Anne's Food for Thought #4 - Wheeler's Yard & Mu Parlour

Wheeler's Yard - The Bicycle Artilier

28 Lorong Ampas

The back of the cafe beside a stretch of private houses/old office buildings

Found this hidden gem in Balestier the other day. Had no idea this existed till Sheryl told me about it. 

Loved its ambience as well as its decor - very interesting concept!

The entrance

Collection of bicycles that are on sale.

Inside of the cafe

On their menu, they serve espresso coffee as well as various sandwiches, pasta and finger food.

We decided to go for the Beef Sandwich as well as the Aglio Olio.

Beef Sandwich

Aglio Olio (extra spicy pls!)

Before heading to Wheeler's Yard, our expectations for their food weren't very high, given the reviews by customers who been there before. We went there with the intention of checking out how pretty the place is. Therefore, we weren't quite disappointed by the food. (I was extremely hungry too as I didn't have time to eat in school)

 I didnt try the coffee though, I will never risk drinking coffee as I will be tossing in bed the whole night. (Caffeine effect can last up to 12 hours for me)

I'm not sure when this place started, but when we were there, we overheard (the boss or the manager) that they were planning to improve the place here and there. So I'll definitely keep my eye on this one and go back there again when they improve their food menu.

Mu Parlour

16A Lorong Mambong

Beautifully decorated interior!!

Yay this place was added into my list of (a handful) favourite dessert places! So glad I managed to find another apart from having 3 Inch Sin, which is just a few shops away. (Did a review about it on my livejournal before and its the best place for chocolate desserts)

Away from the crowd in Holland Village, this is a nice place to have tea and talk over desserts. 

FWHOOAAAAA

Lemon Meringue Tart - One of the best I've tried so far

Passionfruit Opera

The Lemon Meringue Tart one of the best lemon tarts that I have tried so far.

Usually lemon curd would overpower the taste of the tart but everything was so well-balanced here. Lemon curd was tangy and sweet, tart was flavourful and slightly salty and the meringue... HOW DID THEY MAKE IT SO GOOEY AND FLUFFY?! 

For meringue haters like Sheryl and Stella, who hesitated to order this because it has meringue (altho they love lemon tart), said that they actually enjoyed the meringue.

The Passionfruit Opera was not bad, just that the we were too distracted by the goodness of the lemon tart that we didn't quite appreciate this as much. I thought the taste of passionfruit was too faint tho, maybe because I love passionfruit and I would have loved more of it.

However, I wished they served teas in pots instead of a cup (that's not refillable either), and I thought it wasn't worth it.

Nice place, good ambience, would go back there again anytime. :)


Sigh that's it for today. Got a test tmrw and I've got to continue studying. :(
xx

- A