Travel Theme Cakes, car and bike cakes, Bon voyage and other Gifts to Send While We're in Lockdown Worldwide

 

Not just a plain cake, a plane cake.

Wine Bottle bakery and Grape Cake.

Red wine and a red velvet cake?

Concert Cakes & Notable Note Cakes, and Nutty Notes and Moreish Music

Fishing and Hobbies are the hook. Cakes Fishing for compliments.

A world of travel theme cakes, plain cakes and plane cakes

Track down suppliers of novelty cakes. Cars on cakes.

If music is the food of love, choose a keyboard cake

Christian and Communion Cakes

Mobile Phones And Computers On Cakes

Cars on Cakes. Realistic Rolls.

Baking a Book Shape Cake

Cars On Cakes

Wine And Food

On Your Bike Bakery

Fond Farewells and Bon Voyage

Cameras and Photography On Cakes

Religious Events And Festivals

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Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, Food Shopping and Window-shopping

Problem
What to buy to take home from the Shangri-la hotel. I feel every major hotel should have at least one shop. Especially a hotel such as the Shangri-La which is not conveniently near a department store nor a corner shop. Why has the shop gone? I presume that the shop was rented out and either the rent charged went up or the shop owner was not making enough money.

Some hotel spas are run on a similar basis. But imagine if the hotel swimming pool was allowed to disappear because the manager could not make enough from the swimming pool bar, and sales of swimsuits. I've been to motels without the pool. Sometimes outdoor pools don't operate in winter, in
the cold or rainy season.

I once got my money back from a hotel which advertised itself as having a pool when none was available. We checked out for the next two nights and complained. (The place was also being removed with missing ceiling tiles and daubs on walls.)

I feel the same about a five-star hotel with no shop. Shopping and eating are considered the two major activities for Singaporeans. (Swimming pools comes a close first, second or third for most holidaymakers. One of my friends booked a day at the Marina Bay Sands hotel so his children could enjoy the rooftop infinity pool.)

I feel that hotels are missing out by not having a second pool only for users of the restaurants who are not residents.

However, the Shangri-La compensates with a pleasant walk. And a food shop next to the lobby door.

From a distance, my first thought was, that's a cake like Rodin's The Thinker. Then I thought Batman, a more likely subject for a cake. Then spider man. You can all argue with each other. He is sitting on a skyscraper. They could probably make any subject, if you had a photo.  He is a cake, yes a cake. You can see the words Custom Made Cakes on the top of the glass.

A cake with a little bear on top.

 Fancy cakes in fancy shapes with vivid colours.

Wow. A carousel cake. Plus little cakes for little guests.

So clever. So intricate. Hours of work. And practise.

The window display of cakes is a delightful stop for Mums towing children past. We admired the car, the Lego brick cake.

At the back of the shop we checked the wine prices. One wine was cheaper in London.

We bought two of the jams. I fancied mango and durian. The other one we chose was calamansi brandy. Unusual.

Useful Websites
visitsingapore.com
http://www.shangri-la.com/singapore/shangrila/dining/restaurants/the-line/
https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Hotel_Review-g294265-d302109-Reviews-Shangri_La_Hotel_Singapore-Singapore.html

Author
Angela Lansbury