Growlers Craft Beer and Bistro

Tried out a new place last week.

Actually this new cafe/bistro isn't really that new, cos its the 2nd establishment of the people behind the Hospoda Microbrewery at Albert Court. Yes you heard me right, there's actually a brewery in Bugis area!

The bistro got their name from this:

A growler is a jug used to transport draft beer in other countries. It is not as common in Singapore for you know, we don't drink as much as Caucasians do, haha.

Growlers Craft Beer and Bistro actually brew their own beer, so this place is highly recommend for beer drinkers. I don't know about you, but the fact that the beer was made in a local microbrewery sounds cool already?

I tried their Bohemian Pilsner. It is light and goes down very well. However, do not be fooled by how light it tastes on your palette cos the alcohol content will make you drunk in no time.

Creamy Carbonara $15

There was a generous serving of bacon and cream sauce.

Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger $19

Beer Battered Fish and Chips $18
They use their own locally brewed beer for the batter. Dip it in the homemade tartar sauce for more taste if you are kinda like me, who likes stronger flavours in food.

Beer Battered Spam Fries $9 and Crispy Chicken Wings $11

Dessert of the day was the Hazelnut Crunch and Blueberry Cheesecake.

Ambience was good - the semi bright/dark lighting makes a good setting for casual drinking sessions, over some good bar snacks.

This is the soft launch menu, so the team will be adding more to their food offerings in time to come.

In the mean time, I really encourage my friends who love drinking to support this bistro for some locally brewed beer!

Growlers Craft Beer and Bistro

 37 Tai Thong Crescent, Singapore 347862
Opening hours:
Mon to Thu:11.30am to 11pm
Fri to Sat: 11.30am to 11.45pm
Sun: Closed
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Dior Forever Perfect Cushion

Attended my first ELLE event of the year at Dior MBS last Saturday, where we:

- Learnt how to achieve that flawless perfect luminous matte complexion with Han, 1 in 16 Pro Team member worldwide and Singapore's most decorated makeup artist.

- Had a quick complexion touch up with the new Dior Forever Perfect Cushion.

- Played with the Dior lip sugar scrub  

There is also a complimentary rhinestone personalisation service if you buy the new cushion now.

Personally I'm more interested in the lip products like the wide array of lipsticks, and also the lip sugar scrub which I thought was amazing. It was a self-vanishing sweet exfoliating lip balm, which means that you can feel the exfoliating beads on your lips when applied. After you purse your lips, those beads will vanish!

Yep looked at some of the Dior Lip Glow products.

The store had a lovely section dedicated to fragrances too. Played around with them a bit. I still have a bottle of the Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet EDT at home!

Thanks ELLE Singapore for having me once again!

Mak's Noodles, Honolulu Cafe Singapore

Had the opportunity to try Mak's Noodles at  The Centrepoint 2 weeks ago.

In celebration of Chinese New Year, Mak's Noodles has introduced 5 new dishes.

Braised Abalone and Dumpling of Tossed Longevity Noodle: $14.80

Prosperity King Prawn Tossed Noodle: $13.80 (available only in Centrepoint outlet)

Shitake Mushroom and Fresh Prawn Wonton Noodle Soup: $7.90

Shitake Mushroom and Fresh Prawn Wonton Tossed Noodle: $8.80 

Vegetable in Soup: $5.80

I tried the original Mak's Noodles in Hong Kong before, and the SG one was as usual, springy and different from any other Wonton noodles I've tried.

Mak's Noodles

The Centrepoint #01-63/64, Singapore 238843

Westgate #02-06, Singapore 608532

Vivocity #B2-27 & 27A, Singapore 098585

Opening hours: 11am to 10pm

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Also attended the media tasting at Honolulu Cafe Singapore within the same shopping mall.

We got to try a variety of their Hong Kong Cafe (Cha Chan Teng) Style dishes:

Curry Fish Balls

Chicken Wings

Polo Buns (aka Pineapple buns)

French Toast

My favourite dish of the day, surprisingly, was the French toast. (I'm not a toast person and would normally not order toasts outside)

Ya you sort of get the idea.

Anyway, the highlight of the day was actually the egg tarts and beancurd tarts.

The beancurd tarts were launched just weeks ago and unlike the famous flaky egg tarts, the beancurd tarts are best eaten chilled.

There is a tendency to compare between this and the beancurd tarts from established brand Le Cafe. You can try both and decide which is nicer.

In celebration with the coming Valentine's Day, Honolulu Cafe introduced a "Yuan Yang" set which comprises of 2 egg tarts and 2 beancurd tarts.

"Yuan Yang" Set: $5 each (U.P $7.60)

Honolulu Cafe

The Centrepoint #01-33F/G

Opening hours: 11am to 10pm daily

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Hair with Chez Vous

Had the opportunity to colour my hair with Readen Chia from Chez Vous in Oct, and the theme was "work-friendly" kind of colours for working professionals.

Just look at the gorgeous hair colour, not forgetting the temporary curls that he did for me.

My colleague who sits beside me told me that she sees a fox whenever she turns over. I kinda like fox colours!?

Anyway, it was my first time doing highlights to my hair (cos I have the impression that highlights makes one look ahlian), but boy was I impressed with the colour Readen did.

This technique is called a colour melted sombre and you can find out more here.

Anyway my hair has since changed colour again due to another campaign they are having next year and sadly I changed from this "fox" colour to ash and had to bleach my hair for that. More on that next year.

It is definitely harder to manage bleached hair but since I'm at it might as well do more bold colours?

YOLO.

Perth TPFF 2016 Day 6

Sundays are for Fremantle.

So we went there for some exploring.

Everyone told me that I had to visit Fremantle while at Perth. And I'm glad I did. It had a different feel from the city and I liked it very much.

Our driver drove us to Cottlesloe Beach for some phototaking first as we were still early for our next programme.

Our driver drove us to this place Bib and Tucker for lunch with AJ.

The food was gooood, service was gooood, 

and I'm so glad AJ recommended this place to us! I also tried rabbit meat for the first time and it tasted just like chicken. So... I shall just stick to chicken in future?

Bib & Tucker
18 Leighton Beach Blvd, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia

However, there wasn't anything to shop for in Fremantle; 

I had thought that there would be quirky souvenirs I could buy back for my friends but nope. The only souvenirs they had there was the boomerangs and dreamcatchers. U know, all those mainstream kinds that tourists normally buy.

At Fremantle market, the selection was also weirdly items that I would not buy.

And we decided to dabao the famous fish 'n' chips back to the hotel.

There were 3 restaurants selling them though and they all claimed to be "No.1", "Best" etc. 

So we decided to buy from Joe's and Cicerello's to find out for ourselves!

Joe's Fish Shack
42 Mews Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia

Cicerello's
44 Mews Rd, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia

But the journey back to the hotel took more than half hour and our food became soggy and all. But alas, it was still good, better than any other fish 'n' chips I've had in Singapore my whole life!

Anyway, the venue for our last night here in Perth actually changed to Perth Cultural Centre.

It was a unique experience and recent runway shows tend to go more towards this type of style rather than the usual normal runways.

However, I still prefer the lighting at the usual runways cos the spotlights here didn't do justice to my camera's photos!

All previous shows were held at Perth Concert Hall and that was just a 3min drive from our hotel.

First runway show for tonight: Flannel

Last show for the week: Closing Night

It was a dramatic close as we had a live symphony and opera singers instead of the usual cd-played music for the shows.

I liked how every dress was elaborate and exaggerated for this closing night and it was my favourite show in the whole TPFF.

It was the last day and I had to get a photo with Drea!

Day 7 was just breakfast at McD with our driver since it was a public holiday and every cafe was closed :(

And that concludes my week at Perth TPFF!

Also do check out my TPFF round-up on ELLE.sg here! teehee.

Click below for the rest of the trip:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5