The Tavern @ Tanglin Club

Wowzers, The Tavern has decent prime rib at less than half the price tag at Lawry's. What's more, the standards of the meat here were almost comparable. We're talking prices like they do at Hog's Breath. Unfortunately, this was located at Tanglin Club (5 Stevens Road) and one would probably never be able to visit unless you knew a member that would bring you in.

At 380g, their Gentleman's Cut at $38 was a decently sized prime rib. That was served with sides of carrot sticks, steamed Brussels sprouts, baked cauliflower with cheese, Yorkshire pudding and a baked potato with the works (if you need to know....butter, sour cream, spring onions and bacon bits). There's also the option for some strong English mustard if you wanted. No complains about the food at all but the Yorkshire pudding from Lawry's was fluffier. The medium rare doneness that I asked for here was more like medium but I'm going to be forgiving on this one.


The Lady's Cut at approximately 280g was similar to the Lawry's cut in weight. Came with similar sides as mentioned above, costed less than half of Lawry's charges and we got ourselves much better service.

What kinda floored us were the spreads which accompanied their breads. A small selection of sliced breads and crackers were available. If you're wondering from the picture above, they had beef fat, herb butter and pork lard. The lard was fragrant without being overpowering and creamy like kaya with bits of the fried stuff in them. Herb butter tasted of honey. This place would be good for returns just for the lard spreads and prime rib alone.