The Holqa Cafe is definitely a upcoming gem in the East. Helmed by a group of passionate young cafe owners, Holqa dishes up really impressive chicken wings and decent cafe food.
The Asian Pulled Pork with 3 Cheese Sandwich $15.90 was a winning dish. Imagine fluffy, egg, thick slices of broiche bread topped with generous pulled pork and cheese~ oh my!
All cafe food should taste like this!
I never say this about fried food usually, but these chicken wings were totally addictive and a must order!
The Sns-Ji $9.90, chicken mid joints coated with Holqa’s own secret homemade sweet and spicy sauce are inspired by the popular fried Korean chicken dish. The sweet and sour sauce gooey coating was a little sticky, it brought back certain nostalgia but I could not pinpoint exactly what it was until the owners shared that as they were working on this chicken wing recipe, the sauce reminded them of the tapioca chips that many snacked on as kids!
I always love a good Asian rendition of a western dish.
If you are like me too, do try their Braised Asian Pulled Pork Aglio Olio $14.90, spaghetti dressed with garlic and olive oil and stir fried with braised pork jowl and asian spices.
Can’t decide between savoury or sweet? Then perhaps the Savoury Cream Cheese French Toast & Smoked Salmon $15.90 could be the thing for you.
I did however find the choice of salmon in this dish a little odd, but that fluffy thick broiche bread for the cream cheese french toast was absolutely heavenly.
Me, with my sweet tooth might be off better with their Broiche French Toast with Fresh Fruits instead.
The Holqa
37 East Coast Road, Singapore 428755
Opening Hours: Mon to Fri 12 noon to 9pm | Sat & Sun 9am to 9pm
*closed on Wednesdays
Blog post disclaimer: This was not a sponsored post. All food and drinks were compliments of Holqa as part of a media tasting session and all views expressed are my own.
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