['How far would you go to chase your dream? For Felicia Lim and her husband Ng Tiong How, both 51, their pursuit of opening a restaurant overseas involved relocating to Edinburgh – with two young children in tow – and incurring “hundreds of thousands” in losses. All in vain, sadly, as their goal of becoming restaurateurs was never realised.', 'Despite the setback, the couple remains passionate about F&B. In February, they launched hawker stall ', ' –\xa0named after the lady boss – at Holland Drive Market & Food Centre. The joint serves nasi lemak with ayam berempah (spiced fried chicken), beef rendang and fried ikan kuning.', '.']
['When ', ' ', 'Paaru', ' opened at Pearl’s Hill Terrace in May last year, our social media feed was flooded with gushing posts about its hip Zen interior and tasty house-baked ', 'shokupan', '. The in-house bakery, Paaru Bakery, was also located just a few units down in the same building, and sold its signature milk bread along with a selection of ', ' and ', '. The cafe seemed to be drawing in large crowds clamouring for an aesthetics cafehopping experience, so we were surprised when it underwent a major rebranding at the start of this year.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
['The recent hot weather has everyone flocking to the ', ' along Orchard Road. But if ', ' aren’t your thing, look out for a mobile coffee cart instead.', 'Freshly launched only earlier this month, ', 'Calibrate Coffee', ' sells hipster artisanal coffee from a roaming ‘', 'zhnged-up’', ' motorcycle sidecar — perfect for a refreshing caffeine hit for parched throats. And here’s how it works.\xa0', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.', 'Calibrate Coffee was started by Huang Wei Jie, 29, who currently runs his coffee business on the side while working full-time as a social worker. The NUS graduate with a degree in social work shares that he learnt how to make coffee six years ago, when he worked as a part-time barista at the now-defunct Prodigal Cafe.\xa0', 'On running a sideline while working full-time, Wei Jie says: “I would say it’s difficult, but I’m also learning how to prioritise and delegate to build this team. We’re not running super fast currently, so slowly lor.” He occasionally gets help from his wife and a friend whenever things get too hectic.']
['A ', 'new cafe in Singapore', ' is not an unusual sight, but here’s an uncommon one that has only bak kwa snacks on the menu.', 'The 12-seat cafe opened for business just today (Mar 29) at Kallang Bahru, and is run by ', 'Peng Guan', '. Yep, the same folks who sell bak kwa, starting from a humble hawker stall in Chinatown to several islandwide outlets today. ', 'We had discovered Peng Guan by accident in 2019, after doing our ranking story for the ', 'best bak kwa', '. We were pretty impressed by the quality and price of the grilled pork slices, which were sold at around $48 per kg that year, around $10 cheaper than its competitors. And best of all, it had no insane queues as it was still relatively unknown then.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']
['Nobody likes being stuck on a train, unless the train is actually a… cafe.', 'Cafehoppers are encouraged to go to the toilet — its surroundings are specially decked out to resemble a Japanese train, except you can skip the peak hour chaos and fare gantries here.', 'The menu', 'But instead of train bentos, ', 'teishoku', ' (which means ‘set menu’ in Japanese) meals and donburis are served here. Like a traditional-style ', 'Teishoku Big Breakfast Set (from $15)', ', which comes with an onigiri, tamagoyaki side, pickles, miso soup and a meaty main like soft shell crab and pork katsu. ', 'There are also light bites and desserts like ', 'Apple Turnover ($5)', ', ', 'Sesame Bagel ($9.50) ', 'and ', 'Ice Cream Waffles ($15.50)', ', as well as beverages including ', 'Latte ($6)', ', ', 'Espresso Soda ($6)', ', ', 'Cantaloupe Float ($6) ', 'and ', 'Matcha Yuzu Spritz ($7)', '. ', 'Cafe Gyoen is at 55 Serangoon Garden Way, Garden Estate, S555951. Open daily 9am-9pm (kitchen closed between 3pm-6pm). ', 'www.instagram.com/cafegyoen', '\xa0', '\nMain photo:\xa0', 'Instagram/ ', ', ', '8days.sg', '.', 'www.tiktok.com/@8dayseat']