Small Potatoes Make The Steak Look Bigger

I've been hearing about La Braceria (70 Greenleaf Road, Ban Guan Park, S279356, tel:64655918) for some time now and it's been on my list of places to check out for while. Located in a very old shophouse block at Ban Guan Park on Greenleaf which is just off 6th Avenue, the location is can be considered to be secluded, if not remote. It also meant that being around that area felt like stepping into a capsule of another era. But that's for another day. Maybe. The food here's fairly straight forward with minimal frills. The options on menu is decent and definitely looks more appealing than the recent disappointment at Trattoria Lafiandra.

To start, I opted for the trippa alla Fiorentina which is essentially tripe in a light tomato broth with cheese. The tripe turned out to be pretty good. The taste of the meat was beefy, soft and slightly chewy. Having soaked up the tomato broth, each bite is somewhat "juicy". This turned out to be a rather pleasant warm starter of meat and broth.


There is this salsicci de maiale al finocchietto which is their famous home made pork sausages which I thought could be interesting. The sausages here are densely packed in their cases, served with a small side of salad and pan roasted potatoes. Hearty would definitely be the word for them and I thought there were not bad at all except for the use of fennel seeds which I guess are part of the seasoning. I don't really enjoy them normally as they remind me too much of licorice.


This molten chocolate cake turned out to be similar to the lava cake from Borgo. From the menu, I had expected the ubiquitous chocolate cake with a hot melting centre, but here's one where again, the server poured Grand Marnier into the cup and flamed the cake on serving. This one, is actually noticeably better than the one I had back at Borgo which didn't have a taste as rich of chocolate.