Marché

Oct 13, 2008 (Mon): A. had missed Sizzler, the healthy restaurant with a salad bar that used to be located at the far right-hand corner of Wisma Atria on the first floor. So when we discovered Marché one Sunday in Vivo City, where the roof-top garden and playground is, A.'s herbivorous instincts led him inside the restaurant. There was a line, but after 20 minutes, our turn came.

Like a typical Movenpick restaurant in Switzerland where the salad bar is a feature, we were sure we were going to tuck in. To our surprise, the 'healthy' atmosphere strongly signalled us to eat less than what we wanted. We piled the alfafa sprouts into our shallow bowls, then the rockets, lettuce, seeds, boiled potato cubes, carrots, etc. Beside the salad bar, we ordered our spaghetti, cooked by an Indian lady chef. We went to order our mushroom and potato soups and were told to wait five minutes for our pasta.

When pasta was ready, I was surprised it tasted like pasta in curry instead of tomato sauce. I didn't mind actually. A. suggested that we should go back again.

There were a lot there we have not tried: The meats, other soups, the rolls and breads, the wine and beers. We closed our meal with a glass of carrot juice which we shared.

You can be transformed into herbivores for SGD 35, with tax and surcharge, for two.