Grin Affair
3 Everton Park, #01-77A
Chinatown, Singapore
August 2012
Merlion Wayfarer had been wanting to try out Grin Affair since she saw it on Bryan Wong's variety show, Share Something (我爱公开), which showcased a different blogger in each episode. To her, cakes stored in glass jars were well, kinda cool. Plus all the names given, and the brown tag given for each jar returned to get a discount.
The first time that she went there was the day after the broadcast of the episode. It was only 2pm in the afternoon and the cakes were sold out. (The outlet closes at 8pm daily.) There was another family outside who had seen the show and wanted to try the cakes. Both the groups walked away disappointed.
So it was with great excitement when Merlion Wayfarer went on a Sunday and found the shop open!
Homely shop sign, albet a bit mouldy as it was made from corkboard and left exposed to the weather elements...
When she entered the store, she was served by an elderly uncle. Initially she was surprised, as it was a different person showcased on the TV show.The scene did feel a bit surreal as Merlion Wayfarer had just stepped in from the bright 35-degree sunshine outside into a darkened shop in an old housing estate and the old man was threading cardboard squares. Was he going to pull out some old spell?
Just a while later, the back door opened. Was the witch going to appear with some spell from a musty back cupboard?
No... It was just a Yando (handsome guy) in a tight-fitting T-shirt. He seemed a bit sullen. Oooops, did they wake him from his afternoon sleep?
The board on the wall with all the delicious-sounding flavours:
- Honey Lavender
- Strawberry
- Durian
- Dark Chocolate
- Cookies & Cream
- "Sorry Sold Out" - Must have been popular!
- Mango
- Kiwi Cheesecake
- Banoffee
- Hazelnut
- Matcha & Azuki
(The Yandao's head got in the way of this pic - He is too tall!)
The beautifully-wrapped jam jar cakes. Oooops, they forgot to give Merlion Wayfarer another tag. Would she be coming back again?
Costing S$4.80 a jar, the Honey Lavender tasted like - well, normal. The cake was an ordinary sponge cake. There was no trace of the "lavender" at all.
As for the Dark Chocolate, it was... indescribable. It was the first time that Merlion Wayfarer tasted a SALTY Chocolate Cake. It was so salty that she could not eat beyond 1/3 of the small jar. The mousse was excessively creamy and the cake dry. OMG... and it warranted a visit to the toilet. No more, no more!
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