Pollen

as we got on to the car, Bunny began driving towards gardens by the bay and i immediately guessed our dinner venue! Its Pollen! I have been keen to visit Pollen for the longest time after hearing many good reviews for different folks!

as we got to gardens, there was a buggy ride to bring us to the restaurant!

the interior of Pollen...

the funny thing is, for the longest time, i kept thinking that Pollen is a chinese restaurant. Despite having met Chef Angelo on another setting before. haha.. its today that i realised its a western place.

as we browsed through the menu, items were not as pricey as we perceived it to be.


for a start, we were offered a series of complimentary starters...

this was some squid ink chips i think...

this is some cheese thingy with curry powder. this was really nice! both bunny and i loved it!

this thing that looks like xiao long bao had parma ham in it! i like!

for appetisers, we ordered a roast potato thing (which the server described it to be like a porridge and a burrata cheese) but this came first...

initially we thought the two round things was the roast potato. It looked and quite tasted like one....

turned out it was a wrong order! this was their artichoke and i was truly surprised! The artichoke i knew was always the layers and layers but which part of the artichoke is this??

and the service was *thumbs up*! they offered to let us finish the item as it was a wrong order.

Our burrata with beet root...

the dish was so pretty, like flower petals. The burrito was a thin layer and had a citrusy taste. I think  actually prefer the good old one fist sized burrata served with tomato and olive oil. 

and our roast potato with egg that looks like porridge item arrived! It came with some mushroom soup-ish thingy.... 

the crispy strips are fried potato and with the egg broken...

It was good! Its like a very soupy mashed potato.

we were also served complimentary bread with their homemade butter....

the butter was good! soft and slightly salted, yum!

and our mains arrived! we ordered 3 mains! Salmon, pork loin and wagyu!

The server told us the salmon was his favourite when we ordered and asked for recommendations..... and I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY!!

the salmon was SO GOOD! i mean the salmon was not raw raw... it wasn't cooked cooked? it was very lightly seared and tore off easily. The round gel like balls were earl grey liquid, quite sweet like honey. 

there was a very yummy piece of soft shell crab that came along... it was so good!!

WE ARE SO COMING BACK HERE AGAIN. 

and ... AND THE PORK LOIN!!!!!

you know how for some meat, you just need to cut and u KNOW IT IS GOOD? THIS IS IT!!

the pork was SOOOOOO TENDER! SO SO SO SO TENDER and juicy. WE LOVED IT. WE WILL BE BACK REALLY SOON I BELIEVE FOR THIS! 

Bunny loved it. She said this is her favourite!

the wagyu... 

the wagyu was good but not as impressive compared to the salmon and pork. the salmon and pork just stole the limelight. They were da bomb! 

We also ordered the fried cauliflower as a side....

loved it too!

to end off the meal, we were served two marshmallows that they torched...

a nice sweet ending! 

and just when i thought that's it, there was a surprise little cake in the end...