Esplanade at night.
The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is a waterside building located on six hectares of waterfront land alongside Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing arts for the island nation of Singapore.Taking its name from the nearby Esplanade, it contains a 1,600 seat concert hall and a 2,000 seat theatre for the performing arts. (source).
We casually refer it as “the durian” though.
There is seating along the promenade where you can relax and enjoy the view of Singapore’s skyline.
We found ourselves sitting comfortable at the outdoor performing centres, enjoying free performances put together by the young talents.
Besides the outdoor performing centres, there is a retail and food space at the Esplanade Mall that houses interesting F&B outlets such as the famous no signboard seafood, My Humble House and The Cookie Museum . Being a foodie myself, I must check out Max Brenner for the ultimate chocolate experience.
The cafe is well furnished with dark wooden furniture and muted mellow lighting. I love the the tall shelves where row upon rows of chocolate products are arranged. It makes you feel like bringing them home.
Behind the bar counter, the staffs were busy preparing desserts and drinks.
We had the Dark Chocolat ($5.90), served in a specially designed “hug mug”. The mug is shaped for you to hug the mug with both hands therefore keeping the your hands warm on a chilly winter day but it doesn’t work in Singapore! The hug mug is just too hot to cup with both hands. However, we LOVE the velvety and luscious drink with a very distinctive cocoa flavor.
Another “must order” item is the Suckao ($6.90), a concentrate chocolate shot. You are suppose to melt the chocolate chips in milk over a potpourri-like mug. When the chips melt completely, you suck it up with a metal straw. It was an experience itself; we had fun pouring in chips, stirring and sucking the shot.
While the small, dense, concentrated shot of rich chocolate was rich and creamy , it was not sickening sweet.
We couldn’t resist ordering the Melting Marshmallow Crepe ($10) after we saw this couple next to us digging into one!
I absolutely adore the melted marshmallow that looks like gooey puff of clouds. Apart from that, we found vanilla ice cream, strawberries, lots of chocolate sauce and gummy bears in our plate. All gooey and chocolaty, the melting marshmallow crepe was so delicious!
we were satiated 
we jumped in joy
and wished that the Chocolate God will grant us with more chocolate goodies. Btw, my youngest sister blogs here. CLICK!
Max Brenner Chocolate Bar
#01-06/08
T: +65 6235 9556
Opening Hours
Sun-Thu (1100 – 2300), Fri-Sat (1100 – 2400)
Last order:
10.45pm (Sun – Thu)
11.45pm (Fri – Sat
The Suckao not too hot to be sucked?
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
nt reli le. maybe the candle din release much heat
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oh, i love your shots especially of the lau leen! LOL.. so well captured. Didnt have this place the last time i visited.. must go la next visit to sing;)
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
haha just for food!!
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wow, your blog loads so much faster now
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
reli reli? happy
thanks to u
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J2Kfm Reply:
January 25th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
What did you do Citygal? VKeong can assist me too? Hehe …
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i wan that suckao!!! fren said it was superb. she has it always in AUS
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Esplanade at night is much more better. Haha.. Between, why don’t u upload the photo that we hug the mug? Haha..
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my friend were telling me about Suckao that she had in Australia… said was awesome
M’sia got Suckao or not yea? The nearest is Singapore? huhu 
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I saw a show on AFC too featuring this shop. Looks like the Hot Choc is really good. Is there one in Malaysia?
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It sure feels like heaven imagining sucking the melted chocolate in a metal straw!
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I love Max Brenners. It always reminds me of the warmth it brings on a cold winter’s day.
And Singapore has indeed done a good job with the Esplanade. The free performance stage is such a good place to hang while watching the beautiful skyline.
Great post!
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whao, Suckao seems nice, but the name er……its really bad LOL
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u shud try their belgium waffle too! it’s chocolate coated with caramel, yummy cream and 2 scoops of ice cream. the most heavenly dessert i ever had!
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Been to max brenner while in oz..really good! But bad for my diet..i had it everyday while we were there
.. Worth it though..hehe
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