Trip Ko Lang

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!

Food and Dining

Food in Singapore

1. You can find any type of cuisine – Chinese, Indian, Malay, American, Swedish, Filipino, and etc.

2. Hawker food are the cheapest, a meal would normally cost S$2 to S$4 (P66 to P132)

3. Fast food is expensive, if you try to convert it in peso. One cheeseburger meal in Mcdo would cost $6 (P198).

4. In our stay, we loved Long John Silver, prices are reasonable and has good food – fried chicken, fish, shrimp, fries and chips.

5. Kopitiam is the term used for their food court. Most malls have Kopitiam, and food here are more decent and clean compared to Hawkers.

6. Take-Away is the term used for take-outs. Eat here for dine-in.

7. IKEA Cafeteria offers great and delicious Swedish food. We loved their meatballs.

8. You can find authentic Chinese food in ChinaTown. Only in Singapore, I tasted authentic Siopao and Siew Mai. (Super Sulit!)

9. Nasi Lemak, a malay food, a combination of egg, fried chicken, Malay “sausage” (not sure what it’s called), dried fish, rice and a bagoong like sauce that is really spicy. They have different combinations, better try them all. 

10. Ice Kachang is Singapore’s halo-halo. But it is more icey, colorful and full of different gulamans.

11. TCC The Coffee Connoisseur, best coffee shop to hang out with friends A bit pricey but worth it.

12. Satay chicken, pork, mutton with peanut sauce is also delicious. You can try these in Raffles station – Lau Pa Sat. We ordered these with rice, a sticky rice that doesn’t look like a rice, more like a puto. So embarrassing we asked 3 times, where’s our rice?