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2013-02-28
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People visit Starbucks not just for their fab coffees and frapuccinos, but to chill out, use the free wifi or charge their HP batteries. Now there is another reason - tuck into the bistro style fare which makes for a satisfying meal. The Starbucks outlet at J Cube has the familiar cheerful buzz that we have come to associate with Starbucks cafes. The deep dish beef pie ($5.80) is an excellent choice for a quick meal - a short crust paatry bowl filled with hearty tangy minced beef bolognese filli
The deep dish beef pie ($5.80) is an excellent choice for a quick meal - a short crust paatry bowl filled with hearty tangy minced beef bolognese filling topped by a layer of cheese gratin. If you like spaghetti bolognese but don't fancy too much carbohydrates in the pasta, the beef pie from Starbucks is a worthy alternative.
The Barista Salad ($7.80) is chockful of wholesome goodness - fresh asparagus spears, premium mix of imported salad leaves, broccoli florets, halved cherry tomatoes, thin slices of crunchy red skinned baby radish, etc - with slices of roast chicken breast and their unique coffee-tinted balsamic dressing. The quality and freshness of the ingredients in the Barista's Salad gives salad specialists like Sumo Salad a good run for the money.
The Roast Chicken Wrap ($10.50) may seem expensive but it is a huge roll crammed tightly with roast chicken chunks, button mushrooms, assorted bell peppers and sliced cherry tomatoes all bound together by melted mozarrella cheese. It comes with a thick & creamy garlic mushroom sauce. The wrap is double the size of the savoury crepes served at Out of the Pan Restaurant at Raffles City. Starbucks wrap is more than sufficient as a meal for two adults with small appetites, leaving hardly any room even for a tall-sized iced americano.
The Meat Lovers Wrap ($10.50) is another humongous roll packed tightly with generous slices of premium roast beef, honey baked ham, chicken, cheese and - get this - half a hard boiled egg! Wonder how they manage to cram so much staff into the wrap which was tinted a pale green colour with pureed spinach juice. The smokey tangy BBQ dip served on the side complements the meaty one dish meal perfectly. Two thumbs up.
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