Kki @ Ann Siang

I'm trying to post more regularly on my food escapades. In a way, it's good to keep track where all those calories and blubber on your body came from. 

Before Miss Masters scooted off to London for her further studies, we grabbed her for a lunch followed by desserts at Ann Siang Hill.

I've been wanting to try Kki (ケーキ: "cake" in Japanese) for quite some time now. The previous times I dropped by the Little Drom Store (Retro lifestyle store that Kki shares a shop space with), Kki was filled with customers. It's a small place, with only about 5 small tables. 

We were greeted with a fine whiff of batter fragrance when we entered the cafe. The delicious display of cakes made me palpitate with anticipation. I'm not much of a desserts person, but who can resist such delicate presentations of hand-made goodness?

There isn't a wide variety of cakes, but being our first time and not done my due research, we were at a loss as to what to order. We settled on Emily (the red coloured leaf-shaped cake) and the chocolate-coloured dome-shaped cake.

Wrong choice of Emily!!! I had a hard time swallowing it. Miss Masters puts it aptly, it was as though we were eating butter. The dome-shaped cake is tiramisu. Not too bad, but not fantastic.

 Ordered tea to go along with it. All in all, I'm a sucker for such tea places. It's also a plus point that the Little Drom Store sells retro eye candy! Nice to look but not value-for-money to buy if you know of cheaper places. Although the cakes we chose this time were below expectations, I'm eager to visit this place again and give it another go.

Amount spent per pax: $5
Will I go back again? Yes.


7 Ann Siang Hill
Singapore 069791
Tel: 6225 6650
Open 12pm - 7pm (Sun to Fri)
12pm - 4pm (Sat)
Closed on Mondays

Shots @ Ann Siang Hill

Tucked away on a little street of Ann Siang Hill is a coffee hideout called Shots. Was exploring around the area with Mr. Physics and he recommended that we go to this cafe for a cuppa coffee. I love this kind of cozy little cafes!

 

Very charming and cozy interior with tasteful art pieces hung along the walls, photography magazines on racks for browsing, youngsters playing Monopoly Deal (haha my favourite as well) and chilling out. 

 Besides coffee and desserts they serve main courses like pizza/pasta and sandwiches as well.

Chocolate lava cake $6.50 - Moist on the inside, a decent chocolate cake, though the lava is nowhere to be seen. I'm fussy when it comes to lava cakes, and I still think TCC serves the best one, their Dark Devotion is to die for!! Anyway, the so-called 'lava' in the middle of this cake was just slightly more moist than the other parts of the cake. Every bite we took we were waiting for the chocolate to flow out, when it didn't we thought, ok maybe it's not deep enough, so we kept eating and eating, but there was no chocolate lava at all.

 Cafe Mocha - $5.50

Tiramisu Latte - $6.50  The coffees are very decent, though I am not the most discerning when it comes to coffee.

 

Overall, a nice chill-out place with friends to have a catch-up session, or just to spend a lazy afternoon together. Read a book, play some cards there, no problem at all. Staff are friendly as well.



How much was spent: Around $9 per pax
Would I come back again? Definitely!