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after reading so many horror reviews about this place, we were wondering whether we should go ahead and visit it anyway.which we did in the end, since we hardly drop in around dempsey. it's quite an experience walking through the 'forest' to ps cafe-they have a mini boardwalk and it's quite authentic in the sense that there's some degree of uneven-ness. so if u bring some elderly folks there or u're wearing heels, please be careful! and nearer to the entrance, they lined a row of frangipani at the side of the boardwalk. quite a pretty sight!

it was a lazy sunday evening. they have 2 seating times. one at 0630, the other at 0830. surprisingly, the service was not as bad as i thought it would be. there were many many waiters and waitresses around. i thought it was very considerate of them to kneel on one leg when they took our orders, so we didn't have to crane our necks while talking to them.+1star. while waiting for our orders to arrive, it was getting darker and the waitress started lighting up the candles, which gave the cafe a more cosy and warm ambience. BUT, she missed our table.

looking at the menu and our budget, we didn't have much of a choice. we couldn't order anything that was written on the 'brown-board' - where the specials of the day are written in chalk. moreover, having read the bad reviews about certain dishes, we were only left with about 5 choices for mains. in the end, we had moussaka, veal pasta and beef with mushroom stew.

i had veal pasta. the meat was tender, but had a slight weird taste to it. perhaps it's because of my first time tasting veal. but as you dig in, the weird taste disappears. and i liked the tomato base for this dish. i was very hungry, so i just digged in and finished my meal very quickly. yumm..

the beef with mushroom stew came in very weird proportions for 2 of my friends. one had lots of onion and very little meat. the other had lots of meat, and very little onion. but both had lots of veggie sides. one of my friends mentioned that she liked the fresh greens. not bad, but kinda overpriced..hmm..

the one who had moussaka-eggplant casserole got quite sick of eating it towards the end. luckily it was just a small bowl of it.

deserts! whoo! we tried 4 of their cakes! we had chocolate cappucino cheese cake which i thought was the best of all. we also tried their famous sticky dates pudding with ice cream and caramel sauce. it's nice because of the nuts. yumm..but the caramel made it quite sweet. duh! then we had a super sinful chocolate fudge-looking cake -"blackout" chocolate cake. then i understood why it's named blackout, cos it really looks very black. it came with a scoop of ice cream too. woah..that was super chocolatey. another one was chocolate brownie with marshmellows. With generously huge marshmellows atop, i could nearly feel my cavities surrendering. sweeeeeettt! couldn't finish the chocolatey ones..we're not very huge fans of chocolate.

well, overall, it was a good experience. not as bad as i thought it would be. it's really a cosy and nice place to chill. we were seated inside, so didn't have a chance to try the al fresco dining. nice deco, nice ambience - ps cafe scores at this aspect. very cosy and comfy. the chairs were very comfortable. i wish we could stay in there longer though. had a feeling of being chased out at 0815 - 'could we have the table back by 0830?' sigh.