Société Canteen (Cluny Court) | ThumbsForFood

I have been wanting to try Société Canteen along Bukit Timah Road. My friend has been persistently recommending me to visit this cafe for its coffee. We visited this place on a Saturday afternoon and were pleasantly surprised to find it rather unoccupied except for 2 other tables. Société Canteen is an Australian style coffee and cafe fare.

And they have an open kitchen concept, which is pretty cool. I feel that this made the whole cafe seems more spacious!

They have a selection of pastries, loaves of bread and daily baked quiches on their counter. Good snacks to go along with your coffee [: I do find the loaf of bread a tad too pricey though. I mean, a loaf of bread that costs $10?

Looks appetizing?

As we asked for recommendations, they suggested the Portuguese Egg Tarts which were freshly baked.  I feel that its pretty good, especially the crust of the egg tart!

Portuguese Tart - $4.00

Apparently, this is the new creation by the chef. 

Strawberry Pancakes $12. This was complimentary on the house. Thank you Société Canteen for letting us taste your new creation [: And we all thought that the homemade strawberry jam was really nice. It is not too sweet while not too tasteless. The decorations was pretty too!

Well, for non-coffee drinkers, here is something for you! They have a range of T2 teas from Australia. Looks pretty good to me!

We tried the Sleep Tight and the Just Chamomile teas. It smells really great and the teas were refreshing!

Société Canteen use Papapalheta's terra firma blend primarily and on occasion feature famous espresso blends from around the World. 

The coffee is a must-try in cafes! We had the Magic, Piccolo Latte, & the Latte. Price range around $5-$6. 

Latte - $5

Piccolo Latte - $5

Magic - $6

All in all, I think this can easily be one of my favourite cafes in town. I would definitely drop by again to have a try at the brunch! Yes, they do serve brunch such as Eggs Benedicts $15. 

And, please also read our reviews on Cupcake Engineer to check out if their cupcakes are worth your $4!

Our ratings of Société Canteen: 7.5/10

Société Canteen

Tues-Fri: 1000-1900

Sat-Sun: 0800-1900

501 Bukit Timah Road

#01-05B

Cluny Court

Singapore 259760

Cheers,

Z

Cupcake Engineer (Cluny Court) | ThumbsForFood

Cupcake craze has been rife in Singapore. As we were in the area to try Societe Canteen (Do look out for our upcoming review), we decided to give Cupcake Engineer a try. Did it pass our taste test? Read on to find out more!

It is a pretty small shop that is situated in Cluny Court. It does not have much seating capacity in the store. Outdoors, there are two tables with 4 seating capacity each. Hence, not exactly a place to chillout, but more of a takeaway store. 

Opening Hours and shop interior

I understand that the concept is where an Engineering Graduate, Rachel, who set up this shop to "engineer" cupcakes that are of unique flavors. And yes, indeed the cupcakes are quite special in flavor. They have like Horlicks, Bandung, Matcha and even Spicy Chocolate.

Flavors in-store

Cupcakes on display

Each cupcake is priced at $4! And yes, that's quite expensive considering that the price of 12 cupcakes is at $3 and Plain Vanilla ones are at $3.50. They have a few drinks choices, but, nothing fancy.

Menu

 Time for taste test...

Hot Chocolate, as you can see below is decorated with a chili. The frosting on top was not very even and pretty to look at. And no, we did not appreciate the taste of the chocolate cupcake infused with chili flavor. It just wasn't our kind of cupcake.

Hot Chocolate Cupcake

Ho-Ho-Ho-rlicks was our other choice. It is decorated with cream and topped with a chocolate ball. Firstly, the cupcake was disappointing. It did not have a horlick flavor that it was trying to have. We believe that the cream on the cupcake is very important and essential as it is supposed to complement the cupcake. However, it was too oily and buttery. All in all, no horlicks taste plus chocolate ball tasted like Maltesers.

Ho-Ho-Ho-rlicks

Overall, we think the concept of creating unique flavored cupcakes is one that is good and different. However, we feel that taste of the cupcake is still of utmost important. If the taste of the cupcake isn't up to the mark, then, it is not worth a try. For $4, the cupcakes are priced too high.

Our Ratings: 5/10

501 Bukit Timah Road

#01-03A Cluny Court

Tel: 9647 4732

Do visit our other cupcake post for Plain Vanilla. Do look out for more cupcakes review!

Cheers, Y