The Daily Affairs

 

 

 

The Daily Affairs Café is opened by Chef/Owner Qihao. Formerly from Hilton and Swissotel.

The café is just 5 minutes walk from Newton MRT. Situated in Cairnhill Community Centre. Small and cozy, food offered are at reasonable nett prices.

Flame Torched Teriyaki Ribeye Cubes ($15)

Chunky cubes of beef that looked tough but were not. They were juicy and tender. Topped with an egg for mixing into the meats. Slight wokheish (smoky) finish with a sweet tone.

 

Braised Beef Cheek ($18)

This is my favourite. Braised for 8 hours. Comes with mashed potato and garden salad. The meat was tender enough. The seasoning and spices have all seeped into the meat resulting in a rich flavorful aftertone. The brown sauce was perhaps atad thick. The mashed potato was creamy and buttery.

This was my second time having this and cannot help but make comparison. My first try was actually the best I had as the beef cheek was even more meltier and sauce had a thinner consistency. The reason for the difference in texture was that the one below came from the mid section of the cheek which was a tad tougher. So if you one that is more tender, perhaps you can request the bottom section of the cheek. Regardless, it was a tasty dish.

Unagi Donburi ($16.50)

The unagi goes so well with Japanese rice. Unagi was baste with sweet tare sauce. The egg was to be the creamy component that binds the dish. But unfortunately, the egg was not runny. The flavors were a little sweet. I recommend to mix the egg and eat together with the rice in one go as the rice will tone down the strong unagi taste.

Garden Salad ($8)

I do like my greens and this was definitely a winner.

Soy Garlic Chicken Wings (Half dozen $9.50)

Deep fried and coated in soy garlic. A little salty but not too overpowered by garlic. One of our well liked dishes during the tasting. The wings were small, one bite and you can get addicted to the soy garlic. This taste best when eaten hot.

Atlantic Pink Salmon ($17)

Those who likes salmon might just want to give this a try. Panfried and probably finished cooking in the oven. Topped with toasted cereal. Personally I felt the salmon was atad dry. However, when eaten with the cereal, the taste was sweet salty with a subtle crunch. The skin was very crisp similar to that of a thin biscuit. One of my dinner companions adores cereal and was happy to finish it off for us.

Red Velvet Waffle ($9.50)

Crisp and crunchy. Topped with marshmallows, strawberries and a small slab of vanilla ice cream (Chef Qihao calls it the "uncle ice cream"). I can do without the marshmallows as the sweetness of the ice cream is more than sufficient. Why it is called "uncle ice cream"? Because it a very old school and it was those slabs of ice cream that one can buy from the uncle peddling ice cream on the tricycle.

There are also set lunches available during weekdays. The menu changes daily.

The Daily Affairs is hidden from the public. Probably known only to those working nearby and those that visit the community centre. It is pretty close to town and away from the maddening crowd.

An invited tasting.

Thank you Chef Qihao @DailyAffairs for the invite.
Thank you @alter.alter.ego @msjaniceeats and @nahmj for sharing the calories.

The Daily Affairs
Cairnhill CC
1 Anthony Road
Singapore 229944
Tel : 6262 4342

Hours :
Monday to Saturday 1100 to 2200hrs
Sunday 0800 to 1500hrs

http://www.daily-affairs.com