Was introduced to this place by a friend of mine and was talking to my sister, Adelene, when she told me she had been there before too. So we decided to bring the glutTAN family there for brunch. I am a little reluctant to share this place because it's such a nice hidden gem and I would hate for it to become another crowded Sunday brunch hangout!
Fine Palette started out as a gourmet catering company more than 20 years ago and strives to make your parties as stress free as possible for you as a host by taking the task of food preparation and presentation away from you, thus freeing up time for you to actually mingle and entertain your guest. If you've hosted a party of some sort, I'm sure you're no stranger to so-stressed-with-food-you-want-to-pull-out-your-hair kinda situations. They've also catered for many corporate events, so I'm won't be surprised if you've actually had their food before.
The finally expanded (in a perfect spot if I may say) their business to allow people like us to enjoy such artful food (everything is made from scratch!) without having to cater! What I liked was the fact that the food was fresh and not processed in some central kitchen. It really made a difference to the taste of the food!
Here's some potato goodness baking in the oven
The place is separated into 3 sections - the catering kitchen (out of sight mostly), the presentation showroom, and the cafe itself that extends out into a covered walkway/corridor and this is definitely my favourite part! I loves the interior (a mix of modern and raw industrial) and the overall feel of the place. It was nice, quiet, quaint, comfortable and very homely.
Here's some potato goodness baking in the oven
The place is separated into 3 sections - the catering kitchen (out of sight mostly), the presentation showroom, and the cafe itself that extends out into a covered walkway/corridor and this is definitely my favourite part! I loves the interior (a mix of modern and raw industrial) and the overall feel of the place. It was nice, quiet, quaint, comfortable and very homely.
Starters to share
Spring Rolls
Spring rolls are a favourite of glutTAN No.3 Eunice. These came is pretite bite sizes, and was gobbled up pretty quickly. Kinda easy to order lots of food when there are so many of us.
Ham and Cheese croquets
I am not really a fan of croquet so no brilliant reviews of it. This was nicely fried - crisp on the outside, leaving the insides moist and warm.
This is how our brunch table typically looks like - grandparents in between the 2 kids to perform their "lunch duties" of feeding them. A little chaotic with so many people, but fun and yummy meals always make you forget about the mess.
Tea from TWG is also served by the pot (SGD$6) and is refillable.
Mains
Looks pretty good!
Salmon Benedict
Salmon gravlax, hollandaise sauce and rocket salad. Served on an English muffin.
Very well done. Organic eggs were used and they were very very nicely poached - runny and very fresh. I also liked that they had 2 different choices - Eggs benedict that comes with double smoked ham, and this that comes with salmon.
Breakfast Cook up
Two eggs any style, bacon, apple and sage sausage, mushrooms, vine cherry tomato, brunch potatoes and wholemeal toast
glutTAN No. 4 - Jane seems to always go for the "healthier" choice by making sure there are tomatoes or some fruits in her food choices. Something unhealthy made to look healthy.
Debut contribution by my bro-in-law - glutTAN No. 1 + 1
Steak and Eggs
Sirloin steak, egg any style, mushroom, brunch potatoes, tomato chutney and wholemeal toast
Steak was surprisingly good. Tender but tasty. It was nicely done, pink and cool to the touch in the middle, but well-charred on the outside.
I actually do not remember what this is.
The food was good and the atmosphere was very comfy. I liked how homely everything felt.
I think we all enjoyed brunch very much.
