To celebrate my father-in-law's birthday we went to a fairly new establishment called Artichoke at Sculpture Square along Middle Road. The place is immediately inviting, and the smells emanating from the kitchen are mouth-watering. The place serves my kind of food - Moroccan & Middle-Eastern influenced with fresh ingredients. We ordered way too much, but what fun to try the many dishes! The menu there changes frequently to keep things interesting, and often the best dishes are written on the wall. Loved the lamb short ribs cooked with chermoula spices - so well cooked the meat just comes off the bone; the hummus and babaganoush with bread were what they are meant to be - flavourful and comforting; the beef stew was excellent - robust, rich, extremely tender, but not stodgey; the moussaka was lovely - light with a lingering flavour; the leg of lamb served with seven veg couscous was perfectly done; and the popcorn chicken was a fried food indulgence that lived up to it's name - it really comes with popcorn :)
Their offering reminded me very much of Mecca Bah in Melbourne, and I was quite pleased to have a place to go to in Singapore for something similar. I would have taken pictures of everything if my hands weren't so tied up with Asher - he was fussing and not wanting to eat even though ordinarily, he'd eat everything on that table! In the end I only took pics of the first dishes that arrived.
Anyway, the place serves brunch too, so might pop by there another day to try it. But we'll definitely be coming back again some time!
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