PocoLoco (Ang Mo Kio)

pocket-friendly. awesome food.

I was craving for foie gras the past few days, so I decided to check if there is any place near my neighbourhood where I can satisfy my palate. When I checked #burpple, #Pocoloco immediately popped up. So I searched the menu, see what they are offering and voila! I found my ❤❤❤ foiegras!
And I am surprised that the food is very cheap and comes in generous servings! My friends and I tried rhe crabmeat, aglio olio and Manzo pasta. We had calamari, salad and 2 servings of fegato d'oca as our appetizers. We also tried the steak with foie gras and blue cheese. All for $132 nett. Not bad for a stuffed and happy tummy😀

I ate this pasta with crab meat in pink sauce. Although the pasta is al Dente and the sauce is on point but the crab meat is like non existence la.

1) Burrata ($16)- known as the queen of Italian cheese for its creamy and soft texture, loved this appetizer, but wished Parma Ham was more generous.

2) Manzo ($13) beef pasta in sinfully fragrant truffle cream sauce

3) Pesto ($9)- simple is good!

4) Tiramisu ($6)- well executed cream cheese on espresso soaked ladyfingers.
There's actually pasta competition from nearby Pastamania just two doors down, but will come back for affordable food and cosy interiors!

You get authentic Pastas at $12 or less here.
Read about it > http://danielfooddiary.com/2017/07/06/pocolocoamk/

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Great food and service. It's a small cafe yet cozy. Love the food. The only thing I felt was, they should have served bread with soup (especially for the price of a small bowl) and the Mussels dish so that we dip the sauce.

Great food and service. It's a small cafe yet cozy. Love the food. The only thing I felt was, they should have served bread with soup (especially for the price of a small bowl) and the Mussels dish so that we dip the sauce.

Their menu is essentially a list full of chimology items I can't pronounce hmm.

Vongole Bianco ($12), an Italian classic pasta dish that's cooked with clams and white wine ! Reasonably priced items for almost all the items on the menu! What's best is that it's located in the Neighbourhood of Ang Mo Kio which is near us! We actually tried both of the items on the menu, one with just the clams and this one with the pasta. I would say the one with just the clams was better seasoned, flavourful compared to the one with the pasta which was lacklustre, even though the only difference was the pasta. However, I Don't think you can find a place with such decent food at a lower price !

perhaps with Murphy's law? 🤦🏻‍♀️Everything that could possibly go wrong, went wrong. Essentially seafood pasta in saffron sauce, supposedly a chef's recommendation according to their menu. Starchy, overcooked & underseasoned should be an understatement. What eventually turned me off was that the seafood (all prawns, clams & squid) tasted like they were either directly retrieved from badly frozen department or just poor supplier I wouldn't even.
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I don't know, the kitchen might not have the capacity to handle peak hours, so it could be a bad idea to continuously lay out more tables if quality can't meet expectations. The service was alright, they were nice so I actually feel guilty posting. Alright I mean, there're way too many good reviews & it's just weird I'm the only one (hope not?) writing this. Taste is subjective but I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
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Those who followed me long enough knows I only post poor reviews like once every few months (mostly due to bad service)? This just so happens to be one with food standard I can't ignore, especially when I hear that people are specially making trips down with high hopes 😢I'm not opposing anyone to head down to try, but perhaps try to go during off-peak hours?
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& Let's just hope it's a one off incident, after all it's one of the most atas & affordable options I can order to my place. & I do believe in second chances 🙆🏻

Half dozen oven baked snails, meaty and plump with a nice savoury flavour.

Served in a bright tomato gravy with cheese and garlic. Lovely.
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PocoLoco
408 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-779

Ordered the Fegato d'oca ($15), risotto with foie gras.. which was super awesome and can't have enough of it! Mister ordered the Ararabiata ($11), Prawn with spicy tomato sauce which turned out okay. Waited for quite awhile for our orders to arrive but all was worth it as the price was great & food turned out great!

Creamy burrata that has a nice stringy texture, though a tad softer than it should be.

Sharp salty parma ham and crunchy arugula pair off well against the juicy cherry tomatoes and drizzle of balsamic and olive oil. Nice.
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PocoLoco
408 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-779
Singapore 560408

Beef tenderloin with Gorgonzola sauce. Don't be put off by the blue cheese! Its pungency really lifted the whole dish as the steak was pretty plain. Strongly recommended to get if you are here! Priced at $20.

Wonderful lamb shank. Meat was fall off the bone and tender! The red wine sauce was quite disappointing, pretty mediocre and did nothing to the dish. However, for the portion, $22 nett is pretty good!

Al dente risotto was flavourful with a strong hint of Parmesan cheese. The goose liver is decent, smooth and pretty melt in the mouth. At $15 nett, there is no need to deliberate - just come and join the queue! #BurppleCheapNGood