Otto Berlin House (OBH)

Quite happy that we have German Food and Beer now in the neighbourhood estate without travelling too far. Otto Berlin Haus is located in Epic House among the estate in Toh Guan serving some German Cuisine like Pork Knuckles, Sausages and Beer from HB.

Otto Berlin Haus

We had a serving of mushroom soup while waiting for the rest of our food. Texture of the soup was uniform and taste was average.

Mushroom Soup - $2.50

It looked burnt here and was not too appealing initially but when it comes to the taste, you can actually feel the manual work done for grating the potato and cutting of red onions being seasoned with peppery taste. Eat them together with sour cream and enjoy! Though it may not be as good as Marche's, for its value and price paid, it is relatively good.

Rosti Plain - $3

Unsure what to eat? If you are going for German Cuisine, you can order their Family platter, otherwise there are some western food like pasta dishes to choose from.

Too bad there are no sauerkraut in the platter. The platter consist of a whole Pork knuckle, 2 cheese sausages, pickles and mashed potato.

Family Platter - $26.90

Enjoy the handsome amount of meat from this crackling Pork Knuckles. Sauce like Mustard, chilli or even tabasco sauce is available.

Pork Knuckles (Whole)

Pickled vegetables were replacement of the sauerkraut and a slice of sweetened pineapple is given. Tangy and goes well with the platter.

Sweetened Pineapple & Pickles

Though they are not really authentic, coming to price and value, it will be considered as average fare. Though food cannot be compared to the German Cuisine Chains Restaurant in Singapore, I would say their price are much more cheaper if you are looking for some pork knuckles or sausages here.

Rating: 3 / 5

Otto Berlin House
Location: Blk 267A Toh Guan Road #1-01 Singapore 601267

Stuttgart Blackforest Boutique S-Café

Guten Tag! The way of saying good day in German. Visiting Stuttgart Blackforest Boutique Cafe has always been in the back of our mind. With years working in a German firm, I learn that German Cuisine were not just about beer and pork knuckles though it was being portray in such way.

Stuttgart Blackforest Boutique S-Cafe

Boutique

Having visited Germany a year or two back, Stuttgart is one of the place I heard and still yet to be checked on my visited list. All I heard was their reputable black forest and cuckoo clock factory. S-Cafe was decked out with woods, giving a quaint environment. There were even large green pine trees to mimic the forest environment or even those beer gardens in Germany. Atmosphere was generally interesting and definitely relaxing. For those who love nature, this might be a good choice for you.

Stuttgart Blackforest

Environment

How can the trip to a German Cafe be completed without a sip of their beer? Food was all washed down by the bottle of Engel Radler.

Enger Radler - $13

While the partner is in need of some caffine to perk himself up with a cup of Iced Cappucino. It came as a little surprise as cookies were given and syrup was added separately.

Iced Cappucino - $7

A basket of bread and magarine spread was compliments from the cafe.

Compliments

Braised Beef Short Ribs was introduced by one of the server and that was not from the menu. I guess that dish was available on certain days only. Braised Beef was cooked to its tenderness which allowed meat to be easily removed from the bone and was supported by a bed of mashed potatoes and 2 slices of vegetables. It was crunchy and kind of reduce the smell of the beef Short Ribs. I was told that those vegetables were called watermelon carrot when I asked about them.

Watermelon carrot with short ribs

Beef Short Ribs - $28

The more than 100g large slice of Signature Black Forest Cake did not disappoint. It was rich and creamy but not cloying in its chocolate sponge and kirsch soaked cherries. Every layer was well define, given a good texture of what a Black Forest Cake was supposed to be. It's the best so far that I had ever eaten in Singapore.

Menu

Signature Black Forest Cake - $12

Cake

Rating: 4 / 5

Stuttgart Blackforest Boutique S-Café
Location: GSM Building, 141 Middle Rd #01-01 Singapore 188976
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Pacific Marketplace

We chanced upon the spacious and classy environment of Pacific Marketplace as we came up from the carpark and had it marked on our schedules for the next meeting place sometimes back. Pacific Marketplace is a gourmet grocery and cafe offering pastries, coffees, sandwiches, chocolates as well as a fair range of cakes. It serves as a casual or business meeting place for its ambiance and lights is calm.

Entrance

Dining Area

Dining Area

Menu were all written on in chalkboard which was placed above the counter or there are ipads available for us to read their digitized menu. However, there is no Ipad ordering system, we still need some physical touch with the humans for order taking.

Counter with Menu on Chalk board

Our meetup kicked off pretty fast with the greens. Nicoise Salad consisted of green beans, olives, seared tuna, potatoes, hard boiled eggs, and Dijion vinaigrette was added separately base on our likings.

Nicoise Salad - $11.80

 One of the ought to try from their menu is their supermuffin. There are 5 unique choices of muffins with quirky names such as Chicken Run, The Hulk, Minotaur and krrish but we had chosen that most appeals to us, Ms Piggy. It was served on a ceremic black classy plate wrapped in baking paper with salad as sides. A fusion of English Muffin and Char Siew Bao is what I would describe. Given its savoury crusty exterior encasing the juicy pork collar meat in the seasoning mixture of Oyster Sauce, Hoisin sauce and shaoxing rice wine, a cut into them would just let out a aromatic gush into our nose. The traditional chinese barbequed pork fillings was generous and moist and with its crust mixed in salted egg yolk giving a buttery fragrance to the overall. It does really live up to its name sake, Super Muffin!

Ms Piggy - $7

Yummy!

Pan Pacific is highly raved for their butchery products as they contain no preservative, artificial colors and flavorings. Also they are known for using prime selected meats, quality is maintained and also one of the important factors why they are so popular.


Nods to the European Cuisine, Pacific Marketplace has introduced handcrafted sausages into their dinner menu using original recipes developed by a line of artisan germans. One of the highlights includes the English Bangers and Mash which is served with green peas, mesclun salad, mashed potatoes, country gravy and English Mustard to go along with the juicy and pork sausages.

English Bangers and Mash - $24

Close up

Sausage Platter came in an interesting combination of pork, veal bratwurst with muncher Weisswurste and Nurnberger served wutg nesckun salad, toasted rye bread, and german or mashed potatoes. As some of us is not having beef, we have replaced them with other flavour and we opted for german potatoes.

Wursteplatte (Sausage Platter) - $24

Overall, I'm pretty drawn to their environment and its really a good meeting place if you want to move away from the crowd for a simple yet savoury bite. Our only peeve was that the ordering service was below expectations with server forgetting food of our orders, furthermore with little knowledge of what is on the menu. Other than that,  the rest is all fine! I will like to make a return trip to have a try on the rest of the Super Muffins!

Rating: 3 / 5

Pacific Marketplace
Location: Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore, 7 Raffles Boulevard Lobby Singapore 039595

Wuerstelstand, the Austrian Style

Wuerstelstand? Remember the stall that run by an Ang Mo dressed in Chef Uniform selling sausages along the street at chinatown? I bet many had seen the stall while doing CNY shopping and enjoying Mid-Autumn Festival all these years. In fact Wuerstelstand had actually moved into the coffeeshop located nearby the stall.




"The last Sausage Kiosk before the Equator", I bet that this eye catching sentence had drawn lots of curiosity from whoever who passed by and read it. Enjoy the open air dining of authetic Austrian and German Sausage without stepping into any restaurant paying exorbitant pricing.

Outdoor Dining

 Although it was located in a local coffeeshop, Chef Erich had decorated his space beautifully and filled of festive mood. It just reminded me of the 12 days of Christmas I had over in Europe last year. A total facelift of the typical Singaporean Coffeeshop stalls.

Festive Mood

 His working space, his kitchen was neatly arrange and looked very equipped.

Working Space

Having bought the bratwurst (sausage) and compared to those I had in Germany and Austria this year. I will highly recommend this place if you are game for sausage especially when the price is so attractive. I'm kind of hooked to sauerkraut paired with sausage as well as mustard, chilli and ketchup. They were simply a good reminisce of my Europe Trip.

Bratwurst & Sauerkraut - $4

Rating: 4.5 / 5

Wuerstelstand
Location: Blk 5 Banda Street,01-52 K88 Coffee House,Stall no 5 Singapore 050005