Caramel: Hidden find in Shaw Tower

I’ve always known Shaw Tower as the place to head to for good Thai food (Ah Loy Thai), affordable and decent set lunches (Creation Café) and nice ice cream (Tom’s Palette). Thus when my good friend suggested our afternoon tea with books session here, I was shocked. I had no idea there was any decent café for us to hang around and spend a whole afternoon chatting and reading in Shaw Tower. As usually, I was pleasantly surprised!

Caramel faces the road and is situated away from the other restaurants and cafés around Ah Loy Thai and Tom’s Palette. When you walk from Bugis MRT towards Shaw Towers, exit from Bugis Junction and towards North Bridge Centre. Continue walking and you will see Shaw Towers, the blue building, in the distance. Cross the road and when you reach Shaw Towers, turn left and walk straight down. You would see Caramel.

The decoration inside is very interesting. There are many comfy arm chairs around the tables at one side of the café and a long counter at the other. Many small quaint items were up on display on the shelves lining the walls of the café. Behind the café, there was a hairdressing salon. When tx told me that was a salon, I was completely stunned. A café with a hairdressing salon? Amazing but queer concept.

We sat in the big comfy arm chairs by the windows and ordered Rootbeer Floats. I noticed they had a lunch set but we were both too full to finish that so we ordered drinks. The rootbeer float tasted good as they were very generous with the ice cream.

Caramel was a good location to sit around and chat and read. As it was relatively empty when we were there in the afternoon, we could spend the whole time sitting there chatting over our Rootbeer Float and reading our books. It was definitely a good way to spend an afternoon with a good friend.

100 Beach Road, #01-50/52 Shaw Towers, Singapore