Hidden cafe with savoury buttermilk waffle burgers, loaded cookies & lava milk drinks

Waffl. is situated within the neighbourhood of Jurong East Street 24 alongside a row of retailers beneath a HDB void deck. The Muslim-owned cafe serves a wide range of savoury waffle burgers, brownies, cookies, ice cream, and drinks.

Waffl. is the brainchild of Lutfil, 30 and Joshua, 27. They had no prior F&B expertise with one in every of them coping with occasions and the opposite, 3D printing.

They first began out on the now defunct Eatbox meals court docket at Tekka Place, and have just lately moved right here in 2022.

The cafe contains a minimalist design and radiates a soothing vibe. They open solely within the afternoon and shut after dinner hours, so that is the proper spot for late night time dessert  and supper fixes.

What I attempted at Waffl.

Together with my eating companions, we kick-started our mid-afternoon feast with the Smoked Salmon Waffl. Burger (S$10.90). The dish consisted of a ‘burger’ constructed with a pair of completely symmetrical sq. waffles.

It had a skinny layer of bitter cream unfold beneath. Strips of smoked salmon had been positioned on prime, adopted by a sprinkling of dry dill. It was served with a facet of tacky chips.

Despite the truth that the waffles had gotten chilly attributable to my prolonged photograph and video taking session (it was a busy work afternoon), we had been stunned that the dough had managed to remain crispy and fluffy. What sorcery was this?

The waffle was additionally moist and had an fragrant buttery flavour. It made me reminisce in regards to the waffles I used to eat at A&W after I was a child.

I doubt you possibly can ever go fallacious with a bitter cream and smoked salmon combo, however my solely gripe with it was that the flavour was one-dimensional. I want they’d added one thing acidic like pickles and even tweaked the bitter cream to make it citrusy. It would’ve added hints of brightness to the dish.

The chips on the facet had been drizzled with beneficiant quantities of mayonnaise and cheese sauce and sprinkled with spring onions— they had been fairly mild and indulgent.

We then moved on to the following dish, the Kimchi Chicken Waffl. Burger (S$9.90).

A skinny layer of kimchi was laid on the backside adopted by a crispy hen thigh. Korean gochujang and cheese sauce was then artfully drawn like an summary piece of artwork on prime earlier than it was sandwiched properly in between the two items of waffle.

There was a minimum of a full minute of full silence whereas we savoured it. It was adopted by a trio of heads coming up and down in-sync at how satisfyingly good it was.

The hen thigh was crispy and moist. In addition, it had a mild spice kick which steadily alerted my style buds to its presence.

The tangy kimchi supplied one other crunchy ingredient with bursts of bitter notes permeating my mouth with each chunk.

We then moved on to one thing candy, the Hazelnut S’mores Cookie (S$5.50). It was a thiccc cookie with a layer of hazelnut praline and marshmallow on prime. The decadent nutty praline was heat and melted, and its creaminess gelled so nicely with the sweetness of the s’mores.

However, we weren’t followers of the cookie itself. The dough received caught to the palate of our mouths and the insides had been barely soggy. I’d’ve most well-liked if it was somewhat extra baked.

Thankfully,  Biscoff Brownie (S$4.60) saved the day. Those with a penchant for chocolate will love the brownie which had a lava Biscoff filling that mirrored the caramel-ly tastes of the Lotus biscuit on prime.

We additionally tried the iced Matcha Lava Milk (S$6) and iced Milo Lava Milk (S$6). You’ll be given a alternative of flavours for every of them: vanilla, hazelnut, caramel and macadamia.

I paired my Matcha Lava Milk with vanilla, and the bitter notes of the matcha matched completely with the creamy vanilla style. But the Milo Lava Milk with macadamia took my breath away.

We had been intrigued by the nuttiness of the macadamia syrup juxtaposed with the malty milo style (I’m ordering this once more on my subsequent go to).

Final Thoughts

We initially felt that the placement wasn’t essentially the most accessible, with the expressway being adjoining to it. But it was calming to see an honest clientele of younger and outdated prospects streaming into the cafe on a lazy Monday afternoon.

It appears like Singaporeans are at all times keen to journey for good meals. And this place is the proper instance of that.

Expected harm: S$15 – S$22 per pax

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