PIPES by Hattendo (Dorsett Residences)

Came by for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up and the place was pretty empty with only a handful of tables filled - perfect for a chill Saturday afternoon tea break! I got the Matcha Latte ($6) and the Tokyo Special Banana Cream Bun ($4.50). Matcha latte was alright, not the worst, but I was sorely disappointed by the banana cream bun. The tokyo banana flavour did not really shine through and not really worth its price tag - perhaps just as a novelty treat.

The popular Nitamago Potato Salad Sando ($14) was carbs on carbs as it consisted of oozy ramen eggs paired with potato salad and truffle oil. It was somewhat unconventional as it was cold, creamy and refreshing. The Lemongrass Chicken Sando ($14) features thai marinated grilled chicken thigh, cabbage, tomato and yuzu and karashi mayo. It had a lighter taste than expected as the thai marinate on the tender chicken was subtle.

What attracted me to Pipes was definitely their signature cream buns, but what surprises me, was how damn good their Sandos are.

This Iberico Katsu Sando totally the best damn Sando I ever eaten in my life. Its even the best Katsu I ever eaten.

The Iberico Katsu was damn juicy, damn flavourful and then, its crispy also.

Thank goodness there's some vege in this sando to make this less sinful, and that's all it does, it's just dress it up nicely like something healthy. But damn, the iberico just instantly killed me with its inner beauty and it tasted damn sinful as well.

Highly recommended, if anyone ever need food recommendations from me, this is the first thing that come out of my mouth.

What attracted me to Pipes was definitely their signature cream buns, but what surprises me, was how damn good their Sandos are.

The Hokkaido Wagyu Beef Patty Sando was quite good. But their Tonkotsu Patty Sando totally blew everything away.

What attracted me to Pipes was definitely their signature cream buns, but what surprises me, was how damn good their Sandos are.

Firstly, the cream buns were definitely good stuff, buns were soft and all the cream buns we tried were awesome. I loved the custard the most, Wife preferred the Matcha.

A box of 5 cream buns consist of:

1) Custard
2) Cream
3) Matcha
4) Chocolate
5) Azumi

+1 chestnut flavour one(seasonal flavour)

A must buy when u come to Pipes

The Nitamago Potato Salad is a sando with ramen eggs paired with homemade potato salad and truffle oil. The ramen egg yolks were runny and oozed out with a light squeeze, like an additional sauce for the potato salad. The potato salad was drizzled with the truffle oil, so the whole thing was extremely flavourful and melted in my mouth as I took a huge bite.

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