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Omakase
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The restaurant was closing with its last day of operation on 17 March 2018. Menu was limited to a single page of food and a single page of drinks. But I decided to take my chance and decided on omakase although chef owner was not around. There was no GST but there's 10% service charge in the bill.omakase (S$50+)4 course meal1st course : Crab meat burger with blueberry sauceIt looked kind of weird that only half serving of the burger was served. The bun was light and crusty. The crab meat was kin
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The restaurant was closing with its last day of operation on 17 March 2018. Menu was limited to a single page of food and a single page of drinks. But I decided to take my chance and decided on omakase although chef owner was not around. There was no GST but there's 10% service charge in the bill.

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1st course : Crab meat burger with blueberry sauce
It looked kind of weird that only half serving of the burger was served. The bun was light and crusty. The crab meat was kind of fishy but the sweet sauce kind of balance it. The dish was served with some greens by the side without any dressing and tasted quite bitter.
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2nd course : Burnt lobster topped with Mentaiko sauce accompanied with salt egg pasta
Looked great but the lobster meat was tug of war for me to remove from the shell. The pasta was slightly too dry than preferred.  
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3rd course : Smoked Sakura rib eye with Indonesian sambal accompanied with Filipino style pickles
Kind of unusual way to serve steak with spicy sauce and tangy pickles. Not bad but the spicy sauce was a bit too much for me.
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Dessert : Ladyfinger with Biscuit ice cream, topped with digestive biscuit, coca powder & rainbow salt
Seem quite dry to have the biscuit served topped with powder. Slightly better when topped with ice cream. Wish that the biscuit was soaked in coffee or some other liquid which would make it smoother down the throat. The ice cream was smooth and not too sweet. Could not figure out the flavour of the ice cream.
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Served with a glass of white wine.
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The Betterfield
2016-01-13 67 views
For more reviews visit www.umakemehungry.comWhen I first heard of the Betterfield, I kind of relate it to battlefield and was rather curious about the food they serve. Betterfield is hidden at a secluded area among the old HDB estates in Waterloo Street. I wouldn't know there is a cafe exist if I didn't walk into it.This less than a year old Cafe is founded by Shaun Gian who happened to serve us during our visit. Observing this young chap throughout our meal, I find that he is full of passion on
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When I first heard of the Betterfield, I kind of relate it to battlefield and was rather curious about the food they serve. Betterfield is hidden at a secluded area among the old HDB estates in Waterloo Street. I wouldn't know there is a cafe exist if I didn't walk into it.
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 This less than a year old Cafe is founded by Shaun Gian who happened to serve us during our visit. Observing this young chap throughout our meal, I find that he is full of passion on what he is doing, his service was friendly and he really took extra efforts to take care of his customers well by communicating with them. Not only that I also observed that he ensured that his customer would not over order the portion base on the number of pax.
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 Starter

These Sashimi grade Salmon was served in a familar plate that I had from Ikea which make me felt like home.With capers, gerkin, white sauce, tomato salsa, spinach topped onto the Tartare, it made a very good start in welcoming the upcoming dishes. The intermittent of the fragrance from its truffle oil had somehow seized my appetite, keeping me wanting for more on their appetizers.
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2 versions of spiced ribeye is ordered. As I'm someone who prefers to have medium-well done while the recommendation by Chef Shaun was medium rare, both of us ordered each type. If you are here in Betterfield, their beef is a must try as they use quality beef. For Cafe Week, the Hickory Spice Ribeye was marinated with cajun, and then smoked with hickory. It is served with secret spiced duck fat mousseline & mesclun salad.
Hickory Spiced Ribeye - Medium Rare
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 Comparing the Medium Well and Medium Rare doneness, my vote still goes to Medium Well for their meat is not that bloody which is easier to chew and tear apart.
Hickory Spiced Ribeye - Medium Well
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Going into the desserts, we thought that the local flavored would be interesting and had ordered the Ondeh Ondeh. Consisting of alternate layers of sponge cake and coconut with gula melaka, the cake sums up the traditional local snack we had here locally.
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 Chocolate Lava Cake was disappointing. Perhaps all we have to was to set our level of expectation lower if you are going to cut the cake. Be prepared that there will be no lava flowing out even though the cake was warmly heated up.
Chocolate Lava Cake
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 The additional appetizer we had ordered out of the Cafe Week menu, Pops Mentaiko Chicken was interestingly made with shredded charcoal bun over a pool of burnt mentaiko.
Pops Mentaiko Chicken
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 Prices are nett and if you are fond of beef and happen to visit The Betterfield, do try them out. Overall experience from The Betterfield was decent however we find that the ventilation in the cafe is not very good as we walk out of the restaurant bringing the smell on our clothing home.

Thanks Openrice for the winning voucher to Cafe Week in The Betterfield.
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Dinner
2016-01-07 38 views
The restaurant is located under a HDB block and opened by relatively young chef. He decide to open a restaurant after having difficulties in finding a restaurant selling reasonable priced steak. When the restaurant is first started, the dishes are priced $20 and below. Although prices has raised slightly since then, but still reasonable priced. There is no GST or service charge here.As the restaurant is having the Cafe Week promotion with 3 course dinner meal at $35, we decide to try it out. The
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The restaurant is located under a HDB block and opened by relatively young chef. He decide to open a restaurant after having difficulties in finding a restaurant selling reasonable priced steak. When the restaurant is first started, the dishes are priced $20 and below. Although prices has raised slightly since then, but still reasonable priced. There is no GST or service charge here.
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 As the restaurant is having the Cafe Week promotion with 3 course dinner meal at $35, we decide to try it out. The place is packed for a Sunday dinner period with mostly reservations.
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 Starter : Salmon Tartare
Sashimi grade salmon, capers, gerkin, white sauce, tomato salsa, spinach
I feel that the salmon itself is overpowered by the white sauce and gerkin that I could not taste the actual flavour of the fish. It smells quite good with the truffle oil around.
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 Main : Hickory Spiced Ribeye
Ribeye marinated with cajun, smoked with hickory, served with secret spiced duck fat mousseline & mesclun salad
The ribeye is served medium rare as recommeded by the chef. It looks not bad, but quite bloodly, forming a red colored pool under the mousseline. The ribeye is quite fatty and slightly difficult to slice through. The mousseline is heavily spiced and tastes quite peppery.
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 Pops Mentaiko Chicken ($15)
popcorn chicken, spinach, shredded charcoal bun, burnt mentaiko
A bit disappointed as both of us could not taste the popping roe in the mentaiko.
As for dessert, we have choice of cakes from the desert counter.
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 The Ondeh Ondeh Cake ($7.90/slice) is served with crushed biscuit and chocolate sauce, tastes crunchy and rich, although I would prefer it to be more moist.
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 Also have the Gluten Free Lava Cake ($7.90), served with chocolate sauce. Sadly the lava in it doesn't flow out despite warmed up. It tastes quite rich and chocolatey.
Overall I feel that the standard of the food has dropped a bit when compared to my previous visit. The ventilation of the dining room is very bad, as both of us could smell each other as if both are working in the kitchen. I hope something could be done about the air problem.
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Battlefield of food and novelty
2015-08-22 139 views
Well hidden under a block of estates and shops along the waterloo street sit The Betterfield, which is reputable for its affordable ribeye steak of quality. Stepping into an empty cafe during the dinner hour kept me puzzled, “why is there no crowd” despite all the raving reviews. But the thoughts were slowly demised after the food was served and the crowd begun to stroll in at the later hours. Decorations and furnishing wise was kept simple and clean, except for an eye-catching artwork plastered
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 Well hidden under a block of estates and shops along the waterloo street sit The Betterfield, which is reputable for its affordable ribeye steak of quality. Stepping into an empty cafe during the dinner hour kept me puzzled, “why is there no crowd” despite all the raving reviews. But the thoughts were slowly demised after the food was served and the crowd begun to stroll in at the later hours. Decorations and furnishing wise was kept simple and clean, except for an eye-catching artwork plastered onto the vast white walls of the cafe.
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 Menu was kept simple with a few popular cafe fares and others with some added novelties. Their mains ranges from $16-$20 and starters from $7-$15. One of the best things in the cafe is that, all the prices stated are nett!
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 The Ultimate Italian Black Truffle Fries ($7, medium) was dished out filling the air with aroma of truffle. In love with how crispy the shoestrings fries were on the outside, and how warm and soft the inside was. The fries were fried using truffle oil and tossed with truffle salt, allowing every stick of fries be filled with flavors and traces of truffle. Not only that, the accompanying dressing was truffle mustard which was more subtle and light in taste, but the truffle combo of this dish was really the ultimate, not too overpowering but yet you definitely won’t miss out the truffle taste lingering around the dish!
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 Prawn Aglio Olio ($18) falls a little oily with the noodles feeling a little dry but the taste was quite good to begin with. The dish will be perfect if it’s a little creamier with prawn head broth to intensify and seal off the flavor.
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 I had the Black Angus Ribeye Steak (200grams, $21) medium done. Luscious piece of steak with the meat in sheer red and blood oozing out right under the knife. Each piece of meat was nicely done with each bite so tender and juicy but the ends may get a little chewy. Instead of the usual pairing with brown sauce and pomme puree, it was paired with a mixture of black and white truffle mustard which went really well with the steak. Satisfying steak at affordable price.
What i like about The Betterfield, is their continuous creations of novelty dishes with quality ingredients yet at pocket friendly prices which will totally keeps your stomach curious and craving for more.

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Food Tasting
2015-05-18 63 views
Located under a rather old block of HDB flats, lies this tiny restaurant which is founded by a rather young Chef Shaun Gian (He is not yet mid twenties, yet already completed his National Service a few years back). He has worked in a few places such as Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park before opening this place. The place is known for its reasonably priced dishes $20 and below. The place has a look of a hipster cafe with the colorful mural on the wall.Mystery Drink ($6)(blue sugar rim on the gl
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 Located under a rather old block of HDB flats, lies this tiny restaurant which is founded by a rather young Chef Shaun Gian (He is not yet mid twenties, yet already completed his National Service a few years back). He has worked in a few places such as Ramada Singapore at Zhongshan Park before opening this place.
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 The place is known for its reasonably priced dishes $20 and below.
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 The place has a look of a hipster cafe with the colorful mural on the wall.
Mystery Drink
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 Mystery Drink ($6)
(blue sugar rim on the glass) with mixed juices, passion fruit and Blue Curaçao
The top half of the drink is green in color while the bottom half is yellow in color. It tastes quite fruity.
All Spark
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 All Spark ($6)
Blue Curaçao, peach and lime juice, soda, popping candy
It is a blueish looking drink, which tastes like soda.
Bear on the Ledge
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 Bear on the Ledge ($6)
Blue Curaçao, elderflower, ginger ale, cranberry juice, gummy bears
It is a cute looking drink with the top half in red color and bottom half in blue, topped with 2 gummy bears on the rind of the glass. It turns purplish when stirred and kind of reminds one of grape flavour.
Elder Sista
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 Elder Sista ($6)
raspberry nectar tea, elderflower
There is Elderflower in this drink which the drink is named after. It is bright in red color and gives one a feeling of cherry water.
Mystery Dish #1
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 Mystery Dish #1 - Duck fat potatoes with crispy duck, nacho cheese and truffle mayonnaise ($15)
Shredded duck, nacho cheese sauce, potato cubes fried in duck fat, topped with truffle mayonnaise
Although the shredded duck looks dry and crispy, it actually tastes moist inside. Together with the soft, shiny looking potato, cheesy nacho cheese sauce and truffle mayonnaise, the sinful dish just makes one cannot get enough of it. One even asks if she could lick the plate clean.
Ultimate Truffle Fries
$12
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 Ultimate Truffle Fries ($12)
golden fries, parsley, white truffle oil, black truffle paste, grade padano
It is served with truffle mayonnaise. The truffle oil smell is just a hint and not overwhelming.
Secret Thai Chili Chicken
$14.5
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 Secret Thai Chili Chicken ($14.50)
8 pieces chicken, symphony of spices, coriander, thai chili sauce
Although it is consists of deep fried chicken wings, the meat is tender and tear easily from the bones. It tastes juicy and flavourful, with the sauce made with 8 different ingredients.
Pulled Duck Burger
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 Pulled Duck Burger ($20)
pulled duck, charcoal bun, french fries, tangy sauce
Yummy burger but a bit difficult to eat with bare hands. Guess one needs to use the fork and knife provided.
The Black Angus Ribeye
$20
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 The Black Angus Ribeye ($20/ 200grams, $35/ 400grams, $50/ 600grams)
Chilled Australian beef, whole grain truffle mustard, maldon sea salt mesclun salad
Served medium rare
The steak is juicy and well cooked. It is a steal at such a price. The chef has came up with this dish as he has problems finding a reasonable priced steak while going on dates last time.
Mystery Dish #2
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 Mystery Dish #2 - Furikake, Prawn & Chorizo ($20)
It looks like a plate of laksa in dry version from far. But it is more like a plate of pasta influenced by Japanese, Spanish and Local style. It reminds one of Hokkien Mee in dry version. By the way it is not spicy although it looks like it.
Duck Confit
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 Duck Confit ($20)
confit duck, spinach berry compote, mushroom fricassee, roasted potato
Unlike the usual duck confit which is usually served with orange sauce, here it is served with a dark fruity berry sauce. The duck meat is fork tender and moist.
Symphony of Assorted Cakes
$35
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 For dessert, we have Symphony of Assorted Cakes aka The Birthday Platter
($35), served on a wooden board. Each slice of cake is priced $7.90. If you would like to have this platter, please call 3 days in advance to place order.
Key Lime Tart
$7.9
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 Key Lime Tart
Served with Raspberry sauce
Slightly tart in taste, it is balanced off by the sweet raspberry sauce.
Peanut Butter Chocolate
$7.9
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 Peanut Butter Chocolate
Although Chef Shaun is not a fan of peanut butter, but is his favourite cake.
It is not bad except that I feel the sponge cake is a bit too dry.
Chocolate Banana
$7.9
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 Chocolate Banana
Served with chocolate sauce
It is not bad except that I feel the sponge cake is a bit too dry. Although it looks like a huge chunk of cream in the middle of the cake, but it does not taste too creamy.
Dark Chocolate Tart
$7.9
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 Dark Chocolate Tart
This is the most chocolate among the 3 chocolate desserts. It is smooth and rich in taste.
Matcha Red Bean
$7.9
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 Matcha Red Bean
Served with Raspberry sauce
Similar to the other cakes, I feel that the sponge cake is a bit too dry. The matcha taste is not distinct. Although having it with raspberry sauce, gives it a better taste being more moist.
Salted Caramel Cheesecake
$7.9
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 Salted Caramel Cheesecake
Served with Sea Salt & Maple Syrup
The cheesecake alone is quite dense and strong in its cheesy taste. But pairing with a sprinkle of sea salt and a dash of maple syrup, the taste soften and turns quite smooth down the throat.
Tupelo Honey Fig Tea
$4
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 Tupelo Honey Fig Tea ($4/ cup)
The tea is light with a natural sweetness in taste. There is also other flavours of tea by Tea Forte such as Raspberry Nectar, English Breakfast and Orchid Vanilla.

Overall the dishes are great and well valued for money. Especially it is difficult to find such a reasonable priced steak these days. Just $20 for one. I’m looking forward to see what such a young chef can bring out in the future.
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Pulled Duck Burger Perks
2015-03-04 85 views
The Betterfield Cafe is 1-week old cafe that located within a walking distance from Bugis MRT station. The cafe's not easily noticeable as the storefront is currently facing the construction and it is not at the front entrance of the road. Thus, you might to search them within Waterloo Centre.The staff recommended Pulled Duck Burger S$20.00 and Secret Thai Chilli Chicken S$14.50 for our dinner. Pulled Duck Burger was served with charcoal bun, french fries and tangy sauce. The sauce is specially
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The Betterfield Cafe is 1-week old cafe that located within a walking distance from Bugis MRT station. The cafe's not easily noticeable as the storefront is currently facing the construction and it is not at the front entrance of the road. Thus, you might to search them within Waterloo Centre.
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 The staff recommended Pulled Duck Burger S$20.00 and Secret Thai Chilli Chicken S$14.50 for our dinner. Pulled Duck Burger was served with charcoal bun, french fries and tangy sauce. The sauce is specially made-in-house recipe by the chef to enhance the flavor of the pulled duck. The duck meat was moist and tender to enjoy.
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 Secret Thai Chilli Chicken served as ala-carte in the menu list. 8 pieces of chicken with symphony of spices, coriander and thai chilli sauce. Crispy skin tasted like KFC but the difference lies in their sauce.
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 The cafe also has all day breakfast menu. Some of the customers ordered egg benedicts for dinner. I also observed orders from other tables and duck confit is also one of the well-received dish here. So, if you are dropping by, you can have choices to give it a try. All prices are in nett price.
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