Obolo Galeria, Rochester Mall
After dinner at B @ Rochester, we headed to the nearby Rochester Mall to have a bit of cake. Rochester Mall is a new-ish multi-purpose office, residential, hotel, restaurant cum shopping space that's revived a little life into the once-bustling-but-now-somewhat-sleepy Rochester Park area.
As the mall is still relatively new and unknown, the eateries are considerably sparse, and generally frequented by residents and office workers in the adjoining buildings. It is at this mall that Obolo opened up their third outlet. Like most of the other cafes and bistros circling the outer perimeter of the mall, Obolo has limited indoor air-conditioned seating and lots of alfresco tables. I know I've mentioned before that I hate alfresco because of Singapore's heat and humidity, but alfresco kind of works here, because the 3-storey high atrium makes the open area so incredibly windy.
Obolo specializes in all things sweet. Or used to, at least. Although it primarily still serves desserts, it now has ventured into the savory and churns out a small selection of western-styled bistro fare as well. We were stuffed from dinner and so, we only ordered a couple of Obolo's desserts.
The Chocolate Truffle Mousse ($7.50) was mouthwateringly divine. It had a crunchy bottom, with layers of airy mousse and soft sponge, great textures at play here and a rich, but not cloying, sweetness.
The Molleux Au Chocolat Maracaibo ($12) served with vanilla bean ice-cream and cocoa streusel was a lava cake enlivened with crunchy Oreo crumbles. Really decadent and catered to the chocolate lovers, I would have liked a little bitter elements to contrast with the sweetness of the rest of the chocolate.
Obolo Galeria
35 Rochester Drive
#01-08 Rochester Mall
Tel: 6570 0102
Open Sundays to Thursdays from 10am to 10.30pm
Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 12midnight
Website: www.obolo.com.sg
As the mall is still relatively new and unknown, the eateries are considerably sparse, and generally frequented by residents and office workers in the adjoining buildings. It is at this mall that Obolo opened up their third outlet. Like most of the other cafes and bistros circling the outer perimeter of the mall, Obolo has limited indoor air-conditioned seating and lots of alfresco tables. I know I've mentioned before that I hate alfresco because of Singapore's heat and humidity, but alfresco kind of works here, because the 3-storey high atrium makes the open area so incredibly windy.
Obolo specializes in all things sweet. Or used to, at least. Although it primarily still serves desserts, it now has ventured into the savory and churns out a small selection of western-styled bistro fare as well. We were stuffed from dinner and so, we only ordered a couple of Obolo's desserts.
The Chocolate Truffle Mousse ($7.50) was mouthwateringly divine. It had a crunchy bottom, with layers of airy mousse and soft sponge, great textures at play here and a rich, but not cloying, sweetness.
The Molleux Au Chocolat Maracaibo ($12) served with vanilla bean ice-cream and cocoa streusel was a lava cake enlivened with crunchy Oreo crumbles. Really decadent and catered to the chocolate lovers, I would have liked a little bitter elements to contrast with the sweetness of the rest of the chocolate.
Obolo Galeria
35 Rochester Drive
#01-08 Rochester Mall
Tel: 6570 0102
Open Sundays to Thursdays from 10am to 10.30pm
Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 12midnight
Website: www.obolo.com.sg
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