Bangkok 2015 - Casa Lapin x26

This has got to be one of my favorite cafes in Bangkok! We visited Casa Lapin x26 on the 2nd night of our Bangkok trip for dinner. The cafe is located in a quiet area at Sukhumvit 26, around 10 mins walk from Phrong Phong BTS. Apparently Casa Lapin has quite a few branches in Bkk and the one we went is the biggest branch with a hostel, flower shop, co-working place and of course the cafe itself.

The cafe is really really spacious and it offers a good variety of seats from bar table, sofa table and dining area at the back. We were brought to the dining area behind by the friendly staff and we chose a window seats with sofa..hehe! I didn't do any research about the food so we just ordered the items that look appealing to us..lol! For the drinks, we ordered mocha, iced chocolate, lychee tea & thyme and orange & passion fizz. We ordered the green curry with roti for our appetizer and to be honest, we didn't have any expectation for this dish at all but it was so yummy!!! We certainly have higher expectation for our mains after the appetiser. We ordered a spicy carbonara, aglio olio and a beef burger to share and everything was so gooddddddd!!! I couldn't decide which pasta i like more because i lovee their aglio olio but they done the spicy carbonara so good, it was not jelat at all! o.o The beef burger was not bad too but i guess the pasta was too great that it outshone the burger, hahaha!!

The cafe was very quiet on that night with only few tables of guests and i really love the atmosphere there, definitely a great place to chill and relax after a long day of shopping hahaha! Saw some reviews of their hostel as well, would really like to stay at their hostel one day!

Casa Lapin x26
Sukhumvit 26 (10 mins walk from Phrong Phong BTS)
Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Daily: 8am-10pm

The Lokal

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I have read too many good reviews about The Lokal  but I don't understand why I took so long to finally visit this cafe..haha! It's located at a corner shophouse along Neil Road. The Lokal  is the sister outlet of Sarnies and its decor and ambiance will give you the Aussie feel, remind me of the cafes that I visited during my Melbourne trip! We visited on a public holiday afternoon and a mini queue was already formed inside the cafe. I think we got our table after a 15-20 minutes wait which was not too bad actually! And we got the window seats which means i got good lighting to take pictures! :p

We were so famished by that time but we just couldn't decide which item to order because everything just look so promising..lol! We ordered a roasted beef ciabatta and a smoked salmon egg royale to share. For the drinks, sf had the hot chocolate because she said she just had coffee this morning before meeting me? LOL! I'm not really a coffee person so I always opt for mocha..hehe! Our food came pretty fast and omg i can totally understand what's the hype about this cafe just by trying both dishes that we ordered!  I personally adored the egg royale more! That delicious slab of smoked salmon was done to perfection and this was coming from a person (aka me) who don't really fancy salmon (except raw salmon)! The egg yolk flows out perfectly as well..just watch the video and you will know what I meant..haha! Being a bread lover, I absolutely enjoy the beef ciabatta which is the perfect combination of sliced sauteed beef and caramelized onions (insert heart eyes emoji)!

I still remember it was super hazy that day (PSI hit around 300+!!) but it was nonetheless a well spent afternoon with lots of catch up and updates with sf! Overall, The Lokal  definitely lives up to its hype and it certainly deserves a return visit anytime!

The Lokal
136 Neil Road Singapore
Tel: +65 6423 9918
Mon-Fri: 8am - 6pm
Sat-Sun: 10am - 4pm

Monsta Cafe

Last brunch with my lil sis before she flew back to Taiwan 2 weeks ago. Shen Sim brought us to this Monsta Cafe which is located at Bukit Indah. The cafe is located at the roadside, occupied a corner lot with its cartoonish billboard. I was surprised to find that the cafe is divided into two parts of completely different themes..lol! The front part is just a small area with their specialise coffee and bakery and the decor gives a vintage british feel which i love! The 2nd part of the cafe is mainly for dining. The space is much more bigger than the front part and it's filled with colourful furnitures and decorations.

A good menu design somehow gives me a better impression to the cafe as i think menu plays an important role in the cafe and i was really impressed with Monsta Cafe's menu. Their menu is quite thick, designed in a way that it looks like a magazine with the pictures of the food and some of their background story. I can see how much effort they put in for designing a menu like this as i just did a menu design for my assignment..lol!

Anyway, we ordered a mushroom soup and monsta fries to share. I really loveee the packaging of the monsta fries! Yes, i was a sucker for those pretty packaging stuff..hahaha! The mushroom soup was good but i think they can do better with the garlic bread..haha! For our mains, we ordered the grilled chicken chop, prawn aglio olio and huge chicken chop (yes the name is huge chicken chop)! The portion of the huge chicken chop was indeed huge..haha! So glad that everything on the plate was done very well without being too oily! I love the criss-cross fries! I love aglio olio a lot so i always order aglio olio if it's available on the menu. Sadly speaking, there isn't much good aglio olio around so i was glad that the aglio olio here was really good!


Monsta Cafe
157, Jalan Bestari 1/5,
Taman Nusa Bestari
81300 Skudai, Johor
Mon-Thurs: 10am-12am
Fri-Sun: 11am-1am