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Tuna San saladWho:
Set up by father and son, Daniel and Adrien Desbaillets who saw a
need for salads with a twist, Salad Stop! will grow five fold by
its first birthday with the addition of an outlet at One George
Street on the September 6 and another at the Marina Bay Financial
Centre by November.
What you should order: You don’t come to Salad
Stop! if you’re after plain greens. You can concoct your own leafy
arrangement out of the 50-plus ingredients and 18 dressings on
offer. Their salads are a twist on the norm, the Go Geisha
combination of tofu and cabbage avoids blandness with the addition
of coriander, soba noodles and the natural sweetness of snow peas,
while the Jai Ho! escapes being classed as yet another chicken and
potato salad with a healthy sprinkling of chickpeas and gently
spiced yogurt dressing. To fulfil your carb cravings, ask for your
greens to come wrapped in a warm spinach, sun dried tomato,
wholemeal or wheat tortilla.
The extras: Come at breakfast time and opt for the
hearty ham, cheese and egg wrap that’ll digest more easily than a
McDonald's Egg McMuffin. They also stock a ready-made couscous
salad, and quinoa and beetroot salad, yogurts and fresh juices for
those who need to grab and go.
Where: #01-01, One George Street, 1 George
Street. Tel: 6720 0378; #02-06 Marina Square, 6 Raffles Boulevard.
Tel: 6720 8590; #B1-02A OUB Centre, 1 Raffles Place. Tel: 6820
0160; #02-24 Novena Square, 238 Thomson Road. Tel: 6820
0158
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Feta and olive
saladWho: Led by Christophe Crot, a
French-trained executive chef who has worked for the likes of The
Pierre in New York, the concept here is simple -- pick a salad, add
toppings, and complete it with dressing.
What you should order: While the tagline for this
salad place is "Where Healthy Eating Starts," they’ve not forgotten
to provide some nice extras in the form of Cajun spiced prawn,
steamed asparagus and fried wanton skins so you can mix-and-match
as you like. Should you have trouble thinking of a combination on
the spot, cop out and order one of the ready-made salads: the
robust Caesar salad and basil pesto chicken pasta salad are popular
choices.
The extras: Not feeling like rabbit foot? Mescluns
has four soups -- roasted pumpkin soup with ginger and coriander,
tomato bisque with basil pesto, wild mushroom and a potato and leek
soup with smoked salmon -- and five different sandwiches -- salmon,
tuna, chicken, roast beef and smoked turkey -- on offer.
Where: #01-01, 64 Circular Road. Tel: 6221
8141; #B1-26B Citylink Mall, 1 Raffles Link.
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Chilli crab saladWho:
The newest of the three, The Green Bar entered the salad game in
May this year. Practicing an open menu policy, they invite
customers to contribute recipes. At present, a customer’s Lebanese
fattoush recipe is being experimented with.
What you should order: The Real Chilli Crab Salad,
a warm salad of real crab meat -- hence the name -- with
ribbon-shaped farfalle pasta, mixed mesclun leaves and dressed with
a tangy chilli crab sauce. For lovers of dark meat, the Smoked Duck
Surprise will satisfy, balsamic glazed slices of duck served on a
bed of greens alongside chunks of roasted pumpkin and rosemary
potatoes.
The extras: You can never go wrong with a
salad-and-soup combination and you can always count on their creamy
pumpkin soup to be on the menu.
Where: #01-16/17 Hitachi Tower, 16 Collyer
Quay. Tel: 6493 6948
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