Talking Evilbean : September 2015

, by Evilbean

Belvoir Fruit Farms - The Fruit Juice You Should Start Drinking!

With the heat and the haze, there can be no better respite than:

1. Breathing through your nose without your mask,

2. Air-con, and of course,

3. A bottle of cold, refreshing juice.

Hailing from the United Kingdom, Belvoir Fruits Farms has been making a natural range of cordials, soft drinks and Pressés. I was introduced to this juices at their media party, and oh man, I was immediately hooked.

Besides their pretty bottle, these pressés from Belvoir Fruit Farms are made from freshly pressed fruits, flowers, spices and sparkling Belvoir spring water. SPRING WATER LEH. You can almost imagine and taste the crispness of their juices made from spring water.

A brand that has been around for more than 30 years, Belvoir Fruit Farms has won multiple Great Taste Awards for their cordials and pressés. This Great Taste Award is like the "Oscars" of the food world, which usually consists of 400 judges judging over 10,000 entries over a period of 49 days. With such intense competition and judging criterias, you know you would not go wrong with their juices and cordials.

Belvoir Fruit Farms - New Presses Flavours

Adding to its existing single-serving pressés, there will be 4 new flavours that will be exclusively available in selected restaurants and cafes from October 2015.

The four new refreshing pressés flavours are:

1. Elderflower & Rose - The quintessential taste of English summertime, the Elderflower & Rose Pressé is deliciously scented and refreshing with a blend of hand-picked elderflowers and a hint of rose petal extract. Pink and perfect, this delicate drink will be quenching your thirst all summer long.

2. Mango & Peach - The Mango & Peach Pressé is a wonderful blend of real mango and peach juices infused with Belvoir’s sparkling spring water. Fabulous over ice, or served with a splash of white rum, Mango & Peach Pressé is fresh, fruity and exotic; it’s like a holiday in a bottle!

3. Summer Fruits - Bubbling with the juices of real summer berries, Summer Fruits Pressé combines the mellow sweetness of strawberry with the subtle sharpness of raspberry and redcurrant juices. It’s naturally refreshing served over ice, or as a base for a super-fruity cocktail.

4. Raspberry Lemonade - Made using real raspberry juice and squeezed lemon juice, the Raspberry Lemonade Pressé provides a balance of fruity and zesty freshness. (I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS)

I got to try the Elderflower & Rose pressé and it was AMAZING. I gave it a #4.5evilbeans on my Instagram:

Look out for 4 NEW Belvoir Fruit Farm Presses that will be available soon at major supermarkets and selected cafes. Made without artificial colouring and flavouring, I think this is a great, healthy choice to pair along with your desserts. You can almost taste the rose petals in their elderflower and rose presse! Plus the colours so pretty la! #4point5evilbeans #BelvoirSG #FruitJuice

A photo posted by Joey Ching How (@evilbean) on Sep 15, 2015 at 10:41pm PDT

Besides the great taste, these fruit pressé contains the 3 "No's":

(Evilbean is obviously a K-Pop fan)

Do ignore the Evilbean if you are not a K-Pop fanatic. However, if you listen to K-Pop, you should get the gif joke :D

Anyways. The juices of Belvoir Fruit Farms contains:

What you get out of each bottle of these fruit pressé is 100% good, nothing that is artificial. They are also organic, vegan, gluten and GMO-free. Now who is up for some guilt free drinks?

These new pressé flavours will be available exclusively at selected restaurants and cafés from October 2015, and Rabbit Carrot Gun is one of them.

Besides having the opportunity to try out the new Elderflower & Rose pressés flavour at the cafe, we were also treated to some of Rabbit Carrot Gun's in-house specials.

Quiche Lorraine

This Quiche Lorraine was so good. Pastry lovers will love the buttery flavours and the savoury custard of this dish.

Besides the single serving pressés, Belvoir Fruit Farms also has a range of cordials that are perfect for cocktails, mocktails, and even DESSERTS. YES. In partnership with Belvoir, the people of Rabbit Carrot Gun got creative and infused the cordials into their recipes.

Elderflower & Lime Cheesecake Pots with Wild Flowers

This is their cheesecake that is made with Belvoir Fruit Farms’ Elderflower & Lime. Pretty right? The texture was very creamy and cheesy. I found it a tad too overwhelming, but the rest of them licked the bowl dry.

Mini Pavlova with Belvoir Dark Fruits

The fruit flavours came out nicely from this pavlova - a delicate balance of sweetness and fruitiness in your mouth. I was very impressed with the versatility of the cordials.

If you are interested, you can find an extensive range of food and cocktail recipes on their website http://www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk/recipes/ and http://www.belvoirfruitfarms.co.uk/cocktails/. I gotta admit, it's pretty amazing. I didn't know that you can get so creative with their fruit cordials!

Belvoir Fruit Farms products are available at all major supermarkets and on Healthy Gourmet online at www.healthygourmet.sg, at $11.90 for Organic Cordials, $9.90 for Cordials, and $6.70 for 750ml Pressés. Belvoir Fruit Farms products are also available at selected food establishments at varying prices.

Availability of Belvoir Fruit Farms Cordials and Pressés

Major Supermarkets, Stores and E-Stores

1. Cold Storage

2. Fairprice Finest

3. HealthyGourmet.sg

4. Market Place by Jasons

5. Meidi-Ya

6. Redmart (For more information on Redmart, visit my review here)

7. The Organic Grocer

8. Zenxin Organic

Cafés and Restaurants

1. 6Oz Espresso Bar

2. Artisan Boulangerie Co. (ABC)

3. Bedrock Bar and Grill

4. Carpenter & Cook Café

5. Costa Coffee

6. Department of Caffeine

7. Drips Café

8. Fat Cow

9. GAEST Café

10. Jamie's Italian

11. Mean Bean & Wicked Grind

12. Oriole Coffee

13. Pacamara Boutique Coffee Roasters

14. Rabbit Carrot Gun & The Trenchard Arms

15. Relish Burger

16. Relish Garden

17. Tanjong Beach Club

18. TCC – The Connoisseur Concerto

19. The Black Swan

20. The Marmalade Pantry

21. Udders Ice Cream

22. Wild Rocket

Now that you have this list, go get some 100% Goodness from Belvoir. I promise, you will fall in love with these guilt free drinks!

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, by Evilbean

Beef

1 for 1 Wagyu Beef at En Grill & Bar - IT'S AMAZING!

This post will immensely delight Entertainer members because the Evilbean brings you 2 good news!

#1 - EXCLUSIVE Entertainer App offers at En Grill & Bar:

1) One main menu item for one main menu item

2) Two tapas for two tapas

3) One assorted grilled skewer platter for one assorted grilled skewer platter

#2 - New Entertainer updates!

The app has been updated with two additional features which will improve user experience.

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Entertainer members, there is no way you are not going to head down to En Grill & Bar after reading about all the food they have to offer to you. If you are a Wagyu lover, you are definitely in for a treat!

I was so impressed by their elegant indoor lounge when I arrived at the dining bar. It was sleekly furnished in red and the numerous candles illuminating the interior gave it a sassy touch.

We started our meal with some Japanese cocktails & mocktails.

Japanese Cocktails/Mocktails

(Cranberry Sour)

(Left: Orange Crush, Right: Calpis Sour)

For their cocktails, they use shochu, which is a Japanese alcohol typically made of distilled barley, sweet potatoes or rice. It has a 25% alcohol content and has a lower calorie content than most liquors. Personally, I liked their Orange Crush as the citrus was refreshing and was also stronger in flavour.

Tako Carpaccio ($12)

To me, a good appetiser just needs to do ONE thing: open up my appetite. As long as it whets up my appetite, the appetiser has done its job well. And to this Tako Carpaccio, I wish to say:

Consisting of sliced octopus and salon roe with a drizzle of yuzu and truffle oil, the sweet and sour taste of this dish is enough to stimulate my appetite for more. The salmon roe is addictive, with the truffle oil slathering its surface. I couldn't wait for my next dish after cleaning up this plate.

Wagyu Mini Burger ($16)

Sliders are getting popular in many bar/restaurants. They go extremely well with beer and are easy to eat. Their cute appearances will often delight that little girl in your tummy. Plus this is WAGYU. Handground Motobu wagyu beef patty with red wine sauce. Bliss in mini-size.

Garlic Gambas ($16)

Another tapas from En Grill & Bar - Garlic Gambas which is pan-fried shrimp with creamy butter sauce. Get this with your 2+2 tapas from the Entertainer app. Totally worth it.

Sumiyaki Moriawase ($25)

Just look at that presentation of Sumiyaki Moriawase. Gorgeously arranged on top of a Japanese charcoal pot, this assorted grilled skewers will please your senses. The squid, in particular, was soft, sweet and tender, made even more saliva-inducing with that slightly grilled aroma. The wonderful combination of seafood, chicken meat and vegetables makes you want to scream out "OISHI-DESU" and other Japanese words (that you probably learnt from videos) that means pleasure.

Wagyu Yasai Stick ($24)

I had quite a high expectation for this Wagyu Yasai Stick, but honestly, this was just average with nothing to scream about.

Wagyu Suji and Foie Gras ($14.80)

En Grill & Bar - Wagyu Suji and Foie Gras

This is their braised Motubu Wagyu Beef tendon with foie gras in miso - a fusion of Western and Japanese ingredients. It was as if their foie gras was made of cotton candy, because they dissipate instantly on your tongue! However, I found this whole dish to be a tad salty to be eaten on its own. A bowl of rice would go along very well with this.

Sunny Side-Up Hamburg ($18)

The wagyu beef patty is hand grounded in this dish, so the texture is softer and more minced-meat like. Topped with a sunny side-up egg and red wine sauce, this is quite a usual dish with no big surprises.

Angel Hair Pasta ($18.80)

This cold angel hair pasta topped with sea urchin and salmon roe is perfect for this humid and hazy weather. The freshness of the sea urchin complemented the refreshing cool pasta very well, while the salmon roe provides a burst of oil with every bite. There was only one flaw with dish: the pasta wasn't done al dente. But this was still pretty good!

Wagyu Houba Misayaki ($28)

Wagyu Houba Misayaki - Charcoal grilled Motobu Wagyu Steak with miso on houba leaf at En Grill and Bar. WAH the wagyu was so tender, even my grandma can eat without her fake teeth. You MUST come and try the texture! #4evilbeans #wagyubeef #EnGrillandBar #entertainer_241

A photo posted by Joey Ching How (@evilbean) on Sep 9, 2015 at 6:53am PDT

En Grill & Bar imports Mobuto beef directly from the Yanbaru ranch in Okinawa. Only Wagyu in the marbling grade of between A4 or A5 are served here. Rich in dietary fibre, Mobutu Wagyu has a higher percentage (58%) of unsaturated fatty acids compared to the 55% in general black Japanese beef. And this is exactly where En Grill & Bar scores.

This charcoal grilled Motobu Wagyu Steak with miso on houba leaf was so tender, and the marbling was melt-in-your-mouth goodness. I was sending slices of these in my mouth as fast as I could, afraid that others at my table will finish it. YES IT WAS SO GOOD, THE SINS OF GREED AND SELFISHNESS CAME OUT OF EVILBEAN.

You gotta go and try out the texture of these. Use your 1+1 main on your Entertainer and enjoy 2 servings of this Wagyu Houba Misayaki all by yourself.

Yuzu Cheesecake ($7.80)

Matcha Tiramisu ($7.80)

I have been to a number of bars where their desserts were just lacklustre. I wasn't expecting much out of En Grill's desserts but WOW, they sure do exceed expectations! The Yuzu Cheesecake was light on first bite, with hints of yuzu dancing around the tip of my tongue. However, the Matcha Tiramisu was the true star among the desserts. Light, creamy green tea is sandwiched between the moist cake sponge. Add in a little bit of those azuki red beans and feel the soft textures of the green tea and the red beans giving you the perfect sweet ending to your meal.

En Grill & Bar

207 River Valley Road, #01-59/60
Singapore 238275
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut/Clark Quay
Tel: +65 6732 6863

Opening Hours:

Mon - Thu: 6:00 PM - 2:00 AM
Fri, Sat & Eve of Public Holiday: 6:00 PM - 3:00 AM
Sun: 6:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Thank you The Entertainer and En Grill & Bar for the invite! For more information about the Entertainer, visit their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/TheEntertainerFB. You can also follow them on Instagram @EntertainerAsia and Twitter with the hashtag #the_entertainer241.