Saybons

To all my vegetarian friends out there, Saybons @ Junction 8 offers affordable French food for everyone. 

Saybons is inspired from the French phrase- C'est Bon which means 'it's good' in French. To make it a little easier and unique, we anglicized the phrase and added a 's' at the back. Most people should be able to pronounce this one we guess.

Back view of the Restaurant

The Interior 

Saybons adopted the light blue colour for their decorations, wall color, and plastic cups to represent a lighter feeling when you enter the restaurant. It's a rather small one comfortable for less than 20 persons. 

The menu are attached right outside the restaurant and one on top of the counter. They basically served from toast bread to soups to savoury crepes as well as dessert crepes. They also offered one of the French favourite, the escargots.

Garlic Herb Butter, Tomato Toast, Pumpkin Soup, Ice Lemon Tea: $7.80

I had the promotion of ordering the Pumpkin soup at $3.90 and additional add-on of two toast and a drink at $3.90. To be honest, I'm not a fan of the Pumpkin soup but it's really not that bad. It's not those watery cheapo soup you get at foodcourt, although the price is affordable.

The toast is neither too hard, crispy nor soft, crunchy and I would come back from their crepes in the near future. It was no doubt a healthy breakfast to start off the day. French-cuisine lovers, fall in now! They have two other outlets at Plaza Singapura and Aljunied.

Saybons - French Food Factory
Address: 9 Bishan Place, Junction 8 Shopping Center #02-27A Singapore 579837
Tel: 62583138

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Au Chocolat

Located at level 1 at The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands, Au Chocolat is a restaurant offering French cuisine and specialize in chocolate and candy. Beside the dining bistro, this confiserie is filled to every corner with goodies for young and old. 

Chocolate and candy wonderland

Be treated to the colourful combinations of the exterior and you would be tempted to buy some and try. I swear the tarts and pastries in France is amazingly good. For a start, we were here for their brunch following reviews of the much-hype of Au Chocolat.

The Menu

Meet Danielle, an 8 year old French girl 

Danielle and two other dog companions is the main characters of Au Chocolat. Together they embark on special adventures filled with joy and hoping that all it's customer would experience the same excitement during their visit here.

Quite interesting concept isn't it? This definitely set those children thinking somehow. Here comes our food...

Ultimate Benedict $22

Don't be deceived by the small portion of this Ultimate Benedict. It sure look small from the picture but it's adequate portion to share for two. The crispy bacon is really unique and the combination consist of eibeye steak, roasted chicken and scramble egg. (We actually request for scramble egg instead of 2 poached egg!) The hollandaise sauce completes the meal for two hungry people in the afternoon!

Pardon me I actually forgot the name of the mushroom crepe. It's heavenly good as well. We couldn't finish the portion because the portion of the mushroom is just way too much. The cream sauce match perfectly with the crepe. Writing this post makes me hungry already.

If you haven't been to Au Chocolat, head down and give it a try!

Au Chocolat

Address: Bay Level L1-03, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Singapore 018972

Tel: 66887227

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d' Good Café

Chanced upon a newly set up coffee house at the premises of Holland Village. It's been awhile ever since we set foot to explore new cafe within the area; Lorong Mambong, Lorong Liput. 

The Entrance

You might not have notice them because they operate on the second level and the third level with very unique coffee experience. d'Good Cafe actually offers 4 different settings with two levels accommodating up to 95 people.

That fine day, the attic and the balcony were closed for a private event so we didn't have a chance to take some picture but we will definitely be back again. We chose the lawn because of the grassy patch and the swing in front of the window panel. It really feels very relax and comfy as time passed by.

The Lawn

We ordered the lava cake, the macarons and the blueberry white tea. I was supposed to be on a diet but you know, food blogger have no control over nice cafe settings and cheap and good dessert. 

Blueberry White Tea (Healthy drink)

Lava cake and macarons

While the lava cake was good, the macarons was nothing to shout out for. We had better macarons in Paris and they definitely doesn't serve the best macarons in Singapore either. I have seen reviews of the breakfast here and we will be back to update you further. This restaurant doesn't charge GST and service charge at the moment. 

They are open from daily. Drop by and say Hi! 

d'Good Cafe

273 Holland Avenue #02-01/02 Singapore 278992
Tel: +65 2199807

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Parco Caffe

Another well-hidden discovery, gem in the neighborhood. Remotely located at Raeburn Park, behind the Tanjong Pagar train station, Parco Caffe (brought to you by the very same team behind Spruce) is the place for quiet meals.

       

We decided to check out Parco Caffe after seeing some reviews from food bloggers and on a Saturday afternoon, there isn't really crowd to begin with. As you can see, not much of a crowd on a Saturday afternoon. Hard to sustain these-days with such turnout. So, here I'm going to do them a little favor by providing free of charge promotion

Exterior of the Restaurant

Latte @ $6.00++

Banana Nutella Waffle @ $12.00++ (Recommended) 

Portobello @ $23.00++

Service is efficient and fast. We ordered the Banana Nutella waffle and quite surprised at the combination between these two. However, the waffle isn't as nice compared to the one we had at Strangers' Reunion. Portobello, breakfast/brunch set portion is generously spread. Priced at $23++, you might want to try out other options available in the menu if you are not a salmon lover.

Afterall, a perfect place for a relaxed brunch for quiet conversation for the couples. If you happen to be around the corner, head down to Parco Caffe and you might just love the classy ambiance. 

Parco Caffe

10 Raeburn Park 

Singapore 088702

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Strangers' Reunion

Featured in Timeout Singapore, FoodRabbit decided to check out this newly opened cafe in town. 

Well hidden along the roadside with other pubs and shop-houses, we almost missed it! On a Saturday afternoon, crowds are starting to buzz in. 

Home of the two-time and current Singapore National Barista Champion, Ryan Kieran Tan, Stranger's Reunion @Kampong Bahru, imo, serve one of the best waffles to date. Coffee are priced reasonable, food ranging from waffles ($8.50) to sandwiches ($6 - $11.50) to salad ($12) and Pizza ($8 - $12.50).

Stranger's Reunion Menu

Long Black @ $4.90

Flat White @ $4.90

Buttlemilk Waffle with fresh fruits and maple @ $8.50 (Recommended)

Ham and Cheese Croissant @ $6.00

It is advisable for teenagers or family to visit Strangers' Reunion in the afternoon as the place gets quite complicated in the evening with various pubs alongside it.

Strangers' Reunion
37 Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore 169356
Opens Mon - Sun : 9am to 10pm (Closed on Tue)

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