craftsmen specialty coffee, eastwood centre.
came by for a late breakfast with a couple of friends on a tuesday morning. the place was pretty much empty. we'd initially meant to go to the other branch at siglap v, but somehow google maps directed us to the eastwood one. no matter- not much of a difference anyway, since none of us had been there before.the menu looked promising. being a waffles fiend, of course i picked the savoury waffle option ($16.90) which came with scrambled eggs, smoked salmon, salsa and their signature sauce. my friend wanted the waffle as well, so we decided to share the waffle and the three tier brioche ($15.90). my other friend decided to get just the english muffins and eggs, since he'd eaten something before that.
it was a good thing that i decided to share with my friend, because i actually ended up liking the three tier brioche a lot more. can't go wrong, really- ham, cheese, and poached eggs over brioche, with a side of avocado and salad. what i didn't like, though, was their signature sauce that they'd laden atop the poached eggs. incidentally, it also appeared on the waffle. my friend disliked it more than i did, and we ended up scraping most of it off. it tasted really quite weird, quite unlike any other sauce that i've tasted before, and i'm hard pressed to give it a name.
the waffle looked awesome, but was quite lacklustre. didn't take to the waffle itself- it was dry and had none of the delicious buttery flavour i associate with good waffles. the scrambled eggs were alright, but the dish as a whole just felt disjointed. couldn't understand why there was salsa, actually. didn't go with the waffle at all. think i would've been more forgiving if the waffle had been good, but unfortunately it wasn't.
still, despite the less-than-impressive food, it was a quiet, leisurely meal with friends, and that, i suppose, made everything okay. wouldn't go out of the way to eat there again, though.
craftsmen specialty coffee
eastwood centre
#01-06
http://www.craftsmencoffee.com
