&Made by Bruno Menard, Scotts Road

Helmed the first and only 3 Michelin-starred chef, Bruno Menard, &Made stands as the next hip deli along Orchard Road. 

Purportedly a play in the word 'handmade', &Made prides itself for its gourmet burgers that are made from scratch, a concept that has gained its fair share of fame over the years in Singapore. The causual deli joint was rather empty when we came at around 11.30am on a Saturday morning and was bursting with people by the time it was noon.

Entrance of &Made

Decked in lego-mosaic like walls

The menu was not particularly extensive, but it was definitely interesting, with its Salads to drink, Toastoos and desserts, in addition to its famed burgers.

Menu

We asked for recommendations, only to hear from the waitor that every item is recommended as they are all Bruno's specialties, which was not particularly helpful to our decision making. We then headed for the 'B' Burger, a burger named after the chef hinself.

The 'B' Burger
$19

The 'B' burger is constructed with dry-aged beef, onion confit, caper/garlic sauce and comte cheese, neatly stacked between two mushroom-like buns.

The beef was hearty and went well with the delish onion confit and comte cheese that was not too overwhelming.

The sauce was served separately and it bore a strong semblence of barbeque sauce, which complimented the beef rather well. 

Caper/Garlic sauce

&Made Fries

The burger came with decent fries, although we wish they would use the salt sparingly. We heard someone from the other table asking for fries without salt - that could well be another option too.

Chili Crab Toastoo
$16

Having heard so much about the French's chef rendition of a Singaporean local favourite, I settled for the Chili Crab Toastoo without hestitation. The Toastoo is a buck wheat crepe that is shaped like a bread toast, an interesting dish which I have only seen at &Made. I loved the crispy edges of the toastoo and the thick slab of filling stuffed in the much loved triangular parcel.

I was surprised to find the filling yellow because I had imagine Chili crab to be red. The Chili crab was not exactly spicy, and was a lucious creamy blend of crab meat and prawns. The creamy mash tasted like mashed potato at times - definitely not the Chili crab that Singaporeans are accustomed to, but nonetheless interesting. I particularly like the buckwheat crepe, so I would be back to try the other Toastoos. There were a number of patrons who opted for the Toastoo Florentine, so perhaps that would be a good choice to go for.

Iced coffee with chocolate ice cream
$8

We ended the meal with iced mocha coffee with chocolate ice cream. The drink was not overly sweet, highlighting the richness of the chocolate ice cream. It is a pity that the chocolate masked all traces of the coffee though, it felt more like a chocolate drink than an iced coffee.

Outdoor seats are also available

Having opened its doors only recently, we could see that the joint is still feeling its way around its operations. We had to wait some time for our some of our orders (so did most people around us), and we spotted a couple receiving a wrong order, but we had no problems with that as the staff were all sincere and genuine. For that, we couldn't bring ourselves to fault them for anything. Chef Bruno Menard was also seen mingling around with guests and ensuring that everyone is enjoying their meals, when he is not in the open kitchen doing up the final touches to dishes. We liked the vibes of the place and we'd be back!


&Made
9 Scotts Road, #01-04/05/06 Pacific Plaza, Singapore
No reservations