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| Southwest Tavern |
Beer
Butt Chicken! What an eye catching name for a roast chicken. If you
never heard of this before, it is a roast chicken stuffed with a can
of beer together with other seasoning. The idea behind this is to
infused the chicken with beer flavour and maintain the juiciness of
the meat. If it is done properly, you can expect to taste a super
crispy paper thin chicken skin.
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| Southwest Tavern - The Bar |
One
of the locations in Singapore where you can find this dish is
Southwest Tavern ('ST'). This cowboy theme restaurant is located in
business hub on the west side of Singapore. It is an open air
setting and they use portable aircon and fans to cool down the place.
The furniture is very rustic giving you an authentic American tavern
feeling. They even have a pool table for you to pass your time there.
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| The Furniture |
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| The Pool Table |
Other
than the Beer Butt Chicken, ST also served many authentic American
tavern dishes such as never frozen steak, humongous burgers, baby
back ribs and suicide wings (also known as buffalo wings). Not
forgetting, they have extensive list of beers.
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| The Menu |
We
kick off the dinner with Chilli Cheese Fries ($12). One of my
favourite fries dish. The fries has a crispy outer texture while soft
and moist in the inside. The cheese are very subtle, more like
mozzarella and well paired with the chilli. A very good finger food,
but it can be quite filling for a starter.
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| Chilli Cheese Fries |
For
steak, we ordered Australian Marbled Sirloin 300 grams ($30). This
steak is supposed to be comparable to Wagyu grade of steak. Cooked to
medium rare, the steak is very flavourful, juicy and succulent. It
has a nice balance between the marbling and the meat. For the price,
it is value for money. For the sides, they serve potato wedges, salad
with vinaigrette dressing and brown sauce.
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| Australian Marbled Sirloin 300 grams |
Now
for the Beer Butt Chicken ($32). Be prepare to wait for 45
minutes(that is where the pool table come in handy), as the chef only
prepare it upon order and smoked it. To serve this dish perfectly, ST
custom made the serving plank. It has two mini pole to hold the
chicken in the upright position, sitting on a solid tin filled with
beer.
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| Beer Butt Chicken - The Front View |
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| Beer Butt Chicken - The Back View |
The
skin of the chicken is paper thin and crispy. The meat is tender,
succulent and well seasoned. It can be a challenge to carve the
chicken yourself, but it's worth the effort. Although the flavour of
the beer is very subtle in the chicken, you can use the balance of
the beer in the tin and treat it as Au jus for the chicken. To
accompany this dish is butter rice with raisin and grilled capsicum.
The portion will be just nice for 2 person. Yum Yum!!
Overall, ST served a very
good tavern food or gastropub food if you want a more trendy name. It
is simple, unpretentious and just delicious. Thank you very much to
Southwest Tavern for the tasting invitation. There is one more reason
for us to take a trip to the west of Singapore. Cheers!!
Food:
8/10
Value:
8/10
Service:
n/a
Ambiance:
7.5/10
Budget
per Person: $26 - $50
Southwest Tavern
8 Boon Lay Way
#01-33, Tradehub
21
Singapore 609964
T: +65 6515 4303
OH:
Mon - Fri: 11:00 - 00:00
Sat - Sun: 15:00 - 00:00
PH: 17:00 - 00:00
Sat - Sun: 15:00 - 00:00
PH: 17:00 - 00:00
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