Big O Cafe

The soup of the day was cabbage bacon. It was alright. The bacon taste was a little weak.
The spit roasted meat pizza was really awful. The crust was rather dry and biscuity, I hardly tasted the sauce and the ingredients tasted raw and flavourless (the mushrooms tasted like they’d only spent a minute in the oven and were still dry and stringy and the skin of the tomato slices was still wrinkled). The chicken and duck were tender but flavourless and tasted like they’d just been boiled. This was one of the worst pizzas I’ve had. No wonder it was free (as part of a promo where you get a free pizza with a set dinner.
The roasted chicken ravioli was better. The sauce was pretty good with a rich tomato flavour. The ravioli were ok, but the skin was too thick. Though the roasted chicken inside was as tasteless as that on the pizza, the sauce saved the dish.

Really really bad lunch and luckily the price tag was not too expensive (else, I’d rage).
So I ordered the ‘2 meats and 2 seafood platter’ platter that comes with 3 side dishes, I only picked 2 though which are mash and spaghetti. This costs me: $ 60
The platter consists of:
1. Bratwurst with terrible sauce — Awful, it’s very hard to bite and cut.
2. Bbq pork ribs with terrible sauce — This one is most horrible, it tastes bad, meatless and solid hard like a stone. Didn’t even bother attempting to eat it at all.
3. Fried cod fish — okay, not too bad.
4. Fried crab patties — There were two and I finished them all! It’s the only pleasantly edible food there. Gosh! l
However the ambiance was pretty nice, staffs were attentive, they provide free ice water and always no queue. If you are desperate to get a place to eat without wanting to queue at other better restaurants, then this café, that is not up to my standard is perfect for you, my friend. The desserts are probably the only good thing about this café. Too bad I’m not a sweet-​tooth.

Fantastic desserts. Go for the Spike D — it’s full of quality durian slathered in rich dark chocolate.

I almost had a mini heart attack when i went to Wheelock and found the Big O there had CLOSED.
I was close to tears until my friend quickly found another location down the street @ Paragon.
You don’t want to see me cry, i swear.
The object of my desires is obviously the Spike D– Amazing durian cake covered entirely with chocolate.
I don’t think i can say anything else… as i sit here in SF dreaming of the amazingness.

Here for the cakes and desserts — not so much the food!
The G Spot (oh my god) is one of the best chocolate cakes you can get in the Orchard area. People have been going on and on about how chocolate is better than (or equal to) sex, and for those who can’t really find the truth in that saying (or if you are still a virgin, no judgment passed!), here’s as close you can get to it without actually doing it — by having an almost pure-​chocolate slice of cake!
They also serve a decent Pineapple Upside Down cake and various other desserts (totally worth conquering them all, over a period of time!) and I once had their ratatouille — pretty good stuff.

Great because of the very convenient location — at the basement of Paragon. A pretty good place for dessert they have a pretty big selection of cakes, although not the best of cakes and thus wouldn’t be my first choice. Food is ok though, nothing to complain about, but nothing to shout about either — have had the ribs which were quite tender but a little dry — could have done with more sauce and a little less time in the oven.
Service is always good — staff are polite, attentive and friendly — couldn’t ask for more from them!
Would go back again if I’m in the area and am wanting ribs /​western food but don’t want to blow my budget. There seems to be always a credit card promotion going on here so check it out before you decide!