Cosmo Cafe @ Kovan

It was one of those days where no one could agree on what to eat. FT wanted western, JT wanted rice and as for myself, I was just tired of the usual fare. We ended up in Heartland Mall at Kovan and decided to have dinner at Cosmo Café.

Prices are reasonable, about $5 - $10 for most of the dishes. Service is friendly and efficient. It’s a place to go when you don’t know what to eat. There's something for everyone in the menu: fried rice, noodles, finger food, toasts, spaghetti, surf and turf etc. Food is decent as long as one is not too fussy.

JT ordered a plate of Mui Fan which was surprisingly was quite appetizing. Just imagine Hor Fan with rice instead of kway teow. There were chicken chunks, crabsticks and prawns.

FT ordered the chicken baked rice. Wanted to take a picture but FT was too quick to the draw.

I mulled over the menu for quite some time before deciding on something light – mushroom omelette. It came with fries and coleslaw. Boring choice but I felt rather full. It was a light and savoury meal. I gave the coleslaw a miss though. It had a tangy dressing instead of my preferred creamy base. The cabbage was also shredded too coarsely for my liking, giving it too raw a taste.

Cafe Cosmo
Heatland Mall

Otak @ Kovan

I was shopping at Heartland Mall in Kovan when I walked past a makeshift stall on the first floor selling otak in man tous. I immediately had an otak craving which I just could not shake off. After running my errands, I made a beeline fpr the otak stall and ordered 2 man tous for lunch (@ $1.50).


Very much like those kong ba paos. But instead of fatty pork you had a slab of otak. Not bad, but I felt that the otak could be spicier to bring out the sweetness of the man tou. More veg would be good too.

PT had also bought several sticks of otak from Lee Wee and Brothers stall located in the coffee shop next to Heartland Mall.


Yummy. Actually, if this otak could be placed with the man tou, it would be the ideal combination