Chic Bites

My cousin bought us a box of 8 "moon cakes" for Mid-Autumn Festival this year. The only that they aren't cakes, they're "moon pies".

Like their cake cousins, these "moon pies" ($9.80 for 8 pieces) from Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry are sugary calorie-laden treats that do a fair bit of damage to your waistline. There are 7 different flavours in a box - Original (lotus seed paste in a pastry shell), Savoury, Pandan, Green Tea, Coffee, Yam and Black & White Sesame.

In spite being sooooo picky, my mum thinks the yam one is great. I tried Original (since there were 2 in the box) and Coffee. At first bite, the coffee moon pie was fantastic. The pastry exuded a buttery fragrance and the filling had an intense coffee flavour. Unfortunately, both were really really jelat. I had two halves and gave up after. I feel so fat~~~ *help*

If you wanna try something different this Mid-Autumn Festival (8th September 2007), go visit Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry. This fifty year old pastry shop is famous for its golf ball pineapple tarts (10 for $7.20) and, for the health conscious, bean curd tarts ($5.50 for 6).



Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry
264 Middle Road
Tel: 6 337 2417

Opening hours:
10.30am to 7.30pm from Mon - Sat
10.30am to 3pm on Sun and PH


*prices taken from AsiaOne

Labels: Festival Food

Here are my pics from my trip to Perth & the South West of Western Australia :)

Labels: Foodie Adventures

Psst... Have you heard? The Cannery has come up with a membership card, only for students 21 and above, with a credit limit of up to $2,000! The Cannery Attitude offers pretty serious discounts on alcohol, priority entry into MOS and Clinic, access to exclusive members' areas and best of all, 15% off food bills! That's great news for people like me, who'd love to try molecular gastronomy at Aurum - if only there was some discount! The discount off food bills also applies to:

• Barfly
• Bice Bistro (if you can read mandarin, here's a review of Bice Bistro)
• Balcony at Heeren
• Nectarie

Also joining the bandwagon of no minimum income cards is the Citi Clear Card. What used to be a prestigious card now only affords $500 credit limit to people aged 21 and above, with tonnes of gourmet privileges at places that range from Bistro Delifrance to Marmalade Pantry and even Lawry's! There is however a Citibank Clear Platinum Visa Card for those earning at least $30k a year.

So is it socially responsible for The Cannery and Citibank to come up with no minimum income credit cards? Well, that's for another blog to discuss. :)

Labels: Dining Privileges