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Out of the Pan – Storm in a Teacup

By Veron Ang | Tags #French #Raffles City

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I like Raffles marketplace, the new extension to the basement of Raffles City shopping centre, with its range of stores such as crumpler, roxy, mph bookstore. Of course, what’s even better is the extensive lot of restaurants such as din tai fung and aerin’s, and take-out outlets like Chippy British Take Away. Yesterday evening I paid a visit to a crêperie, simply named “out of the pan”.

Located right next to the fountain, with part of the place lying beneath the skylight, out of the pan offers casual dining pseudo-alfresco style. I’m not too crazy about crêpes, nor do I get what the big deal with crêpes is, but I decided to make a meal out of seafood crêpe anyway.

Seafood Jungle

Seafood Jungle
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I probably should have gone for a dessert crêpe as that would have been a safer option. The seafood crêpe I had was on the boring and bland side. The taste was monotonous and certainly didn’t excite for a dish that’s named “seafood jungle”. But I guess all healthy food tend to taste boring!

One thing noteworthy about the dish was the generous number of shrimps that had been stuffed within the crêpe layers. But that was it.

Coffee Oreo

Coffee Oreo
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Anyhow, the number of calories that I saved by eating that healthy dish instead of a regular high-fat meal was undone when I washed it down with a tall glass of coffee oreo. Well I had no idea when I placed my order that it would be two feet tall. It also didn’t help that it was mostly milk and oreo chocolate rather than coffee.

All in all, out of the pan is a place for casual dining or a late afternoon tea session with friends. The service and food is nothing to shout about. And with such stiff competition going on at Raffles marketplace, I would likely give this place a miss in future.

Out of the Pan
Raffles City Shopping Centre
252 North Bridge Road #B1-45
Singapore 179103
(65) 6431 6103
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Veron Ang is the founder and chief editor of Sparklette. She lives in Singapore and has dined and traveled across the world. She also runs Sparklette Studio, a web design and WordPress development firm. If you'd like to connect with her, head on over to the contact page or follow her personal updates on Twitter: @VeronSG.

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jkaiser
November 1, 2006

hmm tuesdays are/were crepe 1 for 1 days if i recall correctly..
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Veron
November 1, 2006

that’s a lot better! gelare cafe has 1-for-1 waffles on tuesdays too.
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wei ting
November 1, 2006

i didn’t really like it too. the food wasnt fantastic and the service is just not up-to-notch. when i went there to celebrate my friend’s birthday previously, they chased us out when we tried to consume the birthday cake within its area, even though all 7 of us had ordered a crepe each. it didnt help tht they didnt sell birthday cake and had the nerve to chase us out.
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Veron
November 1, 2006

That’s very ugly of them. I heard that over at a certain Ya Kun outlet, when a group of friends brought in a cake to celebrate someone’s birthday, not only were they not chased away, the waitress even accommodated them by bringing them forks and plates and all. And Ya Kun doesn’t even levy any service charge on top of their already affordable food!

When you compare these two, Ya Kun really puts Out of the Pan to shame. That’s it, I’m boycotting this place.
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Mai
April 8, 2007

These are not even real French crepes. I was so disppointed.
I would recommend the Crêperie Ar-men, 37 Duxton Road…their meal crepes are even better than in some restaurants I’ve been to in France.
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Miccheng
November 27, 2007

Guess what? I’ll be going there this evening. Hope its improved.
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