2. House at Dempsey - the Vintage Tea Party

Dempsey is a weird area of Singapore, which resembles a jungly colonial warehouse district. But now the 'warehouses' contain posh shops and restaurants favoured by white ex-pats. In terms of stores and layout, it rather reminded me of the USA, actually!

A friend had niftily discovered that House had an upmarket but affordable all-you-can-eat buffet on two afternoons per week. So off we went.

This restaurant/cafe is large but designed in an 'arty European' way - ie eclectic, interesting old nick-nacks and unmatched furniture etc. I really liked this aspect. Better still, the food was bountiful and very good!

The selection of eats covered savouries: crostini with all varieties of toppings; mini canape style 'pizzas' with truffled mushrooms, seafood and more; little pies; make-your-own mini open sandwiches; cheeses (I even had some really good brie and blue brie - a rare treat in Asia!)

And a huge selection of sweets: little cakes; eclairs; mini-pavlovas and crumbles; large slices of cake; tarts... Most of the nosh was European but with the occasional Asian twist. We both had several servings - enough probably to last for a few days!

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