K. Gourmet Cafe - An insiders secret to affordable food
Even after many trips to the headquarters, I am surprised that I did not know about about this place sooner. The K Gourmet Cafe must be an insiders secret that there is even hardly any results from a search on google!
I was back at the headquarters today to judge the finalists for a blog competition with mycolleague Joy. It was noontime when we ended. And we decided to have lunch together with our other colleagues, Eka, Weilin and Rou Hui.
The Place
It was just a walking distance from Science Park II. We walked past a couple of condominium looking buildings (which I found out later was the NUS hostels) and then we headed to a white nondescript looking building. Oh, this is a cafe? I honestly would not know about this place at all if my colleagues did not take me there.
But I suppose that this place was not so unknown as by the time entered the cafe, it was already quite full of people whom were having their lunch. We waited for a moment for an empty table and I admired the surrounding scenery of the fountains as well as the bright, cheery and cosy interior of the cafe.
The Service
Being of the lunch hour peak, the service was a tad slow. Nevertheless, the staff were friendly and hospitable. Impressively, despite the crunch, none of them appeared harried at all!
We queued up at the cash register to order what we wanted and paid for the food. There, I was most amazed when I saw the prices. The items here are pretty affordable. There isnt even any service charge! I did not spend more than $10 for my food.
The Food
This is my grilled chicken pizza ($4.50) Its not the best pizza that I had but its still pretty decent. I love that the crust is flat and the toppings are pretty succulent. The chicken was pretty juicy and the bell pepper and mushroom tasted fresh. I wish the dough was softer and warmer but really, for this price, I am not complaining :)
For drinks, I had ice lemon tea ($1.20) You can tell that this was home made. It was pulpy and I love it! Yum!
This is Joy’s fish and chips. It looks really good. When asked, the only issue that she felt that would make it more perfect was if it arrived warmer and was crispier.
This is Eka’s fried rice with fried chicken. The chicken looks appetizing doesn’t it? The fact that Eka finished the entire plate shows that she enjoyed her meal :)
This is Rou Hui’s beef rice which he said was decent. Judging from the amount of meat on the plate, it looked like a hearty meal which a manly man would eat.
And of course, seeing how affordable the place was, I could not help myself and bought dessert! Isnt my ‘Last Man Standing’ ice cream colourful? My vanilla ice cream has a piece of wafer, slice of strawberry, sliced almond, sprinkles and even fudge! And its only $2?! I am loving this place more and more :D
I’m definitely coming to this place again.
Here’s a quick clip of our lunch :
In a nutshell
Whats there not to love about it? Cosy place. Decent food. Affordable prices. Go. Just go.
- 33 Prince George’s Park Residence (NUS)
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Sidenote : My exams are over!
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I love this place.. Used to eat here a lot when I used to live in PGP, the NUS Hostel… Love their pizza.. really nice… And its NUS canteen price point lah.. so damn cheap…
Btw.. did you notice a peculiar smell when they baked your pizza? I remember everytime I ordered pizza, around 3 mins before the pizza came, there would be this wierd smell.. hahahahhahah..
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:22 pm
hey that great to hear that you finished your exam.. haha =).. anyway you take care ok bye =)..
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:20 am
I didn’t know such place exist!!!
anyway you gotta try “Blooie’s” as well, also near PGP and Sci Park II.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:12 am
NTT
Exactly. Where on earth can anyone find a cafe with canteen prices like that? This is an amazing find. I am so lucky! :D
Anyway, I didn’t smell anything while they were baking the pizza. Should I smell anything? Is it unpleasant? Hard to smell stuff with the amount of lunch dwelling traffickers there :-P Hehehehe
Hisyam
Woohoo! I am going to burn all these books and have a campfire! Wahahaha!
CC
Neither did I till last afternoon! But now that you know, I think its worth going to :) Where is this Blooie by the way? Maybe we can go there as an outing … wahahahaha!
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:21 am
lol campfire?? that lame man… hahaha.. anyway how the sch ar?izzit everything ok??haha long time nv go back to sch.. hiaz..
November 23rd, 2007 at 10:39 pm
oh goody, another halal eating establishment to try! :) why is it that these good eating places only pop up after i left NUS? either that, or i didn’t know of their existence then. :(
November 24th, 2007 at 1:26 am
Looks like we both got a food blog thing going on! :)
November 24th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Hisyam
The school is fine as always. Its getting a little more quiet now that there isn’t any kids around. Are you coming back?
Myztika
I really think that it is a place where only the people who are around in the area would know about. Even CC who is from NUS doesn’t know about this place. Amazing right?
Moreover, its kind of hidden away from the main roads, making this place even more like an insiders place only :-)
Charles
Wahahaha! Everyone loves food! :-D
November 24th, 2007 at 4:16 pm
most likely i will be coming back to school.. anyway how are you? just now i come back to school to promote the school to PSLE kids.. anyway where is my MONEY arh??.. $1000 =) haha… i’m waiting…haha…
November 24th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
*dies*
November 24th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
monday i’ll find you haha.. :p..
November 24th, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Good thing I have training in another school on monday … BWAHAHAHAHA! :-P
November 25th, 2007 at 8:45 am
haiz.. nevermind.. haiz… i thought that i decided to eat together i mean breakfast after that i have to rush to catholic junior collage.. to watch band perform.. haiz… anyway if that case nevermind than.. =(.. anyway i really miss you seh and other teacher too.. anyway erm when u free u sms me ok.. hey wait i remember i old you $1.20 for the milo drink.. remember?? u weere reaching and wanted to go for your exam… anyway if we can meet i pay u back.. i almost forgotten haiz.. hahaha.. u must thinking when hisyam wanna to pay back.. am i right??.. hahah take care..bye
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Diana
December 1st, 2007 at 1:16 am
i really miss good food. the food in JURONG EAST JTC SUMMIT SUCKSSS!!!
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Hisyam
Baru $1 … kira sedekah aja lah … :-P
Yanni
But if you guys could go out, the hawker center near the Jurong East Entertainment Center is not bad :-)
December 6th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
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