Hatter Street Bakehouse & Cafe, Singapore

Address:
Block 212, Hougang Street 21, #01-333, Singapore 530212

Opening times:
Everyday from 1pm to 10pm
Dinner break from 6.15pm to 7.15pm

Website: http://www.hatterstreet.com/

Our honest review:
Accessibility is a piece of cake for me (never fails to think about food ... hahaha) considering that I reside close-by. Nearest MRT would be Kovan and it is probably about a 5-10 minutes walk. The entire store has a pretty cute and interesting theme of Alice in Wonderland: theme-related pictures artistically splashed across all walls and curio displays too. Store itself probably could only seat 20 people inside and about 5-10 people outside. The ambience is nice except their air-conditioning was really bad. It is same difference (just as hot) seated inside as seated outside.

We had about a 20 minutes wait before getting the waffles which I guess wasn't too bad considering we went on the late  Sunday's afternoon. The cafe only serves waffles and desserts such as tarts and cakes. We ordered only 2 waffles out of the 3 that was offered on the menu. The girl at the counter was egging us on getting their rainbow cake, which she claimed was really good and limited as they do not make it everyday. However, I personally felt that the colouring was way too intense and probably very amateurish looking. It does not look any bit appetizing. I could even see the layers of the sponge were really dense. I chose my own visual judgement than to waste my calories on it.

Chocolate ice cream waffle with chocolate sauce

Chocolate ice cream waffle with chocolate sauce

Pandan ice cream waffles with gula melaka sauce

Waffles here are slightly different from other cafes. These waffles are called Liege waffles. They are indeed way smaller in size than to the normal circular waffles that, I think, most cafes offer. We were first served the chocolate ice cream waffles. The chocolate ice cream itself was really bad. It lacked chocolate-y taste to it to the point I think it is having a real identity issue. The waffle were overdone and that it just turned out crispy only but could hardly even taste the waffle itself. The ice cream was so bad that we had to shove it aside because it could not justify the calories.

Then the pandan ice cream waffles with gula melaka sauce came. It was much better than the first one. I must say the pandan ice cream was really unique with a real strong flavored taste to it. You would not be able to smell its fragrance, but the taste probably took it all. This time the waffles were crispy on the outside and much softer in the inside, with buttery taste that complimented really well with the pandan ice cream. The gula melaka sauce was really the cherry on the top. It was sufficiently sweet to hold hands with the pandan ice cream perfectly.

Price: Both waffles cost SGD $8.90 each and I thought it was really decent pricing considering how I have worked in a cafe which sold waffles at >$10. But do consider that the waffles here are smaller than regular circular waffles.

Having both waffles coming 5 minutes one after another and having a completely difference in both waffles shows how inconsistent their waffles could be. Maybe I am unlucky, maybe it is them, I don't know. But for sure, I will never order their chocolate ice cream ever again. I'm not too sure if the chocolate ice cream were handmade by them as chocolate is a very common flavor all around the world. But if it is, they ought to taste it and buck up. I'll definitely recommend the pandan ice cream waffles with gula melaka. But only that.