Orchard Road

by webby on Mar.14, 2010, under Blog, Food

Here’s another unexpected food discovery we recently had, Orchard Road… another Singaporean food stop next to our Makansutra in Manila Ocean Park. Orchard Road had its soft opening sometime on the last week of February 2010, so they still have these signs topped on their tables.

Orchard Road soft opening

Orchard Road and Makansutra have similarities like with their food, prices and interior shop design. But I can definitely say that Orchard Road is a lot better than Makansutra because (1) they have their own order style, (2) food tastes better, (3) they offer new dishes not available in Makansutra, (3) prices are more reasonable, (4) located in Mega Mall, very much accessible to anyone, (5) quick service, (6) friendly crew, and most important (7) taking pictures is allowed.

Here are some shots of Orchard Road’s entrance, open kitchen and pay counter.

Orchard Road in 2/f Bridgeway Mega Mall

Orchard Road Open Kitchen

Orchard Road Counter

Once you arrived, you will be given this order slip, you just have to select your desired foods and drinks then give it to the cashier when done. You will be given a number and have to wait for your order to be served. Waiting time was just fine; I can say that they are really effective even if they are still under training. Keep up the quick service, guys!

Orchard Road Menu and Order Form

So here we go again, seeing the menu with different types of food, we can’t easily decide on what to order and just ordered what we feel and think would be great for us… We were just 2 and our order was really too much for us and so we even had some take homes. Hehe.

Black Pepper Chicken Rice @ 145php

Black Pepper Chicken Rice, one of their most ordered dishes coming from the Mini Wok or Kuali set. It tasted really delicious and with good amount of serving.

Malaysian Nasi Goreng @ 135php

Here’s another dish, Malaysian Nasi Goreng, Malay fried rice topped with fried egg. There were a lot of ingredients included and chicken chunks were enough to complete the meal and make you really full. Rice can be good for 2 if you are like me…sometimes on a diet…Hehe.

Char Kway Teow @ 150php

We also had Char Kway Teow, my favorite stir-fry noodles, very tasty and we loved it!

Satay Chicken 4 sticks @ 110php

Another favorite food, Satay Chicken, Singapore’s barbecued style dish with peanut sauce. Flavor tasted strong and rich. Peanut sauce was a bit spicy.

Shrimp Dumplings 3 pcs @ 99php

We can’t eat without dimsum and so we ordered for their Shrimp Dumplings; tasted just the usual… Good!

Bandung @ 60php

As for our drinks, we had Bandung and Iced Teh Tarik. Bandung is a popular drink in Malaysia and Singapore made with milk and rose cordial, it’s like our own malamig drink, Gulaman. Teh Tarik is tea with condensed milk, you can have it hot or iced. Both drinks tasted good and reasonably priced.

Teh Tarik (Iced) @ 50php

Orchard Road is now my favorite food stop whenever I crave for Singaporean dishes. Everything is good – food, service, price and location. I hope they can maintain this positive look, good quality and service and not because they are just new in business.

Thanks Orchard Road for coming near us! By the way, Orchard Road is one popular road in Singapore that is known for the best shopping destination with all the popular malls and branded boutiques. While here in Manila, Orchard Road is a Singaporean food stop located inside Mega Mall and soon to have its next branch in Mall of Asia. Visit it now!

7 Comments for this entry

jp
March 22nd, 2010 on 8:33 pm
I must disagree that the food in orchard road is better. if you compare the oyster omelet from both, the one in makansutra it way better than its counterpart. the oysters were a lot bigger and fresh-tasting compared to the dry and minuscule pieces oyster, plus it was full of grits.

Laksa served in orchard road used sotanghon noodles instead of the round ones, used boiled eggs instead of salted eggs, and it didn’t taste like curry at all. it was very disappointing. Laksa in makansutra was a bit close to the ones served in singapore, but not quite.

Roti Prata in orchard was acceptable except for its very diluted curry dipping sauce. in makansutra, the prata was good and their sauce was in the paste form.

I guess the one dish i would order the next time would be the Singapore chicken rice, nothing else. The chicken was firm and juicy.

I would agree that Orchard Road can boast of their more organized system for payment. But i guess good lighting of the dining area is needed so that taking photos would be much easier.

jp
webby
March 22nd, 2010 on 11:07 pm
Thanks for your comments, JP! I guess I need to try Orchard Road’s oyster omelet, laksa and roti prata next time… Roti prata is also my favorite in Singapore!
Kaye
April 2nd, 2010 on 4:42 pm
Interesting post. If you’re really into Singaporean/Malaysian cuisine, try out the food at NASI LEMAK at Robinson’s Galleria beside Mexicali. Nothing compares to the delicious authenticity of the food ! If you think Orchard Road’s Char Kway Teow was great, theirs is even better.

Enjoy!
webby
April 3rd, 2010 on 5:44 pm
Thanks for your comment. I will definitely try that…
Maite
September 6th, 2010 on 4:45 pm
http://twitter.com/101hawkerfood

http://www.munchpunch.com/restaurants/branch/7208.aspx

101 Hawker Food House – Singaporean resto behind Mercury Drug (near Makati Med)
webby
September 6th, 2010 on 9:09 pm
Thanks, Maite!
rairaiken
October 21st, 2010 on 6:50 pm
hi! do you know if the Orchard Road in SM Mall of Asia was already opened? I’m craving for this hawker foods! Thanks! c”,)