Pepper Lunch (Jem)

Pepper Lunch @ JEM 01/12/19
So I'm pretty sure the majority of Singaporeans will be familiar with the Pepper Lunch they find at food courts, but that will be their Pepper Lunch Express. Their restaurant offers a wider variety of dishes including steak and pasta.

Add Egg & Cheese ($1.70)
Add 3 veg ($1.20) - King Oyster Mushroom, Broccoli, Bean Sprouts
This looked really appetising when I first got it. Even after mixing everything in, I could hardly wait for my first bite due to the bits of partially melted stringy cheese and creamy yolk coating the rice. However, upon taking my first bite, it was admittedly underwhelming as everything tasted bland. The only distinct burst of flavour I got was from my occassional bites of the oyster mushroom which was juicy and delicious. That being said, they do offer salt, black pepper and honey brown sauce at the side for those who may not like how healthy it tastes.
Overall, not satisfying but reasonable portion for the price and sufficiently filling.
Price: 8/10
Taste: 6/10
Overall: 7/10 (Great place for reasonably priced food)

More pictures at: https://www.instagram.com/p/B5hWxQnHEIO/?igshid=1kpgc3ytg99pa

Trio Seafood (S$16.20)
Served with cream of mushroom 🍄 soup and hot yuzu (S$0.60 topup)
Topup S$0.50 for mushroom
Topup S$2.80 for caramel soft serve.
#PepperLunchSG
#LetsSteakTogether

Tender and juicy beef cubes with beansprouts and an egg. Would love to have the option to upsize the portion of beef though. The consistency of the beef was fresh and tender.

New Zealand 🇳🇿 Angus Rib Eye (S$19.90)
Available at @pepperlunchsg in @jurongeastmall
Topup S$3.80 for a drink and side which selected ribena and salted caramel pudding.
Help yourself to condiments such as honey brown sauce, garlic soy sauce, pepper and salt, which I felt was not needed as the meat was quite flavoured.
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Pepper Lunch
Address 🏡 : 50 Jurong Gateway Road, # 04-10/11/12 JEM, Singapore 🇸🇬 608 549
Tel ☎️ : 6339 2039
Website 🌐 : http://www.pepperlunch.com.sg
MRT 🚇 : Jurong East (NS1/ EW24)

Comes with a soft drink

Loved that it came with the cheese alr caramelised and the risotto sauce served by the side so you get to enjoy your beef pepper rice+cheese first lol. Tbh the tomato sauce was actually really good, a bright balance of sweet and sour, however when you mix everything in, the parmesan tends to overpower the sweetness of the tomato sauce and you're left this with bitterness. So my advice would be to remove the parmesan since the rice is already cheesy enough without the parmesan. Mix everything fast, otherwise the beef would be overcooked and not tender anymore(made the same mistake over and over). Texture wise it's actually much closer to an actual risotto than I expected since the Japanese short grain rice has a nice chew to it but that being said it's still not the real thing so don't expect too much and you will be happy.

Funny how I always felt pepper lunch was overpriced and avoided it during my student days but had a sudden craving for it and now had it two weekends in a row :p

To an ice milo. Pretty good, not the usual diluted version. Would encourage you to top up the 60cents