Lazy, sunny, Sunday morning.
So we decided to pop down to the RiverCafe at Robertson Quay. Well we figured if we can't afford to live here (nice apartments aplenty!), at least we could have a coffee and read the papers and soak in the nice expat community =P
The cafe overlooks the Singapore River and is housed in a restored 1920's warehouse. I mean everything in Boat Quay, Clarke Quay or Robertson Quay is housed in some conservation building or another isn't it? =)) But of the 3 Quays, Robertson is the most pictureresque
lah. OK picturesque by our meagre S'porean standards. Anyway the cafe is a good place to watch the
angmo joggers go by and the sizeable Japanese community taking their
kawaii pet dogs for a walkie.
But I was dissappointed with the food. Not to say the grub was disgusting or anything but, woah, not cheap! I had the scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast with 3 slivers of bacon. Nothing extraordinary and yet it cost me 15 bucks.
K's Aglio Olio Speghetti with Prawns cost a whopping 22 bucks. Yes it was pretty decent taste-wise but where is the value? About 14 bucks would have been a fairer charge we think. I mean we have had pasta all over S'pore and we roughly know about fair pricing.
The saving grace was the really good Long Black from Vittoria, Australia. At 4 bucks, I would pay
lah.
RiverCafe is touted as a modern Australian bistro. And until we pop by for dinner and sample their evening menu, I shall reserve full judgement.
But going by the standards at breakfast, I would say a preliminary 6.5/10.