The Lawn Grill & Salad Cafe

For full review and photos: http://gninethree.com/2013/04/29/meat-your-greens-the-lawn-grill-salad-cafe/

Fact is, it is not easy to eat clean, be healthy yet still feel satisfied and full. People tend to shun salads because they assume that it is 'rabbit food' and not meant as human food. Others on the end of the spectrum, drown their greens with copious amounts of high-fat creamy dressings and cheese, deluding themselves that all salads are healthy and wonder why despite having salads for lunch and dinner, they are still not losing weight.

Well, here at The Lawn Grill & Salad Cafe, you can expect to eat hearty portions of real food, that is full-bodied in flavor, without bursting your calorie count for the day. Owner Jonathan was inspired by salad bars back in California and brought the concept back home here to Singapore. It is all about fresh greens topped with premium grills accompanied by zesty flavorful dressings that are not caloric-laded. The best part? You get to customize your own salad, choosing up to 5 toppings and one of the many homemade dressings that The Lawn's kitchen has specially concocted for you, all for just $9.90!

All grills are prepared upon order and are still sizzling even as they reach your table.

Looking to add more lean meat and protein to your diet? Go for the chicken breast meat that is done three different ways- a subtly sweet Maple Chicken, the fragrant but slightly dry Chicken with Herb Infusion or the newly added Mojo Cheeken with a tinge of orange zest and Indian spices.

Feel like having fish instead? Try the amazing buttery melt-in-your-mouth Butter Dory or be adventurous with the Fresh Fruit Dory that has a citrus bite. Alternatively, for the vegetarians, fret not because you too have a choice between the char-grilled Asparagus & Eggplant or the plus-sized earthy Portobello Mushroom packed with umami flavor.

Premium cuts such as the Ben's Beef Rub and Aceto Balsamico Beef Cuts require an additional $2 but remain as one of The Lawn's top sellers simply because discerning customers appreciate a well prepared steak and are willing to pay for good quality.

We were very fortunate to be able to have a taste of most of their grills and my top pick goes to the Butter Dory that was so delicate and smooth. Loved how the rub of Italian Parsley, Kosher salt and butter brought out the natural sweetness of the John Dory and complimented the firm white flesh that simply melted in my mouth. I always have a soft spot for Portobello Mushrooms and naturally had high expectations, which The Lawn delivered in taste. Thick, 'meaty' and grilled to perfection, these babies will have any meat-loving carnivore on his knees, begging for more.

The stand-outs for the dressings were the creamy Red Island, a healthier but tastier version of the well-loved Thousand Island dressing, the Honeyball, for the sweet tooth in you and the Wasahonie, which packed a punch with a kick of Wasabi, tapered down by a blend of Mayo and Honey.

For the carb-lovers, have the Olive Rice instead of the salad for the exact same price!

There is no excuse not to eat healthy and still be satisfied here at The Lawn Grill & Salad Café. The huge crowds that we witnessed during lunch hour is testament that this place does serve up delicious tasting food in huge portions and at affordable prices that keep customers happy so they keep coming back for more.

2013-04-29

For full review and photos, please visit http://thumbsforfood.blogspot.sg/2013/03/invited-tasting-lawn-thumbsforfood.html

The idea for The Lawn actually came after a trip to California where they saw that salad-eating can be much more interesting than just having cold, processed meat over the salad. I have always agreed to the old saying that “What’s good for you is almost certainly not going to taste good”. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how savoury the food at The Lawn tasted. I would say The Lawn definitely has provided us with a more delicious alternative to healthy food.

You can fully customise your salad or rice by choosing the grill and dressings. Yes, the price is affordable for the nice ambience and healthy food you get!

It was really interesting dipping my salad into the different dressings. For a healthier option, I would suggest the Citrus flavour which was refreshing and light. However, my friend thought that it was a bit too sour for her. Other dressings which scored points with us were the Red Island and the Honeyball. There are so many options, so try it for yourself!

Well, this was my favourite dish of the day. The olive fried rice with Ben's beef ribs. There were two choices for beef; one was this and the other was the beef cuts. The staff explained to us that the beef cuts were on the sour side while this was more of spicy and savoury.

Overall, I feel that the food plus the ambience are worth returning back for. Even a non-salad lover like me fell for the salad! And for people who don't mind the calories, why not try the rice combination with the yummy grill?

Who says healthy alternatives have to be bland, unexciting and dull?
The Lawn aims to overthrow this misconception and here I present to you..

Meat your Greens at The Lawn! For a complete review on TheLawn, plus how I feel about the individual grills and salad dressings, visit :
http://chiamhuiy.blogspot.sg/2013/01/meat-your-greens-at-lawn-review.html!

Before I start off, I strongly suggest visiting TheLawn because be prepared to clear the misconception that salads are just vegetables. No, they come with grilled meat now. So, let's Meat your Greens at The Lawn.

New updates! With all the feebacks commenting that the POT size was too big and the BOWL size was too small, the owners of TheLawn decided to fuse two such sizes into a medium size instead, called The Lawn Box Size, and of course, at a lower prize than that of Pot's. No more pot or bowl size, bear that in mind. I got to try the Chicken breast with maple fusion, Buttered seared pacific dory and grilled prawns. My vote will definitely go to grilled prawns because the prawns can't get any fresher, if not you probably had to go catch it yourself, haha! But still, the dory fish was great as well because the combination of the charred butter and kosher salt gave me a very delicious taste sensation. Personally, I've always hated chicken breast because I find them very dry. But boy, I was so wrong! Chicken breast can also approximate to the tender and juicy chicken thighs, best is it was less oily, and this was exactly what TheLawn presented to me. Sizzling hot grilled chicken infused in maple sauce presented on top of your salad and toppings!
I had: Grapes, Baked mini potato, Walnut, Crushed peanut and Broccoli! I swear that this tasted better than the maple chicken. The key to the great taste, is none other than the charred butter with Italian parsley and Kosher salt, adding an additional taste sensation to the Dory fish. Fresh is what I can think of to describe this, because that's the most prominent characteristic of the grilled prawns. So fresh that it was so chewy! The house's unique herbs and juices used to marinate the prawns was also another plus factor that you'll never get to experience elsewhere. Consuming alone without any complements was good enough to achieve full satisfaction.

Upon deciding your grills, you get to choose 5 toppings (no longer 6 for pot size because they are now BOX size!). I would still think that 5 toppings is more than enough because the servings they gave was not stingy at all.

The Lawn also aims to provide you a better and extraordinary experience with your salad by giving you more than 20 choices of toppings - it's hard not to be spoilt for choice.

Few of my favourite toppings are: Wasahonie (wasabi), MeSoSpicy (taste a little like tomyum) and Beachy Peachy (sweet and sour, appetizing!) .I also ordered the Iced Caramel Latte @ $4.80! Overall, The Lawn provides you a greater and healthier alternatives to your daily food solutions like fast food, or plain old kopitiam. Something better than that? You probably have to go to bigger restaurants or cafes which cost you at least more than $15 a meal. Here at The Lawn, ordering has been made easy (A box of salad at $9.90) and I totally feel that the price is too good to be true! Must try it yourself one day!!

Hope you liked my review!

Hui Yan

SGD 10

Hidden at one corner of the building with inner seatings and an al fresco dining area, the lawn is a great place to have lunch with friends to chill out with great food and a relaxing environment. They serve salad and grilled meat together with a variety of toppings that you can choose from at their topping bar, including pasta, eggs, nuts- cashew, peanut and more vegetables! I chose grilled chicken infused with maple salad, together with boiled brocoli, pasta, cashew nuts and an egg, topping it off with spicy sauce (which you can choose too). It was a perfect combination of meat, vegetables and nuts that gave a crunch. I also loved the spicy sauce which had only a tinge of spicyness but flavoured the entire dish!

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Hidden at one corner of the building with inner seatings and an al fresco dining area, the lawn is a great place to have lunch with friends to chill out with great food and a relaxing environment. They serve salad and grilled meat together with a variety of toppings that you can choose from at their topping bar, including pasta, eggs, nuts- cashew, peanut and more vegetables! I chose grilled chicken infused with maple salad, together with boiled brocoli, pasta, cashew nuts and an egg, topping it off with spicy sauce (which you can choose too). It was a perfect combination of meat, vegetables and nuts that gave a crunch. I also loved the spicy sauce which had only a tinge of spicyness but flavoured the entire dish!

Meat your greens at The Lawn. The Lawn is a Grill & Salad Cafe launched in November 2011 at Biopolis, just a 5 minutes walk from Buona Vista MRT station.

Ordering at The Lawn is very simple. Go to the ORDER station and follow the 3 simple steps. Don't worry the friendly staff will guide you too. It is as simple as ABC.

1) Choose your servicing SIZE. (Pot or Bowl).
2) Choose your GRILL.(Classic or Premium)
3) Choose your Greens, Toppings and Dressings. (Classic or Premium)

For premium items, there will be additional charge of $1/$2.

Besides the indoor dining area, The Lawn has an alfresco area too. I preferred the alfresco area as I can enjoy the beauty of the surrounding greeneryI like the concept at The Lawn because eating salad is never boring again. I can have my choice of grills that satisfied the carnivore in me. The whole serving is as good as a full meal that guaranteed to leave you filling full and satisfied.

If you choose the Bowl servicing ($8.90+), it comes with a Grill and 4 toppings. For the grill, I went for the Char-grilled Prawns. Toppings wise I had pasta, broccoli, hard boiled egg and I couldn't remember the fourth item, probably it was tomato or baby potato. Last but not least I went for the red island dressing. I enjoyed the fresh and crunchy prawns which were not over cooked and had a tad of smokey flavour. The creammy and vibrant homemade Red Island dressing married the the whole dish together.

The Lawn has also just introduced a couple of new items in the menu. Now they have Duck and Pacific Dory! I got to sample their new Wasahonie dressing too! It had the Wasabi kick which is not too powering , smoothen with honey and mayo.

I have to warn you, the Pot serving ($10.90+) is huge! I tried having it alone once and I was so bloated after that. It comes with choice of 2 grills and 6 toppings. Anyway, I got to try the new menu and ordered the Grilled Salsa Duck and Buttered Seared Pacific Dory. I was quite surprised how flavourful and tender the duck meat was. It definitely won me over. The buttered seared pacific dory was as good too. The buttery flavour over the soft and moist fish with a hint of herby parsley flavour was simply heavenly.

Is the grill and salad really that good? Well, it definitely has a place in my heart and I actually went back for the third time within a month.