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Have been eyeing this place for a long time and wanted to try their elevated filipino cuisine, so my partner brought me here for my birthday dinner.

First of all the service staff were really friendly and helpful in recommending dishes to try. The ambience of the place was also immaculate - warm hues and cosy vibes, perfect for date nights or gathering with friends.

For the food, we had:
1) Chicharon ($12) - Great way to start off the meal. Loved the crunch and fattiness of the pork cheek slivers. The smoked plum ketchup tasted so similar to macdonald's curry sauce though, and that threw me off a little.

2) Pork Longanissa ($20) - Like an open-faced sandwich with a perfectly grilled patty complete with crispy edges, pickled cucumber for the tang and crunch, cheddar cheese and mustard sauce to give depth of flavour, atop a fluffy toasted potato bread with briney ikura and gooey cured egg on top. This was a flavour bomb. Full stop. This was my fave dish of the night.

3) Crab Fat Risotto ($22) - This was quite a disappoint as it was highly raved online but I could only taste sourness from the entire dish. Not sure if it was the fermented crab or the calamansi, but the sourness was overpowering in this plate.

4) Duck Fat BBQ Corn ($12) - Simply corn grilled with duck fat and smoked paprika sprinkled on top. Flavors were nice with the sweetness of the corn and savouriness of the paprika coming through, but $12 for what I think is half a corn? Wouldn't order this again.

5) Halo Halo ($14) - A scoop of purple yam ice cream with coconut jam and coconut corn custard. That's all. Thought I could eat the flesh of the coconut this was served in too, but it was too hard to scrape off. Overall, felt that this dessert leaned too heavily on theatrics instead of the food itself.

6) Barbie Potion ($20) - A gin-based aperitivo with raspberry, balsamic and egg white. Felt this was pretty diluted and tasted more like raspberry soda instead. Absolutely not worth the price.

Overall, had a nice meal but personally there were more misses than hits for the food. But I would say service is good; my partner told the staff that this was a birthday celebration and they took away the Halo-Halo (that they already served) while I went to the loo and when I returned they came back to serve it with a candle on top. Enjoyable experience, but would try the rest of the menu.

Every visit, sure got order this dish. It's one of their best dish ever. So fatty, chewy, savoury and sinful. But don't overeat, else it became jelak. The  crunchy chilli helps to give a change to palate.

Soft and silky tofu with fried skin, drenched in savoury sauce.

Need to have some greens. The simple aromatic stir fry with garlic style give the vegetables its best natural taste.

Thick, fatty and meaty bbq knuckle that make you feel sinful afterinf eating it but still you will want it again. The spice is moderately spiced. Thr meat and fats were easy to chew.

Good for snacking. Crunchy diced chicken that isn't that overly spicy and numb.

Standard dumplings to fill the stomach. It was okay.

Stir-fry egg cooked with chives. Eggy and juicy.

As always, an affordable and nice meal dining here.

Fried Fat Intestine($13.80)
Every visit, sure got order this dish. It's one of their best dish ever. So fatty, chewy, savoury and sinful. But don't overeat, else it became jelak. The  crunchy chilli helps to give a change to palate.

Fried Tofu($9)
Soft and silky tofu with fried skin, drenched in savoury sauce.

Fried Dou Miao($7.80)
Need to have some greens. The simple aromatic stir fry with garlic style give the vegetables its best natural taste.

Roasted Pork Knuckle($3.50/pcs)
Thick, fatty and meaty bbq knuckle that make you feel sinful afterinf eating it but still you will want it again. The spice is moderately spiced. Thr meat and fats were easy to chew.

Saute Dried Chicken with Chilli & Pepper($19)
Good for snacking. Crunchy diced chicken that isn't that overly spicy and numb.

Three Mix Dumplings($6.50)
Standard dumplings to fill the stomach. It was okay.

Chives Fried Egg($11.80)
Stir-fry egg cooked with chives. Eggy and juicy.
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AMAZINGGG!!!! the meat was so tender& juicy... completely devoured the plate😍😍😍😍😍 AND LOOK AT THE PORTION!!!!+ w burpple 1f1 its so so so so worth!!!!!!

Indulge in authentic flavours at Thirteen BBQ Bar! Treat yourself to a feast of delectable skewers, spicy mala pork belly, and homemade dumplings.
Open until 2 am daily, with no GST or service charges, this is the ultimate destination for satisfying your late-night food cravings. Look no further for your next favourite supper spot!

Bedok 85 is also famous for their sambal stingray. Last time army book out day, the whole platoon will travel from sungei gedong camp all the way here for supper. This was sadly more than a decade ago.

Times have change, what used to be the best sambal stingray at bedok 85 is no longer.

Chomp Chomp BBQ stingray is now no.1

Maybe standards have drop for both, but Chomp chomp sambal stingray taste better now.

Sambal here still very good. The half where u scrap the meat off the bone was damn good.

The half without bone was sadly a tad drier.