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2011-12-26
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Finally got a chance to have a meal at Arbite! It’s located at Serangoon Gardens, in a shop space above Guardian. Arbite is a play on the german word arbeit which refers to work. Fittingly, the restaurant’s motto is “work hard, live well” and I’m assuming living well refers to eating the European inspired food served here. The place is really small actually, don’t think the restaurant can take too many people (reservations a must!) but the interior is rather cozy, exuding a very IKEA kind of vib
The place is really small actually, don’t think the restaurant can take too many people (reservations a must!) but the interior is rather cozy, exuding a very IKEA kind of vibe- a combination of simple layout and wooden furniture. There is also a fascination with lego blocks in this place, with a play area stocked with lego. Little kids will be kept occupied here!
More details and photos here: http://eugeniegene.tumblr.com/post/14444369131/arbite-serangoon-gardens
Pappardelle with Mushrooms and Parma Ham ($19.90). Yet another pasta dish I cannot really pronounce, but this is really awesome. The tantalizing smell of hot cream sauce and slightly fried ham was the first thing that hit me when the dish was first served. It’s pasta served with button mushrooms, spinach, ham in cream sauce drizzled with truffle oil. Pappardelle according to wikipedia, is essentially a large, very broad fettuccine. The name is derived from the verb “pappare”, or to gobble up. This is one dish I want to gobble up and also maybe brush up on my Italiano.
And from Italy, we move over to a bavarian/austrian staple- Pork Schnitzel ($17.90). Reading the description already made me salivate- breaded pork loin served with mash potatoes, seasonal vegetables, blue cheese apple butter and gravy. Wah. This dish comes with two large generous portions of pork and would satisfy carnivores. I’m not too sure if the tangy blue cheese apple butter flavour went well with the breaded pork. Perhaps it is there to up the sinfulness of having this dish.
Dessert time! Gula Melaka Tiramisu ($5.50) This is really awesome! Who knew gula melaka would go so well with an italian dessert To be fair, the gula melaka taste was not overwhelming the cocoa and liquor but there was a subtle hint of the palm sugar taste.
My Wife’s Chocolate Cake ($8). Actually I’m not too sure what the big fuss about this dessert is about. Yes, it’s a nice chocolate cake served with movenpick vanilla ice cream. I guess it’s well balanced, not too overly sweet, jelerk kind of chocolate fudge cake.I would love to come back here for more home-made pasta and all-day breakfast sets =)
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