My birthday morning was spent with Serene @ Halia, Singapore Botanic Gardens.


Initially, we were deciding between Halia and Hatched for brunch. After reading the reviews, we concluded that Hatched won’t be a good chill-out place on a Sunday.
Halia was located somewhere in the middle of Botanic Gardens, within the Ginger Garden.
We were surprised to see an almost full house seating and waited at the entrance, to be served. However, after 10 minutes, none of the staff came to us. They were just busy serving the seated customers. I had to walk up to one of them to enquire about the available tables.

We sat indoors, by the full-height glass windows and had a greenery view.

Blue Cheese Mousse with bread dips.
Hur hur, I really liked this. Making the cheese into a mousse texture lightens the strong overpowering taste (to some people). The honey-coated walnuts surprisingly takes off very well with the cheese.

Poached eggs with Bacon. I love the combination of the melted butter and runny egg yolk drizzled over the bacon, tomato, spinach and thick toast.

The Cinnamon Toast was recommended on the menu but it was a disappointment for us. It was slightly bland and we didn’t like the fluffy toast.

We were totally bloated after the meal, with so much bread. The 3 dishes plus 2 hot drinks amount to almost $80!! A hefty sum for a weekend brunch.
Throughout the meal, we were constantly getting attacked by the flying insects and ants around our table. For some reasons, they seem to only appear at our table.





















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