Baker & Cook

Great coffee! delicious tartine (I had the basil mozzarella tomato). Café style venue. You can study or read here I think, but I would just come for the quick meal and chit chat with the girlfriends. On par with gastronomia next door. Definitely recommend!

Ordered the almond croissant the other day. Light and not oily at all, it was absolutely divine. Paired it with a piccolo and I had the type of breakfast you see in movies

Baker & Cook is one of my favorite bakeries so far. Was around the Greenwood area and passed by this place so decided to give it a try during tea time.
What «sparkled» me at my first look was the Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake. And while looking for other baked goods, chanced upon Raspberry macaroon. I then flipped the menu to get myself a beverage as well and ended up with Very Berry smoothie. Can find out more here:
(list not fully updated — baked goods changed according to its availabilities).
First off, ate the macaroon. It has a crunchy outer layer and the jam was not too sweet. Took 3 bites and poof, it was gone.
Next up, chocolate raspberry cupcake. The cream was deli-​sh. The cupcake itself was moist and not too sweet. Was thinking that it will be too much of chocolate in between the cupcake during purchase but ended up at the right amount. Sugar level wasn’t too high either for this cupcake. Glad that I got it!
Very berry smoothie. Not too thick, not too runny. Perfect blend with right amount of fruits. Was a little on the pricier side but glad that I did try it.
Customer service here was excellent. Staffs were friendly and smiling all throughout the transaction. They also repeated order in case they misheard the customers. When customers leave the café, they will clean up in a quick manner.
After munching on my goodies, I decided to get a bagel back for the next day. It was onion bagel. Also saw the gingerbread cookies over the counter. Decided to grab that as well.
Second day arrived. Tried my bagel — was pretty good without even heating it up after almost a day. Gingerbread cookies are not too sweet as well.
Third visit — very berry donut and raspberry rage smoothie. The very berry donut has a berry taste at the top topped with fluffy donut texture and citrusy fillings. Great sweet and sour combination with an addition of mini malt balls on the top to make the dish crunchy. For the raspberry rage smoothie, more sour than sweet. Good for tea break.
Overall, excellent café/​bakery in town. Will be back for more smoothies & baked goods.

We’re back again to buy more bagels (original, blueberry, sesame) and a loaf of sweet potato and rosemary bread.
The previous bagels we bought last week was «damn nice», according to my sister-​in-​law.
Will review later.

Whizzed into this shop hidden amidst the private housing estate in Bukit Timah for their almond croissant, only to find out that they were sold out.
Their plain butter croissant did not look appealing and thus I opted for the Cinnamon Swirl ($ 3.50) since they are of the same croissant dough. I am not too sure if the plain croissant usurped the TBB throne, but this one was light, flaky and satisfying. But the Chinese 5-​spice Chocolate Macaron ($ 2.50) scores points for creativity but not for texture.
Meantime, the Canele ($ 3) did not pass muster for the dry interior and one can find definitely spot better ones elsewhere. Similarly, the Milllefeuille ($ 5) was disappointing. The custard was too gluey and had an synthetic vanilla smell. The sheer amount of filling was too heavy for the wilted paper-​thin puff pastry to handle.
But it was not all too bad when it comes to the lemon tart ($ 5). In fact, it was the best, thanks to the buttery and crumbly pastry shell with occasions sparkles of salts. The creamy lemon interior had the right balance of tartness and sweetness. A strong contender against TBB’s lemon tart.
With the location not easily within reach by MRT, I would probably return when I meet a Good Samaritan who can give me a car ride.

Okay so it’s early days in Singapore but this was the first cafes here that gave me a taste of ‘home’. Allpress coffee with a distinct flavour and reasonably priced, a simple yet varied menu, and great bread! So good we now buy the bread on a weekly basis, getting it sliced on the spot and freezing it at home… eggs bene and the chicken and bacon pastry roll from the cabinet hit the spot for his and her.
On this particular visit I did witness some mistakes being made by the cooking staff (open sandwiches not being toasted as advertised on the menu and being sent back on two separate occasions by different visitors), however the staff were very apologetic and polite (not sure why they repeated the mistake again though?).
Prefer this one to the Martin Road outlet — but convenience of Martin Road wins out in the end!

I just come here for the canales. Each crunchy and chewy nibble is worth every penny (or rather each 20 cent if you add up the number of nibbles)!

good coffee, croissants, danish, and quiche.
i feel bad that the outdoor seating has ‘changed’.
the last time i was there, all the seats outdoor have been removed, due to some complaints from the residents. so they said ura etc were trying to figure out what to do. so that’s why they have to serve the people outside with the takeaway packaging.

An excellent place for tea break and all the pastries just look and taste so heavenly. The thing i liked about this café was the relaxing and friendly vibe that it gave me when i stepped into the place. And then i saw the array of pastries which were so tantalising.
I love the raspberry tart as it has a lot of fruit jam on it and tastes fresh, with the tart being just nice not too crumbly or hard. It goes superbly well with the iced mocha, which had a sweet chocolate aftertaste and tasted so refreshing.
Service was alright but it did take some time to get a seat due to the limited seats available and the space constraint.

One of the newest european bakeries to set up shop in Singapore, Baker & Cook offers quite a nice spread of cake, pastries and breads. The shop space is pretty tight, with only one long, communal table plonked in the middle of the seating area. As the indoor seats were all taken up, we sat outside. Thank God it was a rainy day and it was cool enough.
They have a pretty strange rule that they stick by such that people sitting outdoors can only be served food in takeaway packages. It was quite a spoiler to receive my egg benedict in a cardboard box and $ 17++ seemed a little too much to pay for such a meal all of a sudden. The food was otherwise pretty good, eggs poached to perfection and a slightly spicy hollandaise sauce accompanied by toast and crisp back bacon. I had a flat white to go along and was pretty pleased with it. They do a pretty good cherry pie and raspberry tart too.
I guess the main thing that pulled the overall experience at baker & cook down for me was the lack of indoor sitting and the fact that the food was served in cardboard boxes to customers seated outside. You don’t exactly get much service although you are paying for it.

The latest addition to the Greenwood eateries is Baker & Cook, an artisan bakery and food store opened by Global Baker Dean Brettschneider. The bakery produces its own brand range of jams, cookies, cakes, homemade granola and more. Just the selection of breads alone will leave you stupefied. It took me a long while to finally decide on what i want.
The set up kinda reminds me of Simply Bread which is located at Guthrie House at 6^th Ave but B&C has more of a pastry and dessert selection. The 20-​odd seater fills up pretty quickly and space in the air conditioned section is hard to come by.
I had a blind taste test of their bagel prior to coming to the bakery and it is the best i’ve tasted in Singapore. It is chewy without being overly tough on the jaw and i love how there is this tinge of saltiness to the dough. Very New-​Yorkish. The blueberry bagel ($ 2.35ea) is a dessert in itself. The berries would simply burst when you sink your teeth into the bagel and act as a fresh jam to sweeten each bite.
Sandwiches are available at $ 8.50 and what’s available is dependent on the Chef’s mood. There were only 2 options and that makes life a lot easier for indecisive eaters. Ham And Cheese Turkish Pide Sandwich ($ 8.50) was my choice for my Tinner (Tea+Dinner). The bread is tough on the outside, the toasted part is almost like a pizza crust and it crackles with each bite. However, it’s pillowy soft on the inside. Love the black sesame seeds on top. They added on a smoky dimension that is oh-​so-​fragrant. Eat it fast though. It really gets the jaw going when it’s colder.
Z was raving about the quiche even before we got to the bakery. For $ 7.95, you get a slice of the pie with a salad of your choice. I’m not a big fan of vegetables but this is very fresh. The burst of colors of the fresh greens and reds really helped whet our appetites. The eggy centre was extremely moist and creamy. I’ve hit the Quiche jackpot! The pastry is not very crispy because it has absorbed all the essence of the fillings.
Before leaving, i simply had to express my disappointment at missing out on the meat quiche (Only the Veg was available). A Quiche Lorraine would be oh-​so-​perfect. The Chef immediately went to check if there’s another pie for the next day and WALA! Wish granted! It always helps to look extremely sad and pouty. Heh. Anyway, it was equally moist, so it’s not purely the contribution of the vegetables.
The wide array of colorful desserts were hard to resist. We started off with the lemon tart. I like the crumbly and buttery texture of the crust. The curd is a little more fluid and sticky and also leaning towards the sweet side. I would prefer it to be a tad more sour (it’s a lemon tart afterall!). In the end i emptied the golden cup of its content and focused on the tart while Z happily ate the curd.
Had the mochaccino and it was a liquid chocolate-​expresso fantasy. For $ 5.50, a huge mug of fragrant chocolatey dream is served. The texture is smooth and the foam was really thick and it held up the sugar for a really long time (i’m gonna start timing next time). Anyway, it’s almost like drinking hot chocolate but the sneaky caffeine gave me an energizer-​bunny buzz for the rest of the night. This is like downing cocktails without realizing how strong the drinks are and then getting pretty drunk. Caffeine is my alcohol.
The cakes look very yummy, especially the cheesecakes. They look especially moist and dense. Whole cakes go for about $ 23 – 25.
Z doesn’t like cheesecake so we settled for the chocolate cake which was quite a disappointment. There is no denying that the texture was quite perfect– dense and thick. However, it seems to lack in the chocolate department, it just wasn’t rich enough. On the whole, it was pretty dry.
Packed the shortbread home. Every mouthful was a cranberry explosion. Z thought it was too much as it’s hard to enjoy the true taste of the shortbread. I thought the shortbread was a little bland and the taste fell flat. Thankfully the cranberries revived it a little.

This corner bakery, with plenty of street parking (if you count the illegal lanes as well) is a great hang out spot, with some sun and shade, with a good selection of breads, pastries, salads and dessert. You could sit there for hours and the good thing is they open rather early! Right after the morning school chauffeuring, if you’re around the area, you can pop by as early as 7am for coffee and some pastries. With european bakeries flooding into town these days, $ 4 for approximately 2 feet long of baguette, I find breakfast rather affordable and satisfying as their soft crumb yet thin crust is as good as it gets for a tasty baguette with just some butter and jam.
The croissants are good too, flaky and buttery especially if they are fresh out of the oven. If you are taking them home, you might want to reheat before devouring it is alot better when I did that the second time I took it away and left it for the following morning. The space to queue up and order is a little tight, if you have a big crowd, it’d be good to decide first and send someone to order, otherwise, it can be rather chaotic.