After knowing about Humpback Sunday Brunch, I decided to pop by with my Mom to check them out at Bukit Pasoh. There is no lack of restaurants and cafes along Bukit Pasoh Road. Previously, I visited BOCA a Portuguese Restaurant, The Lokal, Reading Room, Open Book Cafe. These aren’t just the only few, even the famous Restaurant Andre is at this tranquil stretch filled with post-war buildings.
The unit where Humpback is located was previously occupied by The Clan. Now that The Clan has shifted, the design of the ground floor was revamped into a more casual dinning spot with only bar tables which I never preferred.
Since Humpback is an oyster bar, one could easily locate the bucket of available oysters by the bar.
Humpback Sunday Brunch
On Humpback Sunday Brunch menu, 7 categories were offered; namely Oysters, Snacks, Garden, Egg, Seafood, Meat and Dessert.
I was glad to catch sight of oysters on its menu. There were 4 types of oysters offered. All were from Washington, USA, priced at $3 each. Though I like oysters but am no experts so I just went ahead to pick 2 to tryl Eld Inlet and Kumamoto. Lemon, specially concocted vinegar and freshly grated horse radish were served with the oysters. Kumamoto was lighter in oyster pungent as compared Eld Inlet. As such Kumamoto was smoother on the palate. But personally I prefer the Eld Inlet as I like that pungent
Kale Salad ($14) was our picked. Besides kale, the main greens, pear, pecan nuts, buttermilk, topped with kale chips and dusted with a good amount of grated parmesan cheese was in this salad. My mom didn’t appreciate it initially but felt it tasted fabulous after ingesting more of them. Personally, I felt it was like having Cesar Salad, instead of Romaine Lettuce, Kale was replaced.
Out of the 4 eggs, we chose the most boring one, Scrambled Egg ($10/18) with Prosciutto, asparagus on sourdough. All except the Omelette has it in either small or big plate. Personally, I would go for either the fried egg ($14/24)with octopus or omelette ($18) with oysters.
The scrambled egg has a soft a soft curd texture and was creamy. As lots of chopped parsley (I think they were), resulted in more aroma in the dish.
It was their Lobster Roll ($39) that prompted me the visit to Humpback. Chunky lobster with cream, tobiko in the roll and frisee and fries by the side. We enjoyed Humpback Lobster Roll.
At the meat section, either Buttermilk Fried Chicken or Pork Rib ($14) was available. We ordered the latter. The pork rib was extremely tender. With only the fork, the meat was detached from the bone. Again, a pity, the marinate did not get meat-deep.
Since Humpback is part of Jigger and Pony establishment, expect a good range of cocktails and wine. Alternatively, one could customize their very own Bloody Mary.
It has limited non-alcoholic drinks though. One of them is the Iced Tea Soda ($6) which we opted to try. Practically, almost like soda.
NAHMJ Verdict
We enjoyed the food offerred at Humpback Sunday Brunch. Though the food weren’t any special but it was well executed. At least the food we ordered were delish.
Lastly, I am leaving all with the Humpback definition of Brunch.
Humpback
20 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089834
Tel: +65 6750 4461
Website: http://www.humpback.sg
FB: https://www.facebook.com/humpbacksg/?fref=ts
Opening Hours
Monday – Saturday 1700 to 0000; Sunday 1100 to 1500
Getting There
By MRT:
- North East and North-South Line – Outram Park Station (Exit H)
By Bus:
- alight before the Pinnacle @ Duxton along Neil Road 61, 166, 197
- alight at Pearl’s Center along Eu Tong Seng 54, 124, 143, 147, 166, 190, 851, 970, CT8, CT18, CT28
- alight opp Pearl’s Center along New Bridge Road – 2, 12, 33, 54, 63, 124, 143, 147, 190, 851, 961, 961C, 970, CT8, CT18, CT28
Rating: 7.5/10