Picotin
100 Turf Club Road, Singapore
Tel: 6877 1191
bar, pub, English, French, Italian
Picotin can be defined as the fourth part of a bushel; a dry measure of eight quarts, but there is nothing small about the Picotin just outside Turf City. There is a large (about 1 meter in diameter?) white balloon at the entrance, if you hit Turf City you have gone too far.
There is a little deli just at the entrance, the horseshoe shaped bar greets you after. The bar sits at the semi-circular half of a former horse's cooling station. There is seating inside the other half and on either side of the building.
Everything we ordered last week was yummy, and this was when they were opened for barely 2 weeks! The foie Gras, oyster, scallops, inside-out pie, lobster bisque, duck breast, pork belly, alio olio, lamb shank, pizza... by the time the attentive staff came by again the plates were wiped clean. For sweets, they have ice cream, sorbets, rhubarb crumble, souffle...
For those who drink there are 3 beers on tap, I think they were Hoegaarden, Stella Artois and Leffe. For those who had mixed drinks, they said that they were good too. I just like the glass of ice water that was almost always full! :-)
Give it try, but call ahead just in case, if not to ask how to get there. The tables inside all have high chairs, so if you prefer the regular closer-to-the-ground type, take the tables flanking the cooling station.
Kumxia Picotin for a lovely first impression, we will surely be back there soon! :-)
