Something to have with coffee!

[Harriet.]

Well more likely tea at the end of a dinner. I'm after suggestions for something nice to take to a friends dinner party but not chocolate. I have thought of making coconut macaroons, but welcome any other suggestions.

[Karen E]

Not sure where you are located, but in the basement of Parkway Parade there's a shop called Swiss bake (or something like that) and they do all kinds of cakes, bits and pieces of stuff - choc and non-choc.  They have quite nice wrappings too so good for a present.

or

what about bottle of something - brandy, drambuie - though prob a bit expensive out here I suppose.

[Hummer]

Swiss Bake is nasty in my opinion. Barely a step above BreadTalk. Nasty dry chewy chewy chewy chewy stuff with no flavour.

Werner's makes nicer stuff or the place on Frankel Ave

[Harriet.]

Thanks guys, I will check out those suggestions. Feeling peckish right now!!

[Hey]

How about some nice cheese with fresh fruit or crackers.  You can actually get some very good cheese in Singapore when you look hard enough.

[cheese gromit]

yes, cheese is a good one, with some nice crackers and perhaps some grapes.

or you could go for biscotti biscuits (or whatever they are called) - those hard biscuits that they do in Italy.  some of the coffee places here sell them.

[delia damson]

You could try making biscotti, which are crisp Italian biscuits that go well with coffee. This mixture makes about 16.
250g plain flour
175g caster sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
2 eggs
grated zest of 3 lemons
1 tablespoon lemon juice
100g blanched almonds, toasted and chopped
50g pistachios, chopped
Preheat oven to 180 celsius/ gas mark 4
Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix to form a dough. Roll into ball, cut in half and roll each portion into a sausage shape. Place on floured baking sheet.
Bake in oven for 10 mins. Remove from oven and cool for 5 mins, then use a serrated knife to cut into diagonal slices, 1cm thick.
Place back on baking tray and cook for a further 15 mins to turn slightly golden. Cool on a wire rack .

[IntoxInc]

agree with Hummer about Swiss Bake's quality at parkway parade.

Had a sandwich for lunch and was one of the worst lunch I had in a long time... I think the bread was really stale and extremely chewy.

[citrus]

What about a refreshing lemon tart or lemon cake? Mmmmmmmmmm

[Kueh kueh]

Better still - go local. There's a great chain of stores called Bengawan Solo.

Pandan cake

kueh mueh

Kueh Lopez

Otak otak

Pineapple jam tarts

Kueh lapis