Tong Shui Cafe (TSC) is one of the many Hong Kong Cafe located in Singapore. Frankly speaking, I disliked Hong Kong Cafe, because i felt that they are rip-offs for the food that they provided. One bowl of instant noodles, a sunny side-up, and luncheon meat for 5-6 bucks? Give me the money, i’ll gladly cooked it for ya!

You get my meaning? Hong Kong cafe that serves authentic Hong Kong food are definitely good, but they are sadly nowhere to be found in Singapore.

The branch that we visited was at Zion Road, opposite Great World City.We went there for desserts after finishing the meal at Al Den Pronto (yes i know, its been ages ago, but i forgot to make this post).

A quick glance into the small cafe tells it all, bright colorful backgrounds are the theme for Tong Shui. The menu is quite comprehensive, with quite a variety of food available, but we skipped all of those having had dinner already.

TSC tuttii fruitti summit ($11.90)
The extra large fruit pudding for 2 persons and more. A single pudding on its own cost $3.9 on its own, while we ordered the jumbo-size one at $11.90, doing some simple maths actually there is no “discount” for ordering the big version. Perhaps the serving is better than ordering three separates one? It can be anyone’s guess.

With choices of durian tutti fruitti, mango tutti fruitti, kiwi tutti fruitti, and strawberry tutti fruitti. We left out durian since not all people can said to enjoy the fruit. Mango tutti fruitti is good, everyone loves mango, well at least i do.

The kiwi one does not taste very nice (i don’t like kiwi), and the strawberry one has an over-strong milky taste which does not taste right for a pudding.

Tong Shui Cafe slogan is “more than just desserts“, but sad to say, I’m afraid that they are really a place just for desserts. Well maybe its based on my personal opinion on the standards of Hong Kong Cafe in Singapore, the last time i went to another Hong Kong Cafe, Xin Wang Cafe was also for desserts. Maybe LIC is biased, will someone like to prove me wrong?

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” Only just for desserts “

Popped by with Claudia, LIC and Tamago a few weeks (months) ago.. It's my first time at a Tong Shui place despite it having a few outlets at other places.

I loved the decor of the place. The bright colours are so cheery and yet go so well. The places has some of those crockery from old days and the furniture was basically in that style too. The lady who greeted us at the door was nice and polite and showed us to our seat. There weren't many people that night as it was a weekday I guess.

As we were already full, we ordered a dessert to share and it was the Tutti Frutti Summit at $11.90.

I felt that only the Mango was nice enough and that was the first one to finish too. The rest of it, the strawberry and the kiwi flavours were just too weird. The kiwi didn't taste like kiwi at all and I kept feeling as if it had a rubbery smell to it. The strawberry one was the sort with some milk in it and it's just not nice.

Nonetheless there were lots of other things on the menu and I think i would go back to try the others.

Haven't tried the fascinating blend of peanut butter with condensed milk on thick toast? Haven't imagined dough fritters in black pepper sauce? Curious about what cappuccino with Coke would taste like?

Then drop by Tong Shui Cafe today!

With striking colours of pink and lime green on its walls, it's hard to miss this cosy dining area. Decorated with traditional ornaments and chinese vases, the place shows a quirky fusion of fun and traditional styles, to which I would say that they blended really well!

With an amazing menu of over 300 items to choose from, it's bound to make you mind boggled and spolit for choice over its interesting range of dishes and beverages offered. While some of the names of dishes really looked too 'unique' for consumption, it's definitely worth it if u dare take up the challenge.

We tried the dough fritters in black pepper sauce and..while it tasted weird at first, the weirdness soon evaporated, leaving tinges of satisfaction. The cheese baked rice I had was good! Unlike some restaurants that served you burnt and overcooked rice dishes, the baked rice was done quite perfectly.

Oh and the peanut butter & condensed milk on thick toast? Heavenly. A must-try! =)