6 February 2015
G told us about this latest café that opened in the Biopolis area; it is located at Nucleos North Tower, a stone’s throw from Curbside Café & Wine Bar. Looking at the cafe’s name, this place seems to be French inspired, but my dining companions and I had one question on our minds: “How do we actually pronounce the name of this place?” We asked the staff and he said it should be “tatt-a-tatt”, which means chit chat in French. The black-and-white awning is used to complete the Parisian café feel, I believe.
Since we already had our lunch, we decided to share a few desserts. By the way, Tête-à- Tête also serves savoury items such as Shepherd’s Pie (S$16.90), which looks amazing in picture, Quiches (S$14.90) and Sandwiches (14.90). All coffees are priced the same, for now, at S$4.20 per cup.
The staff recommended that we get Passion Mango (S$6.90), Lemon Meringue Tart (S$6.90), Chocolate Tower (S$7.90) and Carrot Cake (S$6.90). They arrived on a nicely-decorated plate, with blueberries and jam (strawberry, I presume) – nice touch!
My personal favourite is the Passion Mango, although I could only taste the passion fruit; it was the right balance of tartness and sweetness for me. And the texture was more firm, than creamy. I love passion fruit, so this naturally was a winner for me.
Most of my colleagues enjoyed the Lemon Meringue Tart as the lemon curd was smooth and sufficiently tart. The pastry base was too soft, though; it crumbled quite a bit that I had difficulty scooping up with the fork. The meringue was too sweet too. I guess the chef was feeling pretty generous with the sugar.
Although the colour was on a lighter side, the carrot cake turned out better than expected. It was a lot fluffier than carrot cakes from other shops such as Cedele. They were pretty generous with the ingredients as well: raisins, walnuts, and we could actually see the shredded carrots! Taste wise, it was not too sweet, so that’s a plus for me.
The most expensive Chocolate Tower was like a mini chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting. Two words to describe it – very chocolatey! If you are looking for something sweet, you should definitely get this.
Tête-à- Tête Café seems like a nice place for the “tai-tais” to sip their afternoon tea and have a slice of cake. But I wonder how suitable it is to the crowd around Biopolis. The offerings are not extremely value-for-money as well. They should probably work on offering more food items to boost the sales; I am not sure if cakes, quiches, sandwiches and pies can sustain the business in the long run.
P.S. They probably started business not too long ago, so do expect tardy service.
Tête-à- Tête Café
21 Biopolis Road #01-01
Nucleos North Tower
Singapore 138567
Mon – Sat: 10am – 8pm
Diary of a Glutton 
Nice photos 🙂 the cakes are so pretty!
Yes they are 🙂