Cedele @ Wheelock Place

The wife and I were hungry and we thought of a few places to eat a few evenings ago. We were near the Thai Embassy end of Orchard Road. She's really hungry and could not put up with my deciding of this or that. Thai at Orchard Towers (don't feel like having spicy), Tonkichi (will be tempted to eat fried food), O Coffee Club (non air con, was a warm evening), Bangkok Jam (spicy food), Ion Orchard restaurants (lazy to cross the road), Antoinette (not in the mood for Paris Garden setting).

She decided Cedele it will be. All right. That will be it. Don't argue with hungry people. They bite!
We realised Cedele has renovated their Wheelock Place branch. It looks much brighter now, cleaner look too.

The wife gave a 'I told you I am right' smirk when we saw they have an opening special board. Pasta Special Set: a soup, a pasta and coffee/tea for $21.80. Sounds like quite a good deal!


We guessed the kitchen was a bit busy, as we waited a while for the food. The wife was too hungry that she decided some carbo from the bread bin will ease the hunger pangs. We have been trying to avoid unnecessary carbo in the evenings.

This sesame crusted bagel tasted exceptionally delicious to the hungry wife. A bite and a smile came to her face, I guessed I must try it too. It's quite fragrant with all the sesame seeds, but we thought it was a bit tough to bite though. 


The Soup we had was the mushroom soup of the day or something that sounded like that. We did not catch it but we were quite surprised when it came.

Surprise 1: We like the colour and the taste of it. It tastes like potato yet it had hints of pumpkin. A nice fragrance to it too. Yes, it had mushroom pieces hidden below it.

Surprise 2: The small soup is not small. It's bigger than what most places will serve for full portions!



I had the Shredded Beef Ragu. (Normally, it would have been $18).

I chose linguine for the pasta. Most of us won't have the patience to prepare beef ragu at home, slow-cooking beef for 3-4 hours though the ingredients are simple. It was a delight to put tender chunks of beef in your mouth.

(I don't know if they took a long time to cook it, maybe they pressure cooked it, most of us will do it the slow cook way at home right?)


The wife had the Lemongrass and Lime Fish Pasta. (normally $17.90).
It has a limey/sourish refreshing taste to it. It's a herby dish that she likes. We will experiment something like this at home.

It's quite a decent portion of sea bass there too. The tomato salsa gave it a nice touch too.


For tea, we could pick any tea except 2 from the menu. We had organic green and red rooibos teas.

We thought this is quite a good deal. Cedele serves decent food and lots of organic variety too. This time we did not have our usual Home-Style Chunky Beef Stew and chicken wings!

We are not sure when the deal will end, we just happen to walk pass it. So I thought I will put this post up quick, so some of you might get to try it too. Give them a call to ask. ;-)

Cedele @ Wheelock Place 501 Orchard Road #03-14 Wheelock Place Singapore 238880 Tel: +65 6732 8520 Hours: Mon - Sun/Public Holidays: 10.00am to 10.00pm Web: http://www.cedeledepot.com

Cedele @ Wheelock Place

This was last weekend's brunch at Cedele at Wheelock Place.

I had to get some errands done at Shaw Centre. After settling what I had to do, Momo and I were wondering where to have our brunch. We walked around Shaw Centre and nothing fancied us.

We decided to walk across the street to Wheelock Place. Again, we walked around Wheelock Place, and nothing caught our eye nor attracted our nose. But when we saw Cedele, we knew that was it. It will be a good choice.

I was having a headache that day, so I wanted some hearty soup stuff. I ordered the "Home Style Chunky Beef" $10. It was a good choice. Lots of vegetables inside with the cubes of beef below. It was a wholesome tasting stew.






The stew was a tiny bit salty if you have it by itself. But if you have it with the self service organic bread (complimentary), it was just perfect. The bread was nice, it was rustic and fragrant. It goes very well with my beef stew. The bread sponges up the soup and when you put it in your mouth, it was delightful.

(There were two ladies, I believe expatriate wives who loved the bread and asked the waiter if they were also for sale. Not that morning though. The waiter gave them a bread schedule. I searched their website and realize it is indeed a bread schedule. You can see it here. )




Momo had the Black Pepper Crab Pasta $16.90.
She liked her penne. The deep fried soft shell crabs she said was good. The cut chilli that was in the pasta gave it a hint of spiciness.




While flipping through the menu, I could not help noticing the word "Cedele Fiery Wings" $8.80 in it. So we ordered it. When it came out, we were a bit shocked. It was a little dark / over-fried. If you don't mind the oil on it, it's actually quite nice. You can taste the black pepper plus some other stuff and it goes well with the sweet Thai sauce.



Cedele by Bakery Depot @ Wheelock Place
501 Orchard Road
#03-14 Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880

Tel: 67238520

Cedele @ Wheelock Place

Another healthy meal? It's possible to eat more healthy meals if you know where to look for it. This was dinner with sis few days ago. She knows where to eat healthy meals. She said she is going to Cedele to eat healthier food, and I should too.

Her no carbo dinner. Beef and mushroom salad. I had some it's quite nice. I like the mushroom! The salad is splashed with balsamic vinegar, which sis likes.

The beef is around 80% done. They should change the cutlery though. A bit difficult to cut meat with the usual knife we find in restaurants.




I had braised pork with brown rice and veg. No, not the 'mixed rice' kind, but it's in the main course listed in the menu. I thought it was the more traditional braised type of meat, but this is healthy version of it! LOL

There was an option of white or brown rice. I took the healthier option. But I was secretly hoping it was some marbled pork, but not too fatty. But it turn out there's not even a hint of lard in it! It's healthy lean pork.





This was the dessert that we shared. A slice of the cake of the day. It happens to be the carrot and almond cake. Delicious!





Cedele @ Wheelock Place
501 Orchard Road
#03-14
Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880

Tel: 6732 8520

Hours: Sun - Thu/Public Holidays: 10.00am to 10.00pm
Fri - Sat/Eve of Public Holidays: 10.00am to 11.00pm