one?

Dessert #2, also some sorbets, It should be in different flavors, but all tasted almost the same. I only can tell the white one is coconut, the green one is pistachio, maybe. Taste like normal sorbet also. Why there is no chocolate dessert, I hate set lunch.

We were the only asian on that restaurant, until a Japanese couple came in at seated on the table next to us. Something funny happened. They also ordered both set lunch like us, and when they wanted to switch place, the waiter take the plate, and there is a few second panic moment that they thought the waiter is going to bring away the plate, thought that they're done. But luckily the waiter just want to help them switching plates.

When we saw that situation we can't help to not giggles, and I told him that can be happening to us. I will be very panicked of the waiter take away my half eaten expensive food.

the japanese couple

Oh yeah, the Set Lunch price is 35 Eur (around S$60) before tax and tips. Is it worth the price? Hmmm.. I can say that it's worth the experience. The food is fine, even it doesn't really make you full, but definitely it gives me an experience how's fine dining in Paris feels like. The Parisian do it everyday. I also can't do it everyday if money allows. Lol


Restaurant Les Bouquinistes à Paris de Guy Savoy
53 Quai des Grands Augustins, 75006 Paris, France
www.lesbouquinistes.com 

Nearest place : Notre Dame Cathedral
You can walk, it's just across the Seine River.  

Paris Disneyland

Disneyland, here we come..

Hi, I'm back.. sorry for the lack of updates...

Here's another part of my Paris story..

Second day during our stay at Paris was 1st of May which is Labour Day. Every shops is closed. It wasn't the best timing to go to Europe. So decided to go to Disneyland, supposed this place always open.

It took 45 mins train journey to reach here. You must buy different ticket because it's located outside the metro zone.

Actually we're also too old for Disneyland. But my boss mention that Disneyland Paris is one of the best Disneyland that he ever visited (compared to Hongkong and Tokyo), so we already come that far to Paris, must visit lah. And also I never been to any Disneyland before.

a magical place, everything is so pretty, or is it because all people here are Caucasians so match with the surroundings?!

sakura!!

There are 2 parks here, Disneyland and Disney Studio. You can buy the ticket which allow you to visit 2 parks on the same day. The different between these 2 parks is Disneyland is for children and the other hands Disney Studio is for adults, where you can find adrenaline rides like Tower of Terror.

This place supposed to be happiest place on earth! But not on a cold day. I don't feel like riding roller coaster on 10 degree (actually I'm not a fan of those kind of rides) and everything is long queue.

Mostly what we did here just took photo, queuing for the rides, admiring the surroundings. We didn't really try all the rides because the queue took too long, somehow we still managed to go into the Phantom Mansion, Pirates of the Carribean, Snow White Rides and Mickey Mouse Studio which took almost 1 hour to queue, but inside we only see Mickey Mouse mascot and took photo with him, what a waste of time. Don't go there...

one of the rides which has 1-hr queue. skip that.

pirates ship

one of the ride that we took. it was the Pirates of the Carribean. Quite entertaining.

Captain Hook and a dwarf

Hunchback of Notredame and Esmeralda.

Little Snow White

What I love the most is a lots of little girl dressed as Disney Princess. Aren't they adorable?!

She also walk like a princess... holding her skirt and followed by Minnie Mouse holdings 2 minnie dolls.
My childhood happiness suddenly felt like I wasn't happy enough.

And here's the Mickey Mouse thingy.....

outside looks can be deceiving

while we wait, we can watch classic mickey mouse and donald duck movies.

queued so long just to get this blurry photo

lucky he managed to take a decent photo of me

You see that, isn't it the same mickey mouse?! we met the same mickey at Disney Studio with no queue.
I don't want to take photo with him anymore.

At Disney Studio we only watch some 4D performance and Stitch Show (which is for kids). The other rides are too scary. We missed the Parade too. So sad.

had lunch, lasagna and side salad. taste normal

he had pizza

and of course I had a dessert, a tiramisu

And we continue our journey to Disney Studio. this park is smaller compared to the Disneyland. It was drizzling, so it become even more freezing. We tried to stayed indoor as much as possible.

this is the entrance to Disney Studio

Everything is so high technology here, totally different from what you see in Disneyland

Found some Indonesian "Wayang Kulit"

Toy Story came in giant size. I feel like i'm the toy

major failed

The mascot here are not so busy, maybe all the kids go home already.

Luigi and Guido

riding that in the rain? no thanks.

looks like a fun ride with the dog. but it quite scary though.

this is totally not a place for me.

we took "Hollywood Studio Tour Tram". it was good for tired legs

They brought us to saw some movie setting

and how they do the explosion effect

These 2 parks closed to early though. Around 7pm if i'm not wrong. So after we're being shoo-ed out, we take a walk at the Disney Resort. Actually this is a very HUGE integrated resort kind of thing. There are hotels and restaurants.

OK, here's the end of my Disneyland post. I still have 2 more things to write from my Paris trip. The Louvre and our Fine Dining experience. Stay tuned..

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