You might have some difficulty locating this little enclosed booth. A Habitat by Honestbee staff helpfully tells us: “It’s near the toilet”. Okay, it’s not literally beside the washrooms so you can’t see, hear or smell anything. Whew. But its decor is super cute. The booth is adorned on all sides with a mosaic tile mural spelling out ‘Poofy’ along with smiling cartoon clouds that look like 8-bit video game characters. The only indication of Riz Labo Kitchen’s involvement here is a line of wooden alphabet ornaments at the cashier counter which spells out ‘Riz Labo’.

Other than pancakes, Poofy also offers adorably plump soft serve ice cream in your choice of a cup or cone. As with all food at Habitat, you’re required to order your nosh via the Honestbee app on your phone and self-collect at the individual F&B stalls. Pick up your ice cream via this, er, hole in the wall. During our visit there was no one attending to that hole, so we had to go inside the booth to get our food.

Within the booth is an open-concept kitchen where the pancakes and ice cream are prepared. There are also seven tiny tables that can cram about three people each, but we say go for the more spacious, comfier 380-pax free seating scattered around Habitat instead.

While Riz Labo Kitchen’s flagship in Tokyo’s Omotesando neighbourhood offers an extensive list of pancake flavours, there are only four types of pancakes offered here, just like at the Wisma pop-up. The delish Original, Matcha and Berry pancakes can still be found here. Yay. But gone is the chocolate pancake flavour (which we had found mediocre anyway).

Poofy cloud soufflé pancakes served with vanilla Chantilly cream, maple syrup and fresh berries. We're told this is an "original creation from the chefs at Habitat by Honestbee". Unlike the gluten-free rice flour pancakes served at Riz Labo Kitchen's pop-up, these poofy pancakes are not gluten-free – it’s made with premium Takaragasa soft wheat flour. We had this when our pancake stack was already cold ‘cos we were distracted by a call, but it was still delicately soft, eggy and yummy. The pancakes prices here are about a dollar cheaper than the pop-up, but our pancakes also looked a bit smaller during our visit.

Original by Riz Labo
Gluten-free rice flour pancakes (the same ones you'd find at Riz Labo's pop-up), topped with vanilla cream, served with maple syrup on the side.

Plain rice flour pancakes dusted with Kyoto matcha powder, topped with cream and adzuki red bean paste and served with maple syrup on the side.

Plain rice flour pancakes topped with berry cream, whipped cream and fresh strawberries, served with berry sauce on the side.

A new offering only at this permanent Riz store. We are charmed by this Hokkaido milk soft serve ice cream’s cartoonish appearance (it’s similar to what you’d find at Brother Bird cafe at Bali Lane). The serving portion for the waffle cone is huge, and very jelak to finish by yourself after a full meal. While the soft serve is indulgently creamy and milky, it’s also unfortunately a tad icy. But the earl grey waffle cone is crispy with the intense fragrance of earl grey tea. Nice.

This pretty concoction is crammed with Hokkaido milk soft serve, matcha castella cake, gluten-free matcha cookies, fresh raspberries, jelly and stewed adzuki red beans. It’s topped with Kyoto matcha powder and Japanese sweet rice cracker balls.

Poofy by Riz Labo Kitchen is at Habitat by Honestbee, #01-01, 34 Boon Leat Terrace, S119866. Open daily 11am-10pm. Last orders at 9.30pm. http://habitat.honestbee.sg.