[CLOSED] My Cottage Cafe

The waffle is crispy enough although still lacking of fragrant, it’s good enough. Like the ambience, quiet & cosy.

Matcha waffles are a dime a dozen these days, but My Cottage Café's rendition does a pretty solid job of standing out from the pack with their crisp matcha waffles that is significantly less sweet than most of the competition out there, and the strong taste of actual matcha.

The waffle is sufficiently crisp, while the soft internals have a texture much like the ubiquitous, beloved pandan waffles of everyone's childhood. Unfortunately, the sea salt caramel ice cream sitting smack dab in the middle of the waffle is the only one who failed to uphold their end of the bargain. I tasted neither salt nor caramel, and at some points I could've very well been eating generic vanilla ice cream.

Oh well, I'll just stick with the excellent earl grey ice cream the next time.

Newly opened just next to Foxhole Café, My Cottage Cafe specializes in waffles and ice cream that's churned out from their very own factory. You have a choice of three waffles: the normal buttermilk, the charcoal (pictured here), and the red velvet (which they didn't have when I went). As for their ice creams, the selection is a little more exotic than usual, with flavors ranging from Thai Milk Tea, to double dark chocolate, and bubblegum.

I chose the earl grey with walnuts and chocolate rocky road to go with the charcoal waffle, and I was rather pleased with my choices. The earl grey is pleasantly pungent with the strong aroma of the eponymous tea and delightfully creamy while being adequately sweet. However, possibly due to my predilection for all things chocolate, I fell head over tastebuds in love with the chocolate rocky road. It was exquisitely thick, creamy and splendidly bittersweet. Also, I may or may not have made noises akin to a ravenous horse at a feeding trough when I dug into the waffle after spreading that luscious frozen confection all over and stuffing it into every hole in the grid.

As for the waffle itself, it was decent but otherwise unremarkable. Crispy on the edges, soft, fluffy and airy on the inside, this makes for a perfect dessert after a meal at the nearby 805 coffee shop. And at $12 for a waffle and two scoops of ice cream, it's perfect for sharing. Or to gorge yourself on. I ain't judging.

A gracefully plated dessert in a cosy cafe...

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happy that here serves my favourite #bundaberg #rootbeer . spam fries quite ok nia. chilli crab pasta is 👍. waffle + thai milk tea ice cream is not very wow but not bad lah.
cosy quaint ambience. view is overlooking a patch of grass and the hdb flats across the road. only the booth seat has a proper table. the rest are low tables which are suitable for la kopi only and not friendly for main dishes.
soft english songs (old and new top 40s) playing in the background. nice to laze the whole afternoon away if u very free.
ps: read that the chilli crab ice cream is the draw but I'm not so adventurous.
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