Bar Bites

The majoriy of dishes here are middling, not so these thick French fries topped with moreish pulled pork shoulder. There’s a fair tingle from hot sauce, but that’s counterpointed by a cool lemon-lime sour cream. Great drinking food.

Taste: 3.5/5

The flavours are right, and the housemade crust had the thin-ness and texture I like in a pizza, but there could definitely be more mozarella on this bacon, egg and mushroom pie.

Thanks @burpple for the invite and @dstarbistro for the hospitality!

Taste: 3/5

Freshly fried to a crunchy crisp, each baton had meaty and well-sized pieces of fish within. Absolutely perfect paired with their undeniably value-for-money $45 Asahi beer towers.

Thanks @burpple for the invite and @dstarbistro for the hospitality!

Taste: 3.5/5

Kaki Fry is one of my favourite ways to eat oysters. The crispy golden crunch of the panko-breaded exterior giving way to a briny, creamy core with every bite is simply satisfying. The version here is not at all oily, and the oysters are fresh and plump.

Taste: 3.5/5

My favourite kind of cake is sausage cake, like these petite financiers speckled with bits of spicy Italian salami. Dreamily crumbly and buttery, each piece should be swabbed thoroughly through the accompanying chilli & corn butter for extra spice and creaminess. Pair with a dry cava to cut through the richness.

Taste: 3.5/5

Overpriced cheese toasties are dime a dozen. No Sleep Club's rendition is worth every penny. The new season truffle comes through strongly, but is never in competition with the cascades of oozy mild cheese dripping out of the toothsome grilled sourdough. It's the little touches that make all the difference, and here the finely diced chives and paper-thin pickles add acidity and pungency in the right doses to complement the sandwich. The tomato soup also deserves praise for its rich, roasty, well-rounded flavour. It's the perfect classic accompaniment to the toastie.

Taste: 3.5/5

Miso butter toasted muffins with lemongrass chicken sounded wonderful, but I couldn’t taste this potentially exciting flavour combination as everything was drowned under a thick blanket of cloying IPA base hollandaise. Even the crunch and acidity of a few stray pickled jalapenos couldn’t save this dish from being overly heavy-handed with the sauce. Fortunately the beers here are still stellar.

Taste: 2.5/5

Get these savoury, moreish bites into your belly. Cauliflower and cheddar falafels, served with a fiery “chicken rice chilli sauce”. Welcome to flavour town.
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Order at: https://bit.ly/meatandgreen

Taste: 3.5/5

What do you know about pita quarters? Next level off-menu manwiches, stuffed with meaty lamb strips coated in John Cena approved Lao Gan Ma chilli sauce. Big, bold flavours to go along with Meat & Green’s big, bold craft beers.

Taste: 3.5/5

Sometimes the simple things in life are best – a cold pint, and this garguantan double cheese burger come to mind. Stacked high with thicc beef patties oozing melted cheese, lashes of pickle mayo and bacon onion jam, all sandwiched between perfectly grilled and buttered fluffy buns, this is one burger that mandates a man date.

Thanks @burpple for the invite and @tacomantra for the hospitality!

Taste: 3.5/5

BEASTMODE ACTIVATED – apex pred-eators will love this manly platter heaving under mongo portions of ribeye steak, fried pork belly, chicken tikka, chicken wings, samosas, and poppadam chips. Of note is the pork belly, which was unctuous and laced with crunchy slivers of crackling. Tame the meat sweats with the accompanying yoghurt sauce and refreshing coleslaw, or a quick swig from one of Freehouse’s excellent craft beers.

Thanks @burpple for the invite and @tacomantra for the hospitality!

Taste: 3/5

Singapore’s status as a cosmopolitan city and its longstanding multiculturalism ensures it’s always been a hotbed for interesting fusion cuisine. Taco Mantra spices their tacos up with familiar Indian recipes such as Kerala Beef and Chicken Tikka. My favourite though is the Ma's Fish - lightly spiced yet flavourful chunks of tender dory with a bright salsa on top. The fillings are quite generous and hearty, so this is perfect for sharing with a buddy over beers.

Thanks @burpple for the invite and @tacomantra for the hospitality!

Taste: 3/5