banoffee, lemon tart, quiche
son was back from london for a very short break. 🙂
he did 10km run with me this morning with my good friend & weekly running partner.
my daughter made the arrangements & we managed to find time to go for a 4pax family coffee/snacks at carpenter & cook this afternoon on 1.4.2015.^^ excellent outing this! wonderful food & ambience. 🙂
carpenter & cook
carpenter & cook
retro display
there were price tags on the quaint collections (i spied an old typewriter at S$800!) which included some enamel floral painted plates on the wall, tables & chairs etc. hence carpenter – we were told by the proprietress shenn, who is a pastry chef who pulls the weights for the other part of the name – cook. ^^
banoffee pie
banoffee pie was excellent! there was a coffee infused top. shenn said it was rare. the toffee was freshly made, very mildly sweet & excellent flavours (different form what i learned for the internet boiling a can of condensed milk in water for 3 hrs).
well, shenn told us her bakery was just downstairs at the same premises & all the pastries were own freshly baked & not from a common supplier. ^^
my own banoffee pie was not too bad but this was of course better. 🙂
lemon tart
lemon tart was very nice also. very mildly sweet (which we liked) & nicely tangy, & a nice crisp tart base.
bacon quiche
both my daughter & i wanted to try the quiche. we picked the bacon quiche. i thought it was really savoury & nice. we all liked it. i tried a mini quiche previously, not too great, maybe i may try it again.
flat white
the flat white was smooth & silky, micro foam well blended, & great flavours.
it didn’t have the latte art of assembly coffee. well i guess no latte art at all.
taste wise, it was as good as dutch colony & assembly coffee. maybe chye seng huat was better, couldn’t really remember. it was good anyway.
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