I stumbled upon this place on a Tiong Bahru Blog: http://tiongbahruestate.blogspot.com/2007/12/interesting-shops-in-tiong-bahru.html
and ever since, i am a regular customer of the place.

Though there isn't a great variety of food served (around 10 dishes which you have it everyday and around 5 are daily specials), those that were served are nice. I really don't have a favourite dish as everything is nice.

Go for a set meal, which comes with a drink and cake. the special bael rose tea is nice and unique, but need to top up $1-2 more.

If you are lucky, they have special dish which is not on the menu but written on a board in front of the cashier, i once order mushroom soup and it was simply yummy, thick soup base with real mushroom seen, came with 3 long slice of garlic bread, it is a meal itself already.

I like the service staffs too (all from Philipines), friendly and accomodating. You will never get the stop-sitting-around-since-you-have-finished-your-meal stare from there.

small and cosy setting, definitely not a place for big group (ie more than 8 pax).

After reading the reviews, I've decided to check this place out. This place is really hidden in side the smaller lanes, we had a hard time circling around the area.

The cafe counter has quite a wide selection of cakes -- great for cake lover :) One look at the counter, would let others think that the shop serves only deli selection as there were no indication of other type of food.

My colleagues and I tried the Fish & Chips, Low Calories Laksa and Curry Chicken. The Fish & Chips is quite a big portion and really crispy. The Laksa is good and because they replaced the coconut with low fat milk, it does not taste too jelat. As for the curry chicken -- YUMMY! The curry gravy tasted really nice and goes well with just plain rice :) And -- they have potatoes in the curry this time :P

We took the mango cake, strawberry & oreo cheesecake. All 3 cakes were nice, oreo cheesecake not too overpowering, strawberry cake gave us a refreshing taste, and mango cake was not too sweet.

We'll be back for more lunch & cakes!

So after reading so much about the next up-and-coming neighbourhood of Tiong Bahru and the many cafes that have mushroomed in a once sleepy nook, I decided to make my first foray at Caffe Pralet.

The Friday special was fish and chips or a spaghetti with prawns. For a few dollars more, one could get a set meal comprising the main, a drink, and a cake/dessert.

I chose the fish and chips which appeared to be the popular choice having appeared on almost every diner's table that night. For dessert, there was a decent selection of cakes ranging from green tea tiramisu, oreo cheesecake, a healthy carrot cake/muffin, and so on. Feeling a wee bit adventurous, I went for the apple cake.

The fish and chips consisted of a single large fillet of battered fish, crinkle cut fries, and slaw. The fish was very well fried with the batter being crunchy and crispy and not exceedingly greasy, and staying so throughout the meal. The fish was fresh, soft and moist on the inside, although the flesh was a bit too soft - bordering on mush - at some parts. The fries were your typical frozen variety and suitably crispy and salt-free. The slaw on the other hand was drenched in a thick, viscous mayo-infused sauce that overpowered and covered all taste of vegetable. Definitely not healthy, definitely artery-clogging.

The apple cake I'd selected was essentially a sponge cake with slices of apple compacted in between. It was an interesting and competent attempt but nowhere nearly as good as the apple crepe at Classic Cakes. Slightly too sweet and lacking that x-factor, this cake was a passable end to the meal but left me craving for a richer and more indulgent dessert.

For $15, I felt this was a tad pricey given the relatively small portions. Nonetheless, the fish and chips are pretty well done and will certainly satisfy any such cravings, and a cafe such as this provides welcome variety to a neighbourhood that is heavier on the tze char.

dang tot that i will be the 1st to review! been passing by this place ever since it opened, as my dog's groomer is just down the road. Finally decided to venture in today with my fren n my godson, partly prompted by contrarian recommendations that the cakes are ok-nice. If its ok for picky contrarian , I reckon it should be pretty safe for me.

1st impression was ok, its your typical cafe setup, the eye catching part are the 2 cabinets of various breadsticks n nick nacks. Its a pity the baking school is separated by a wall, it would be nice to see a class in action. Oh, for those who doesn't know, cafe pralet is part of creative culinaire baking school (more details later).

I went straight to the cake counter, n on 1st impression was not impressed. I hate cakes being displayed in pieces n in wrap plastic, just so yucky...I prefer cakes to be displayed in 1 whole piece n sliced as required (its just more natural.

anyway, my order was 1 pralet(choc mousse with crunchy bits layer), choc bailey (choc mousse with bailey), and french black forest, n 2 tea. Total price of $17.50 (I think), its about $4.20 for each pc of cake.

All the cakes were nice, the mousse was nice and not too overpowering. The crunchy bits n biscuit layer on the pralet was not HARD but firm n balance (I hate those very hard type). The bailey was strong initially but once you warm up to it , it was also just right. Initially , i found the black forest bland, but aft my 3rd bite find that it was well balance too and I like it that they were generous with the cherries. Overall, I like their choc cakes, 7/10.

The tea were served with a plastic filter but they didn't provide a plate to place my filter when I wanted it out, so i place it on the tissue paper. Service staff was generally ok.

The baking sch has prog running from monday to sunday. Types of courses are cake baking, bread making, cake decoration, peranankan cooking, chinese cooking, ice cream making class (adults n kids), timsum, miniature pastry, professional baking,n wedding cakes courses.
A very extensive list indeed!

mmmm...if i have a gf, i would take up the miniature pastry class n surprise her with cute french pastry. 8D...haiz...dreaming again...hahaha...

anyway, i will definitely be back (its only 10mins leisurely walk from my place) as I find the cakes nice n prices reasonable. the other 2 reviewers have reviewed on their cook food like curry rice , so i might try it for lunch tmr.

UPDATE:22 Mar 2008
went for a tiramisu cake this morning, DISSAPOINTMENT. They shd have label it mild coffee mousse cake instead.

Went there with my husband this evening based on Exercise2Eat's review (thanks!).

Had a hard time looking for it even though I live 5 minutes from the place. Eng Hoon Street is quite confusing. Wine Wise is at block 57, and if you follow the street down (away from Tiong Bahru market), suddenly it's block 17. Nothing in between to indicate descending numbers.

Anyway I was a bit disappointed to see that it wasn't one of the old flats even though nowhere said that it would be, but still, one can hope, right? Since almost all the flats in the area are like that.

So the restaurant itself was nice and cosy. The cake counter looked very impressive. Wide selection.

I had the chicken curry with rice : GREAT!!!!!!!! Fantastic, really. And for $6.80, a real steal. The only drawback, no potatoes. But hey, 3 big pieces of chicken. Gravy was shiok

My husband had the seafood baked pasta: Good. But it came without fish when the menu said that there would be fish. So we asked and the waitress said 'oh but this dish doesn't come with it' and we showed her the menu and she said 'oh if you want it we can do it for you'. It was a bit strange cos it's not like it's an extra request, it's what we expected cos that's what the menu promised. But anyway, they were nice and friendly, and maybe the choice of words just came out wrong. $9.80 for the set meal, came with a coffee and a cake. Wow great price!

We took the mango cake, which was a bit too spongy for my liking. My husband took a regular coffee. He said it was good but a bit too strong for me. I had the rose tea which was really nice, but too sweet for him.

Free wifi so it's my husband's new study haunt. I like the place and I like the staff and I like the food so yes I will return again. They also open for breakfast.

Just flat note: My food came first and I had no choice but to eat first cos I was really really hungry. And my husband's food only arrived 10 minutes later. Can't really blame them cos alot of eateries in Singapore are like that. But still, my husband was a little disappointed.

PS To those of whom it may matter: The cheesy table cloth was only on our table. The other tables were nice classy glass ones. We only sat there cos it was in the corner.

Edited 06 Dec 07
Went there yesterday with an old friend. Took one grilled pork chop with herbs (really only one piece of pork) and one ayam tempra. The pork chop was tough and flooded with black pepper sauce. I didn't enjoy. The ayam tempra was nice though. But I regret not having taken the curry chicken. The chocolate cakes were great.