Ten+ - Singapore’s First Safari Theme Bistro [MEDIA INVITE]

Glamping is one of the activities that has been gaining traction in the past few years. It has elevated the humble camping experience, spicing it up with glamourous and luxurious features to the natural elements. Now you can partly experience glamping at Ten+, Singapore’s first safari theme bistro that simulates the ambience of dining during glamping.

Ten+ Entrance

Located in Sungei Tengah, Ten+ is surrounded by Singapore’s natural greenery, farms and nurseries. It is probably as close as to the middle of nowhere, which is a suitable setting for a glamping café. One part of the indoor seating area is furnished with knee-height foldable camping tables and foldable canvas camping chairs. This camping furniture is used in the three al-fresco seating tents. For those who prefer regular-height dining tables, this option is also available at the front and back of the indoor dining area.

Camping Furniture & Glamping Tent

Indoor Dining Area

Indoor Dining Area

We started the meal with Torched Aburi Prawn Pasta ($23). The plating made it look like the western version of prawn noodles. The al-dente fettuccine is sitting on the robust and umami prawn bisque. The prawns are fresh, and perfectly cooked with a lovely smoky flavour from the torching. In each bite of the pasta, you can taste the popping texture of the tobiko and seaweed. We polish this dish completely, except for the prawn shells.

Torched Aburi Prawn Pasta

Torched Aburi Prawn Pasta

Flame Grilled Angus Burger ($23). It is one of the best burgers I have tasted in a while. The patty is cooked to medium-rare, juicy and packs with nice beef flavour, while the brioche bun is nicely seared, light and with a touch of sweetness. The lettuce is perfectly placed at the bottom, preventing the juice from the tomato, gherkin and patty soak into the bottom of the bun. Topped that with bacon and cheese, it was a delicious burger.

Flame Grilled Angus Burger

The burger is served with addictive curly potato fries and garden salad with vinaigrette dressing making it a complete dish. Yummy!!

Flame Grilled Angus Burger

The Burger

LD & I also tried their bar bites. Moo Ping (4 sticks, $14) served with bonito flakes. We like the presentation and the moo ping has a caramelised exterior. However, we find the interior is too dry, like it was overcooked. The saltiness level is on the high side, suitable with beer but not for regular dining.

Moo Ping

Battered Fish Bites ($14). A lovely bar snack, perfectly fried. The mini flesh fish is coated with crispy batter, followed by moist fish meat. The tartar sauce compliments the fish bites nicely.

Battered Fish Bites

Crispy Kawa Ebi ($15). One of our favourite snacks in a Japanese restaurants. Crisp, plump and loaded with intense prawn flavour. A few drizzles of lemon juice with enhance the flavour and balance the saltiness in this dish. The portion is very generous, and we were unable to finish the whole dish.

Crispy Kawa Ebi

If you love pork knuckle or came with a bigger group, I suggest you try their Crispy Pork Knuckle ($32). Most of the customers will order this and it looks super yummy. Unfortunately, it was only LD & I, we certainly won’t be able to finish this.

Crispy Pork Knuckle
*(We borrowed our neighbouring table order to take photo. Thank you “Neighbour”!).

For drinks, LD ordered Cocktail Lychee Pea ($15), which was refreshing and very generous with the alcohol. I ordered Smoked Oak Mocha ($7). Nice mocha, with a hit of smokiness at the end.

Cocktail Lychee Pea

Smoke Oak Mocha

CBK Verdict: It can be a bit challenging going to the café for a non-driver. However, once arrived, you will be rewarded with a great safari dining experience. While the menu is on a smaller scale, the team made sure that each item on the menu is delicious. We will return if we are around the area. Cheers!!

Ten+ Bar Area

Thank you very much Protegie and Ten+ Team for the invitation.

Food & Drink: 7.75/10

Value: 7.5/10

Service: N/A (Tasting Invitation)

Ambiance: 8/10

Budget per Person: $11 - $25

Ten+

65 Sungei Tengah Road

Singapore 699000

T: +65 8656 8685 (No reservations currently)

W: https://www.tenplus.sg/

F: https://www.facebook.com/tenplus.sg

IG: @Tenplus.sg

OH:

Wed – Mon: 11.00 – 15.00; 17.00 – 23.00

(LO kitchen 21.00, drinks 22.15)

Closed on Tuesday

The Three Peacocks – Meat & Live Station Buffet [MEDIA INVITE]

The Three Peacocks (‘TTP’) are known to be a place to go for a great outdoor BBQ experience. They offer an extensive range of meat and seafood for BBQ and they are packed every day.

The Three Peacocks

Recently, TTP has launched Meat & Live Station Buffet, priced at $45++ for Monday to Friday. We last visited TTP a few years back, before Covid landed. When we visited them again this time around, we can see that TTP has expanded their offerings to include a few live stations and cooked food as well. They are becoming a full fledge buffet restaurant plus outdoor charcoal BBQ as well.

Meat & Live Stations Buffet

Back to the Meat BBQ, we started with the beef first. We have Bone In Short Rib Korean Cut, Angus Beef Boneless Short Rib, Wagyu Oyster Blade and Angus Beef Shortplate. We find the quality of the meat is good, almost Korean BBQ standard. The bone-in short rib is juicy with a good chewiness in it, but I like the boneless short ribs better as I do not have to get my hands dirty.

Part of The Beef Selections

Part of The Beef Selections

For the pork, we tried the Thick Cut Pork Belly, Black Pork Belly, Black Pork Collar, Pork Jowl and Pork Loin. We like both versions of the pork belly, as we grill them to the point of crispiness. The pork jowl has a nice fat-to-meat ratio; however, we find it too gamy for our liking.

Part of The Pork Selections

Part of The Pork Selections

Since the meat is not marinated, it is best to dip the cooked meat in different sauces provided to create the taste that you like.

Chilli Padi & Garlic, Chinchalok and Peacock Special Sauce

Salt, Korean BBQ and Yuzu & Ponzu

The skewers were highly recommended, so we grilled the Beef Skewers, Chicken Skewers, Marinated Mid Wing, Chicken Gizzard and Mutton Skewers. They are also known as Chuan Chuan in China. The beef, chicken and mutton skewers are good and you can add cumin powder seasoning to the skewers as well. I really like the gizzard as it was crisp and crunchy as well.

The Chuan Chuan

In between the meals I went to check out the live stations. The first live station that you will see when walking into TTP is the deep-fried and teppanyaki station. Here you can get a range of deep-fried food such as chicken karaage, fries, wedges, gyoza, calamari rings, nuggets and a lot more. The items will be rotated regularly.

Live Station Teppanyaki & Deep Fried

On that day, the teppanyaki station is busy with salmon, calamari rings and or-luak. On other occasions, they even do beef cubes, almost like the beef cubes popular in Taiwan street food. I get to try TTD version of or-luak which was very tasty, although it is lacking some crisp.

Or-luak

The next live station served pizza, pasta and burger. You won’t miss it as the big red pizza oven is so eye-catching, it should be a centrepiece. The pizza is baked on the spot, though I won’t say it is fantastic, it is decent. The slider (mini beef burger) is very good actually. Filled with juicy mini patty and pack with delicious sauce as well. On that day, they also serve carbonara, rojak and tacos.

Live Station Pizza, Pasta & Burger

Pizzas

Sliders / Mini Beef Burger

Since TTD is evolving to a full buffet lineup, they have beefed up the cooked ready food section as well. The cold food section includes a salad bar, cold cuts, sushi and soba. You can get the lettuce wrap from the salad bar and if you want something healthy, we find the apple salad is good to help balance the heavy meat BBQ.

The cooked food sections contain Soup, Garlic Bread, Fried Rice, Stir-fry Vegetables, Mac & Cheese, Baked Ratatouille, Potato Wedges, Corn with Cheese and Mala Xiang Guo. The Mala Xiang Guo seems to be popular with the guests, as the queue always peaked at the Mala Xiang Guo.

Fried Rice & Stir-Fry Vegetables

Mac & Cheese and Potato Wedges

Spicy Chicken and Baked Ratatouille

Mala Xiang Guo

To complete the meal, drinks and ice cream are free flow. Drinks provided are more of a healthier choice, such as fruit punch, blackcurrant juice, orange juice and sky juice (water). There is no coke, coke zero or sprite. The chocolate and tropicana (corn and coconut) ice cream are great.

Drinks

Ice Cream

Overall, we find the offering at The Three Peacocks to be extensive. We find it impossible to try all the dishes and even go for a second round. For $45++ you will surely get your fill. If you still like your seafood, you can also continue with your all Seafood and Meat Buffet. Cheers!!

Meat & Live Station Buffet

When: Monday to Friday

Where: The Three Peacocks

Price: $45++

Food & Drink: 6.75/10

Value: 7.25/10

Service: N/A (Tasting Invitation)

Ambiance: 6.5/10

Budget per Person: $51 - $80

The Three Peacocks @Labrador Park

8 Port Road

Labrador Park

Singapore 117540

T: +65 8333 2781

F: https://www.facebook.com/thethreepeacocks/

IG: @Thethreepeacocks

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Mon – Thu: 17.45 – 23.00

Fri – Sun: 17.00 – 23.00

Burgercraft – Artisan Burgers [MEDIA DROP]

Calling all burger lovers, Burgercraft is open for business. Created with handcrafted precision and painstakingly years-long experiment by Chef Bruce (from Meat N’ Chill) and following the success of ‘Prototype Burger 1’, the newest line-up of artisan burgers is here.

Burgercraft's Menu
Image Credit: Burgercraft

The master ingredient of the burger is the 160g flame-grilled patty, made from Japanese A5 Tochigi Wagyu Steak and dry-aged Australian Angus Beef blend. With only 3,500 Tochigi Wagyu cattle certified in Japan to be of top quality each year, this Wagyu beef is definitely the chosen one.

LD and I were fortunate enough to receive the Media Drop from Burgercraft, consisting Good O’ Classic, The Next ‘Big Thing’, For The Carnivores and the Smash Burger (double patties).

Good O’ Classic - Toasted Bun, Secret Wagyu-Angus Patty, Monterey Jack Cheese, Smoked Umami Mayo, Caramelised Onions, Pickles, Chef Bruce's Signature BBQ Sauce (10yrs in the making).

Good O' Classic

A superb all-round classic burger. The brioche burger bun is fluffy, the patties are cooked to the point of medium rare, juicy, chunky and bursting with “MOO MOO” flavours. I like the combination of raw onions and caramelised onions, while the smoked umami mayo and bbq sauce just bind the whole ingredients together.

Good O' Classic - Halved

The Next ‘Big Thing’ - Toasted Bun, Secret Wagyu-Angus Patty, Monterey Jack Cheese, Szechuan Mala Mayo, Raw Onions.

The Next 'Big Thing'

This innocent-looking burger sure packs the spicy punch. When I bit into it, I feel there is a spicy and lips numbing sensation after chewing on the patty. While I think it is spicy, those that extra spicy mala Xiang Guo will find the spiciness level on the ordinary side. Maybe Burgercraft can have different levels of mala spiciness for the mala lovers to choose from. Not my kind of burger.

The Next 'Big Thing' - Halved

For The Carnivores - Toasted Bun, Secret Wagyu-Angus Patty, Thick-Cut Bacon, Monterey Jack Cheese, Smoked Umami Mayo, Pickled Onion Jam, Steakhouse Seasoning.

For The Carnivores

My kind of burger. Two slices of juicy thick cut bacon stacked on top of the Burgercraft patty, it feels like a carnivore party with each bite. The smoked umami mayo enhanced the flavour of the patties, while the pickled onion jam adds a touch of sweetness and tanginess to reduce the “jelakness” in this burger. Yummy!!

For The Carnivores - Halved

Smash Burger (Double Patties) - Toasted Bun, Secret Wagyu-Angus Patty, American Cheddar Cheese, Iceberg Lettuce, Ketchup, Mustard, Mayonnaise.

Smashed Burger (Double Patties)

LD’s kind of burger! When we bite into this burger for the first time, the memories of McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder just popped up. The combination of ketchup, mustard and cheddar cheese on grilled patties tasted very nostalgic. Of course, the patties from Burgercraft are at a different level altogether. Thick, juicy and packs with delicious natural beef flavour, without the overgenerous seasoning. It is a burger in its purest form and it is just awesome. Two Thumbs Up!!

Smashed Burger (Double Patties) - Halved

Each order of Burgercraft’s burger comes with 2 sides. You can choose from Straight-Cut Fries, Mash Potatoes, Cornbread and Coleslaw. Our favourites are Mash Potatoes and Cornbread.

For The Carnivores with Corn Bread and Mashed Potatoes

Smashed Burger with Coleslaw and Fries

Burgercraft’s burgers are available only via delivery and takeaway. Rest assured, the folks at Burgercraft have mastered the delivery method. Except for Smash Burger, the burger bun and patty are packed separately. When you want to eat your burger, you can take out the patty from the aluminium foil wrap and place it between the buns. For all the burgers that we received, the patties are still warm and the doneness between medium-rare to medium point.

The Patty & The Bun - Separately Packed

Overall, it was a real treat chowing down the 4 different types of burgers from Burgercraft. Each has its characteristics and is delicious as well. My pick is For The Carnivore and the Smash Burger. If you are a burger lover, you must check out Burgercraft. Cheers!!

Thank you very much Protegie Consultancy and Burgercraft Team for the yummy burgers.

Food & Drink: 8/10

Value: 7.5/10

Service: N/A (Media Drop)

Ambiance: N/A (Media Drop)

Budget per Person: $11 - $25; $26 - $50

Burgercraft

805 Bukit Timah Road

#01-04, 6th Avenue Centre

Singapore 279883

T: +65 8812 4455

W: https://www.burgercraft.sg/

F: https://www.facebook.com/burgercraft.sg

IG: @Burgercraft.sg

OH:

Tue – Sun: 11.30 – 14.30; 17.00 – 21.00

Closed On Monday

Available via Delivery & Takeaway Only