Chong Wen Ge Café 崇文阁 - Peranakan Café

Peranakan / temple/museum? theme

The concept & decor is very unique.

Food

Spicy type

Laksa
Look good but taste normal.

I prefer katong laksa, hub taste the best claypot laksa hence he claim this one not as good.

Meesiam 
Alotof ppl claim it the best  or authentic one.

No lime was given.

Personally feel it taste very normal too.

I prefer Toastbox version.

The prawn is big but it farm prawn according to my mum who is expert in tasting seafood.

Others  

Queh:
5pcs +2drinks set $10.50

Drink limit to traditional.

They claim homemake.

My mum can taste it overnight 1 @_@

All of us prefer Bagawan solo version

taste normal too but alotof people claim it very traditional & best taste.

Drink

Signature teh c

Gula melaka milk tea

My husband give a thumb up.

Personally dont like this style.

It taste like hongkong milk tea style so if u like this style this is very good

Coconut 

My mum comment they are using old coconut not sure old or young are good 

Children friendly ?

They do ve baby chair but all the main course are spicy
so do bring ur children food if u are planning to bring them here.

My comment:

Hopefully they can improve on their food.

Love the style & environment.

Great place for shooting
Another great place to sit down relax enjoy the signature teh c.

My disappointment :

Limited meal choices and no dessert like chendol.

All the meal are spicy.
That my personal review alotof people claim their meesiam is the best & got the taste of peranakan.
Do support this cafe as it is very unique & unusual in Singapore.

More pics : 

Chong Wen Ge Cafè
168 Telok Ayer St, 
Singapore 068619
10:00AM - 6:00PM daily (main course serve @ 11:30am)
Tei :  9168 3208

How to go : 
Alight at Telok Ayer MRT station (Downtown line) Exit from Exit A to reach Cross Street Turn left into Telok Ayer Street  3 minutes walk to Chong Wen Ge (Right next to Thian Hock Keng Temple)

Coco cafe or Chanel’s pop-up cafe 8 April to 16 April 2017

Chanel’s pop-up cafe from 8 April to 16 April 2017

Each person entitle to 1 complimentary drink- bubble tea/coffee/tea upon entry without any payment.

There are few bar tables & only 2 cafe tables.

1bar/beverage counter & 1 dessert counter.

Complimentary drink menu

Highly recommend : 
1) Beauty Bubble Tea features a refreshing burst of hydration, consisting of coconut water, lychee popping boba pearls, butterfly pea flower, lemon, and lime.

2) Coffee- mocha is nice 

When u enter the cafe, the coffee bean smell so nice 

The tart

Very good

I like both salted caramel & speculoos; .The staff recommend lemon but i dont like too sour.

Only 2 table in the cafe & only limit to those who take the dessert.

Limited to around 30mins.

We stay for a while and didnt really time.

So far i see the staff didnt chase & the customer will make a move after taking picture & finished their dessert.
More picture : 
Bar counter : 

Dessert counter

The colourful drink is the bubble tea :

Yummy tart: 

Cafe table

The cashier -my back view

Shopping 

Look for the correct person @_@

I be looking for someone to get the product got rejected a few times

Every staff seem busy

1)I check with the 1 staff standing at the door,she told me to look for the staff inside

2) I look for 1 staff walking around , she ask me to look for someone with name tag but all of them are engaged in makeover.

3)I try my luck with some1 engaged in makeover.She ask me to wait.

Personally feel I cant possible waiting for the whole makeover finish then can my stuff.They should have someone around to incharge of getting the product ro the customer.

I search high & low for a staff almost give up then my husband spot one staff.

She is quite nice after checking the nail colour is out of stock, she suggest another nail colour.I dont want to try nail colour again find the troublesome to remove & she is nice to test the nail colour on her colour nail.

I realise the nail colour stay in the nail very fast when I tried their nail colour.I too have problem getting someone to help me to remove the nail colour until I found a lady in black to help me.She dont have any name tag.I think she is someone of higher authority.She is quite nice to help me & give me advice about painting the nail.

My encounter :

1)Once you are in , u can stay as long as you like until close...since this is temporary , do make time for this.

2)Free manicure- long waiting list.If you have the time ,can wait...the colour available are the preview ones.There is one nail colour already out of stock on that day I went.

3)Do queue at the photobooth for free photo & memory

Our picture :

According to strait times

http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/free-makeovers-at-chanels-pop-up

Each customer who makes a purchase at the pop-up can select a free cake or tart, specially made for the beauty pop-up, to be enjoyed at Coco Cafe or for takeaway.

When I confirmed with the staff  about this she claimed I must spend $180 then can enjoy the free dessert.

I told her I shall consider cos I need to look around.Personally I dont know what to get to spend to the total of $180.I m not that spendthrift to spend whatever amount to try dessert hence decide to giveup so I take my coffee from the bar counter.

Later the staff came & told me any purchase can enjoy.
I m happy.

Actually I want to try both cakes & tart so I confirm is it i get 2 product i get to enjoy 2 meaning tart & cakes.In the end I bought 2 item can only choose 2 tarts or 1 cake -_-

So if you r gg with a friend , each person purchase 1 then can enjoy 2 different dessert.

The same staff told me if spend $180 can get a magnet & sticker...
Personally magnet & sticker is of no use to me.
In the end the cashier give me  the magnet.

Actually I spend less than $100.

The sticker is the door gift.

Still I enjoy the food &coffee & experience.

I think those people who do not want to spend anything will enjoy as there will not be hard sales...everybody except f&b is so busy.

Although the slot is fully reserved, they still welcome walk in.

Prendre plaisir

COCO CAFE 

Address: 
#01-02, Visual Arts Centre, Dhoby Ghaut Green, 10 Penang Road, Singapore 238469 

Website: 
http://chanelbeautysg.com/events/cococafe 

Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm daily from 8 April to 16 April 2017.

Throwback : Royal Caribbean mariner of the seas - Jan2016 2nd to last day

Breakfast

1)Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 
- Semi buffet style

-Dreamworks character performance

2)Deck11 Windjammer Café  more variety

3)Room service : limited menu 

My choice/ advise :

1day Dreamworks character meal
1day room service for experience(departure day no room service)

Then the rest of the breakfast meal would be  Deck 3 or 11 
(Deck 11 breakfast in better....do request for choc milk cos it is awesome.)

2nd day : 
It is better than yesterday 

Dreamworks character performance-Highly recommend!
USD$10 per person
2hr session
Free shrek ears for all kids
There are warming up session for the kids -singing ,dancing before the arrival of the characters.
Then the character will go around the table to take pic- no need to queue

Menu :

Breakfast : 

I love the choc shake it yummy!

The staff will go around to serve this bread too-yummy!

 My Main breakfast : 

3rd day breakfast : 
Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 
This benedict egg taste very sour think add too much vinegar.

Cafe food : 
The coffee taste quite diluted.I still prefer room service one.

Chocolate chip cookies nice (taste like subway)

Maybe I came in late afternoon most of the sandwiches already turn cold.

 Morning  & afternoon time : 

The sandwiches are cold in the afternoon : 

 The donut taste very normal not so nice to be frank

 This is cold too :(

 This sausage bun  is nice & hot maybe they just baked...but they are very hot cake very fast no more.

Lunch :
2nd day @ Deck11 Windjammer Café
buffet style
The drink doesnt taste nice 

3rd day  
Deck 3 Rhapsody in Blue Dining Room 

Ala carte style : 

Our table : 

Cesar salad always nice 

 My Main course :  Chicken - so hard ! Doesnt taste nice

Dessert : Can see from the picture doesnt taste nice

Dinner : 

 2nd day formal 

Our table : 

 2nd day dinner : formal wear but actually nothing to be fantastic ...just wearing only.
That my dressing : 

Menu : 

 My Salad : normal

 Main course : 

Dessert menu : 

 This dessert taste normal although I m a chocolate person : 

 This is my boy kids meal-doesnt taste nice too...have a hard time to get him to eat.

3rd day dinner : 
menu : 

Soup : I m a mushroom lover this taste normal too.
I think delifrance mushroom soup taste better.

Main course: 
To be frank from the menu almost all are curry...i dont take beef so I choose chicken again 
I choose chicken - so hard !!!

Desserts : 
This is their so call " mango pudding " in the menu -very different to singapore / hk/ msia style
Ice cream not in the menu but u can ask for it , they will serve.I have ice-cream everyday cos the dessert doesnt seem to taste nice & I want something sweet.

Everyday after dinner nice towel decoration with compass: 

  2nd day : 

3rd day : 

Activities for the kids
Mini playroom & arcade:

Character appearance at certain timing : 
(check the daily compass )

Other include  :
1) Fisherman toy rental free 
2) Nursery chargeable hourly rate
personally wont choose to leave my boy there.
Reason: 
I) We decide to bring our boy anywhere we go, we should let him include in our activities not leaving him there alone with stranger.
II) Maybe it is ideal for older toddler.
What I observe : 
Saw only 1 staff around.
Rental of toy is at the same place,she got to take care of the child & handle us for rental of toy.
I saw she didnt wash her hand when she give snack to the child.
Before that she was showing me the catalogue of the toy & pass me a file to record the toy rental.
3)There is 1 session of royal babies playgroup in the mid morning for the cruise trip but we found the outdoor area very hot & sunny so we also skipped that.

Our room : 

Balcony view before depart :

Casino : 

Casino : operate only sailing time.

Instruction :

Casino use USD$ slot in ... can put in min $1.
(can change notes their cashier there)

1st slot in seapass  then slot USD$

Then if wanna change to other game...press "cash out" they will print out a ticket with remaining value.
Then continued to use this ticket to slot in to play instead of slot cash.
At the end of the day use this ticket to exchange for cash.

 My winning in just less than 1hr -didnt really have time to play since with a toddler -do it during bb nap time. I m too tired to play during night time too .
Win  a little better than nothing still consider lucky :)
This is the receipt which I have mention: 

Surrounding : 

Sales for the 1st day : 

Souvenirs : 

Do not expect like disney cruise shop.

Not much souvenir.It either they produce less or the demand is alot.

Good can save $ for those but disappointment for someo who is like me who like to buy souvenir for memory.
I didnt buy this cos I couldnt decide.

Port : 

Swimming pool view : day & night

Drink :
Can bring water bottle.
I bring 1l water to boil but it is not enough for the cruise trip for my boy...
Suggest 1l for 1 day would be enough.
Their plain water taste funny.i find uncomfortable to let my boy drink.

Other activities :

Ktv do not operate whole day...it is according to their timing in their compass.

Yes i also miss.

My thoughts :

Service 

Very bad

1)Other than the online purchase issue I mention on 1st day,

I also requested for cake to sing @ the dining room ...never happen - no cake & singing like never request before. As my LO is cranky due to no afternoon nap so i didnt bother to check anymore.

2)The day we are leaving or checking out is very pack...we actually queue hours to get out of the cruise & custom settlement.

Suggest slowly eat breakfast hang a while before leaving the cruise if see long queue

3) Do not expect the food is nice...
My friends told me those paid meal taste better but they only told me after the trip.
To be frank the cruise food should have taste nice whether paid or not paid to make the experience a pleasant one.
Alotof people told me RC food is better than star cruise.Personally feel compare to my 2003 star cruise trip, i think star cruise taste better.Just that RC make it like a high class restaurant.That all.
Of course maybe star cruise food standard also drop.

Anyway if u read this after u have book RC...just take note of my tips, relax can mental prepare .
If you havent , can consider other cruise.
I will also consider to try another cruise next time.