SYIP Cafe Food Review

It's been long since I visited a cafe with my friends! This cafe looks very minimalistic and new. The food is good too! These mains were shared among the 4 of us.

1. My favourite main: Creamy Chicken Scrambled Egg Croissant ($16)

+soft buttery scrambled eggs

+creamy mushroom with chicken bits (looks like swiss mushrooms)

+crispy and soft croissant (I think it came cut into 4 pieces?)

+I think all these three ingredients complement well with each other!
+My friends like this dish too

-bits of baby spinach

Taste Verdict: 5/5

Price Verdict: 4.5/5

The stars beside the menu means is their signature. We ordered the burrata open-faced toast, ikura kombu capellini and mentaiko fries.

The coffee bean means it has caffeine. We ordered the dirty matcha, black sesame latter and oolong tea.

2. Burrata open-faced toast ($22)

-sourdough bread (yes I guessed correctly that it was sourdough bread because of a slight sour taste, though my friends doubt so. The bread was very wet and I think it was because of the water from the burrata. )

+burrata (I've always wanted to try burrata which is an Italian cheese. My friends thought that this was egg white! The burrata was quite bland but this was my first time trying burrata so I shall not comment further.

+caramelised onions (my friend thought this was jellyfish)

+cherry tomato confit

+kale (this is expensive and nutritious veggie on the toast :) )

+red radish (where is this?)

+really nice arrangement of flowers

-veggies on the side had this familiar citrusy sauce that Collin's also use

Taste Verdict: 3/5 because bread was really wet

Price Verdict: 2/5

3. Ikura Kombu Capellini ($16)

+capellini (slightly thicker than angel hair pasta)

+sakura ebi

+shio kombu (aka seaweed)

+ikura

+I really like this combination and it was very flavourful and slightly spicy. It's actually better than the capellini that I ate at Saveur Ion.

+the capellini was carefully and nicely plated. Throwback to the days when I watched my chefs plating this with chopsticks.

-my friend was disappointed by this main because she thought it would be better

Taste Verdict: 4/5

Price Verdict: 3.5/5

4. Mentaiko Fries ($10)

+flavouful

-slightly salty

+served hot and before mains

+good for sharing among 4 people

Taste Verdict: 4/5

Price Verdict: 4/5

5. Dirty Matcha ($6.50)

+smooth matcha taste

-no taste of coffee ( I wanted to try this because it should have a shot of espresso or it could be the person mixed up matcha latte and dirty matcha. I wonder what kind of matcha did they use. )

Taste Verdict: 4/5

Price Verdict: 3.5/5 ( I think they served me the wrong matcha drink.)

6. Black Sesame Latte ($6.50)

+strong aromatic coffee

+good combination with black sesame

Taste Verdict: 4/5

Price Verdict: 4/5

7. Dong Ding Oolong ($5)

+nice cups and plates

-my friends said this did not taste like oolong tea but I think it's because it's Dong Ding. It has a toasted nutty flavour.

+Very nice white walls and Christmas tree

+there is also a toilet here

The cashier and drinks-making section are at the front of the cafe.

They used a local Singapore brand for ceramic plates and cups.

The GST and service charges are enough to pay for another main.

We came out and saw this crowd around 1pm+.

We came around 12pm on a weekday.

Overall, we enjoyed the food and ambience but it was slightly noisy.

Nearest MRT: Farrer Park

Address: 79 Owen Rd, Singapore 218895

Opening Hours: 9am-6pm except Monday

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