Food For Thought Cafe Singapore

August 4, 2010 | 10 Comments

Food For Thought Cafe

Food For Thought has always been one of the cafes that I wanted to check out. It’s small, cozy and from what I heard, they also contributes back to the society by donating a certain amount of their profits to various social causes.

I’m not sure if you remember, but I’ve mentioned Food For Thought in my list of 10 Best Singapore Restaurants Website. Besides their original branch at North Bridge road near Purvis Street, Food for Thought has recently opened another new outlet at 8 Queen Street (8Q @ Singapore Art Museum).

Arissa and I customized our own pasta as the existing selections on Food For Thought’s menu didn’t quite appeal to our taste buds. I added chicken to the basic roasted tomato pasta, and the result was a simple and comfortable meal. It would be better if the portion was bigger, but I guess that left plenty of room for desserts.

Red Velvet Cake

Having heard about the famous Hummingbird Bakery’s Red Velvet Cupcake, I have always been curious about how it taste like. The thick cream cheese frosting reminded me of Cedele’s Carrot cake, and it immediately won my approval. Then, I realized that there was simply too much frosting and it was unbelievably sweet. The Old Southern Red Velvet Cake ($5.50) is meant to be shared.

You have been warned.

Bread and Butter Pudding

I ate my first Bread and butter pudding a couple of years back. It was horrible. The texture was way too soggy, and it lacked the milky consistency. Since then, I told myself not to touch any bread and butter pudding anymore, until I came across the one served at Hairloom & Caramel Cafe.

Some of my friends mentioned that Food For Thought doesn’t prepare their desserts and most of them are outsourced from suppliers and bakers. I’m not sure how true this is, but I don’t really care after trying their Bread and Butter Pudding ($7.90). It had a generous scoop of ice cream, and the best part was the caramelized sugar around the edges of the pudding.

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Food For Thought cafe is a homely place which serves affordable comfort food, but they really need to work on their air ventilation system at the North Bridge road branch. Our clothes smelt of dinner after stepping out of the cafe, and obviously it wasn’t pleasant. I’d probably head to their new outlet at Queen Street the next time round.

Restaurant Review
Food For Thought
420 North Bridge Road #01-06
North Bridge Centre Singapore
Tel: +65 6338 8724

8 Queen Street Singapore
Tel: +65 6338 9887

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10 Responses to “Food For Thought Cafe Singapore”

  1. fivetwosix
    August 4th, 2010 @ 12:20 pm

    Yah I like the Queen Street branch a lot more! Even Mediacorp has gone there as a location to film dramas before haha :)

  2. Eli
    August 4th, 2010 @ 1:50 pm

    Mmm, I always feel delighted reading these. You have a very discerning palate.

  3. vanillasugar
    August 4th, 2010 @ 11:41 pm

    ok brad, that’s enough food porn for now. you need to take a break because you are killing me and my fake diet! how do you stay so thin???

  4. Josephine
    August 5th, 2010 @ 9:35 am

    I miss the desserts, and the hot chocolate is heavenly. The Queen St location is perfect cos it’s still in town but tucked away from the crowd. Oh and the cafe deco, ain’t it special? ;)

  5. Lazymummy
    August 5th, 2010 @ 10:16 am

    Their North Bridge Rd branch’s ventilation is really quite bad.

    Maybe I will head down to the one at Queen’s St to try their bread and butter pudding.

  6. cleartear
    August 5th, 2010 @ 12:59 pm

    Brad, if im not wrong, their cakes are from aunties, old lady, blah blah blah. Suppose to support them, like let the stay at home aunty or old ladies with some income. Thats what i heard.

  7. KC
    August 5th, 2010 @ 1:56 pm

    have been to the Queen street branch 3 times in 2 weeks time. Simply love the food, decor and ambience there!

    by the way, i’ve just come across your blog very recently. thank you so much for writing and photographying such detailed food review. it really helps me in searching for cafe/restaurant for gatherings(1 seldom eat out)!

    :)

  8. danghl
    August 9th, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

    Go to the Queen Street branch! The area and ambience is much better I feel. :)

  9. TiAnTiAn
    September 24th, 2010 @ 3:31 pm

    love the tangy-ness in the orange pumpkin soup!! i had it at the n. bridge outlet. it’s not on the menu everyday… =(

  10. Audrey Tan
    October 17th, 2010 @ 3:31 am

    The last time I was there my friends and I weren’t very wowed by their food, finding it too salty overall. I had roasted chicken leg wrapped in bacon stuffed with rosemary thyme and also had a tomato soup. Their desserts definitely did hit the spot though :)

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