This was a little shop which we discovered (by accident) whilst walking along a row of shops under a block of flats in Bukit Merah.
Sometimes it is good when you have no idea what you want for dinner, and just decide to go with the flow.
That's what we did.
The original plan had been to have meatballs at IKEA, but the queue was horrendous and waiting is not my forte.
Then we thought we might try for a meal in the mall beneath Park Alexandra Hotel but there weren't many options, we didn't want chili crab, we didn't want ramen and we'd already had Indian earlier.
So we figured we could go try ABC Brickworks Hawker Center. After all it had been a few years since we'd gone there nearly every evening for dinner when the office was just across the road.
But here's where we chanced upon this little nook of a cafe somewhere between the Nippon paint store and the carpark.
The warm cozy lights, the pleasant, neat decor and the plant pots on the wall were what first caught my eye.
Then there was the short queue.
So we took a look at the menu- and went to join the queue.
It didn't take us long to be seated and have our orders taken.
It also didn't take us long to have two slices of chicken cutlet and two quarter sized waffles served to our table.
I had to stand to take the picture.
But I didn't mind.
It is not often that waffles come presented to the table in a stack on the plate like they do.
And even though the plate might have been a tad too small to cut up the waffle square by square without messing up the greens and the fries, it didn't matter much to me either.
I simply used my hands.
It wasn't too bad.
Warm and crispy on the outside with a wee little bit of fluff on the inside, we dipped them into the (real) maple syrup, mixing bites of the waffle with that of the savory wedges, the cold, fresh lettuce and the tart, juicy cherry tomatoes.
The cutlet could have been a bit larger, and it could have been a bit more tender- but it was tasty enough to make up a simple, satisfying meal.
What I liked about this plate was the amount of heart that had gone into it.
Too many new cafe owners tend to make the mistake of giving too much and blasting too much on social media and influencer marketing without taking into account the overheads, the costs and keeping a tight rein on business sustainability.
But here it was clear- the quantity, the quality, the plating, even the environment- every plate had been concocted with careful calculation without forgoing aesthetic intention.
And so, in support of their effort and their warm, comforting food, with the hope that they'd still be here the next time we came to this area, we decided to add on dessert- a single scoop of Earl Grey Tea ice cream.