Sinpopo Brand (新泡泡甜品小吃) @ Joo Chiat Road

It is quite hard not to notice the nostaglic decoration of Sinpopo Brand (新泡泡甜品小吃) along Joo Chiat Road with its huge big and red signature and red metal gates. Stepping through the gate, it felt like being transformed to a eatery in the 1960s-1970s with classic Chinese oldies playing in the background.

Sny Muay Pop 4/5 Teh Peng 2/5

 

As our visit is after dinner, we only ordered desserts to try. The drinks at Sinpopo Brand is served in tin metal mug. The Sng Muay Pop ($3.90) is a combination of sour plum, lime and 7-Up. A very refreshing drink. The Teh Peng ($2) was very diluted.

Ais Bor 3/5

The Ais Bor ($3.90) is a classic street dessert in which the ice is shaped into a ball with different coloured syrup. Nowadays, hardly any stalls served this anymore. A dessert that brings back a lot of childhood memories.

Chendol 1/5

After a couple of decent desserts, things started to go down hill with the Chendol ($3.90). It was really bad, it tasted nothing near to the Chendol dessert. I suspected they used syrup gula melaka and the whole execution missed the mark by miles.

Tau Suan 1/5

One look at the pale looking bowl of Tau Suan ($3.90) and we knew it is going to be another disappoinment. Indeed the tau suan was so lackluster that left me doubting the sincerely of the shop with their dessert. How can they serve this sort of standard where I can get better and cheaper bowl of tau suan from any hawker stall.

Pulut Hitam 2/5

Pulut Hitam ($3.90) has always been one of my favourite desserts but I was left feeling unsatisfied. The pulut hitam was not creamy or gooey enough and was lacking some form of sweetness and fragrant.

Durian Pengat 2.8/5

The Durian Pengat ($6.90) itself was decent but I did not like the coconut milk that basically drenched the bowl of delicacy.

The concept of Sinpopo Brand is good but much more efforts is needed to raise the standard of the desserts. I definitely will not fork out that small of money for such lackluster desserts where I can have better and cheaper one at hawker centres.


Sinpopo Brand (新泡泡甜品小吃)
458 Joo Chiat Road
Singapore
Tel: +65 63455034
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sinpopo#!/sinpoposg
Website: http://www.sinpopobrand.com/
Nearest MRT:

Opening Hours:
Tue-Thu: 12pm - 10pm
Fri-Sat: 12pm - 12midnight
Sun: 12pm - 10pm
(Closed on Mon)

Direction:
1) Alight at Dakota MRT station. Take exit A. Walk to bus stop at Blk 99 Old Airport Road (Stop ID 81181). Take Bus 10 or 32. Alight 6 stops later opposite Roxy Square. Walk to the junction of East Coast Road and Joo Chiat Road. Turn left onto Joo Chiat Road. Walk to destination. Journey time about 15 minutes. [Map]

Hoopla Coffee and Kitchen @ Infinite Studios

Hoopla Coffee and Kitchen was an accidental discovery. I did not even know of its existence. My inital plan was to check out Revolution Coffee at Infinite Studios. I could not get a seat at Revolution Coffee and since the place was really crowded, I have no choice but to go to Hoopla Coffee and Kitchen which is just a couple of steps away. I was initally a bit septical as it was rather quiet compared to their neighbour. I had a chat with the barista and realized that it was only opened for a week during my visit. Maybe that is why most of the crowd ended at Revolution Coffee.

Cafe Latte

Hoopla Coffee and Kitchen uses coffee bean from Toby's Estate. My cup of Cafe Latte came with a piece of waffle biscuit instead of the usual cookies. A nice change as I like these traditional waffle buscuit.

Florentine 4/5

From the all day breakfast menu, I ordered the Florentine ($14) which has wilted baby spinach on toast topped with poach eggs and hollandaise sauce, served with some vinegrette greens at the side. Wilted Baby spinach on toast poachedggs hollandaise vinegrette greens.

Didi Chicken Pie 3.5/5

The Didi Chicken Pie ($8.50) was pretty huge with a nice flaky and crusty pastry. The filling was also quite flavourful but let down by the slightly dry chicken in the pie.

I wonder how much is the rent for Hoopla Coffee and Kitchen. The floor area is huge, probably about the size of 3 small cafes. With Mediacorp's plan to move to Mediapolis, this will be a popular place to hang out and catch a glimpse of the tv stars and even dine with the stars in the same premises.


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Hoopla Coffee & Kitchen
Infinite Studios
21 Media Circle
#01-05
Singapore 138562
Tel: +65 67780051
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooplasg
Website: http://www.hoopla.sg
Nearest MRT: One-North (CC Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon: 830am - 6pm
Tue: 830am - 4pm
Wed-Fri: 830am - 6pm
Sat-Sun: 9am - 6pm

Direction:
1) Alight at One-North MRT station. Take Exit. Take shuttle bus to Infinitel Studios. Only available on weekday 8am-8pm. Journey time about 10 minutes. [Timetable] [Map]

2) Alight at One-North MRT station. Take Exit B. Walk to bus stop along Portsdown Road (Stop ID 18151). Take bus numbe 191. Alight 4 stops later. Walk to destination. Journey time about 10 minutes. [Map]