Selfish Gene Cafe

Date: 14 June 2012

Address: 40 Craig Road 

Opening hours: 10am - 6pm, Closed on Tuesdays

Nearest MRT: Tanjong Pagar

Website: Selfish Gene Cafe

Met up with a food blogger, one who's more experienced. Do visit his site for more reviews! He puts in alot of hard work and his sincerity shows through his posts. 

Roast Beef Sandwich - S$12.80 

Sundried tomato bread with roast beef, onions and veg. I quite liked it though i think we took too long so the taste was compromised. The bread was already cold by the time i bit into it but oh well. Will just have to learn how to take a good shot in half the time. There was nothing special about this sandwich though. What I would suggest is maybe a side of fries to complete it? There just seemed to be something missing. 

I preferred the toast to my ciabatta cos it was softer (Then again i let mine get cold). Once again, i didn't think there wasn't anything to shout about regarding the Scrambled eggs and Brioche - S$10.80 

Banana cake with caramelized banana, crumble and peanut butter sauce. - S$5.80 

I don't like peanut butter so I didn't have much of this. But if you're a fan of peanut butter, I can imagine you'd devour this in a second. The banana cake was sweet and light, didn't taste too oily and I particularly thought the crumble was interesting. Didn't figure out what it was but it gave a nice texture to the cake. 

Perhaps i will try other desserts next time. 

We had a little chat with the conversational owner, Gene who explained why he chose "selfish gene" for the name. Apparently, "Selfish" should be taken more as "Self-ish" meaning that while he(as a self) delights in doing what he pleases (making food for us) and we (as individual selves) delight in spending time with our friends/family in his cafe. 

It took a while for my mind to grapple around that theory but i THINK i'm coming to terms with it. 

His other explanation made more sense. That in helping others, sometimes, we are more concerned with how it'll affect us. So perhaps, we should start thinking how to be more self-less and REALLY put others first without considering the consequences on ourselves. 

ALL THIS PHILOSOPHICAL TALK has made me extremely hungry so I will have some thai food for dinner haha. 

Though the food is not of any extraordinary standard, the warm service and the comfortable setting make a trip to this place worthy and pleasing.