7 Jul
Hogs Breath Cafe @ Chijmes, Singapore
Chijmes is a former convent converted into a beautiful dining venue that houses many beautiful restaurants, cafes and bars. We were there during Christmas Eve last year. The management did a good job restoring and reviving CHIJMES Hall, an old chapel with fine gothic architecture.
Take a stroll along the beautiful lawn space and courtyard with your loved one. So romantic!
To get here, take the MRT to City Hall Station (EW13/NS25). Walk along Stamford Road and turn right at the junction of Stamford Road and Victoria Street.
Since the nicer (read: expensive) restaurants like Lei Garden or Capella are way out of our budget, we chose Hogs Breath Cafe, an Australian chain of steak house restaurants that exudes a more casual and laid back ambiance.
Hogs were seen everywhere – as decor pieces or printed in the menu but this is NOT the place for some babi-licious dishes.
In fact, one should just stick to the steaks because they take pride in their best quality Australian Prime Rib that has more fat than traditional grilled steaks. It undergoes a slow cooking process for up to 18 hours, then finish with high temperature searing on the char grill to seal in the meat juices.
some chicken roll thingy – don’t bother.
The steak was done just right – truly tender and mouth watering juicy. The 18 hour slow-cooked process works apparently!.
The chicken burger was mediocre, but the curly fries aka hog’s tail fries were really good!
All in all, Hogs Breath Cafe is the place to go for some decent steaks, and nothing else. Be ready to pay about SGD 35 – 50 per person. I can’t wait to explore the other restaurants in Chijmes the next time I’m in Singapore!
Posted by TummyRumble on July 7, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Wooooo, I remembered walking around city hall are the last time I was in singaland.. I should make another trip down again.. Nice pictures btw
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Posted by wyyv on July 7, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Chijmes is such a romantic place with beautiful lighting
The Hogs Breath Cafe has a great ambiance, it would be a fine place to have dinner I guess~
KBCG, you got a lot of nice pictures as usual, keep it up ya
jia you jia you!
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Posted by KY on July 8, 2010 at 10:13 am
but how do you order 18 hrs in advance? :X
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Posted by thule aka leo on July 8, 2010 at 12:15 pm
for SGD35-50, u can’t say that Hogs Breath Cafe is cheap
u have to say it’s cheaper compared to the former 2
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Posted by minchow on July 8, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Curly fries?? I’m THERE!
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Posted by lotsofcravings on July 9, 2010 at 10:21 am
theres no pork ribs? i remember having this back in adelaide. huge portions to satisfy any form of hunger!
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Posted by university student on July 9, 2010 at 4:34 pm
OMG~~ this place is so nice!!! It’s quite romantic if you go there with your lovely partner.
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Posted by WK Tang on July 9, 2010 at 7:05 pm
My wife and I were at CHIJMES Christmas 2009 at nearby Bobby’s. Try their babyback ribs. Yeah we passed by Hog’s but our focus is Bobby’s.
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 10:26 am
is bobby’s good? so broke after splurging for the xmas sales
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Posted by JD on July 10, 2010 at 7:33 pm
I think Hogs Breath is quite popular in OZ too….
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Posted by J2Kfm on July 12, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I would have imagined the babi-licious fares to take centrestage though.
Especially from that pink piggy on the menu.
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kampungboycitygal Reply:
July 13th, 2010 at 10:25 am
ya deceiving rite. but no complaints
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Posted by shuigao on July 14, 2010 at 12:00 pm
Go to the maid cafe next time you go!
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Only been to chijmes once, few years ago, went to Esmirada for their Skewers. As I remember they were ~sgd30 each so not too expensive … but more ‘quantity’ than ‘quality.’ Vaguely recall the swordfish being rather dry …
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