Taiwanese Confectionery - Sweet Musings at Star Vista

If you have been to Taiwan and tried the freshly made 太阳饼 (Sun Cake), the slightly moist flaky skin with a strong milky taste filled with malt is sure to linger in your mind for a while.  Other than the sun cake, another popular confectionery would be the 凤梨酥 (pineapple cake) which are typically in square or rectangular shape.

The sunshine has finally been brought into Singapore by Sweet Musings, a new brand name and shop in Singapore.  They are true to their commitment in bringing the Taiwanese flavour here. The owner, the chef and the ingredients are from Taiwan.  The owner had a shop in Taichung before she decided to bring it over here.

The cakes are freshly made and packed at the store.  Lots of samplings are  available for the fortune bell cake (福钟烧), sun cake, pineapple cake, earl grey egg roll, yam cake (芋泥酥), nougat except for the chilled mochi and panna cotta which comes in 4 flavours.

Prices range from $1 to $3.50. Not exactly cheap but still affordable and you don't have to travel to Taiwan even if you have some cravings for these Taiwanese sweets.

Sweet Musings
1 Vista Exchange Green (The shop at Buona Vista has moved out.  Call contact number to check on new location)
The Star Vista #02-05
Singapore138617
Tel:+65 63392885
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SweetMusings
Operating Hours: Mon - Sun: 10.00 am to 10.00 pm

Getting there: The Star Vista is located right next to the Buona Vista Station.

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驿站 (Yi Zhan) again.... [Shop has Closed]

My second visit to 驿站 within a month.  This time round, what caught my eyes was the 鲁肉饭 (Stewed Pork Rice).  The white rice has been covered by the fragrant stewed pork and gravy.  The 2 yellow pieces are pickles. 

Felt a little sinful after finishing most of the stewed pork as half of it are fatty meat =P  Washing down the rice and the pork is a bowl of clear vegetable soup.  Yummy dinner!

驿站 (Yi Zhan) [Shop has Closed]

Was shopping around Tanjong Pagar MRT xchange one day and chance upon this Taiwanese food cafe 驿站.  It is located at basement 1 in the station and next to The Soup Spoon.

Decided to give it a try since I just missed the Taiwan Food Fair =(  Apart from their regular menu, there are also a few other chef's recommendation on their standee banner.  Although I can't say that the dish that I ordered was really authentic Taiwanese food, I fell in love with it afterall. It is 奶油鱼柳套餐 (Butter Fish Fillet set meal).  It comes with sauteed long bean veggies, potato wedges and rice!  Oh well, by the time i finish the fish, veggies and wedges, tummy definitely has very little room left for the white rice sprinkled with black sesame seeds =(

The best part of this dish is none other than the butter sauce.  It is buttery (that goes without saying), a little savoury, a little sweet and extremely fragrant.  Could they have added curry leaves?  Sounds a little weird but the dish suits me perfectly well!!  I am also suspecting that the batter used for the fish fillet contains some secret ingredients. 

But calories wise.... I think it is best to ignore it for the time being.

Since this is located at Tanjong Pagar, the office crowd wasn't there even at 7pm.  Suspect that they either are rushing home for dinner or still hard at work.  That makes it a good place to eat and relax, with a cup of chinese tea after the main course. =)

阿里山台湾牛腩面

Urgh! Blogger is playing punk again! My entire original post was lost! :( :(

Anyway, this is about a porridge cum noodle place located at Upper Serangoon Road. I think they are opened 24-hours if I remember correctly.

Wanted to go for the porridge but Ｉ had wanton noodle instead. The wantons were good.

Another dish worth mentioning is the Deep Fried Mango Salad. I suspect they used fresh mango for this dish. It is a ＭＵＳＴ　ＴＲＹ！！！