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Copenhagen Travel Guide

Denmark Travel April 15, 2020June 20, 2020 by teraharsa

I went to Copenhagen with Firman, my husband, in early March 2019. It was essentially a short business trip for him and became a little getaway for me (yay!), which we spent 3 and a half days there! It was our first time visiting a Scandinavian country, and we were very much looking forward to …

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Hi, I’m Tera! I’m a graphic designer, small business owner and blogger currently living in Jakarta, Indonesia. Welcome to my nook filled with life and travel niches!

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🇸🇬 Fluffstack 📍 Singapore 🍽 Dessert Sh 🇸🇬 Fluffstack
📍 Singapore
🍽 Dessert Shop
🗒 Halal MUIS certified

A ‘lil jiggle wiggle to brighten up your weekend! We devoured fluffy stacks of soufflé pancakes on one fine Saturday afternoon at the one and only, Fluffstack. They offer a mouthwatering list of jiggly pancakes with various delish toppings, and also a variety of hot and cold beverages as well. We went back and forth on what to get and finally settled with their Hazelnut Chocolate Soufflé Pancake and Tiramisu Soufflé Pancake. Both were incredibly delicious! The pancakes were as fluffy as they could be, and the toppings were just a delight! My favorite was the tiramisu!

Another fun thing is that you can see your pancakes come to life. They have an open kitchen so you can see some fluff action while you wait for your order! Oh, do expect a queue on weekends as they have limited seatings, but it’s definitely worth the wait!

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🇸🇬 Hawk Cafe at Jurong Bird Park 📍 Singap 🇸🇬 Hawk Cafe at Jurong Bird Park
📍 Singapore
🍽 Western & Asian Food
🗒 Halal (source: HHWT website, confirmed by staff in store

Late last year, we went to explore Jurong Bird Park with our little guy. He’d always love to bird watch on our tiny balcony, always excited to see them fly by. So, we figured he would definitely enjoy seeing them up close. It was a fun day, though sadly due to the pandemic not many of the restaurants on site were opened. If I’m not mistaken we could only get lunch either from Pizza Hut express or Hawk Cafe. We opted the latter, thinking it would have more options for our little one.

The Hawk Cafe serves a menu of western and asian favorites, all for a decent price, as we were at a public attraction. We went for their fish and chips, a safe food for our son as he likes potatoes and fish and everything that is fried, and a Pandan Nasi Lemak set, in case he says no to his first option and want something totally different. Lol the life of a toddler. The portions were huge, plenty for everyone and to share. We didn’t expect much, but it tasted good too.

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🇸🇬 Pavilion Banana Leaf 📍 Singapore 🍽 🇸🇬 Pavilion Banana Leaf
📍 Singapore
🍽 Indian Cuisine
🗒 Halal MUIS certified

Searching for a good delish biryani rice? Look no further, Pavilion Banana Leaf has one of the tastiest biryani we’ve ever tried! It came in bowl wrapped with naan bread, and two bowls of curry and also a papadum. We tried their prata bread as well, an egg prata and another one with chicken curry. Both immediately inhaled, thus no photos, but rest assured they were yummss. Everything was flavorful but not overwhelming, as food with heavy spices tend to be. We enjoyed our meal up to the last bite. Our little one was a big fan of the egg prata and papadum! If you’re eyeing for some prata, be sure to dine in before 5 pm, because they finish their prata service by then.

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🇸🇬 Fruce 📍 Singapore 🍽 Dessert beverag 🇸🇬 Fruce
📍 Singapore
🍽 Dessert beverages
🗒 Drinks do not contain pork, lard, alcohol (source: IG)

Here’s the time when we found a combo of our two favorite drinks: coconut and avocado! Fruce have several interesting drinks on their menu, highlighting avocados, coconuts fusioned with other fruits, and also other dessert beverages, as they call it. We tried their signature Avocado Coconut, a rich creamy avocado drink with light coconut undertones. We weren’t sure at first if the two would go well together, but hey why not give it a try. Turns out they do, it was yummy and fresh! Definitely give it a go when you’re tired of your ol’ boba.

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🇸🇬 Kulon
📍 Singapore
🍽 Bakmie joint
🗒 Muslim-owned

More carbs coming your way! Having been away from home for so long, we would kill for some noodles, but not just any kind of noodles, we were longing for some street food noodles or what we like to call ‘bakmie abang-abang’! There’s this thing about street food that somehow makes it more desirable and authentic, and have a special place in our hearts and tummy.

Our friend just so happened mentioned about Kulon. I’ve pinpointed Kulon’s location for some time but forgot about it until recently. We crossed our fingers hoping that it would be as ‘abang-abang’ as it gets. They serve a variety of Indonesian style bakmie and rice menus, fritters aka gorengan, and Indonesian well-known bottled beverages, like teh botol and fruit tea. I had the Bakmie Komplit, dry noodles with braised sweet sauce chicken, bakso beef balls, telur kecap, pangsit, blanched bak choy, while hubs had Bakmie Crispy, dry noodles with Javanese marinated fried chicken thigh. We also had some sides, tempe mendoan amd pangsit goreng with fruit tea, my childhood all time favorite drink, and Indonesian style coffee by Meru.

The verdict: our cravings were fulfilled! The highlight for me we definitely their Bakmie Komplit. Every bite reminded me of home. It was rich, flavorful and had that ‘abang-abang’ kick to it! We also loved the fritters! If you would like to try some authentic Indonesian noodles, Kulon is the perfect place! And I might just add that the Ibu who run the place is extremely lovely and friendly, we simply adore her 💗

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🇸🇬 Nasty Cookie 📍 Singapore 🍽 Cookies 🇸🇬 Nasty Cookie
📍 Singapore
🍽 Cookies and Bakes
🗒 Products do not contain any alcohol, lard, pork, pork gelatine (source: website, confirmed by store staff)

We couldn’t help but notice their bright mint shop front from far away. Everything was in mint, down to their packaging boxes, with pink accents, you could hardly miss it. If that on its own wasn’t intriguing enough, the big word that said ‘cookie’ did it’s trick to lure us closer. So, there we were,still full with our dinner yet staring at a bunch of cookies.

Nasty Cookie sells an assortment of gourmet cookies, milk shakes and soft serve ice cream. Their playful interior, branding and aesthetic seems to match their irresistible cookie flavors. It was a tough call but in the end we chose their red velvet and dark chocolate chip cookies. Both didn’t disappoint at all! At one point before trying, we thought the cookies would be too sweet, but boy were we wrong. It had the perfect amount of sweetness for you to be wanting more!

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🇸🇬 Fika Swedish Cafe and Bistro 📍 Singapo 🇸🇬 Fika Swedish Cafe and Bistro
📍 Singapore
🍽 Swedish Cafe and Bistro
🗒 Muslim owned and operated 

To be honest, like many others I suppose, our first encounter with Swedish food was from our good ol’ Ikea. The first time they opened their outlet back home, people were literally lining up just to try their Swedish meatballs. Don’t get us wrong, no hatred toward the famous meatballs, we too were also intrigued but waited until the hype died down to finally try. And yes, we enjoyed it!

So, when a friend wanted to take us to dinner to try a Swedish bistro, we quickly jumped at the offer! Fika, located amongst Bugis’ hotspot food scene, serves a hefty menu of traditional home-cooked Swedish cuisine. You can find soups to desserts cooked with, what they claim to be, the finest and freshest ingredients. I couldn’t help myself but order their Swedish meatballs. Yes, I just have the urge to compare, don’t judge lol. While hubs tried their grilled chicken. Then, we closed it off with a slice of Kladdkaka, a warm Swedish brownie that wasn’t right if we didn’t top it up with some vanilla ice cream. We enjoyed every bit until the very last bite! Of course, to answer my earlier doubt, their meatballs are way better. And the dessert was just perfect, couldn’t say anything less.

They’ve also opened an artisan Swedish bakery nearby, Konditori, which I heard only good things about. We’ve been trying to get a hold of their pastries and bakes for a while but they seem to always sell out. Better luck next time!

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🇸🇬 Beyond Pancakes 📍 Singapore 🍽 Panca 🇸🇬 Beyond Pancakes
📍 Singapore
🍽 Pancakes, Western Food
🗒 Halal MUIS certified

Feeling like having breakfast for dinner tonight? Or breakfast at any time of the day? Beyond Pancakes got you covered with their hefty range of sweet, savory pancakes! Besides their range of American-style pancakes, they also offer Dutch’s pannekoek and gallette a la Francaise! Beyond their pancake menu, there are still a long list of pizzas, burgers and pastas to choose from. So, not to worry, I bet there’s something for everyone!

For our dinner, we opted for their baked carbonara pasta (hubs with truffle, mine without) and shared a caramelized pear and apple pannakoek. First of all, their portions are huge, both the pasta and pannekoek. We really enjoyed the pannakoek, it was perfect, not too sweet. The pasta was good too, but we could barely finish our meal. Maybe we’ll try their savory pancakes next time!

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🇸🇬 The French American Bakery 📍 Singapore 🇸🇬 The French American Bakery
📍 Singapore
🍽 Bakery
🗒 Muslim owned

Here’s another gem tucked away in the heart of the colorful Haji Lane, meet The French American Bakery! Just opened August last year, this cute bakery has gotten so much buzz for their mouthwatering baked goods. As the name suggests, they offer a wide range of yummy french signature pastries and American style desserts as well.

What I missed from our short time living in Paris is definitely their fresh unmatched baked wonders! One of our friends told us that their croissants were as good as the ones in Paris, so we were more than eager to try! Sadly we missed the croissants just by a hair as the customers right before us took the very last ones. We ended up getting their creamy creme brûlée, which was torched upon order, and a huge cinnamon roll. It was quite amusing watching your creme being brûléed by the staff! If you eat it right away, you’ll get a nice warm sugar coating on top that complements the cool cream underneath just perfectly. It was certainly one of our top favs creme brûlée! 

If you’re planning a visit to the bakery, be prepared to queue for quite a bit! And if you’re eyeing for a certain pastry do come early, they sell out pretty fast. We’re coming back for another round for sure!

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🇸🇬 Pastamania x Kraftwich
📍 Singapore
🍽 Italian and fusion dishes
🗒 Halal MUIS cerified

What’s your favorite go-to carbs? Mine is 100% pasta! I even love it more than rice, which is currently ranked below pasta and bread lol! So, basically Pastamania already had me in their pockets. They have a pretty extensive menu, from classical Italian dishes to fusion flavored pasta, such as seafood tomyum and salted egg chicken just to name a few. Their collab with Kraftwich offer a range of fresh homemade sandwiches. I opted to go with their classics and had a creamy chicken pasta for lunch, which was yum!

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