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Do check out http://www.umakemehungry.com/2014/07/omgrill.html for more reviewsOh My Grill has been opened recently in late March 2014 in Happy Hawkers. The one who is behind all those cooking is actually the winner of Singapore first ever reality cooking competition, Wokstars (2014).The menu showcase a variety of comfort western food with its available main courses and sides. The default main course comes with baside sides, fragrant buttered rice, garden salad and hand cut coleslaw. However if you would like to "upgrade" the sides to Premium sides as indicated in the menu, a top up fee is available at $0.50 per side.The conventional western menu was made interesting here with added items like Indonesian Chicken Chop, Japanese Chicken Chop and Pan Seared Salmon steak. Such combination marries the traditional flavors of western food with modern ones and I bet it will attract more of us as we learnt that having western is no longer that boring. Their kitchen was spacious and neat.The winner of Wokstars (2014) Ng Kheng Siang (KS) was present during my visit. He was friendly and approachable, likewise for his girlfriend Jia Ying.I find it rather cute for them to have their designation printed on their back of the polo tee with "Grilled Inspector" & "Grilled Scientist".Having ordered the original chicken chop for $5.50, I would say its definitely worth what one is paying for. The slab of chicken chop was grilled to perfection with charred lines on its crispy skin and its meat was fully pack of juice! Slurps!The butter rice came in a pyramid shape unlike the normal round shape from the bowl. Though the butter taste from the rice was not that distinctive, it was fluffy with raisins added among the yellow grains. The coleslaw was chilled and good enough while the garden salad was make up of cherry tomatoes, corn kernels and lettuce.I felt that the Japanese chicken chop was an "upgraded" version from the original chicken chop. The only slight differences was that the chicken chop had some mayonnaise squeezed on it with seaweed flakes sprinkled. For those who wishes to make a complete meal, they can top up $1.50 for the soup of the day.Overall, I find that the standards were slightly better than average. It seems like I'm being spoilt for choices in Happy Hawkers now for they have so many good food around.
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OMGrill should not be too unfamiliar to most who have watched Wok Stars. Owned by Ng Kheng Siang, he propelled to fame by winning the show, which was Singapore’s first reality cooking competition. The stall was the result of his win, which has his lease being paid for for a year.Soup of the day was Mushroom Soup ($1.50), which was made in house. Not the creamy sort, it was filled with chunks of mushrooms and was very earthy. It also had a distinct flavour of vegetables to break that heavy earthiness.For a side, the Grilled Pineapples ($2.00) were canned pineapple rings with grill marks, it has a charred flavour with a bit of sweetness from the syrup. Not a flavour that some can appreciate, but probably a Hawaiian-grill inspired dish that is a great compliment to the fragrant buttered rice.Being a stall that does not serve pork or lard, much of the dishes revolve around chicken. The Original Chicken Chop ($5.90) can be ordered as a set meal that comes with fragrant buttered rice, garden salad and hand cut coleslaw. The rice was fragrant with a hint of butter and raisins but was slightly too dry for our liking, but we loved the coldness and freshness of the coleslaw and that refreshing combination of corn and cherry tomatoes for the garden salad. The Chicken Chop was juicy and fragrant with a taste of “wok hei”; definitely a unique local touch to a western dish.Pan-fried White Fish ($6.90) was quite a shocker, and not in a nice way. We found it disappointing that they use fillets that were similar to those used in Japanese stalls in food courts, which is known to be not exactly appealing. The saving grace was the garlic cream which was flavourful, but they could have drizzled more of it. One of the dishes to avoid here.The dessert range consists of crepes, both savoury and sweet. Banana Crepe with Coconut Ice-Cream ($4.00) was the dish that secured the Wok Stars win. This is a superbly sweet dish; caramalised bananas soaked in more caramel encased in a crepe. The coconut ice-cream was heavy on pandan flavour without being milky, which makes for a very gula melaka-like flavour for the dessert. Definitely a sort of dessert that’s not expected within a food court.For more photos and the full review, please visit: http://jiaksimipng.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/omgrill-blk-132-jurong-gateway-road/
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