Golden Mile Food Centre has always been one of those hawker centres around that sees a dew new stalls appear every very now and then — whilst the food centre already has a bakery stall named Cat in the Hat which has been in operations for quite some time, there seems to be a new stall that had recently just made its entry into the F&B scene there which serves up baked goods. ATE can be found on the second level of the hawker centre; these folks can be found within the same row as where one would be able to find establishments such as Tee’s Kitchen. Being a stall that specialises in serving up what they term as “thick gooey cookies”, these cookies are the only offerings that is being served up by the stall — ATE offers four (4) different flavours of cookies on their menu being the Walnut Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Matcha Macadamia and the Chocolate Lava. All cookies are priced at $5.50 with the exception of the Chocolate Lava which is listed as a premium flavour, and is priced at $7.
Coming with a green hue, the Matcha Macadamia Cookie does come looking like what it is expected to be on first sight — the gooey cookies at ATE are sized rather large; bigger than that of what one would typically get at cafes serving up house-made cookies and consuming one alone does seem like it would fall it between the category of having something in between a full meal and a light snack. Snapping the cookie apart, we did realise that the cookie wasn’t too dense — this does make consuming the cookie rather manageable despite its heft. Apart from specks of chopped macadamia nuts, one can also see the gooey knobs of melted white chocolate in between the cookie. Taking a bite into the cookie, the cookie does come with a crunch but we did like how the cookie didn’t feel particularly dry — there wasn’t a point in which we felt that the cookie got stuck in our throat and got a little difficult to swallow; this vibe remained consistent throughout the entire portion. The macadamia nuts helped add a little more bite with just a whiff of nuttiness that complemented that of the bitter undertones of the Japanese tea, while the specks of white chocolate adds a hint of sweetness that makes it reasonably sweet as what one would expect out of a cookie.
