The Marmalade Pantry At The Stables (Fairways Drive)

The Marmalade Pantry has always been on many people's list of favourite place to dine. You can tell by the crowd at ION Orchard. They served food that's what many consider comfort food. The branch most familiar to all is the ION Orchard branch. Do you know that they have a branch at Fairways Drive too?

The Fairways Drive or Stables as they call it has a very 'countryside' feel to it. It's opposite to Rider's Cafe if you know where that is. Depending on the time, you might see horses at the area too! A nice place to escape to if you want to get away from the city rush.

We booked our parents for brunch last weekend at the stables. We know they would like the breakfast / brunch fare here and it's also quite near their home.


So much greenery, and this place is also the Central Kitchen for the Marmalade Pantry group. There are two main dining area here, the air-conditioned part in the building, and the natural air at the verandah of the building.


The Marmalade Pantry at the Stables only open for dinner on weeknights and all day weekends.
If you are coming here, I recommend you drive or take a taxi.


The mother-in-law had the Eggs Any Style. ($20)
It's the big breakfast with eggs done your choice. Eggs your style! MIL likes fried eggs.

There was a choice of Grilled English Sausage or smoked bacon. MIL had the bacon.
It comes with quite delicious sauteed mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, home made baked beans and whole wheat toast.



Father-in-law wanted something light and he ordered the Spicy Oriental Roast Beef Salad. $22.
A nice big bowl of salad, Thai Style with roast beef slices.

Green mangoes, basil, mint and chilled glass noodles. For those who don't take carbo, this is a good option. Very delicious too!


I had the Steak Sandwich ($24), medium done. Oh, the steak was really juicy! Look at the juice oozing out and all sucked up by the bun. The steak was also slightly red part in the middle, yum yum!

The buns were spread with wasabi mayo and there was caramelized chunks of onions below the piece of steak and rockets above it. I am glad I ordered it, steak for breakfast, camouflaged like breakfast!  I wished there was more wasabi though. :-)


Comes with a bowl of salad too. The side were yam and sweet potato crisp.


KopiKosongGirl had The Pantry Club ($24).
When it came, you could see she was really happy. Their version club sandwich was very tasty.

Honey baked ham, roast chicken, eggs, gem lettuce and roma tomatoes. There was also tasty yam and sweet potato crisp for sides too.



How can one not order their marvelous cupcakes when one goes to Marmalade Pantry?
This was the Bananarama ($4.50) that we shared. It's very delicious banana walnut cake with caramel cream cheese.

Note: At this branch, you will a nice big table that displays all the cupcakes. It's like you are visiting someone's house and they displayed all the cakes and desserts for you to choose. It's so tempting!

We noticed FIL's face was delighted with this cupcake. The caramel cream cheese was so tempting!



Oh.. we ordered this and we absolutely loved it and we think you should try it too!
This was the Sea Salt Caramel Cheesecake ($8).

It comes served very cold and one bite and you can finish it all! A firm texture that melts into creamy goodness when it's in your mouth. A sweetness with a slight saltiness really excites the tongue!

It goes quite well with the range of Gryphon Tea that they serve here. Parents in law shared a pot of White Gingerlilly that was so fragrant.



Some of you know that I juice quite often at home from my Instagram photos. I tried 2 glasses of this 'liquid salad' some time ago and really love it. So I ordered it again. It's called "Flush" ($8).

Liquid salad because it's all veggies in it! Spinach, carrots and beetroot! The wife think it's horrible, but I really love it! (She loves salad, but I think liquid salad's not for her!)



We like this venue and the countryside view. You can see families coming here for their weekend brunch. It's kids friendly place too. We were enjoying a nice quiet meal until one family came in. They have two very cute kids with nice golden hair, but they were screaming and running non stop for over 10 minutes! We know they are definitely not French, for French kids always sit quietly at dining tables. (You read about bringing up kids the French way right? It's so interesting!)

Running outside in the grass area is ok, but not inside the restaurant when servers are bringing out hot food and liquids. Thank goodness the screaming and running finally stopped when the mum realised it's an accident waiting to happen.



We saw this on the table and thought I should quickly rush this post out so that some of you can take advantage of it.

Tonight, if you are there, you get your 4th main course for free!
Some of you may 'leap' for joy with this offer! Only once in 4 years! A Leap Year offer!
Grab 3 other friends and head there tonight!

The Marmalade Pantry at the Stables 55 Fairways Drive Singapore 286846 Tel: +65 6467 9328 Web: www.themarmaladepantry.com.sg

Glamabox, a surprise every month for your partner!

Have you heard of Glamabox?

I have only recently heard about it and thought what an interesting idea it is! Most ladies I know love surprises. I also noticed that ladies love to receive packages! Put them together and most ladies will be so so pleased indeed.

I was asked if I would like to give a surprise to the wife. I was given the link (www.glamabox.com) to see what it is about. I took a look and thought if I subscribe to this, the wife might be pleased with me. I am one who is not good at surprises. I was also quite shocked that for beauty, women would use snail cream!

I said why not to Glamabox and got the following package sent to the house!
I should have posted this just before Valentine's Day, but the wife flew to Beijing for a romantic Valentine's Day getaway.


The wife was excited when this box arrived. (I blanked out the address)

I am wondering, are most ladies as excitable as my wife to open boxes? I let her open all my presents that people give me!



The rippppp!



Oh wow! A box inside another box!
Must be double happiness to get to open another box!


I exclaimed it was so pink! and I got a stare from the wife.
Me:  So girl I said!
Wife: Of course it is! It's meant for ladies.


A welcome note from Lisa S, the founder of Glambox. She's a TV host and the wife of Daniel Wu.
(Yes that HK actor, director, producer Daniel).


For $18 a month, 5 items - skincare or beauty products and services from luxurious and reputable brands all selected by Lisa S from around the world are packed in a box and delivered to your home.


Current beauty partners include Perfective Ceuticals, Revlon, Talika, Elishacoy, Enprani, Crabtree & Evelyn, Thann, Bioessence, Sleek Makeup, Nail Nail, Private i, YMCK Nail, DrD, Suisse Programme, Capra Latte, Marine Elements.

What's in the box for February?


Something for the teeth and lips and also the hair.

I hope this hair product works for her. I know women usually change their shampoo, was told it's no good to use the same ones all the time. 

Talking about teeth, women will endure pain to have nice teeth! Both my sister and wife both went through the torturous process of putting on braces. KopiKosongGirl, to have nice teeth for our wedding, she endured 2 years of painful braces. Things ladies will do to look good!



Face mask and oh... an energy bar too!
If KopiKosongGirl doesn't want the bar, I will gladly have it!


I wanted to laugh when I saw the little bottle of cream! It says bust lift!

It reminds me of something we saw on Beijing TV in the hotel (Raffles Hotel Beijing) that we stayed in. We were initially watching ChannelNewsAsia and it made us felt really at home, but we decided to switch to some local channel. What did we see? It was advertisement about having bigger bust and it went on and on and on! We could not believe it and we laughed and laughed.

So this is BIG business it seems.
The extra gift for February, the little charm for either the phone or bag.


For those who wants to read more about the products, you can click on the photo and it will bring you to Flickr and you can select the biggest resolution photo to read it clearer.

So that's the surprise box!

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For Guys:

Hey hey guys... do you think this is a good idea to give your wife/girlfriend a surprise every month?
If you think it is, you can get a subscription for her. Here's how:

Step 1: Visit www.glamabox.com, click “Get Started Now”, and register for an account.
Step 2: Subscribe Glamabox and choose "Gift Option". Enter your billing details, recipient’s email address and gift message.
Step 3: She will receive a Glamabox gift email with a link for her to activate her account and fill in her own beauty profile. She is now ready to receive her first Glamabox the following month!

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For Ladies, a Giveaway!

Ladies out there, do you want to get a Glamabox surprise too?
You can subscribe to the service too yourself or you can participate in the Glambox giveaway!
The kind folks from Glamabox are giving 2 readers each a Glamabox!

What do you have to do to get selected?
All you need to do is:
Step 1. Like the Glamabox Facebook page.
Step 2. Leave a comment here, letting everyone here know which item you think is the most useful in February's Glamabox. Use a 'nickname' if you wish to remain anonymous.
Step 3. Send an email to me at keropokman @ gmail.com with your contact number and 'nickname'.

A random number generator will pick the winner on 10 March. If you are the 2 lucky ones, I will pass your details to Glamabox who will deliver a Glamabox to you.