Care for something sweet? Live la dolce vita at the Sicilian gelateria and focacceria, where delicious Italian breads, ice cream and other traditional specialties are made on-site.
Fancy adding some spice to your life? Check out modern Malaysian cuisine. Short of a trip to Penang, you won’t find a better beef rendang or roti canai. Puddings include pandan pearls with coconut and caramel, and a black sticky rice warmed with sweet cream.
Feeling adventurous? Try Taiwanese street food at this unpretentious resto where affordable dishes include sweet and spicy turnips; pork and tofu meatballs; and a chicken claypot with a ginger, goji berry and rice wine broth. Stock up on imported food products in the adjoining shop.
West End dim sum parlour and late-night cocktail bar features a wacky interior (huge iron birdcage chandeliers, hot pink details) and a menu of dumplings filled with prawn and chives, char sui buns with pork and sweet onion, or sticky rice with mango.
Expect trademark modern European dishes like traditional bouillabaisse, braised pig’s head with roasted bone marrow, or Cornish pollock. Feed your sweet tooth with wild honey ice cream with honeycomb or vanilla waffles with crushed warm strawberries.
Jars of fudge, toffee, marzipan fruits, boiled sweets and sugar mice line the walls at this tiny sweet shop. Fruit Salads, Flying Saucers and other Tuck Shop favourites are also on offer. Perfect for hard-core sugar addicts.
Treat yourself to delicious homemade cakes, breads, savoury biscuits, fruit lollipops and tarts at the artisan bakery and adjoining chocolate shop.
Ice cream for grown-ups is what you’ll find at this Argentine parlour where unusual flavours include dulce de leche with chocolate chips and malbec with berries. Open till 2 a.m. — it’s the perfect after-dinner treat.
Coffee, cakes and shakes will bring out your inner child. Peanut M&M milkshakes and candy-coloured cupcakes might look like they are on steroids, but they taste delicious.
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This no-frills cafe serves marketgoers simple, well-priced fair trade teas and coffees, as well as organic biscuits, fudge and bags of chocolate-covered treats.