Tanjong Pagar is located within the Central Business District and historical residential district. It is also home to many office towers, food centres, restaurants, cafes and bistro bars.
I started to love traveling around for lunch whenever I have the opportunity to dine out together with my friends or colleagues. I have compiled a list of restaurants and cafes that I have tried around the areas.
1. The Marmalade Pantry (Downtown)
Oasia Hotel Downtown is known for their nature inspired design around the hotel, I visited The Marmalade Pantry Downtown which share similar concept. With potted plants placed around the surrounding and canopy leave ceiling, the restaurant boasted a tropical garden vibe. Before the lush interior, The Marmalade Pantry serves a variety of modern-European meets Asian sensibility in swish, modern digs.
I had Seared Scallop & Prawn Linguine ($29++) which came with tiger prawns and Japanese scallop in prawn bisque sauce. The linguine was cooked al dente and was evenly coated with the prawn bisque sauce, it was savoury when paired with the tiger prawns and scallop.
A meal is not complete without dessert. We ended off with Sticky Date & Toffee Pudding ($16++) with toffee sauce, assorted berries and Udders’ French vanilla ice cream. The sticky date pudding was moist and enhanced with toffee aroma, I love the vanilla ice cream which which tasted different and better than the usual vanilla ice cream that I had.
The meal was even sweeter when there was 1 for 1 deal for main course and dessert. We definitely have to order both, allowing us to enjoy a good meal at wallet friendly price.
100 Peck Seah St, #01-01 Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore 079333
Operating hours: 11.30am to 10.30pm daily
2. Mouth Restaurant
Mouth Restaurant is the go to Cantonese restaurant for affordably-priced and innovative dim sum. It was almost full house when we were there for lunch. Do make a reservation before heading down to avoid disappointment.
We ordered a few dishes for sharing:
Baked Flaky Skin Egg Tart where the egg custard was encased in the flaky yet buttery skin.
Deep Fried Prawn Dumpling which gave a good crunch and revealed the juicy prawn meat.
Pan Fried Carrot Cake.
Xiao Long Bao which was filled with meaty ingredients and juicy broth.
Salted Egg Yolk Bun is a must order, it resembled Tim Ho Wan's Char Siew Bun with the crispy pastry skin which encased the delicious creamy salted egg yolk.
Ended off the lunch with a cold refreshing dessert, Pomelo Sago w Mango & Ice Cream.
38 Maxwell Rd, #01-01/02 Airview Building, Air View Building, Singapore 069116
Operating hours: 11:30am to 3pm and 6pm to 10pm from Mon to Fri, 10am to 4pm and 6pm to 10pm on Sat and Sun
3. Izgara
Izgara is a Mediterranean-Turkish Grill & Bar that is known for their kebabs that will wow our tastebuds with every bite. It is located behind MAS building and can be easily spotted by their signboard.
I started off with Turkish Tea by Glass ($3+) which comes in a cute little glass where the size was just nice for me.
We had Cheese Pide topped with Mozzarella, a thin crust cheesy pizza. The pizza was fragrant with cheesy aroma, chewy and buttery, but I recommend you to order one with meat so that it will enhance the overall taste and not so plain. The crust was also crispy at some edges and a cheese pull when I sliced.
The Chicken Kebap was my favourite among those I tried. The marinated cubed chicken grilled on skewer was flavourful and aromatic enough to hold it off, the meat was juicy and grilled to the point. It was so delicious when paired with butter rice.
We ended the lunch with some dessert. Künefe was a baked pastry filled with sweetness from the sugar syrup and cream. The sweet aroma lingered in my mouth after the bite. Sütlaç was Turkish rice and milk pudding, it was slightly bland compared to the Künefe.
2 Mistri Rd, #01-01, Singapore 079624
Operating hours: 11.30am to 3.30pm and 5pm to 10.30pm from Mon to Fri, 11.30am to 10.30pm on Sat and Sun
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