Tong Shui Cafe 2

Visited Tong Shui Cafe today for dinner cos I was so bored with myself, and looking at the pictures on my blog makes me hungry.
Like when I look at the peanut butter toast, I feel like eating it, but then when I get to eat it, I don't think it's that nice (cos I don't really like peanut butter to begin with).

We ordered the Steam Egg (it's really excellent!) which only comes in the chilled version. The egg is very wobbly and smooth - no bubbles in the egg. Its topped with ginger soup, which makes it taste spicy and interesting, and ginko nuts.

Super cao ji smooth like tofu! and milky too!
Next, we tried the French Toast with Ham and Cheese.

This is quite interesting cos it's sweet and savoury - ham and cheese with maple syrup!
The toast is so soft and thick that when you cut it, it looks like cotton wool. But I didn't quite like the idea of eating my ham and cheese with maple syrup, so I ate them separately, and used the bread to mop up the excess maple syrup. Yum.
I had the Peanut Butter Thick Toast with Bananas, and I requested to have condesed milk with it. Actually, I realised that i like the Thick toast (cos i like bread) and condensed milk, but not the peanut butter. Next time, I should just ask for thick toast with condensed milk and bananas.

When I sliced the bread into half, the peanut butter and condensed milk started oozing out.
There's nothing better than to have a palate clenser in between bites of the cloying peanut butter, which "sticks to my palate and renders me speechless" (It doesn't really render me speechless, just that it makes my throat a bit dry and scratchy. Jane do you remember which book this quote is from????)

So, the best thing to drink is the 8 treasures tea. I like mine chilled. There are the usual 8 treasures (i think longan, wolfberries, tea leaves, chrysentamum, some twig thing and they add rose buds (supposed to be for YOUTHFULNESS - very good since Fish says that I'm growing old)

Just a sidenote - I was so impressed by the 8 treasures tea that I went to Eu Yuan Seng to buy one packet (gg to ask my maid to help me boil). After I paid (I think it was about $2) I stupidly asked them where the herbs came from, and the duh answer being China. But then I had thought the herbs came from Malaysia (cos it's so near Singapore and it's so simple import) and I had heard horror stories about herbs from China (nothing against Eu Yuan Seng - it's just that it's from China). So my sad packet of 8 treasures tea in herb form, in a vacuum sealed packet is still on my table. Annalisa has declined my offers to give it to her - its supposed to be very liang and good for hot days :( Any takers? It's free :D

After the toast, we ate the cheese baked rice with chicken chop. It's fried rice, baked in a steamer. It's supposed to be their signature dish and it's not bad - the fried rice is tasty and the thick layer of cheese complements the rice. The tomato sauce is unlike the kind that you get out of the bottle - it's chunky and even tangier than the usual sauce.
Tong Shui Cafe

417 River Valley Road

Singapore 248361

Tel: 67333561

Tong Shui Cafe

My main aim of going to Tong Shui Cafe was because of this :Peanut Butter Thick Toast
As i am blogging about this, my stomach is actually rumbling cos i want to eat it! It's super huge look at this :Even bigger than a HAND and THICKER too!
Cholesterol laden (not that i care) artery clogging diabetes inducing, don't attempt to eat one of these yourself if you're a bit full - you won't manage to get it down cos it's very filling! and the condense milk on top - mmmmmm! i'm so going to tong shui cafe tmr!

Tong Shui Cafe is quite a new place catering to the clubbing crowd, it's opposite Great World City and it's opened till the wee hours of the morning. It serves hongkong style food - there's this really good Eight Treasures Tea which has the usual 8 treasures (whatever they are the only one i know is the wolfberry) and comes in either hot or cold. For the cold one, it's $3.80 for a jug which will give 2.5 servings in a glass. Its the perfect beverage to wash down the sticky peanut butter and its supposed to be very liang (cooling). Good for neutralising the heaty peanut butter (What's chocolate icecream then? Chocolate is heaty and icecream is cooling right?)

You can't really miss it cos of the bright pink decor, and they play Cantonese Cable Channel all day long.
Another thing i like to have when i go to Tong Shui Cafe is the Steam Egg Dessert. It's just the right consistency but only comes in cold - not hot.
They have other desserts such as mango pomelo sago, some ice mountain with ice cream etc but i still like the steamed egg! :D

The serve lunch meals too, but i don't really fancy it cos it's quite oily. I would prefer to try the Nasi Padang next door, it's supposed to be very famous but i have yet to try it. I usually come here just to eat dessert and the peanut butter toast.
The specialites is the baked fried rice with cheese which comes in a bamboo steamer. There's an option to add an egg and there are choices ranging from luncheon meat, sausage to chicken chop and beef steak, and you can even have a double chicken chop or beef steak.
There is also hongkong style instant noodles with the works, macaroni etc

Tong Shui Cafe

Opposite Great World City, on the side of Zion Hawker Center

Open till the wee hours of the morning

eeps i lost the name card :( i'll post the exact address when i can find it.