Tiong Bahru Bakery Diner Review: TBB Opens A New Restaurant That’s Led By A French Chef

His experience in France and Brazil is evident in his food, with loads of colours, textures, and techniques present in each dish. Food at Tiong Bahru Bakery Diner It might take some time to scrub through the extensive menu, as each dish comprises a variety of interesting elements.

Hot Chicken Salad & Caramelised Pumpkin ($20++) is a good example of this. While chicken salad is stock standard across plenty of cafe menus, the ones here are marinated overnight with a variety of Asian-inspired spices, sous vide for hours, seared in the pan, and then basted with brown butter.

It’s a refreshing respite from regular dried up chicken breast salad, and the diced pomelo that came with it gave quite a zesty kick as well. The bright verdant green soup is made from a variety of locally grown greens such as bok choy and chye sim, and is cooked in a mushroom broth and potato for a good bit of savour and body.

There’s a slight kiss of smokiness, and a whole lot of dark leafy vegetable flavours that make this quite an addictive soup to slurp up. While the soup and salad were impressive, it’s hard to say the same for the mains.

The accompanying broccolini was cooked well and had a beautiful sear to it. The menu also features several hearty dishes for meat lovers as well, and we got a chance to try the Pulled Pork Creamy Risoni Pasta ($22++) .

Similar to how risotto is prepared, risoni pasta is cooked with butter, broth, and cheese—enriching the pasta with an added touch of richness. While the risoni was executed well, I wouldn’t recommend this dish to others.

Portobello, Avocado & Hummus Black Sandwich ($19++) is a sandwich made for the camera, with a jet-black charcoal bread that’s filled with a variety of colourful elements such as hummus, avocado cream, and a whole chunk of roasted portobello mushroom. Similar to the other dishes, there’s a nice combination of flavours and textures that goes quite well with each other.

While the nutty house-made hummus was delicious, $19++ for a pretty vegetarian sandwich might be too excessive for regular diners. I preferred the Fluffy Brown Butter Pancake-Sweet ($21++) , which is masterfully fermented for 24 hours by Paul and his team.

Ambience at Tiong Bahru Bakery Diner Similar to the other Tiong Bahru Bakery outlets, this restaurant is beautifully decorated with matching colour tones. The restaurant’s convenient location at Funan as well makes it an ideal place for meetings, and I reckon that it’ll be quite a popular place for brunches and long weekday lunches. The pretty-looking food oozes out a clear identity of being healthy and wholesome, and there’s a growing number of people that are embracing this lifestyle.

Poke Bowls In Singapore: Healthy Food In Town Address: 107 North Bridge Road #04-22-25, Funan Mall, Singapore 179105 Opening hours: Daily 8am to 9pm Website Tiong Bahru Bakery Diner is not a halal-certified eatery Photos taken by Huang Xiao.