| Tea Break
We had:
Coffee ($4++) - Good
Carbonara ($14.50++) - Though light & interesting, Carbonara shouldn't be served with the egg cooked seperately. The pasta looked good topped with a nice poached egg. However, a proper Carbonara should have the egg stir-in with Parmesan cheese. The portion was rather small too. It would be great to be able to choose a bigger portion with a higher price tag.
Gateaux Chocolate ($6.50++) - A nice impressive looking petite piece of cake. Quality wise, no different from the one I just had at the Greenhouse Cafe. Pretty good.
Tiramisu (S6.50++) - Ok.....Hmm....I'm trying to be nice here....This is the perhaps Canele's interpretation of a good old fashion Tiramisu. I had higher expectations because it was Canele. The taste for the whole dessert was nothing like those found in Italian restaurants. To me, the dessert should be renamed but don't call it Tiramisu.
Service - Though the place is pretty small and the number of Service Staff is not that small, it is rather difficult to get their attention. From the moment of waiting for a seat, getting the menu, getting the order and getting the extra ice water besides the coffee was rather tough. To be fair, the staff were not chatting in a corner, but somehow, most of them were standing at positions that were somewhat difficult to wave them down or have eye contact. I need to walk to the counter several times to get some attention. However, the service provided, once gotten, was polite.
Ambience: A nice place to be seen though with all the nice and comfortable furnishing. It's a nice place to chill out with frens.
Value: Most dishes were priced much lower than I've expected. However, I guess because of the low prices, the portion were much smaller. Have had wanted to order a pizza, then realised that the price tag ensured not one whole round pizza but a small piece of rectangular portion instead.
Overall: The overall experience was good. Will be back.
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