Bar Bites

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

Esh and Elijah, the couple tag team duo behind Indian-Mex concept Taco Mantra at Freehouse has got a winner on their hands with their Spiced Lamb Burger, which sees a juicy and tender patty infused with all the wonderful flavour of green chilli, cumin, garlic and onions. Perfect with a pint of craft beer during Freehouse’s happy hour till 7.

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

Taste: 3.5/5

I first tried Taco Mantra’s sambal eggs a year or two ago, and staying to true to chef Elijah’s family’s recipe, they were saucy, fiery and piquant. To my disappointment, the heat’s been toned down a notch following customer feedback, but there’s still a fair bit of punch from the black pepper coated fries. If only there were more of that tasty sambal to mop up with the fries.

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

Taste: 3/5

The Naanwich smartly minimises carbs and maximises flavour, with oodles of cheese oozing out from between a thin layer of grilled flatbread, lightly dusted with grated cheese. More space for Freehouse beer, I say.

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

Taste: 3/5

Not on any foodie or influencer's radar at all (but should be) is Meat And Green, a nondescript bar slash restaurant that's primarily a watering hole for the CBD crowd on weekdays, but I'll be damned, the food is good. The owner used to work as a chef in Dubai, and his unconventional take on healthy salads and wraps with a local twist can rival or even surpass the likes of more established players such as Daily Cut and Grain Traders.

Using ingredients and techniques more befitting of upmarket cafes, the dishes are both creative and delicious. A prime example would be this off-the-menu “bak chor”(minced pork) salad bowl which sees a generous amount of baby spinach, zucchini, broccoli, cherry tomato, quinoa and beetroot topped with mouth-watering cuts of sous vide pork loin and saucy minced pork laden with chilli, garlic and braised mushrooms. This, paired together with a herbaceous green chilli and parsley salsa verde doesn’t seem to make sense at first, but everything comes together beautifully once you taste it. Not to mention, you can get this in wrap form as well.

Taste: 3.5/5

I dare you to not get excited over the sight of these mild and creamy dollops of uni atop thin slices of crisp toast. The umami is strong in this one.
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Thanks @burpple for the invite and @lecoqsg for the hospitality!

Taste: 3.5/5

This dish of silky chilled noodles topped with sliced scallops and caviar would be the ideal light lunch on a hot afternoon. Perfumed with truffle but not overly so, I found it refreshing and flavourful.

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

Taste: 3.5/5

My favourite skewers of the night weren’t even amongst the multitude of yakitori on offer. Rather, it was the delectably smoky and sweet succulence of these tender pork skewers marinated in Thai spices and honey that won me over. In the back are off-menu satay skewers that in my opinion, deserve a permanent spot on the menu.
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Thanks @burpple for the invite and @lecoqsg for the hospitality!

Taste: 3.5/5