Sometimes I run out of patience with small children and the elderly, especially when they’re in large groups, and a large group of the latter can always be found clogging the small seating area at The Old, I mean Little, Duck. They clog it absent-mindedly, they clog it as they “take their time”, they clog it with walkers and scooters, […]

I said this the last time I was at Broadway: I don’t usually review chain cafes. But there are a few reasons this particular Soul Origin bears mentioning. Their coffee, albeit consistently well-executed, is not tasty. For a long time, I considered their BB to be not great, but the definition of my average “0”, i.e. more or less what […]

Generally, I want to steer away from reviewing chain cafes. You don’t review McDonald’s alongside restaurants. My experience at Three Beans Broadway, however, was so uniquely terrible that I figured it warranted a mention. Usually you get the best service when you’re served by the owner/manager, but not in this case. She took my order without even a verbal acknowledgement, […]

For a cafe without a shopfront in the centre island of a shopping mall, Sorrel has a pretty amazing location. Sorrel floats in the middle of the top floor, with nothing but an arched glass ceiling and blue sky above. It’s also strangely quiet, suitably distanced from the majority of the hustle and bustle rushing about on the lower floors. […]

Shepherd’s is surprisingly quaint, given its high-traffic shopping mall location. It’s more like a takeaway bakery with an espresso machine rather than a proper cafe, but Shepherd’s does what it does pretty well. They have a wide range of rustic-style baked stuff, and although pretty much everything must be baked off-site, the food still manages to carry a home-baked kind […]

Hands down, this is the best place to get your coffee and BB in Broadway. Merchants of Ultimo is a cute little indoor imitation piazza with a few different kids of authentic Italian fare available around a central seating area. The vendor at the front with all the crowd-attracting eye candy is a baker with a windowful of beautifully decorated […]