Saveur

After reading Wong Ah Yoke's review in the Sunday Times last week, the husband and I decided to check out Saveur to find out what the hype was all about. We knew that we had already missed the it's-too-good-so-don't-tell-anyone-about-it boat, so we were fully prepared to queue for a table. To our surprise, we got a table after about 10 mins after we arrived around 8.15pm.

I had a 35g serve of foie gras ($7.90). It was pretty nicely done - with a nice crust but still soft inside. I wasn't too sure about the lentils, and I think a slightly sweeter accompanying sauce might have gone better with the foie gras.

We tried both their pastas - this was a pasta with shrimp and lumpfish caviar ($6.90), which was decent but not fabulous.

I suppose I was thinking of Iggy's when I saw the pasta with pork and sakura ebi, but it really didn't taste like the Iggy's version. But for $3.90, no one can really complain. It was decent but not spectacular.
The place was packed - there wasn't a moment that there wasn't someone waiting for a table. But the queue moved fast, due to them serving food super quickly.

We shared 2 mains, and were most impressed with the beef bourguignon for $13.90. I was expecting something a little wetter, but this version was extremely well done - it was soft, tender, and very flavourful. It was a great cut of meat.

It came with a serve of pretty decent mashed potato.

The pork belly ($10.90) was pretty well done as well - the skin was crispy, and the meat very moist.

Side view of the pork belly cube

The crackling was the best part.

It was a good value-for-money meal, and while we wouldn't specially go back there, it's a place we would happily eat at if we were around the area.

Saveur

5 Purvis St

Tel: 63333121