Old Southern Red Velvet Cake @ Food For Thought

And this is the reason why I ventured out of my usual "lunch zone" -- Food For Thought's Old Southern Red Velvet Cake.

Ever since I tried Stefanie's Ultimate Red Velvet Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory, I've been trying to find all things red velvet in Singapore -- cupcakes, cakes, cheesecakes, it doesn't matter. I want to find the best one so when my red velvet craving hits, I know where to get me some.

According to their menu:

3-layered cherry cocoa vanilla pound cake slathered all over with a lemon cream cheese icing

So here's my short review: the cake was good but not great. It might have been the pound cake that lacked a little flavor, I don't know. It just didn't get me to finish one slice and buy another. Believe me, I had planned to buy a slice to take home. I ended up having more than half of the slice packed up in a to-go bag.

Maybe it wasn't freshly baked? Sat in their display cooler for more than a day? I was disappointed, I didn't find the cake I was looking/hoping for.

But fear not! I have a couple more options to try out: Room For Dessert and Marmalade Pantry (cupcakes!). I hope I find something better there.

Do you know of any other place that serves red velvet desserts? Do let me know.

Food For Thought - North Bridge
420 North Bridge Road
North Bridge Centre #01-06
T: +65 6338 8724
E: eat@foodforthought.com.sg (reservations and inquiries)
W: www.foodforthought.com.sg

Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10a.m. - 10p.m.
Kitchen Opening Hours: 11.30a.m. - 2.30 p.m. (lunch) and 5.30p.m. - 9p.m. (dinner)

Garlic Prawn Pasta @ Food For Thought

I found this quaint little cafe from an online search of red velvet cakes in Singapore (that's a separate post). One of their branches was near my office -- a little further away from our lunch area but thought it was worth a try.

I was there expressly for their supposedly great red velvet cakes so I didn't really know what their lunch menu was. They had a lot of choices with several semi-vegetarian options like their Grilled Vegetable Medley sandwich, Shiitake Mushrooms pasta, Garlic, Thyme and Roasted Tomato pasta, and more. I, predictably, chose their Garlic Prawn pasta.

The dish was served in a wooden plate (side comment: slightly unstable serving dish that it wobbled especially when I was trying to slice or spear something) with a side salad of greens and cubed tomatoes. The side salad could have been better with more vinaigrette dressing but fresh enough ingredients to save itself. The pasta was slightly overdone for me but the taste was wonderful. Just enough garlic and spices to not be overwhelming and with a good amount of prawns served along the pasta. Though for a price of S$16.90, the serving size could have been more.

Take note, while the cafe is open until 10pm, their kitchen closes at 2:30pm for lunch and 9pm for dinner (FYI, their other branch's kitchen is open all day, see hours below). The rest of the time, you can only have drinks and desserts.

Overall, I would definitely drop by Food For Thought again. I will definitely visit their Queen Street branch because it has a wider menu selection. They have risotto! 'Nuff said.

Food For Thought @ North Bridge

Food For Thought - North Bridge
420 North Bridge Road
North Bridge Centre #01-06
T: +65 6338 8724
E: eat@foodforthought.com.sg (reservations and inquiries)
W: www.foodforthought.com.sg

Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 10a.m. - 10p.m.
Kitchen Opening Hours: 11.30a.m. - 2.30 p.m. (lunch) and 5.30p.m. - 9p.m. (dinner)

Food For Thought - Queen Street
8 Queen Street
T: +65 6338 9887
F: +65 6338 1080
E: omnomnom@foodforthought.com.sg (reservations and inquiries)
W: www.foodforthought.com.sg

Opening Hours: Mon - Sat 9a.m. - 10p.m. (Last orders from kitchen 8.50p.m.)
Sun 9a.m. - 9p.m. (Last orders from kitchen 7.30p.m.)