Food Places - Alkaff Mansion Cafe

Remembered watching the show The Game Plan on Channel 8 which ended recently? Then you probably might have a slight retention of this place from watching one of the episodes. And yes, it’s located in Singapore.

This is, the Alkaff Mansion.

Situated at the top of Telok Blangah Green, this old colonial building was previously owned by the Arab families, underwent a whopping 5 million dollar revamp to become what it is now, a combination of Italian restaurant, café and bar by the people who brought you Spruce!

As a result of being located along the Southern Ridges, you would definitely find yourself doing some sort of unexpected hiking to this place, be it from under the Henderson Wave Bridge or Hort Park if you’re taking a public transport. A wiser choice would doubtlessly be taking a cab or driving up.

Nevertheless, despite all the hassle to getting there, the scenic view upon reaching the mansion makes it all worthwhile. Its like what I would say hike out of Singapore. All the lush greenery, benches, water features and the architecture itself that makes you have a feeling that you’re overseas is already enough to blow you away!

As you can see, the seats were sheltered all around the alfresco area, but the heat was proven too much to handle and we opt to be shifted to the inside. Although small in the inside, the interior is decorated in a way it looks posh and classy.

Serving from all day breakfast to sandwiches to main courses, we settled with the above four eventually. Pretty appealing to the eyes isn’t it?

And so we heard so much about the Banana Pancakes with Blueberry Sauce ($12.8) being really awesome, it was of slight disappointment when it came to the table. 

Although the pancake was moist and nice, there wasn’t really enough blueberry sauce to dip, it’s just weird to be eating nice pancakes but no sauce to go with it. However, the biscuit crumbs were commendable as they give a bite to the touch!

Nope, you’re not seeing it wrong. That the Eggs Benny on Waffles ($12.8).

YES. WAFFLES.

Weird as it seems, but you’ll be amazed at how egg benny goes well with waffle! Waffles were soft, light and fluffy quite something you would expect from an ice cream parlor just that in this case, with eggs, bacon and mushroom!

 Alkaff Breaky Set ($14.8) is not amazing but kind of not bad in the sense that they include a hash brown and asparagus which makes it slightly different from the typical breakfast out there. Eggs are down to your personal preference because they let you have it your way.

The most zero wow-ed in this trip to Alkaff Mansion would definitely be The Club Sandwich ($14), it’s really just ham, greens and sunny side up stacked in between toasted bread with fries at the side, probably something you can make even without stepping into your kitchen.

Wrapping up, the Alkaff Mansion Café is definitely a place value for the money. Probably give you a hearty meal at less than $20 and worth going at least once, be it the food or scenery. But take note that the breakfast/brunch menu ends at 4pm!

So what are you waiting for!

Alkaff Mansion Café

10 Telok Blangah Green, 

Singapore 109178

Phone:  +65 6510-3068     

Website: www.alkaff.com.sg