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photos and more here: http://andmorefood.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/the-market-grill-tanjong-pagar/the food was delicious, the ambience cosy – I only wished the prices were a little less on the high side.let’s start with the obvious. obscure location, check; portlandish aspirations, check; old-school that never happened here, check. and yet, this place is endearing – the tables aren’t too cramped, there’s just the right amount of people for a pleasant hum in the air, and I have a soft spot for gre
the food was delicious, the ambience cosy – I only wished the prices were a little less on the high side.
let’s start with the obvious. obscure location, check; portlandish aspirations, check; old-school that never happened here, check. and yet, this place is endearing – the tables aren’t too cramped, there’s just the right amount of people for a pleasant hum in the air, and I have a soft spot for great design, even if it has vaunted provenance in a school of thought I don’t belong to.
to cut to the short of it – there are far too many reviews about this place – the food was fantastic. we had the lobster (of course we did), and while rather small – the flesh was sweet and succulent, dripping with delicious seafoody brine. but even better than the lobster, was the dreamy cut of bavette at medium-rare - it came pink and juicy and tender and beefy. and with silky caramelized onions, and a petite jug of complexly savoury gravy – this was truly silence-inspiring.
we finished with their rum banana pockets. this was the weakest dish – the pastry a little too thick and oily, though at least the bananas were satisfyingly soft.
we came (somewhat) for the lobster, but we’ll return for the beef. they have a real charcoal grill and the cooking truly is expert. and the place is gorgeous and intimate, pretensions aside. we had a surly indian waiter – not hipster cool but genuinely unpleasant – which marred the experience somewhat, but the other female waitresses were friendly and pleasan. come here for beef (I have hopes for their other grilled meats), then go elsewhere for dessert. but really,in all, well-deserving of the hype.
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