If you ever needed the definition of "basic", Marina Square has got you covered this weekend.
From now till Nov. 19, a whimsical food fair at their central atrium will feature everything from mini unicorn cakes to DIY galaxy cakes.
Here'a a list of physically attractive food to check out at the event:
1) DIY galaxy cake/Unicorn cake by Boufé boutique cafe
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Warning: Loads of sweets treats ahead Be one with the sugar rush at @Marinasquaresg's Whimsical Food Fair, the 5-day event (15 - 19 Nov) at Level 2 Central Atrium will see about 13 food kiosks serving up more than 50 types of colourful, creative, and some over-the-top offerings! Hence bidding farewell to your diet, greet the cosmo with @boufesg #CreatingCosmos Milky Way Cake and get your hands dirty glazing the white chocolate yogurt mousse with tangy calamansi jelly cake. Afterwhich continue your streak with roasted gourmet marshmallows and ice cream s'mores from @thewickedcream.sg, handmade character macaroons from Angel Baker, cute cake pops from @shaunteocreations, Seoul Garden’s SingSoo (Singapore Ice Kachang x Korean Bingsoo) as well as the next level ‘Gram-worthy @rainbow_works_ Starlite Milkshake. Then combat the sugar high with savouries; get the Rainbow Tamagoyaki by Wa!Tamago - a ham-centered egg roll with toppings like toasted seaweed, bonito flakes and crispy chicken glass to choose from, @seoulgardensingapore’s Korean Gimbap, as well as @tingkatpm's Mee Siam, Laksa and Assam Laksa. And amidst all the eating, look out for their Instagram Contest where you can win yourself Megafash vouchers! Simply purchase a rainbow, unicorn or cosmo-inspired item from the fair and create a fun video of your colourful purchase by using Instagram Story’s latest “Stop Motion” feature. Save your video, upload to your Instagram (set to public) and hashtag #MSQeats #StopDropRainbow. Five most creative submissions will win $50 Megafash vouchers each. Contest ends on 19 November 2359h. Many thanks to @Burpple for the invite! #whimsicalfoodfair #galaxycakes #MarinaSquareSg #WickedMallows #rainbowtamagoyaki #Burpple #burpplesg #sgfoodie #foodagram #sgfoodies #sgfood #foodsg #foodspotting #foodiesg #throwback #8dayseat #eatoutsg #iweeklyfood #sgeats #sgeatout #igsg #sgig #openrice #stfood #foodphotography #igdaily #igfood
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Design your own universe with Creating Cosmos (S$12.90) , where you'll get to pour the glaze over a cake of white chocolate yogurt mousse and tangy calamansi jelly.
Watch the process:
Note that Creating Cosmos is limited to 70 orders a day, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
They also have a Mini Unicorn Cake (S$9) with a profile flavour based on popular Thai dessert mango sticky rice:
2) Rainbow and pastel everything by Rainbow Works
Starlite (S$9.90) is a pastel-coloured strawberry milkshake topped with marshmallows and cereal to resemble a unicorn. It comes in other flavours as well, such as lavender and bubblegum.
Rainbow egglets that are strawberry, blueberry, pandan, and original flavoured all at once.
Source: Marina Square Facebook
One-in-a-melon ($9.90) features watermelon soft serve between slices of real watermelon and studded with chocolate "seeds".
If you don't like watermelon, you can choose to go for Corn-fuse (S$9.90) :
And even though this isn't pastel, the 24k Gold Ice Cream ($10.90) is still a thing .
Source: Marina Square Facebook
3) Cake pops by Shaun Teo Creations
Source: Marina Square Facebook
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These are S$4 to S$6 a pop and are made with white chocolate and fondant encasing chocolate, vanilla, or red velvet cake.
4) Rainbow egg rolls by WaTamago
The Rainbow Tamagoyaki(S$6) is an egg roll with ham in the middle, and you can choose from toppings of toasted seaweed, bonito flakes, or crispy chicken floss. Finish it with a sauce like mentaiko mayo (+S$0.50) .
Top image from Marina Square Singapore