Montana (Closed)

Item: Montana
Rating: 4
Author: cptslowyeo

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Dhoby Ghaut

$21 - $30

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Montana Brew Bar known for it's Southern Chicken Waffle, Red Velvet waffles and Green Tea Waffles has now moved to the second floor, with a completely revamped menu and concept.Montana Singapore serves pasta, savoury and sweet waffles as well as coffee and beer.South Bronx located on the ground floor, serves up American comfort classic style burgers.Right above South Bronx is Fabulous Dough which serves up sweet donuts. Upon closer inspection of their menu, you will notice interesting items neve

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Montana Brew Bar known for it's Southern Chicken Waffle, Red Velvet waffles and Green Tea Waffles has now moved to the second floor, with a completely revamped menu and concept.

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Montana Singapore serves pasta, savoury and sweet waffles as well as coffee and beer.

South Bronx located on the ground floor, serves up American comfort classic style burgers.

Right above South Bronx is Fabulous Dough which serves up sweet donuts. Upon closer inspection of their menu, you will notice interesting items never seen before at other eateries, such as Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffle, Assam Crab Waffle, Bulgogi Beef Waffle and more! The menu has enough reasons to explain that Montana seeks to seriously stand out!

It's a 3 in 1 F&B outlet that serves sweet and savoury and 15 over beers. A truly ingenius idea to capture a wide array of taste buds.Here's the cafe facing the escalators. Once you walk in, on your left you will see Fabulous Dough and down the stairs, you will arrive at South Bronx.

1. Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffle $12

Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffle

One of their first savoury waffles that attracted me to Montana about 10 months ago. This is a waffle-ised jalapeno Mac and Cheese topped with white truffle oil that gives it that sharp truffle aroma. Together with the tomato relish and jalapeno cheese dip, this has brought this dish to the next level.

Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffle

I believe their recipe has differed from the last time I tried it as I was able to taste the mac and cheese more distinctly this time. It is no longer dry but rather you can also taste the cheese mixture inside the waffle. The sauce gave it a slight more sourish and salty oomph needed to bring out the flavour in the macaroni and cheese waffle.

2. Assam Crab Waffle $18 *Highly Recommended*

Probably my no.1 favourite waffle at Montana. Inspired by Kedah Laksa, this Assam spiced waffle is served with seasoned crab meat and pineapple cucumber laksa. The waffle itself isn't spicy at all, which one would've expected considering, this dish is inspired by Kedah Laksa. Nevertheless, this dish was still able to capture the essence of the laksa aroma and taste. The crab meat tasted freshly and were generously served!

3. Bulgogi Beef Waffle $16

This was a very interesting waffle, with a mix of Gochujang rice waffle with Sous Vide Bulgogi beef which was very tasty. Served with an orange sesame coleslaw, sous vide poached egg and spring onions. The poached egg was perfectly poached to place this dish as an "instagrammable" waffle. The waffle itself was slightly chewy due to the rice mixed into the batter.

4. Truffle Egg Fettuccine $16

Truffle Egg Fettuccine

Served with a sunny side up, the truffle taste was subtle, but the mushrooms gave it the right flavour. Not the most spectacular dish on their menu, but if you are a mushroom lover and craving for pasta, this can satisfy your needs!
5. Vodka Crab Penne $16

Another interesting dish on the menu was their Vodka Crab Penne. I love penne as it's one of the easiest pasta to eat, just spoon or fork each penne. No need for messy twirling of spaghetti noodles. They used sufficient cheese in the sauce to give each penne a strong cheese aroma.

I couldn't really taste any vodka or cheese, but this dish was to my liking.
6. Black Velvet Waffle $14

One waffle dish that has been flooding instagram is this black velvet waffle. It is a chocolate coated vanille ice cream scoop. Served on top of a black sesame waffle. You have a choice of big crunch (crispy) or fluffy. I choose the big crunchy as I like crispy waffles. But sadly, even though the ice cream didn't drench through the waffle, I still felt that the waffle could be crispier. The Jalapeno mac and cheese waffle was definitely crispier than this waffle.Black Velvet Waffle

TA-DA! Check out the vanilla ice cream beneath the chocolate coat. It's almost like a "Kinder Surprise" vanilla ice cream!

7. Mocha

Pumped up with a double shot, this mocha definitely kept me going though the night! You can easily taste the chocolate fused with the coffee in this drink.

8. Yuzu Infused Coconut Cold Brew $7.80

Yuzu Infused Coconut Cold Brew

A very interesting creation, is their yuzu infused coconut cold brew. The yuzu provided a very sour taste but together with the cold brew, you get a bitter aftertaste. Definitely a drink to give you a slight kick in the mid-day hot afternoon.

Yuzu Infused Coconut Cold Brew

I actually enjoyed this cold brew, despite not really being able to taste the coconut.
Montan also has a wide array of imported draft beers. So you can bring the boys out for a chill out session, along with sweet and savoury waffles for the ladies.

10. Gula Melaka Cold Brew $6.80 *Highly recommended*

Gula Melaka Cold Brew

Probably the greatest reason for me to return other tha ingenius waffle creations is this gula melaka cold brew. I love coffee but I like it even more with a familiar gula melaka taste! The coffee is bitter but gives you the energy kick you need. Along with a round spherical ice cube which I had fun twirling it around in the drink!

Gula Melaka Cold Brew

It was a very refreshing drink as it was chilled to the right temperature and I slowly sipped it up and was contented with ordering it!

11. Organic Lemon Lime & Bitters $6.50

Organic Lemon Lime & Bitters

Another chilled and refreshing drink that had a zesty lemon lime taste to it. Imported from New Zealand, this was my first time trying it and it is indeed bitter. Which was very surprising to me!

12. Red Velvet Waffles $12.50 *Highly recommended*

For all crispy waffle lovers out there, try this! A new rendition of Montana's signature red velvet waffle stack. The waffles are crispy and has a strong bandung aroma. Along with their new strawberry short cake ice cream which has biscuit crumbs embedded into the ice cream.

The ice cream itself wasn't too sweet and they were very generous with the ice cream scoops! The ice cream went well with the crispy red velvet waffles and I couldn't imagine a better waffle experience then this. This is a MUST TRY!

13. Seafood Paella Waffle $18

Seafood Paella Waffle

Another interesting creation is their seafood paella waffles. Topped with corn, prawns and chorizo sausage. The waffle is made with paella rice and served witha spicy sherry cream sauce!

Seafood Paella Waffle

The waffle itself unlike the bulgogi rice waffle is crispier. The sauce provided was creamy like a sweet mayo kind of sauce. The corn was over flowing and there wasn't much prawns or chorizo sausage. I felt that they definitely have the idea going on, but something else needs to be done. I really couldn't taste the paella rice in the waffle.

15. Pesto Chicken Penne $14 *Highly Recommended*

My favourite penne dish from Montana. They was so much shredded chicken in the pasta. It was very flavourul with the pesto sauce that wasn't too thick or diluted. It was perfect! The penne texture was on point too!

The portion was decently sized, definitely too big for myself, but great for a hungry person. I didn't feel gerlat at all, eating this huge bowl of penne. Unlike the Vodka crab penne which I had trouble tasting the vodka or crab. This pesto chicken penne guarantees you the flavour of pesto and chicken in every mouthful!

After 3 visits to Montana and trying 15 items, here's my verdict :

Montana has done a great job bringing so many different elements together, food, drinks, ambience and they are very open to feedback, which is probably the reason to their major shifts from their humble beginings.

(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)

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Date of Visit

2015-12-22

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