Skyve

In a nutshell
Fudz: Skyve Wine Bistro
Cuisine: European
Code: Orchard townies
Location: 10 Winstedt Road Singapore 227977
Dial: +65 6225 6690
Interweb: http://www.skyve.sg/
Email: enquiry@skyve.sg
Damage: $35 - $55
Taste: Eggcellent (ok, sorry about the bad pun.)
Ambience: Clean furniture, grills and tiles
Service: Great. They greeted and bade with sunny smiles.

The story

I had no concrete plans for Christmas this year so I begged for one. Pamy, Chew Yen and Esther had graciously agreed to brunch on Christmas Day. Saved! I'm saved from being sad and lonely on Christmas Day.

Just to add, my all-time favourite Christmas song is 'Do They Know It's Christmas Time?' by Band Aid (1984). I keep the song on loop. The original composer hates the song but I don't. I still think it's lovely. Everyone needs to be fed.

Skyve is tricky to spell on the keyboard. It messes with the spelling bee in my bonnet. I kept typing the name over and over again to see how many times I could get it wrong. So far the wrong percentage falls around 80%. I hope you have better luck with it.

Pamy said 'brunch' so I shot daggers at anyone who attempted to flip to the 'mains' or 'pastas' pages. The dictator in me conceded with the 'beverages' and 'desserts'. Now I wonder why no one made Christmas plans with me.

Although it's known as a wine bistro, it was too early for us to order wine at 11 am in the morning. We are not European ladies.

INT. Seating arrangements

There's an old-school metal swing at the outdoor dining area. Kids love the space. We saw big groups of families with young children. Skyve is children-friendly.

The bartender/barista behind the tiled counter. He doesn't care for latte art.

This utensil placement style reminds me of Cocotte & Meng's ba chor mee shop. The latter holds chopsticks, minus the leaves and serviettes.

New way of studying papillae

Textbook placemat

Hazelnut latte straight up.

Coffee is good. I could drink it without making a face.

We had the Skyving' Breakfast ($22++) in poached, overeasy and scrambled. Chew Yen had the Skyve Sous Vide Eggs Benedict ($19++).

Typing the 'Skyve' words is killing me. The typos and retypes.

Skyving' Breakfast - Poached Style

Poached eggs undressed... saved for a sprinkle of spring onions

Overeasy

Alien head with yolk eyes

Skyve Sous Vide Eggs Benedict

Wild Mushroom Soup ($11++)

Brownie. I've no idea where Chew Yen ordered from in the menu.

Eggs Ben + Soup + Brownie were consumed by Chew Yen. She liked them all. My attention was on the corn nibblets in the eggs ben dish. Looks like something I would eat even though I had never seen corn in eggs ben until now.

The maitre d' offered white, circular blocks to put our bags next to our seats. They directed us to the unisex restroom patiently and two of them even held the door open as we left the bistro. All smiles and 'see you again's. They probably received some good things out of their stockings in the morning, I don't know. Maybe they just had a good foundation on how service is supposed to be. Anyhow, thank you, Skyve staff. We appreciate all that.

I have been reading their menu on their webpage and I ought to pay Skyve a few more visits to sample their mains and wine for a well-rounded post. Their photos and descriptions are calling out to me.

Skyve Wine Bistro is at a walkable distance from Newton MRT Station.

Brunch with the bunch

In a nutshell

Fudz: Oriole Cafe & Bar

Cuisine: European

Code: Casual and smart

Location: 96 Somerset Road, Pan Pacific Services Suites, #01-01, Singapore 238163

Dial: +65 6238 8348

Interweb: http://www.oriolecoffee.com/

Damage: $30 per pax

Taste: To get your caffeine and alcohol fixes at the same time

Ambience: Dim lighting unless you choose to dine al fresco. Neighbouring patrons are a tad too close for comfort in case you want to whisper top trade secrets or sweet nothings.

Service: Good

The story

To be honest, we only went for the breakfast menu that was displayed on the acrylic tabletop board for weekends (till 3pm). We need eggs - scrambled, poached and fried and nothing could deter us from having breakfast at midday when normal human beings are already thinking about lunches.

Great coffee. So I heard from those who indulge in the black-brown liquid. I am not a coffee drinker so this pledge of thumbs-up come from everyone who had their coffee in Oriole. The owner is an award-winning barrister so we shall assume that he knows his coffee beans from the good and bad.

Latte

I did not intend to talk about Oriole's coffee. I only want to talk about their breakfasts. I am deeply in love with their Caesar Salad too but I have to save that for another day as well.

I am terrible with documenting.

They have Moroccan styled lamb sausages that come in a bowl. Do Moroccans eat their breakfast out of bowls? I wonder, I wonder.

With fried egg, chick peas, feta cheese

Scrambled

The portions look small for ravenous creatures like us. Our hunger subsided but we are used to being stuffed. I could have ordered that bowl of Caesar Salad... I dream about it all the time.

Eggs Benedict with ham topped off muffin buns

Full English Breakfast

The bacon strips are extremely salty. I am good at eating salty food but their bacon defeated my tongue without much of a fight. The eggs are done well but the sausages are either too porky or dry.

Breakfast is definitely not its forte but we asked for it.

I know, I really want to tell you how good the salad is.