The Bird Southern Table & Bar - Media Tasting

Marina Bay Sands has teamed up with 50 Eggs to unveil its first Asian venture, the James Beard nominated and award-winning Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, operating under the name The Bird Southern Table & Bar. Bringing authentic U.S. Southern cuisine and hospitality, the casual American diner boasts the use of farm-fresh ingredients in all its dishes. The 190-seater two-storey restaurant serves Southern classic dishes, including the famous 100-year-old recipe Lewellyn’s Fine Fried Chicken, Shrimp 'N' Grits, Buttermilk Biscuits, and Butter Lettuce and Grilled Mango Salad.

Inspired by the Southern United States, The Bird incorporates modern-rustic design with industrial touches. The restaurant uses familiar textures and colors signature to its flagship location, including accents of reclaimed wood, recycled machinery parts and mason jars. The open-kitchen concept allows diners to peek at skillful chefs meticulously crafting out dishes using freshest of ingredients.

For this Media tasting, we sampled the "Prix Fixe Menu", a new 3 course set dinner for 2pax (coffee & tea included), for an attractive price of S$65++. The menu consists of 2 appetizers, 1 main course with 2 sides, and one choice of dessert.

While dinner was being prepared in the kitchen, the friendly host served us premium bottled water and Amuse-Bouche (fresh oysters topped with seasoned chopped apples). These were fabulous.

Appetizers

Deviled Eggs
dill, chives, smoked trout roe

Fried Green Tomato BLT
house smoked pork belly, pimento cheese, frisée, smoky tomato jam, lemon vinaigrette

Both were amazing to look at and tasted great too. The Tomato BLT was my fave dish of the day, I loved the smoky flavored and tender pork belly that combines excellently with the fresh crunchy tomato covered in crispy batter. Thumbs up!

Mains & Sides

Chicken ‘n’ Watermelon ‘n’ Waffles
chilled spiced watermelon, vermont sharp cheddar cheese waffle,
bourbon maple syrup, honey hot sauce

Macaroni & Cheese
torchio pasta, five artisan cheeses, crispy herb crust

Classic Buttermilk Biscuits
honey butter, house-made jam

Butter Lettuce & Grilled Mango Salad
char-grilled mango, smoked pecans, tomato, onions, benne seed dressing

The Buttermilk biscuits (not in the set menu) were served as I don't take cheese dishes (the waffles & Mac n' cheese). These are made fresh every 15mins and served hot straight from the kitchen. The Mango salad tasted pretty refreshing, and the gooey Mac & Cheese was well received by my friend who is a fan of everything cheesy.

The star dish of the restaurant, the 100-year-old recipe Lewellyn’s Fine Fried Chicken, brined and marinated for 27 hours before frying in pressurized cooker, ensuring evenly cooked meat without losing its moisture. The chicken skin was super crispy and meat was tender and flavorful, it's delicious. The bourbon maple syrup was fairly potent too, with an evident kick of alcohol taste in it. This was supposed to compliment the savory cheese waffles but I had the buttermilk biscuits with it, I'm quite happy with the combination.

Desserts

Cafè Crème Brûlée
almond orange biscotti, orange gremolata

Banana Pudding
rum soaked banana cake, chantilly cream, fresh bananas, vanilla wafers

We got to try both the desserts. While the Creme brulee was good, I personally prefer the Banana pudding for its light-as-air chantilly cream topping and soft creamy bananas, a sweet conclusion to the 3 course meal. Last but not least, a cuppa coffee to end the enjoyable dinner.

Guests looking for a perfect spot to host intimate events can also choose between a private dining room that can be configured into two rooms for 6 to 10 people, and a 30-seater semi-private dining room.

If you like to chill over drinks after dinner, head to the alfresco bar by the waterfront (upper level) and be spoiled for choice with hand-crafted cocktails such as the Blackberry Bourbon Lemonade and Watermelon Sling.

We had a wonderful evening trying out the Prix Fixe Menu, highlighting the most popular signature dishes from different categories on the Ala carte menu. These dishes, if ordered separately, could cost a bomb, so it makes sense to order the set dinner and pair it with side orders of smaller dishes to complete the meal. Highly recommended for folks who are fans of Southern American cuisine.


The Bird Southern Table & Bar
B1-07, Galleria Level
The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands

Tel: +65 66889959

Opening Hours

LUNCH
Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 4:00pm

DINNER
Daily: 4:00pm - 11:00pm

DRINKS & LIGHT SNACKS
Thursday - Saturday: 11:00pm - 2:00am

WEEKEND BRUNCH
SAT & SUN: 8:00am - 4:00pm

9狗不理 9Goubuli Restaurant @MBS

Hail from China, this eatery is the 9th outlet of the Goubuli restaurant chain. Serving up well known Goubuli Buns and many signature Chinese dishes from various parts of China. We had our pre-show dinner here since it seems rather empty at 7pm.

We ordered 2 Goubuli buns, 3 appetizers, 1 fried rice and a soup to share between two pax. Food was extremely ordinary, even the signature buns had no wow factor. The buns were very tiny and had little fillings inside 😒😒 Try once is enough, no need to come back again.

Goubuli Buns - Pork $2.60++ & Pork w/ seafood $3++

Chicken w/ szechuan chili $14.80++

Tofu w/ century egg $8.50++

Bamboo shoot w/ crabmeat $10.50++

Yang chow fried rice $20++

To be fair, the Teapot soup $14++ was nice albeit smallish in serving.

We regretted having dinner here, food was uninspiring and way too over priced. Will not recommend any Singaporean to patronise as our local food is much nicer and way cheaper.


9狗不理 9Goubuli Restaurant
The Shoppes At Marina Bay Sands
Canal Level #B2-02
2 Bayfront Avenue S018792

Tel: 6688 7799

Hours: Daily 11am - 11pm

Sky High Tea at SKY on 57 @Marina Bay Sands

It's been a while since we last enjoyed a leisurely afternoon sipping tea and watching the world goes by. This time around, we decided to try the Sky High Tea from SKY on 57 at MBS.

Located on level 57, the restaurant boasts a stunning view of the Marina Bay area.

The entire restaurant has full length glass windows show casing the priceless views from day to night. Interior decor is kept simple so patrons can concentrate on the food.

Table setting with elegant tableware, and cutlery with east meet west fusion theme.

The Sky High Tea is $39++ per pax, consists of Chef Justin Quek's signature Truffle Xiao Long Bao, Sweet and Savory finger food and Premium tea from Newby of London.

The starters, crispy mushroom bites and mushroom soup in espresso cups. The Foie Gras Xiao Long Bao was expertly made with truffle infused soup sealed within each individual baos. Thumbs up.

Then the 3-tier sweet and savory goodies arrived. There were 10 items in total, 3 savories and 7 sweets. The serving staff didn't give any description of the food, so we explored them on our own.

The savory items were delicious. The egg mayo bread roll had hints of truffle oil in it. Salad prawn on bread with flying fish roe and Mango salsa wrap all tasted wonderful. 

The sweets items were more of a hits and misses affair, with the Pandan Gula Melaka Macarons outshining the rest. The scones with fruit jam was very dry, the creme brulee was alright, the rest was quite forgettable.

Last but not least, Milo ice cream was served to end the meal on a sweet note. This was pretty good, it has crunchy bits within that added extra texture to the dessert.

Our dining experience was nice overall, the food turned out to be better than expected (reviews we read online wasn't so positive). The price is in line with other restaurants of the same grade. We have no complains on the service and adored the restaurant's breathtaking ocean view. So it's all good.

SKY on 57 @Marina Bay Sands

Level 57, Sands Skypark Tower 1

10 Bayfront Ave, Marina Bay Sands, S018956

Tel: 6688 8857