Supply & Demand (Novena)

Back at Supply & Demand once again, indulging in their delightful Italian-Asian fusion dishes! From handcrafted pizzas to flavorful pastas and creative appetizers, this bistro never fails to impress with its well-balanced flavors and cozy ambiance. Whether it’s a casual meal or a gathering with friends, there’s always something exciting to look forward to on their menu.

The School Grounds Menu is open to the public daily from 11:30 AM – 3:30 PM.

For passholders, there's an exclusive extended dining period from Monday – Thursday, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM, with a 20% discount for medical personnel & staff working in the Novena area.

Main Menu

These refreshing coolers were a perfect way to beat the heat while waiting for our food! Each glass was vibrant, fruity, and bursting with flavors. 

Coolers

Salad and Petite Starters

Kickstart our meal with Prosciutto Di Parma E Rucola, a delightful combination of thinly sliced Parma ham, sweet stewed peach chunks, juicy strawberries, creamy mascarpone cheese, and a drizzle of balsamic glaze. Topped with fresh rucola leaves and parmesan, this appetizer strikes the perfect balance of sweet, savory, and tangy flavors! 

Prosciutto Di Parma E Rucola - $14.90

Next up, we have Hummus & Fetas, a rich and creamy blend of hummus topped with cumin, chili oil, tomato concasse, chickpeas, and parsley. Served with crisp crudités, crumbled feta cheese, and warm garlic flatbread, this dish is a perfect mix of bold flavors and textures!

Hummus and Feta

Yummy

After much deliberation, we finally settled on a pizza with smoked duck breast, Uova E Rucola Con Anatra. 

Uova E Rucola Con Anatra

Topped with mozzarella, rich Pizzaiolo sauce, garlic, onions, farm mushrooms, a perfectly soft-set egg, tender smoked duck breast, and fresh rucola leaves, this pizza was a delightful combination of flavors and textures. A satisfying choice for those who love a gourmet twist! 

So Yummy!

Cheese fries lovers, this one's for you! A plate of chunky, crispy fries loaded with rich cheese sauce, melted mozzarella, creamy mayo, savory chorizo bits, fried surimi, fresh scallions, and a sprinkle of parsley. Every bite is a satisfying explosion of flavors and textures! 

Loaded Cheese Fries

Tomato Based Pasta

We went for a classic tomato-based pasta, Spicy Arrabiata, elevated with a generous beef meatball for an extra $5. The pasta was cooked to al dente perfection, tossed in a homemade spicy, garlic-infused tomato sauce, and finished with parsley and shaved cheese. A bold and flavorful dish with just the right amount of heat!

Spicy Arrabiata with Beef Meatball - $11.90 + $5)

We had the Seafood Aglio Olio, a delightful mix of fresh seafood tossed in olive oil, garlic, cherry tomatoes, umami broth, chili pepper, and parsley. Light yet flavorful, it had the perfect balance of spice and seafood sweetness!

Seafood Aglio Olio - $22.90

Overall, the combination of good food and a welcoming atmosphere made for an enjoyable dining experience. I wouldn’t mind returning for a gathering with friends!

Supply & Demand Novena Cafe& Bistro

Location: Lee Kong Chian School Of Medicine, 11 Mandalay Road #01-02 Singapore 308232

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Supply & Demand (Novena)

Supply & Demand Novena offers a charming ambiance complemented by its exclusive school ground menu. The restaurant has an inviting atmosphere and is perfect for a relaxed dining experience. Let’s do check out their New Exclusive School Ground Menu.

Furnishing and Interior

Quenching our thirst with their refreshing drinks while waiting for our food to be served.

Refreshing Beverages

Oven Baked Potato Gratin looks yummy with Mozzarella Cheese, Gammon Ham, Peas, Chicken and Farm Mushrooms.

Potato Gratin Alfredo - $18.90

Creamy Sphagetti in Gochujang Cream, chicken chunks, roots vegetables, garlic, chilli, onion and parmesan cheese was yummy and on a tad spicy side. The dish was adorned by sprinkling some scallion as well as Alfalfa.

Spicy Korean Gochujang Cremoso 

The pasta was cooked to Al Dente  mixed with olive oil, garlic, cheery tomatoes, umami broth, chilli pepper and parsley and mixed seafood.

Seafood Aglio Olio - $22.90

From their 9" Thin Crust Pizzas Menu, we had the vegetarian option, Zucca E Ceci. It looks pleasant with its ingredients as Mozzarella, Garlic Cream Sauce, Fried Chickpeas, Pumpkin, Red Onion, Zucchini.

Zucca E Ceci - $19.90

This Appetiser is suitable for vegetarian too. It has cumin, chilli oil, hummus, tomato concasse, chickpeas, parsley,Crudites, Crumbled Feta Cheese served with garlic flatbread.

Hummus And Feta - $13.90

These Chunky Fries were totally yummy and good bites to share among friends. It was drizzled with cheese sauce, melted mozzarella, Mayo, Onion, Chorizo buts, Fried Surimi, Scallion and Parsley.

Loaded Cheese Fries - $10.90

Love these thinly sliced Parma Ham accompanied by stewed peach chunks, strawberries, mascarpone cheese, balsamic glaze Rucola leaves and parmesan. Appetizing indeed.

Prosciutto Di Parma E Rucola

Enjoy a yummy bowl of Salmon Poke on topped of a bed of Sushi RIce with 63 degree celsius Egg, vegetables, Nitsume Sauce, Takuan, Scallion, Furikake and also of choice of dresing from Creamy Goma, Spicy Bonito Dressing or Sesame Shoyu Koikuchi.

Salmon Poke Donburi - $16.90

For a weekend visit, I simply prefer the peace here at Supply & Demand (Novena) to the other cafes located in the bustling malls area. Besides that their Exclusive School Grounds Menu stands out as quality and taste definitely better than the average.

Our Orders

Thank you Ronnie for extending the invite.

Supply & Demand (Novena)

Location: 11 Mandalay Rd, #01-02 Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore 308232

Professor Brawn Cafe

I find it quite meaningful when Professor Brawn Cafe's Business has a cause which is we are actually helping by supporting Social Enterprises to fulfill a social mission of providing employment & social integration opportunities to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) when we dine.



The founders of the cafe are parents and friends who want to make a difference to the special needs community by giving them a suitable job, showcase their talents, also to raise awareness to people around and getting contributions to support the cause. The character of professor brawn was actually created by a children with learning disability. The superhero, professor brawn had characters who is 'smart, kind and strong'.

Professor Brawn Cafe

The decors of the cafe had amused me with its welcoming and colourful chalk written wordings on the wall. Not only that, its interior was filled with lively bright colours such that everyone who walked pass will turn their head towards Professor Brawn Cafe.

The set dinner (6pm to 9pm) comes with Main course, soup of the day and House Drink. Soup of the day was Calm Chowder. It was served warm, cream based with calm bits and chopped celery (vegetables).

Soup of the Day - Calm Chowder

The server had gave us a bonus by offering us mushroom soup so that we do not have a repeat in our dinner menu. He was so thoughtful.

I like the mushroom soup as they were purely blended with tiny bits of mushroom filled throughout the soup which lends a good mushroom fragrance from every spoonful unlike most of the restaurant, they could have used the premixed powder in preparation of the soup.

Cream of mushroom

Drinks was part of the meal and tasted rather standard from the typical syrup mixture with water. They were served in a tall hour glass glass.
 

Orange & Lime Juice

This was one of the popular Main course for the night beside the enormous Fish & Chips. One glance through the restaurant and you will notice that many had grilled chicken thigh laid on their table. The grilled chicken was cooked to crisp golden brown with some burnt patches. Meat was tender enough and tasted refreshingly sweet with Orange marmalade. The grilled yummy thigh were stacked up on a bed of fluffy mashed potatoes while having salad as the appetizer, dressed sparsely with vinegar.

Grilled Orange Marmalade Chicken - $18.90

 A close up on the chicken leg. Woot Woot! How can I resist?

Grilled Chicken Leg

Although I would prefer its rosti to be darker in color than its current faint yellow as seen, the first bite of it had took my taste buds! I thought Marche had the best rosti so far but I was wrong. Their sour cream was lighter, refreshing and left a tangy taste on my buds. The rosti was cramped into a rectangle size, about 1cm in thickness. Yummy!

Gourmet Sausage with Rosti - $16.90

For sausage, there were a few types we can choose from and I had the Swiss Cheese Pork Sausage. I had tried the pork version as I thought it is hard to come by such meat in a westernized cafe when most of them are halal certified. Well, how the taste? It was pleasant, long in length and had a textural bite.

Have some privacy dining at a cosy corner in the semi sphere like environment. Just too bad I came to realise this place after I had done with my dinner. Looks like somewhere great to romance a date in a mall after office hours. Ha! What else can I say?

Alternative dining area away from the shop

The overview of the alternative dinning area

Having dined in Professor Brawn Cafe was a killing two birds in one stone matter. It's food is reasonable and had "substance" while service was better than average, thoughtful and polite. It's also good to know that we are helping the needies by dining in Professor Brawn Cafe. Do lend your mouth by helping them to achieve this mission.

Rating: 4 / 5 

Professor Brawn Cafe
Location: Novena Square, 238 Thomson Road #02-78/79 Singapore 307683
Opening Hours: 11am to 10pm Mon to Fri
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

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Different Ramen Experience - Itadakimasu!

The word "Kazan" is known as volcano in Japanese. The numerous newpaper printouts had actually caught my attention as I walked past Tonkotsu Kazan Ramen. Initially I thought that Kazan is actually referring to its level of spiciness - as hot as volcano but as when I took a close look, I realised the "fun" in the meal and decided to give it a try.

"Irrashaimase" - a very loud and warm welcome greeted us upon stepping into the restaurant and gave a very good first impression. Secondly, the server came welcoming us with its menu. Tonkotsu Kazan Ramen was well decorated with the classic feel of a Japanese Ramen Stall similar to what I had visited in Japan. Not only was the utensils and cookery stuffs placed neatly, the ambience was well lited and rather quiet which served as a perfect place to dine over the weekends to keep away from the bustle of the city.

In Shop

 

Do help yourself with the freeflow of seasonings on the table ranging from vinegar to shoyu and they even provide garlic with the garlic press for their customers to enhance the taste of their dish.

Seasonings at your choice

Proper instructions were pasted on the table to guide and share with customers how to cook a delicious kazan ramen. It had also advised customers customer to stay away from the hot stone bowl.

Instructions

We ordered the classic Shoyu Ramen to have a taste of its original Tonkotsu broth as it was mentioned on the menu that the broth was enhanced with a special blended soy sauce paste. Each strand of smooth and springy ramen is delectably coated with a flavourful broth. This aromatic broth somehow reminds me of a famous Ramen Stall located in Tanjong Pagar area! Yums!
Cost: S$12.00

Shoyu Ramen

I had ordered one of its signature dish, Curry Kazan and the long awaited volcanic eruption performance is about to commenced. The dish was initially served in a hot stone pot and the server had pour half a pot of curry into it, covered it up with the hood and about one minute later, he poured the remaining curry into the stone pot again. Timing was all measured by the little hour glass device on the table as seen in the picture).
Cost: S$18.00

Kanzan Curry, Sugoi Ne!

The hood was then remove and "ta-da", take a look the end product and enjoy the sizzling sound in the video.

                                                        The Pipping Hot Kazan Ramen!

Not only we have to be caution on the pipping hot stone pot, we have to be additional careful and keep a distance from the curry as they may follow the "sizzling" sound and stain our clothing. Do also note that my meal comes with additional bowl of rice to goes along with the remaining curry as the portion is enormous for me, I suggest that the meal can be shared by 2 instead! 
Last but not least, if you are thinking of having green tea in this Japanese restaurant, you can find alternatives as green tea is not available in its menu.

End Product of Curry Kazan

The total bill for the night including 10% of Service Charge and 7% GST is well spent for the night as I really enjoyed every bit of the meal.

Bill

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Tonkotsu Kazan Ramen

Location: Square 2, 10 Sinaran Drive #02-68/69, Singapore 307506