Following the craze, you will find that more and more novelty cafes opening up from everywhere, especially neighbourhood heartland areas and "harder-to-access" places.
In the midst of HDB blocks, there is a stretch of restaurants and a new cafe, Hatter's Street popping out earlier this year. The nearest MRT station is Kovan station.
[Pardon me for the not-so-clear quality of the photographs, as it was taken with my mobile phone.]
In the midst of HDB blocks, there is a stretch of restaurants and a new cafe, Hatter's Street popping out earlier this year. The nearest MRT station is Kovan station.
[Pardon me for the not-so-clear quality of the photographs, as it was taken with my mobile phone.]
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| Hatter's Street Blk 212 Hougang Street 21 #01-333 Singapore 530212 Tel: 6988 4591 Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HatterStreet |
*Their operating hours are from 1pm - 10pm, on every Tuesday - Sunday.
Overwhelmed by incoming crowd, they came up with a stupid and conflicting queue system! Super pissed off! See the notice below (stuck next to the main door). Telling people to queue right there, and yet have to secure their own seats. What happened that day, was that there was a group of 6 - 7 gals in front of me and my girlfriend (we were 2nd in the queue), and there were many people hogging the tables (whom had long finished their food & drinks whatsoever BUT refuse to leave). So I got really fed up cos' their 3 staff were not doing anything, instead were chatting happily at the back of the counter. (Angry right?!!) The weather was so hot and they made the customers stand in the heat for more than 30 minutes and not doing anything about it!
Overwhelmed by incoming crowd, they came up with a stupid and conflicting queue system! Super pissed off! See the notice below (stuck next to the main door). Telling people to queue right there, and yet have to secure their own seats. What happened that day, was that there was a group of 6 - 7 gals in front of me and my girlfriend (we were 2nd in the queue), and there were many people hogging the tables (whom had long finished their food & drinks whatsoever BUT refuse to leave). So I got really fed up cos' their 3 staff were not doing anything, instead were chatting happily at the back of the counter. (Angry right?!!) The weather was so hot and they made the customers stand in the heat for more than 30 minutes and not doing anything about it!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE MENU ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Everything you need to know is at the front counter, where you could order your food, drinks (a nice selection of teas available too) and select the dessert/cake that appeal most to you.
Just in case you are wondering what are the choices of waffles available (seeing everyone else having it), look to your left as you are placing your order at the counter cum cashier.
Just in case you are wondering what are the choices of waffles available (seeing everyone else having it), look to your left as you are placing your order at the counter cum cashier.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE INTERIOR ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Second place (in my opinion) in terms of the shop space, as compared to Creamier.
Décor is real simple, nothing over the top. Used mainly wall stickers to decorate the place.
A couple of outdoor seating. May feel funny but still consider cooling under the colourful ceiling fans.
A couple of outdoor seating. May feel funny but still consider cooling under the colourful ceiling fans.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE TASTE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Smoked Sawdust Pudding ($5.00) - Very interesting concept! We were amazed by their idea of incorporating sawdust into the plain dessert. Before it was served to you, it had to be smoked by the sawdust. The most intriguing part was that, you can actually taste the sawdust in a smoky, gaseous form on your tongue before it quickly disappeared into thin air. I would recommend this for an elevated dessert experience thru' smell as well as sight. Can't make out whether the sawdust enhanced the taste of the pudding or not, but it did taste well together with the different layers and textures.
Pandan Ice-cream with Gula Melaka Sauce ($8.90) - Was alright. Nothing as great as the staff has recommended (still, I feel that Creamier is much better). The pandan-flavoured ice-cream was new, however the taste was not as distinct as it could have been. The waffle part, was a little too dry on the inside and tougher on the outside. Gula Melaka sauce didn't really leave much of an impression for me, can go without it.
Matcha Latte ($3.00) - Not bad and glad it's not too milky. Thirst-quenching on such a hot, humid day in Singapore.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ THE SERVICE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The service is not entirely horrible, just that the staff are really inexperience (giving them the benefit of the doubt).
