Have always known Ikea have a cafeteria but have never tried eating there before.. I always finished my shopping with a Hot dog from the joint just outside the cash out area.. Always enjoyed squeezing ketchup, chilli sauce and mustard from the dispenser, make me felt like milking a cow.. hee hee

I have heard from friends that the cafeteria served good meatballs but cos it contain beef, so therefore i have not thought of trying and thus never ate at the cafeteria before.. partly of the crowd also la..

So after Elicia shared that the breakfast sets are economical and "有化".. I decided to try them this morning.. The cafe starts serving breafast from 8 to 10.0am daily.. with a few standard offer daily, the also have local delights that changes from day to day.. eg. Sunday its porriage, mee siam.. Tuesday will be mee rebus, wednesday fried bee hoon/mee etc.. and yah, heard the coffee is good here too.. and its refillable..

We found a table quite easily at 9.45am even thought the place is quite full.. The concept at the cafe is like a canteen where we join a queue, pick up a tray on the way and slide the tray along the railing and pick out the food we wanted.. they have sandwich, jelly ($1), beverages like milk, juices, salads, cakes and warm items like, curry puff, chicken pie, 春卷.. But i guess most people are going for the specialty Ikea served and so are we !!! Ellie and Elicia have already discussed what they wanted so they were quite patience at the queue...

We decided on the French toast set and mee siam to just try out.. and i saw they served "stuffed 油条 " wondering wat they meant stuffed ? is it like the cuttlefish paste stuffing like we used to have ? but during breakfast ? i can see they served porriage but stuffed 油条.. oh no the curiousity is just too much... i think i will try that ($0.70) .. I went for the coffee at $1.20 while they gals wanted only water... 省钱 they said...

Here's out "French Toast with Bake Beans and Sausage" set which cost $2.20.. Quite filling until now @3.00pm am still not hungry at all.. oh yah, forgot i took 1/4 of the 油条 and some Mee Siam... Shy shy..

The french toast are just right.. the bread is soft but not greasy and it has a tingh of sweetness.. and err.. i can taste it has magerine as well.. hee, those who know me knew i dun really like magerine and butter so i am quite sensitive to these 2.. but i ate them with the bake beans so am still quite ok with them..

Was quite clumsy with the tray and spilled the gravy of the mee siam, both gals shoke their heads looking at me.. but i cleaned up the plate before i took the pic.. sorry, played cheat..

Was wondering why they didnt provide lime cos i like mine sour.. later on my way out then i saw aiyah got lar.. i blind onli, maybe i was battling with the tray thats why missed it at the counter..

The Mee Siam ($1.50) came with half a half boiled egg, "a few" tau pok, "some" tau ge.. :p

The gravy wasnt spicy at all unless you stir in the chilli.. i tot my own mee siam tasted better (aiyoh.. no shy) but for $1.50 can lar.. i enjoyed it also.. Elicia said it was spicy and went off to get another glass of water (free) but i tot it was only an excuse to go "play" with the water dispenser..

The 油条 had a layer of fish paste on it not "in it".. Deep fried till crispy, but was quite hard to cut them.. a bit tough to the bite though..

After a full and satisfying meal, we had a walka round Ikea, wasnt that crowded yet, can see the cafe is fu;; agin, this time the meatballs lovers came to savour them over a lazy lunch on a sunday afternoon.. am glad i took them out for breakfast, a great time for bonding..

Am looking forward to have breakfast with Jas, Candy and Miss Lim as well.. Didnt have much chance after i moved to Vivo.. Hey gals, lets make a date one of these day where we can catch up again and hope it will be soon...