Tong Shui - Dessert Cafe along Kim Seng Road

54 Zion Road
Singapore 247779
( opp Great World City, traffic direction towards town )


Sometime back, a colleague mass-sent an email regarding this seemingly fusion-style dessert. Located at Kim Seng Road, one will have a hard time finding the cafe, which is situated on the ground floor of the post-independence shophouses, directly opposite Great World City ( direction towards the city ) hidden away by the trees and bushes along the road.

Have been wanting to go try their desserts since then but we couldn't find the cafe. It was by fate that we chanced upon the cafe a couple of weeks ago. We were at River Vallery having our usual late night supper that night ( cheese prata, kosong prata and teh ping for her , 2 egg and ice cold coke for myself ). After all that makan, we decide to take a stroll back home. The wind that night was very welcoming, feels a bit like walking in a air-conditioned shopping mall.

We were enjoying each other's company when we saw this decently litted cafe coming up infront of us. Anticipation escalating, we wondered if it was the same Tong Shui Cafe that we have beening looking forward to try. As we moved closer, we knew we hit the jackpot as Tong Shui has its distinctive logo which read TONG SHUI. The inside of the cafe looks comfortable enough. Square wooden tables and chairs, huge plasma tv showing SCV channels, well-litted, friendly staffs. The al-fresco dinning area looks even more promising when night falls. The area is separated from the main dining area by the passageway and the strategtically located plants-decorated-to-look-like-christams-trees( bushes).


If not for the supper earlier, we would have stopped and pay this cafe a visit. Sensibilty won that night but we promised to return to visit Tong Shui soon. Last night we did. After having a dim sum dinner with dear and her family, girlfriend asked if i've got any craving. I could almost sensed it coming, i knew her mind was wondering somewhere when she didn't finished off the remaining Siew Mais, the Shrimp-Paste Chicken, the Sam-Luo Ho-Fan.... We den made our way down to Tong Shui for some dessert.

We chose the al-fresco dining area to enjoy the cooling night breeze and the dim-lighting ambience. The menu are very nicely done up. We were however disappointed with the choice of the menu. Tong Shui - meaning sweet water literally, should have an impressive menu of desserts available to the customers. making them spoilt for choices. However this was not the case. Only a few desserts stand out among the little choices they have. Things dun look good...

Apart from deserts, they also serve cooked instant noodles, toast breads, ice creams, hot and cold drinks, dim sums. Girlfriend ordered the peanut Tang-Yuans in ginger soup-base while i went for the mango and pomelo in shaved ice. .. We also ordered a serving of the Sharkfin dumpling to try.

The stuffed peanut tang-yuan are very nice but the ginger based soup... it was HOT!~! Hot as in Chilli HOT!~!~... If the soup was meant to serve as a delightful punch to the dessert, the one we had serves a knock-out. Luckily the Tang Yuan was very good.

My Pomelo and Mango delight was refreshing change from the usual Da-Mai or Chendols we usually have. The mango chunks packs yet another powerful punch to the otherwise sweet dessert. The pomelo meat were very good!~!~! My first time trying out a dessert this special. However the shaved ice could have done better. I think the texture was cause by over-compressing the shaved ice into the ball. Minus points there.

Perhaps we will return to try the rest of their menu ( non-dessert ) and enjoy each other 's company in a comfy enviroment.