Shape Singapore – August 2019

NOKA

#07-38/39 Funan

Noka, which translates to “farmhouse” in Japanese,

is the sister restaurant to open Farm Community

and a first-of-its-kind rooftop urban farm and

Japanese restaurant in Singapore. It partners urban

farming social enterprise edible garden City, which

manages the 5,000 sq ft garden filled with oyster

mushrooms, microgreens, basil, Mexican tarragon

and butterfly pea flowers that are plucked fresh and

transformed into exciting dishes.

OPeN fArM COMMuNitY

130E Minden Road

one of the first to push the farm-to-table concept in Singapore

and focus on local farming, it offers plenty to do here besides

eat – you can explore the fruit and vegetable orchards or

partake in gardening workshops. The focus here is on locally-

sourced ingredients and seasonal, innovative dishes, such as

crowd-favourite Cauliflower Wings ($16), and Local Pekin Duck

Rilette ($20) on sourdough. The restaurant also curates and

hosts local farmers once a month to showcase their produce to

guests, who can then enjoy these freshly harvested ingredients

and learn more about the grow-your-own-food movement.

StrANgerS reuNiON

33/35 Kampong Bahru Road

one of the highlights of this popular

cafe’s all-day brunch menu is that it

features dishes made with upcycled

ingredients that would otherwise

be discarded, and re-imagines them

as part of a dish. Not only does this

reduce food wastage, but it also takes

culinary creativity to the next level.

dishes include the Salmon Skin Chips

($11.90), which uses salmon offcuts

as well as trimmings from the cafe’s

homemade coffee smoked salmon,

and the Pork and Broccoli ($21.90),

which gives the side serving of broccoli

stems a new lease of life, by softening,

steaming then slow-roasting them.

And because you know them for their

coffee as much as their grub, there’s

the Strangers Coffee Smoked Salmon

on Toast ($18.90), featuring house-

cured salmon that’s cold-smoked with

spent coffee grounds.

TexT

BALVINDER SANDHU & PEH YI WEN

MAIN

PhoTo

PINKFISH, VEGANBURG, NOKA, STRANGERS

REUNION, OPEN FARM COMMUNITY, THE SUMMERHOUSE, ARTEMIS GRILL, SHANGRI-LA HOTEL

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