Mushroom Cafe

So the team was at Sengkang Riverside Park yesterday morning for a secret project (which we are too shy to reveal here) and after it was all done, we decided to stop at a nearby cafe situated in the park itself.

Mushroom Cafe is the one place at Sengkang Riverside Park you can stop by to have a coffee on a relaxing morning or even for some makan after a workout in the park. The only other nearest makan place we saw as a McDonalds so you might as well try something else for a change right?

They have a quite an array of dishes to choose from but just our luck (as usual) that quite a few of them were not available. So we decided on some classics instead.

Nothing like a big hearty serving of Mee Rebus to get you going in the morning sometimes am I right or am I right? And it is a pretty big serving here at Mushroom Cafe.

Turned out to be quite a standard bowl of Mee Rebus. Mein Brudder thinks it has a little bit of a weird taste (which I tend to agree with him on that) but it’s not a big reason not to enjoy the dish. Well, the girls obviously enjoyed it.

For me, I can respect a bowl of Mee Rebus which has the traditional (and not so often used) garnish of Udang Geragau!! Old school and traditional!!

Unfortunately the same can’t be said of the Laksa though…

This dish definitely had a very distinct taste and it was not the taste we’d associate with Laksa.

Yeah sure you can get hints of it but maybe it was too much of the rempah or something that gave it an extra salty kind of flavour

Everyone kept saying it was as if they used a few packets of Maggi Kari seasoning inside!!

Anyways it’s got some prawns and tau pok and egg but no cockles FYI. Plus no coconut milk was used in this dish so it’s on the ‘healthy’ side if you wanna put it that way.

If you’re looking for another hearty dish it’s gotta be the Chicken Stew.

You’ve got chicken stewed in a tasty broth with veggies like potatoes and carrots. Give you a nice rich flavour which you can choose to enjoy with either bread, rice or noodles (not sure what type of noodles though)

CHILD FRIENDLY FACTOR

You’re probably gonna go to the park with your kids so you’d expect them to be a little bit more kid-friendly here. They have baby chairs available but they have only TWO chairs!! So if you have kids yeah they can play around the cafe area since it’s in the park but if it’s infants then you might have to hold on to them while you eat.

Child Friendly Rating – 1.5/5

Adam’s Verdict:
Mee Rebus 2.5/5 — Laksa 1.5/5

Maryah’s Verdict:
Mee Rebus 3.5/5 — Laksa 1.5/5

Azlan’s Verdict:
Mee Rebus 3./5 — Laksa 1.5/5 — Chicken Stew 3.5/5

Yana’s Verdict:
Mee Rebus 3./5 — Laksa 1.5/5 — Chicken Stew 3.5/5

Well, it’s not like there’s much choice there but in the end it wasn’t too bad. I guess there could be worse places to relax after a day out in the park.

PS here’s a fun fact – Mushroom Cafe is actually a brand owned by the famous Old Chang Kee! 🙂

Mushroom Cafe