Relish

April 26, 2008 | 12 Comments

A food blogger’s life is tough. On the glamorous part, we always travel around in search of good food.

“Wow, you all always get to eat good food at expensive places!”

Behind the scenes, not many people understand what the group of us (foodies) go through. When others are happily enjoying their meals, we labored on to take perfect shots of the delicacy for the sake of showing to our share-readers. Pictures after all tell a thousand words.

And thats just the beginning, thinking of the way to describe the food, how to phrase the sentence, what to write so as to make the review more reader-friendly and interesting. All these take times, and writing a review nowadays is not a laughing matter.

We have to be creative in our writing otherwise all our readers run away (who wants to read a boring review?). So foodies have to crack their brain (at least for me) and spending at least 3 hours on a review has become part and parcel of my life.

But don’t get me wrong, i was just ranting about our “tough life” because Relish was supposed to LIC first food outing. Tons of people were supposed to turn up, but for some reason or other almost all of them cannot make it last minute. For the sake of reviewing though, i bravely forged on and went to Relish with a friend.

Organizing a food outing is no easy feat. I learned a few lessons, never do it on weekends, and at ulu places like Bukit timah. Hopefully the next food outing in May will go out smoothly.

Burgers, when we think of them, fast food chains like MacDonald’s, Burger King, Mos Burger, Carl’s Jr instantly comes into mind. Understandably, the price range associates with fast food are naturally cheaper.

Relish is the sister restaurant of the more popular-known Wild Rocket @ Mount Emily is a casual chic joint dedicated to burgers. Putting it in a simpler term, Gourmet Burger Restaurant.

Now the question is, how do we define a Gourmet Burger? Other than the prices are at a hefty $17-$19 range, Relish also provides special creations like the BBQ charsiew soft-bone pork open foccacia burger, a garam masala lamb and mint hummus pita burger and even a portebello to-fu burger with eggplant salsa.

Seafood Burger with lemon mayo ($19)

The Seafood burger comprises of crab, fish, prawn, squid, and toppled with generous serving of the lemon mayo and veggies. Every burger at Relish is accompanied with fries.

Colossal is the word to describe the seafood patty! We were quite astonished when the staff served us the burger, and the surprise soon turns to excitement as we figure out whats the best way to consume the burger. Should we ignore everything and just pick up the whole burger and bite, or should we take the fork and knife to cut? Well in the end we took the first massive bite, after that we came to a decision that using the knife is a better option.

This burger is for all the seafood lovers out there. The lemon mayo is the key here. It combined well with the seafood patty, & added an refreshing taste to the patty. The burger was really huge and it took quite an appetite to finish the whole thing.

One special thing to note about Relish, they actually came up with gourmet beers to go along with the gourmet burgers, interesting idea right? For the seafood burger, it’s best with Titje (Belgian beer)

Curry Chicken Burger ($17)

Chicken Pattie dished up with curry mayo, caramelized onions and curry leaves. The curry mayonnaise mix was nice, with the inclusion of the curry leaves further enhancing the “curry flavor”.

However, the chicken pattie was a tad too dry for our liking. The curry mayonnaise sauce in a regular burger would have been enough “wetness” as mayonnaise is a main ingredient for making a burger not too dry. But because the pattie was a chicken and not beef, it tends to dry out due to the longer cooking time required.

We lamented the fact that the chicken mayo was not enough, and the Curry Chicken burger was overall too dry to finish. Anyway, the burger is best served with Australian Rogers beer.

LIC discussed the definition of good fries with my friend. To us, good fries mean that it should have a salty start in the first bite, but it should not be too salty to the extent that you can’t taste the slightly sweet finish of the potato. A bit buttery flavor of the fries will also be good. But unfortunately, the fries at Relish are also too dry and lack the “buttery” taste.

Total Bill for 2 was $42.37. Relish is a interesting concept, by far there isn’t any restaurant that delicates to serving gourmet burgers. Kudos to lawyer-turn-chef Willin who came up with Relish!

However LIC still find the price of a gourmet burger slightly on the high side. If the price will drop a little, or there is some other promotions, you will surely see the other burgers surfacing at LIC. Perhaps we didn’t order their signatures like the wild rocket burger, and other interesting ones like the BBQ char siew burger, Ram-lee burger. My friend doesn’t eat beef (most of the inclusion), lamb and pork. This left us with limited options.

If you are the type that doesn’t conclude burger as a under $10 dish, then Relish could just be the place for you. Do remember to make a reservation before you go, when we went there at 1pm on a Sunday, it was packed to the crowd. By the way, do try the wildrocket signature cheesecake, we didn’t had any because we went to Melvados (just opposite) for our brownie dessert. But their cheesecakes are really awesome, i had it the last time i went to Wild Rocket

Relish
501 Bukit Timah Road
#02-01 Cluny Court
Tel: 6763 1547

” Casual chic gourmet burger joint “

Category: # Restaurant Review, * West Singapore, Dining Guide Singapore, Food Photography, Singapore Food Blog
Tags: # Western Food Singapore > # Western Restaurant Singapore > + Bukit Timah Food > + Restaurant in Bukit Timah > Best Burger Singapore > Best Singapore Food > Burger place in Singapore > Good Burger in Singapore > Singapore Food Blog > Singapore Food Photographer > Singapore Food Photography

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12 Responses to “Relish”

Christine
April 26th, 2008 @ 2:39 pm

TOTALLY agree with the chicken patty being too dry! I suspect they make the patties in a food processer, instead of by hand? Regardless, Relish is one of my favourite places, not least because it’s just around the corner from where I live and because of the beer! My favourites are the Black Pepper Crab (awesome black pepper crabby sauce ie the sauce has bits of crab in it) and the Ram-lee (juicy, ultra-flavourful, with a porky tenderness). And the cheesecake…porn on a spoon!
shan
April 26th, 2008 @ 8:19 pm

hihi, i’ve linked u. do link me back.
thanks!
keropokman
April 26th, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

not too far away from this place there’s a nice burger place and easier on the pocket too!

will post what i am talking about in a few days. hehe

keropokman’s last blog post..Beef Stew Noodles, Vietnamese Stall @ NUS Business Canteen
Kelvin (from SMB)
April 27th, 2008 @ 12:36 am

Hey Brad,

Sorry that I couldn’t make it! The burgers sound yummy and we do appreciate your hard work eating the scrumptious food
ladyironchef
April 27th, 2008 @ 12:43 am

Hello Christine: Yeah, my friend couldn’t finish the burger cos it was too dry. I highly doubt the patty is made by hand. but thats hard to say since we didn’t clarify with the chef. I love their cheesecakes!

Hello shan: i linked you, thanks!

Hello keropokman: i awaits your review then, let me know when its up. Nice meeting you tonight : )

Hello kelvin: thanks! your words really encourages me! No problem, will let you know abt the next one, hope to see you then!
yx
April 27th, 2008 @ 4:11 pm

how to go there?? i wanna visit~~
ladyironchef
April 27th, 2008 @ 8:15 pm

Hello yx: very near what? from bukit batok take 174. u know where is coronation plaza? opp there only
Cravings
April 28th, 2008 @ 4:00 pm

hmm parts of this post sound familiar… ^^
lynn
May 3rd, 2008 @ 7:42 pm

hello ladyironchef:)
i linked here from my sitemeter referral and was surprised to see my site link here!
dont get me wrong, im flattered to have my link here but i was just surprised because i dont think i know you.. right? haha.
anyways i first came to know about your site when i was searching for a place to go and read your review on sweetindulgence!
anws, keep up the great work here! and for the record, im not a burger fan but i frequent relish coz its the bf’s fav burger joint! but their strawberry cheesecake is absolutely to-die-for!
Camemberu
May 4th, 2008 @ 7:54 pm

Check out Smok’inn Frogz Kitchen next time for a better burger! One that won’t dent the wallet too much! lol

http://www.camemberu.com/2008/05/smokinn-frogz-kitchen-and-bar-bar-black.html

http://southernoise-gluttony.blogspot.com/2008/05/bar-bar-black-sheepsmokinn-frogz.html

http://singapuradailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/05/burgers-fish-chips-pasta-smok-inn-frogz.html

Camemberu’s last blog post..Red bean pancake from Sim Lim Square
Fun Hideout
May 6th, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

I totally agree with you, about the pain of a food blogger! Almost very meal that I have, photo is a must. Not to forget, you have to try a few times to get the perfect shot. I almost feel apologetic to friends who dine with me.. keke

Anyway, I just wanna say that you have great pictures, descriptive reviews and ease of navigation in your site. So thumb up! ^^

P.S Btw, what camera are you using? Coz I’m looking for a better one. My canon dun seems to work well when the lightning is bad… =(
ladyironchef
May 7th, 2008 @ 1:50 am

Hello lynn: thanks for reading my blog, i like to link people who read my blogs! hehe! Sorry to hear that sweet indulgence didn’t turn out that well for you.

Wow, how many times did u went relish already? Yeah, totally agree their cheesecakes are really good

Hello Fun Hideout: Yep, must take nice nice photos! hahaha! same, always have to make my friends wait. I used to use Canon IXUS 60, old model, but i just changed my camera. Aha! i’ll have a new post delicated to my new cam : )

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