Caffe Beviamo is situated in this island on the second floor of Tanglin Mall, and my family has been going there for late breakfasts for the past few years. They used to have a proper breakfast menu with different options where you could order exactly what you wanted, but have revised the menu about 2 years ago to make it more streamlined.

Their coffees are really good.

I like the chickpea puree, which comes with olives and crusty bread. The puree comes with a good dousing of olive oil, and is well-balanced by the tartness of the olives.

The roast beef sandwich ($14) with ciabatta is the husband's favourite, which he orders every time we eat there. It's consistently good, tasty beef with a generous serving of relish, cheese and salad.

A better shot of the fillings

They also have a great sticky date pudding!

A couple of things to bear in mind though:

1. It can be hard to get a seat on weekend mornings; and

2. The service is not very consistent - I have encountered rather grumpy and slow staff (both qualities are not always mutually exclusive) which have made me wonder why such people want to go into the service indusry, and why cafe owners hire them.

Caffe Beviamo

163 Tanglin Road #02-K1 Tanglin Mall
Tel: 6738 7906

Open for breakfast (not sure what time but we've been there at 9.30am on a Saturday and they were open) until 9pm

There's also a branch at the top floor of Paragon Shopping Centre that we haven't tried.