Mary's Kafe

It was raining cats and dogs. I passed by a place called Secret Garden in Waterloo Street but it was closed. I snapped a photo as it was a quaint nice place. I proceeded next door to the SCWO Building to take cover in Mary's Kafe. I had heard about her small little cafe which specialised in Eurasian food and wonderful pastries. The cafe was closed but we bumped into the owner, Mary outside. She just came back from somewhere and we asked if we could have a drink and snack in her cafe. She warmly opened the door for us and quickly switched on the aircon for us as we sat at one of the only 2 tables indoors, the rest of the tables were in the open outside.

As I already had lunch, we ordered some drinks and one of her kueh kueh. I asked about her pineapple tarts and if I could try them. She said she was actually baking them for a client, but if we could wait, she could make some more. I said no problem. I had actually dropped in a few weeks ago before CNY to check out her tarts but was told they were already sold out and she was not taking any more orders.

For about one hour, we had our drinks and snack of kueh kueh and curry puff (compliments from her). It was a bright simple place for a chit chat. Finally my pineapple tarts were ready, piping hot. She was generous with the filling and it was not too sweet, which was what I liked. The pastry was fresh and crispy, although I would have preferred it to be more buttery. Overall, it was not too bad. I took my precious box of 20 pineapple tarts home, so that my mom could try (in case she wanted to order next year).

BTW Mary would be shifting the cafe location to the church nearby in Victoria Street by end April. However she would only open shop again on 1 July as she would be going for a long holiday to Europe. How wonderful. Looks like I would not be able to try her Eurasian dishes till then.