tart blanc & tim ho wan

went out over the last weekend to try out 2 new places = tart blanc & tim ho wan... i believed tim ho wan is no strange name to many people but it was my first time trying out that place in SG last weekend..... but first let me share about tart blanc...

my friend bought some high tea voucher from tart blanc some time ago & we only had the time to try it last week.... the shop is located in millennia walk, is next to mos burger if i didnt remember wrongly.... the shop is quite small & it doesnt really stand out so we actually walked pass it without noticing....

tart blanc

different types of tarts

our high tea set

so for our voucher, we can redeem 2 tarts & 2 drinks.... there are some restrictions to the type of drinks which you can order, i believed mocha is one of them..... so for us, we chose the 2 most popular/famous tarts = peach with salted egg yolk & raspberry praline....

the salted egg yolk is a warm tart meaning the staff will heat it up..... i would say it tasted like the dim sum custard bun... the custard really flow out when you cut the tart open, not too bad... as for the raspberry tart, the cream filling is pretty good... so me & my friend actually prefer the raspberry tart over salted egg yolk... i guess we prefer the traditional sweet pastries...  my friend also gotten additional macaron ($2.50)... i think it was some rose flavour.... pretty nice filling but i am not a fan of macaron...... i would say the pastries in tart blanc are of pretty high standard but the price is too steep... a tart (about 6cm diameter) costs $7.50 & average of $5 for the beverages..... i think is quite expensive... but if you gotten those groupon vouchers, you can try them at half price then i think is more worthwhile....

next is tim ho wan.... went to have lunch with my mama there on sun...... i have yet to try out SG outlet cause there is always a long queue but we decided to give it a go last weekend.... we went to westgate outlet since is the nearest to our home..... i was surprised that the shop actually opens at 9am on weekends!!!! we reached about 1130am & we managed to enter the place with about 10min wait...

menu

our lunch

we ordered like 10 dishes.... honestly, i think the food quality is not too bad but not good enough for me to queue for like hours..... i would say the good thing for SG outlet compared to HK is the table size.... here you have a standard table size whereby you can put the food comfortably unless you order crazy amount of food.... but in HK, the tables are so small that it could barely fit 3 dishes!!!! for those who love dim sum, i think tim ho wan is still a good choice to satisfy your appetite but do choose your dinning time wisely or else you can spend a long time queuing...... =)