Date of visit- 23/01/08

Creation Cafe sits quietly in an equally quiet building and if not for my friend's recommendation, I would have given it a pass even if I were to pass the stall by, given its simple and unflattering setting.



Creation adopts an informal approach to its diners, pretty much like Pastamania's. Once seated (by yourself), order what you want manually with the order sheet. Its menu is simple and basically diners would take up the offer of either their set lunches or dinners at $11.20 and $15.20 respectively; ala-cartes of their main courses are at $10 each, offers little value as compared to their set meals.


ice lemon tea- price inclusive in set dinner of SGD15.20

Drinks come first, as per standard, but what's different was that it took a good 15 minutes to come, and in varying sizes! My friend's glass was taller than mine. Gasp. Tea was not homemade, tasted very much like a popular brand's.


cream of mushroom- price inclusive in set dinner of SGD15.20

Serving was adequate but as shown in the photo above, a little on the low side. Soup and bread were good though, not your typical campbell soup kind. Me and my friends were satisfied with it, though it took another long wait to arrive on our tables.



While waiting for our main courses to be served, I spotted this "disclaimer" behind a wall. Guess their owners did warn its diners about the wait after all!


pesto- price inclusive in set dinner of SGD15.20

The familiar fish & chips is known as "pesto" here, and it is the only main course which is not pasta in their menu. Serving was again on the small side and after sharing, I was left with only one piece of the fish its size Long John Silver's fish would be proud of. In simpler english? LJS's fish is bigger than Creation's! But oh, this tasted good too.


brownie (with ice cream)- price inclusive in set dinner of SGD15.20

Dessert come in three options, ice cream, brownie (with ice cream), and apple crumpler (with ice cream). This could really be better. They obviously forgot to warm it up! It was hard, and many of us decided to just leave it alone.



Conclusion:
Creation serves really nice and exciting food (like their laksa-flavoured pastas!), but was let down by their service and puny portion of food. It's highly not recommended when you're running near empty but if you just need a bite, it is one good and original cafe you can rely on. And oh, their prices are nett and you save 17%! (: