Wildseed Cafe at the Summerhouse: a review

Wildseed Cafe at The Summerhouse

Located far away from downtown, near the Seletar Airspace, this is The SummerHouse (according to the website):

“Offering blooming views and the best from our humble garden and farming collective, The Summerhouse is a unique dining destination tucked away in the idyllic Seletar countryside. It comprises of Botanico, an Asian Grill restaurant on the upper storey; The Summerhouse Garden Domes, an immersive dining experience amidst our lush edible garden; and Wildseed, a pet-friendly café, patisserie and bistro-bar with live music on the ground level.” 

– The Summerhouse website.

Backlane

It was one of those rare weekends that I had a chance to meet a friend just for brunch. As such, we decided to head down to the very ‘exotic’ location near Seletar Airspace, where The Summerhouse is. 

Road leading to Front Entrance

Compared to the rest of the very-crowded Singapore, this place was literally uninhabited – probably due to its faraway/inconvenient location.

Front Entrance

Yet, Wildseed Cafe at the Summer is a popular weekend place for bunch. It’s one of the few pet-friendly cafes in Singapore, and there is a lot of room back out – a playground for children, and space for pets to run about.

Behold the outdoor space

Wildseed Cafe – Outdoor Seating area

Wildseed Cafe – Indoors

The friend and I preferred the indoor seating – given all the surrounding greenery, it was actually cool outside, but we are suckers for air con anyways. 

Helped ourselves to water and condiments

I highly recommend making reservations –  despite it being super out of the way for most people, it can get pretty packed for weekend breakfast or brunch.

American Express: Global Dining Credits

Wildseed Cafe participates in the American Express Global Dining credit benefit. With the American Express Platinum Charge Card, card holders can enjoy S$400 worth of statement credits – out of which S$200 is for local and S$200 is for overseas spend.

Within Singapore, to enjoy this benefit, diners will receive up to S$200 in statement credits upon spending locally at participating restaurants.

The spend can be done in either one or more transactions.

Menu at the time of visitation

For full information on Amex statement credit benefits, check out this post here).

Previously, in the last calendar year, I had enjoyed these benefits at MONTI (read about it here!), and at FIRE at 1-Atico (read more here!). However, at the time of dining, I had yet to utilize the 2024 credits, and had up to S$200 to that I could have spent at Wildseed Cafe.

I swear these cakes looked so good, pictures doesn’t do them justice

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Brunch / Cake at Wildseed Cafe

To start off, the friend and I ordered Truffle Mayonnaise curly fries to share.

Truffle Mayonnaise Curly Fries

These were served with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese and a truffle mayonnaise dip on the side.

Amused by how super curly the fries are

These fries were really good – hot, crispy, slightly salted, and generally well fried. If you love truffle, the dipping sauce had a real pungent truffle aroma. Win!

Truffle Mayo on the side

We also ordered the Kelong Prawn and Scallop Pizza to share. 

Kelong Prawn and Scallop Pizza

Loaded with cameron highland cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, mascarpone and served with a pesto dip, the pizza was delightful. The base felt nearly like those authentic Italian-style bases, a little chewy throughout but slightly crispy on the edges.

Truly Juicy Prawns

If you want something hearty, I’d recommend the Beef Moussaka.

Beef Moussaka

The Wagyu Beef goodness is mixed in with zucchini, potato, eggplant, swirled in a bechamel sauce, topped with parmesan cheese, and thoroughly baked to perfection. Note: the restaurant warned that there would be a 15-min wait time for this dish (that can stretch to over 20 mins during peak period). 

Rich, hearty, and just plain comforting – dense calories aside, we had nothing bad to say about this one. 

Spot the potatoes and the somewhat hidden zucchini behind

We decided to end the meal by sharing a large slice of Carrot Cake. 

Carrot Cake

The cake’s ingredients was all visible to the naked eye. Filled with hand-grated carrots, desiccated coconut, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, layered alternately with a cream cheese frosting, and topped with more coconut flakes and a pretzel coconut malt crumb… this appealed immensely to both the carrot cake lover and coconut lover in me. The combination of everything was pure perfection.

Four alternating layers of frosting / cake

Despite being near gelat (thanks to the Beef Moussaka from earlier), the both of us polished this off. Easily.

All in all, it was an extremely enjoyable meal – So hearty that we felt sinfully close to over-indulgence. Haha. Totally worth the over 1 hour bus ride up here, and 10/10 would return if time permits. 

American Express Platinum Charge Card (Image source: American Express)

Inspired by this post and want to apply for an American Express credit card? Apply through one of my referral links and receive either bonus Membership Rewards points or statement credit:

• The Platinum Charge Card: Use this referral link and receive up to S$900 statement credits and Samsonite Choca Spinner 68/25 (worth S$700) when you apply and minimum spend criteria is met.
• The American Express Platinum Card: Use this referral link and receive up to S$350 statement credits when you apply and minimum spend criteria is met.
• American Express Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Ascend Credit Card: Use this referral link and receive up to 38, 000 Krisflyer miles and S$50 statement credits when you apply and minimum spend criteria is met. 

Disclaimer: the views and opinions expressed on this page are that of Happy High Life and may not necessarily reflect the position of American Express. Happy High Life is not responsible for any decisions made by readers. The terms and conditions for each credit card's application and usage may be subject to change by American Express. Therefore, readers are recommended to check any matters with American Express or its partners; the list of all benefits of the Platinum Charge Card can be found here.

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