After You Cafe: Decadent

Famed for it's Shibuya honey toast, After You is almost a must-visit for any tourist. From what I heard from my Thai friend, After You was opened by a Thai girl who was very passionate about baking. That's a success story.

After You is almost always crowded, and we had to wait for about 10-15mins for a table even though it was 8-9pm and we picked the branch at Siam Paragon. The original branch attracts the most tourists though, but the location itself is pretty inconvenient. Glad to have been told that there was one at Siam Paragon because we gave up the long trip to the original branch earlier on in the day.

I'm not really a huge fan of the shibuya honey toast though. I thought it was too sweet for my liking. The toast was salted with butter and sprinkled with sugar. It was slightly overwhelming. I had honey toast when I was in LA (trust me, it is sold in many Asian cafes and restaurants). They served larger servings of ice cream with just honey butter toast. The extra sugar was unnecessary. I am also not a fan of whipped cream. But these are all just personal preferences.

Shibuya Honey Toast

The chocolate mud pie was decadent. It was rich and heavenly, although I wouldn't recommend finishing all that by yourself. Share it so that it wouldn't be too overwhelming due to its portion and thick chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Mud Brownie

The earl grey squash jelly tea tasted like aiyu jelly in sweetened earl grey tea. Not really my thing because I prefer my tea pure without adding anything else. On the other hand, they named their iced chocolate 'the world's best iced chocolate' which I thought was a mistake. I dont know what kind of iced chocolate are available in Thailand, but to raise customers' expectations by claiming that it is the best is just a huge mistake. Godiva and even McCafe do iced chocolate better. But of course, some of you would refute that McCafe does not serve "real" iced chocolate (Habitat Cafe claims that the streaks of chocolate on the sides of the glass are indicative of a "real" iced chocolate). Fair enough, but I've even had thick hot chocolate in Europe where hot chocolate resembles pure melted chocolate. 

So what is the best hot chocolate in the world? Definitely not at After You. It was slightly bland as well, and I would have appreciated a strong dark chocolate taste that flows smoothly. 

Earl grey squash jelly tea & the world's best iced chocolate

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Lum Noodles: Clean and Hearty Thai Boat Noodles

This place called Lum Noodles เตี๋ยวเรือหลุม; Thai Style Noodle was recommended by my Thai friend. She was sure that Singaporeans will definitely get food poisoning from dirty 10 baht Thai boat noodles along the streets or on the boats at floating markets. I guess I'm not adventurous enough to eat Thai street food either. (I did not eat any of those delicious and aromatic street food except fried chicken from a decent looking stall at JJ Green.) Plus this place was a walking distance from the hotel that I was staying at. Perfect.

Noodles live cooking station at the store front

I don't know if this can be considered the best boat noodles because I've not had others, but I should think that this place serves really good and delicious boat noodles since my friend's mum recommended us this place. Additionally, this establishment is filled with local Thais, which probably means that it isn't a tourist spot. But nevertheless, their menu has English translations which is a huge bonus for tourists. It was also really cute how the tables had hollow holes cut out for us to fit our bowls into. I guess that's the solution for eating on a rocky boat!

Their soup was aromatic and well seasoned. I enjoyed every single bite and I even savoured the soup as well. The portion isn't really big so we ended up getting 2 bowls each. Or maybe because it was just so good..? Do come here if you're near MBK or Siam Center.

Thai boat noodles, glass noodles (60-70 baht)

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Audrey Cafe: Dainty and Pretty

Thailand is known for its cheap and good food among Singaporeans, and I'm not going to debate that. It's like food heaven there especially since they serve delicious food at half the price of what it would be in Singapore. I was literally eating nonstop, but thank god Bangkok has such poor transportation systems that I was walking a lot everyday as well.

One of the cafes that I fell in love with is Audrey. They have a few branches around, and I've been to the one at Siam Center and EmQuartier. Both have different designs although their concepts are similar. I didn't expect myself to fall in love with it because this place made it to my to-visit list because of its thai tea crepe cake. It pays to research on the place that you are visiting to maximize your time there! 

Store front and menus

Cafe interior

Cafe interior

Their thai tea crepe cake was delicious, and it wasn't too sweet like the average thai tea drink that you can get in Thailand. It wasn't really layers of thin crepes like those of Lady M, but it still has a lot of thin layers of cake and cream. Delicious nevertheless.

Thai Tea Crepe Cake (110 baht)

Chanced upon another branch when we were exploring EmQuartier (and yes I actually recommend exploring some of the very unique and grand shopping malls in Bangkok). We were walking in circles at the Helix (spiral section of the mall where many food establishments were) and we got tired of hiking up. Decided to try their milo crepe cake and mango rosy. Both are delicious.

Milo Crepe Cake (120 baht)

I think their milo crepe cake was better than their thai tea crepe cake. But maybe I'm just biased because I love milo and chocolate, and the crepe cake just gave me both, with heaps of milo powder and milo chocolate chunks. So decadent. However, it was pretty sweet so those who prefer something more lightweight this is not for you.

We were prompted to order the mango rosy because of it's pretty picture on the menu. I was not disappointed. Their sticky rice was interesting as well, with a floral aroma and taste. However, there could have been more mango.

Mango Rosy

coconut panna cotta with fresh mango served with sweet sticky rice, flavored with authentic thai aromatic candle

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