Monday, October 22, 2007

Indulgence @ Paisley & Cream

20 Oct 2007

Met up with Fannie over tea at Paisley & Cream, the pretty-looking cafe at The Central.



To us, it's a "tai-tai" place, whee the Tai Tais would spend their afternoon there chatting, having pretty cupcakes and tea.

(pic from http://www.paisleyandcream.com/ )

We ordered a cupcake each (mine is the Double Chocolate) together with a pot of tea and ice latte. Expected the bill to be about $20 as the cupcake cost $5.

When the bill came, saw that cupcakes were sold at a discounted price of $3.50 each.

Even though Fannie said that the cost of making cupcakes is cheap (which in my mind the market rate for a designed cupcake is $3), still we were wondering how this pretty cafe maange to survive as for that whole hour , there is only me and Fannie in the cafe.

For that hour, their earning from our bill is $18 +. There are 2 staff manning the cafe and estmate manpower cost could be abt $12 for that hour. Have not factored in the hourly rent, material cost...

Our conclusion:
The owner must be a TaiTai, opening a cafe just to past her time...

My verdict on the cafe:

Food: Cupcake was soft (meaning fresh?) though it did not have the "omph factor" when I ate it.
The latte fail to impress me.

The cafe scored mainly for its ambience.

Paisley and Cream is located at 6 Eu Tong Sen Street #01-09/10 The Central Singapore 059817

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