CANELE

After work on Wed, I met up with Ms STM for dinner & we decided to check out CANELE at Raffles City Shopping Mall. Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted by a wide array of cakes, macarons, pralines etc. The whole place was nicely done up with mirrors on the wall, elegant choice of furniture & what got Ms STM in awe was the BRIGHT PINK ceiling :)

CANELE!!!

Wide selection of macaroons

Amazing selection of cakes, chocolates, macaroons etc...



Bright Pink Ceiling

We actually had a glimpse of the menu on their website (www.canele.com.sg) before we came down but the menu differs slightly from that of the website. Guess different outlets serve different food.

Check out their outlets! 

The menu is really extensive from appetizers (mainly soup) to salads, main courses, sandwiches, pasta, cakes, crepes, ice cream, tea (there's like more than 10 types of tea to choose from) & other beverages (they were featured as one of the restaurants lately in the papers that serves water filled with vegetables!). We have in mind a pasta, pizza (but they did not carry this here), tea & of course, desserts!!! So being the gluttony adventurous us, we over ordered the....Marinara Spaghettini, Canele Cheese Burger, a pot of Rosy Pink tea, Exotique Crepe & lastly, a Triple Chocolocate Cheesecake. (hehe, to be honest, we were so spoiled for choices!) I took a few peeks of the menu which we took our selection from & so happened the pasta & sandwich we chose were also featured as their main pictures in the menu! What a coincidence! :)

Sandwich menu

Canele Cheese Burger Peek in the menu

Main course selection

Marinara Spaghettini (in the menu LOL)

Crepe menu which we check out the EXOTIQUE

The Rosy Pink tea (is actually filled with rose buds, $5.50) was served first in an exquisite looking teapot with interesting tea cups which says "StresseD = Desserts" LOL! The fragrance was heavenly & it is as though we are in a spa! (Hehe, I guess is a girls' thing!)




The exquisite looking teapot & cup

Rose buds which fills the pot with fragrance!

Interesting analogy found inside the cup! *COOL*

Next up, came the Marinara Spaghettini ($17.50). The portion was just nice and the seafood servings were really generous. I love the texture of the spaghetti as it was springy & yet not too hard. The sauce was abit sourish (cos of the white wine in it) but it made a good match to the seafood (3 mussels, 3 prawns, squids & 1 sizeable scallop) that came along with it. I would like to add that the squids were really well done as it was tender & has none of the overcooked feeling (which I feel is really a test of the chef's culinary skills).

Marinara Spaghettini

When we were half way through the pasta, the Canele Cheese Burger ($15.50) was served. The 1st thought that came to our mind was "Wow, the burger was huge!". It was served with some chips & wild rocket salad. The cheese burger was in my own words "nothing too fantastic". The beef patty could be juicier & the cheese was a little on the dry side. There's definitely better cheese burgers out there (anyway, CANELE is known for their desserts). Nevertheless, we still slurped it all up (which we shouldn't as we were pretty stuffed even before the desserts were here!)

Canele Cheese burger with chips & Wild rocket

Woo...desserts time! We had the Triple Chocolate cheesecake (which was not in the menu, $8). I like how the chocolate blends in with the cheese but I would have preferred it to be slightly more bitter. But..I must say overall, it is definitely not too sweet & thus would still make a good after meal dessert for those who heart their cheesecake & chocolate (a best of both worlds!)

Triple Choc Cheesecake

The finale of this meal is the Exotique crepe (crepe served with banana passionfruit sorbet & thin biscuit crisps, $12.50). I must warn you this is rather on the heavy side (esp after you have just tucked into a pasta, half of a meaty cheese burger, not forgetting a few bites of the chocolatety cake!). The crepe was wonderfully done & this was my 1st time trying the banana passionfruit sorbet & I did have my reservations beforehand. It turned out to be....REFRESHING & the banana gave the passionfruit the sweetness that it lacks so it was an unique & yet perfect combination! :) Woo, I must also give credits to the thin crisps of biscuits served with the crepe, they are crispy & goes very well with the sorbet. 

Exotique Crepe

Check out the banana passionfruit sorbet with the thin crisps

I must confess that we did not finish the cake & crepe as we were overly stuffed! *blushed* Nevertheless, it was indeed a very enjoyable meal & we have agreed that the next time we come, we are just going to stick to 1 main & 2 desserts! LOL...till the next time folks! (",)