Most people suffer from Monday blues, but not for me! I woke up one Monday morning and was quite surprised to see a little note placed top of my iPhone. It was a simple note which made me feel loved and I appreciated the wife’s gesture before she left for work to make my day despite her (possibly) suffering from Monday blues.

That day, we arranged to go for a Magnificent Monday date night and to be spontaneous about it. It was interesting because we decided on the ice-cream place before searching for a dinner place nearby. The wife was excited about the salted egg yolk ice cream that Tom’s Palette offered and I was equally eager to try it! Hence we decided on Tom’s Palette and Creation Cafe which was located within Shaw Leisure Gallery at Bugis. All photos were taken with my Canon IXUS.

I first came across Creation Cafe a few years ago when my uni mate introduced this place to us. The food served was relatively ok and most importantly, it was very affordable with no service charge and GST. It is useful to know that payment can only be made by cash. Do not fret if you don’t have sufficient cash with you, as there is an ATM machine at the entrance of Shaw Leisure Gallery 🙂

With our stomachs growling, we hastily placed our orders before taking photos.

Both of us went for the set meal which comes with soup of the day and a drink to go with the mains that we ordered. Missuschewy was feeling adventurous as usual and went for the Seafood Linguine in Laksa Cream Sauce while I opted for the Linguine with Italian sausages in Tomato Herb Sauce.

Soup of the day was Cream of Broccoli which we felt was rather watered down.

The tomato herb sauce which I had was normal and the sausages were not crunchy. I felt some gel-like substance halfway and I had difficulty trying to finish it.

The laksa cream sauce on other hand was creamy and flavorful. The taste of the seafood was thick and the portion of seafood was generous, considering the price. Of course, please do not expect Katong Laksa kind of gravy. Bascially, it is a cream based sauce for the pasta. 🙂

After dinner, we went to Tom’s Palette for desserts. It was pretty packed for a Monday night. I guess everyone loves desserts after a hearty dinner.

The choice of ice cream flavors was easy. The wifey told me that i MUST at least sample the Salted Egg Yolk ice cream which i really liked. So, We went for the milk ice cream to balance out the taste of the salted egg ice cream.

It tastes exactly like a salted egg yoke and we loved it. I have a thing for savoury ice cream flavors like peanut butter, salted caramel, sea salt etc etc. I feel that it provides a different kind of zing and complements with to their sweet counterparts. There were chocolate chunks in the milk ice cream and it provides additional bites.

“I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun-warmed flower-bordered path” Andre Gide. Overall, the date was made special not because of the food, but because of you.

Creation Cafe
100 Beach Road
#01-43
Shaw Leisure Gallery
Singapore 189702
Tel: 6391 8017

Opening Hours:
Mon to Thur
12pm – 9.30pm
Fri and Sat
12pm – 10pm
Sun
1pm -7pm (Closed on last Sunday of the month)