Everything With Fries

May 7, 2010 | 22 Comments

Everything With Fries Cheese burger

Everything With Fries Cheese Burger

I was joking on twitter that restaurants are coming up with all sorts of fanciful name to catch the attention of diners. We have Mad for Garlic (an Italian restaurant at Suntec that is obsessed with Garlic), Once Upon a Milkshake (the ice cream/milkshake parlour), and now Everything With Fries (but apparently not everything comes with fries).

Gimmicky names are fine since they help customers to remember and associate the restaurant’s brand identity. For example, if it’s just called ‘another Italian restaurant’, chances are no one will take notice of it. But you know, if it’s up to me, I’d totally call my cafe Death by Nutella!

Okay that aside, I have been to Everything with Fries’s original outlet at Joo Chiat before, but I only had their popular Nutella tart that time. Fast forward half a year later, now they have a new branch at Lorong Mambong, Holland Village.

Everything With Fries Lamb Burger

Top of their main course list on the menu is the Cheese Burger ($9.90). All mains at Everything With Fries are served with a choice of fries and a coleslaw or baby caesar. While this is not as confusing, nor as complicated (or comprehensive if you prefer to say it in a nicer manner) as Aston Specialties just a stone throw down the road, there was some problems when it comes to deciding the fries.

Given it’s call Everything With Fries, nobody expects it to have just one type of fries. There’s two types to choose from, shoestring and straight cut – and five different ‘flavors’: Original, Curry, Salt & Vinegar, Sour Cream and Onion, Garlic and herbs.

I’m just guessing here, but they probably got the inspiration from potato chips. Doesn’t Sour cream and onion reminds you of Lays potato chips? Anyway among the few of us, we preferred the Straight cut (thick fries) to the Shoestring (skinny fries).

Everything-with-fries-soup

The staff strongly recommended the One Egg Soup. It was pretty value for money granted that the soup was only $3.90. Taste wise, it was not too bad, with a deep fried egg in the middle of chicken broth. But personally, I’d rather order an additional dessert.

Pork-cutlet-sandwich

Among the main courses that we have tried, I like the Pork Cutlet Sandwich ($8.90). There’s something about a pork cutlet sandwich that makes it so nostalgic.

Grilled-ham-cheese-sandwich

If you do not want something so sinful, then go for the Grilled ham and cheese sandwich ($8.90). Lightly toasted bread with ham and cheese enveloped in between, accompanied by shoestring Sour cream and Onion fries, and coleslaw.

Mille Crepe Singapore

For desserts, we opted for the Mille Crepe ($5.90). On it’s own, the crepe was weak, bordering on bland. But when I dipped it in the chocolate sauce from the nutella tart, everything tasted so good! Maybe it’s the chocolate sauce then.

Nutella-tart

Mention Everything With Fries, chances are people will reply Nutella Tart ($4.90), which is one of their popular items on the menu. For five dollars, I am not complaining, but it will be perfect if it comes with a bigger scoop of ice cream.

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It’s a very simple formula: Decent food + Catchy marketing + Affordable prices. But most places just don’t get it. They either tried and failed completely, or missed out on one of the factors.

I am hoping that the folks at Awfully Chocolate who are the ones behind Everything With Fries (EWF), will not go down the cafe-chain route. It’s cool to have two to three branches so that we can visit Everything With Fries without having to go all the way to Katong, but I think it will be a mistake if they are going to open a dozen cafes all over Singapore.

Everything with Fries is affordable, serve pretty decent Western food and now that there’s a new branch at Holland V, I’m very sure they will have many new supporters in the West.

Restaurant Review
Everything With Fries
458 Joo Chiat Road
Tel: +65 6345 5034

40 Lorong Mambong
Holland Village
Tel: +65 6463 3741
(Closed on Monday)

Comments

22 Responses to “Everything With Fries”

ladysuki
May 7th, 2010 @ 10:20 am

I LOVE FRIES!!!!!!
DC
May 7th, 2010 @ 10:46 am

Time to ditch the Quarter Pounder.
Life for Beginners
May 7th, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

I miss the Mille Crepes I had in Tokyo… and that Nutella Tart looks superb!
Joyce
May 7th, 2010 @ 12:19 pm

I’m found of thick fries to (as compared to skinny ones). I think I’ll be heading to Lor Mambong soon to check out this place. Must go with a whole group of friends to try out all the “flavours”. I miss the salt and vinegar that I use to have in UK, really strong vinegar which I can’t find here, not even in packet potato chips…

Anyway, talking about Mille Feuille, check out the one at Patisserie Glace.
Mel
May 7th, 2010 @ 4:40 pm

Hello Brad, really enjoyed my visit to your site tonight. Feeling homesick, I googled “Singapore food blog” and up popped your site like a charm. Awesome!

First thing I did was to click “About” and that was my first surprise to see that it was not in fact a lady who owned this site!

Pics and all look delicious and the number of eateries in SG really is flabbergasting….. shall have to compile a list for my next visit there.

Anyway thanks for sharing, and just know that your blog adds so much colour to the web – and tonight it definitely makes me feel a tiny bit like I’m in SG again!
Shirin
May 8th, 2010 @ 4:11 am

The Nutella Tart looks beautiful!

I love the look of the grilled ham & cheese sandwich (out of all the food you blogged about)… I have no idea why though!

Sorry I haven’t commented in a long while, exams are taking their toll! Hope you’ve been well my dear! x
FFichiban
May 8th, 2010 @ 1:27 pm

Wow that nutella tart looks so very decadent! I also like the sound of that one egg soup
pammiez
May 8th, 2010 @ 8:39 pm

Their Nutella Milkshake is pretty good too =))
ladyironchef
May 8th, 2010 @ 11:15 pm

ladysuki: haha what type of fries?

dc: lol! is it good? I haven tried it yet

LFB: Stop tempting me with your Tokyo trip dude!

joyce: yea go with a group of friends so that you can order everything at one shot, and if it’s good enough then return another time otherwise don’t bother right? hehe oh! patisserie glace has that too? got it! time to make a revisit

Mel: Wow mel your encouragement really makes my day! thank you, thank you so much! when’s the next time you are coming back to Singapore? Be sure to make a must-visit-list so that u will not miss out on any places :p

Shirin: Don’t worry dear, how are u doing? hang in there yea exams will be over soon! maybe u have a ‘thing’ for anything ham and cheese? i’m totally for the pork cutlet bun! hehe

ffichiban: love nutella tart! can we start with desserts first?

pam: Okay we need to check out Steeple’s first!
chelle
May 9th, 2010 @ 12:07 am

Oooo, ive heard raves about the nutella tart from friends, this reminds me i gotta get myself down there one day to try it! (:
SC
May 9th, 2010 @ 7:48 am

Hi! It’s your fan from Down Under, a silent and avid reader of your blog. Not sure if you remember me but you chose me as one of the lucky winners of the Eat, Pray, Love novel giveaway just before I went overseas to study. Anyway,I just wanna thank you for the novel again, it was a good read (but your blog beats it hands down anytime )

I love how I can keep in touch with the ever-changing food scene in SG through your blog! Absolutely love all the strong visuals…You make food photography look so effortless. In fact, I have drawn inspiration from the places which you have personally reviewed and came up with a list of places that I wanna dine at when I return home during the Winter break! Keep up the good work

Love,
Our biggest fan who is a continent away
ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
May 9th, 2010 @ 9:27 am

chelle: You should you should! i love nutella, so anything-nutella always works for me :p

SC: Hello Serene! Of course I remember you, glad you enjoyed the novel! wow, thanks for the encouragements, it’s gonna make my Sunday even better : )

When’s the next time u are coming back for a holiday? Yes start planning and make a to-go-list so that u can satisfy all the cravings! hahahah have fun in Mel and hope to see u back in Singapore soon!
SC
May 9th, 2010 @ 2:48 pm

I’ll be going back to SG in July during my winter break. Hope to check out this place for their nutella tart since you made it out to be so delicious! Yes, till then, do share more awesome places that you’ve dined at!
Arnold (Fong Sai Yuk)
May 9th, 2010 @ 4:55 pm

That Nutella tart supernaturally drew me to this post. I have arrived!! Yummo!
layla
May 11th, 2010 @ 10:27 pm

ahh i’ve been to the holland v one, ever since i saw the one at joo chiat. i’ve only made one visit, so i’m not gonna say this is definitely how it is… but the service wasn’t fantastic. they gave me the wrong cut for fries, and most of the waitresses looked like those frolick girls who kept chatting among themselves. the nutella tart’s really wonderful though. ahaha. it’s the best thing for us nutella lovers!

on a random note, because it’s just beside everythingwithfries, i’m currently working part time for obolo
Ms-Crappislogist
May 11th, 2010 @ 11:33 pm

ohh yea!! this look lovely! im so gona go there one of this day!!
liwee
May 16th, 2010 @ 8:53 pm

wah i love western food!! all the food here look so nice and quite affordable right omg i want to go and try!!
ladysuki
May 19th, 2010 @ 5:40 pm

ladyironchef: haha what type of fries?
me: ANY type of fries! Haha!! If I’m too full, and I can only eat one item from Fish & Chips, I will go for the Fries!
chelley
June 18th, 2010 @ 1:10 pm

Lousy cupcakes though!
Eileen
June 20th, 2010 @ 3:46 pm

they used to serve the nutella tart without any ice cream.. it was super rich and very ‘jer lat’ after a few spoonful.
ladyironchef - Singapore Food Blog
June 21st, 2010 @ 4:04 pm

eileen: I can’t imagine the nutella tart without any ice cream! it will be way too sweet! the cold ice cream is a good balance to the nutella
cookiemonster_87
September 24th, 2010 @ 11:42 am

Visit “Everything With Fries” at your own risk ! It is a sodium infested eatery. It should be called “Everything With Salt” instead. Was living in the Katong area so decided to give them a try..since it’s mostly full. For starters, we had the egg soup, which was really disgusting..not to mention weird and oily. For mains, My wife and myself ordered burgers which came with fries..naturally. But everything was so salty its hardly edible..so we left it untouched and ordered a dessert instead. The brownie was reasonably ok. Service was extremely bad as staff was adequate for their small shop but they were standing around chatting and laughing loudly. My wife and me vowed never to return there anymore. It was one of the worst dining experience.