Batterworks

This was the first time we actually sat down and dined in this café. Previous visits were mostly takeaways. The pastries in the display case were always mouth-​watering. I’ve tasted a couple of their cakes before and they’re pretty good.
As usual, there was only one staff visible to the customers. She took the orders, she served the food and she answered the queries. Poor girl. But kudos to her, she’s quite efficient.
This time though, my colleague and I decided to try out one of their sets, the ‘Sweet Tea Set’. It consisted of a variety of their many desserts and a pot of tea. You have the option to choose just one cupcake and two pudding tarts. The rest are what I believe their standards; like their apple crumble (which was SO good!), profiterole, brownies, lava cake and their ‘fruit of the day’. I have to confess, I ended up eating most of the apples, leaving my partner with just a few slices. Haha! They were served with my favourite dried plum powder. Mmm…
We also ended up buying a packet of their cookies. Their free samples which they left out in air-​tight containers were just too good that we had to purchase them. Too bad that they didn’t have the M&M’s ones. And yup, like I’d tweeted the other day, they could only accept cash when we were there. But fret not, it’s just a temporary problem… I hope.

t’s a quaint, quiet, old neighborhood that’s recently seen the entrance of young hipster establishments full of their concrete naturalness, too-​cool-​for-​school carelessness, and questionable gastronomy.
we stepped into batterworks — a tiny café next to the coffee roasters — for a sit-​down and a selection of cake, while the coffee-​addicts queued for their jo at nylon.
this is going to be short: the cakes were uninspiring, but inoffensive. tiny slivers sit in a quaint glass counter — a chocolate amande, an austrian apple-​filled cheese torte, and various tarts and mousses. the first was a slightly dry, crumbly slice of chocolate almond cake topped with a rich, sturdy fudge; the second also slightly dry (though this might possibly be authentic), though the apple filling certainly made it more interesting.
more interesting were their so-​called «mousses», which really were a heavy, dense mixture rather disparate from the airy fluffiness you’d expect. this, however, made the chocolate mousse the best dessert of the day: you were literally eating ganache by the spoon.
my friends were satisfied with their coffees, and the cakes certainly lubricated conversation (and our hips) — even if they weren’t the satisfying confections I had hoped for. all slightly dry, though thankfully not-​too-​sweet — a good accompaniment to coffee, but all highly skippable.

This is going to be a bias review. I am a big apple crumble fan and Batterworks does it right. The crumble is buttery, crunchy and delightfully cracks at every bite. The apple is well spiced with just the right touch of cinnamon to enhance its sweetness and not mask the tartness. The pie crust is slightly flaky but holds a tender thickness.
It’s the perfect apple pie crumble I had in a very long time.
The location is a little out of place but no complains after such a lovely treat.

We really loved the cakes here!

These guys have done a smart thing, and opened up next to the very awesome coffee spot with no food — Nylon Coffee Roasters.
They’ve got delightful little bites — the flaky char siew sou/​bun, an apple crumble tart, and a blueberry cheese cake, all set you back no more than a dollar a piece, and if you’re feeling a little posh (like I do, on occasion), get the Austrian apple cheese torte.
One of any of those, plus a coffee from next door, and a seat on those benches right outside, under the shade = an afternoon well spent.

It is right next to nylon coffee and a perfect accompaniment to the great coffee served next door.
They are so used to customers trooping over from next door that they provide plates and cutlery for dining while you have your coffee. There is no seating in the actual store though.
Tried the cheese tartlets (mini bite-​sized cheesecake), cotton soft cheesecake (Japanese cheesecake style) and the apple crumble.
Surprisingly, the apple crumble turned out to be my favorite. And I usually dislike cooked fruits. It is not overly sweet like many others, it doesn’t have a cinnamon taste which I dislike, and the crumble is really crumbly, if you get what I mean.