East Manhattan Bakery Cafe (Singapore. Lorong Kilat)
Decided to head to Lorong Kilat after reading about it being (yet another) upcoming cafe hotspot. Remembered that i used to go there a long time ago to eat curry fish head at one of the coffee shops. Hahah. But times have changed and the row of shophouses consists of mostly cafes (of which Carpenter and Cook was probably the first cafe here that made this the next IT place) and a handful of korean restaurants.
Came on a Friday night for some dinner and walked past East Manhattan. Popped in for a look and the menu looked good and the staff seemed nice. However, eventually decided to have something more substantial - Korean BBQ at Kim's family restaurant (which has quite a tasty and reasonably priced BBQ set).
Decided to come back on the following Saturday for brunch/lunch. When we walked past, one of the staff immediately came up to me and asked "lunch?" and started to try to convince us to go there for lunch. So my first impression was "is this cafe that bad that they have to start convincing people to come?". But my worries were unfounded as we were very satisfied with the food and the service.
Manhattan All day breakfast S$16.80
The all-day breakfast was pretty good with the combination of food complementing each other. Was expecting the smoked salmon to be slightly salty. But it wasn't. The eggs Benedict was also well done (:
Slice of cake of choice, tea + S$7.50
Chose the Apple Cranberry Cheesecake after a long deliberation. There were just too many choices but the staff were really helpful (and honest) when they told me not to choose the rainbow cheesecake as it mostly just looked good but the taste was very ordinary.
The Apple Cranberry Cheesecake was very delicious and unique (: The cheesecake was of the dense rich type and the apples and cranberries were juicy and mixed in generously.
The staff was also very nice to provide us 3 teacups for us to share the tea and even helped us to refill it with hot water (:
Aglio Olio Prawn S$16.80
One of the better Aglio Olios i have tried, the taste is really infused into the pasta and the prawns were fresh and juicy
Carbonara ( not on the menu)
Pastas are usually our go-to order at cafes so initially decided on the 2 pastas on the menu aglio olio prawn and aglio olio shrooms. The staff was really helpful when he noticed that this 2 were pretty similiar and suggested that they could whip up a carbonara instead. (: thumbs up for that!
Downside : service was quite slow, considering we were only 1 of 2 tables occupied and the other table were already halfway through their meal. The food took about 20 -25 mins to come.
Also, the service staff seemed a bit new and forgot to give us our cutlery. Had to ask once for a teaspoons and sugar for our tea and again after that for the cutlery of our mains. Other than that, the service as very good, the staff were really friendly and warm and helpful in helping us to choose.
*Update:
went back to eat there again with a friend on that Friday, and the staff there was like 'hey! you're back!" haha. so thumbs up for remembering their customers (:
went back to eat there again with a friend on that Friday, and the staff there was like 'hey! you're back!" haha. so thumbs up for remembering their customers (:
Ordered the Aglio Olio prawn again and the salmon quinoa. The Aglio Olio was a little bland this time but the salmon quinoa was pretty good.
All in all, I would say East Manhattan Bakery Cafe is a pretty good cafe in that is food is genuinely good and the staff were very personable and helpful (: Definitely would recommend this cafe if you are looking for a cafe which serves good food and not just one where you "pay-for-the ambiance"
East Manhattan Bakery Cafe
19 Lorong Kilat #01-03
Singapore 598120
Opening Hours:
Mon: Closed
Tue – Thu: 10am – 9pm
Fri: 10am – 10pm
Sat: 9am – 10pm
Sun: 9am – 7pm
Prices are NETT (: No GST and service charge (:
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