Monday, September 3

Dino Cake House & Cafe

Singapore's pastry scene has definitely come a long way. With more Singaporeans muttering "let me eat cake", the bakery/ cafe scene has mushroomed into a vibrant hoola as hot as the oven itself. Everyone wants in on a piece of action, cakes get a multi-tier revamp and choices proliferate.

Why have chocolate cake when you can have rich Valrhona Chocolate Fondant, Chocolate Mousse Ganuche, Le Royale, Café Noir or Gateaux Chocolat?

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Pictured: Sugar Roll, Tiramisu, Walnut Crepe, Durian Well, Sweetie Heart

Compared to the fancy offerings out there, Dino's cakes look almost poletarian, very 1990s. I have no idea why this cake house bears namesake of Fred Flintstone's pet. My first encouters with baked goods were cake-moulded around these "old school pastries". These unpretentious-looking cakes may be the Ugly Bettys of the fashionable pastry world but like Betty Suarez, they cajole a sense of familiar comfort, that warm fuzzy feel-good feeling.

Dino Cake House & Cafe - Your One Stop Family Restaurant & Cafe

5 comments:

Diana said...

hey babe, mind if i add you as a link? my first one! haha... btw, my blog is dianadoesdesserts.wordpress.com. check it out when you are free ok?

Anonymous said...

hi, can i know the address of Dino? Thanks

yixiaooo said...

thanks diana!

Dino Cake House & Cafe, 257 Upp Thomson Rd. tel: (65) 6552 5088. it's opposite the famous Roti Prata House

The Hungry Cow said...

Hello yixiao, it was nice meeting you that evening! I'm glad for Ratatouille, else I would not have gotten to know Colin, Daffy and yourself better, seeing that I sat at a different table from you guys. Till the next time. :)

yixiaooo said...

Hey Leroy, great meeting you too!