Swensen's (Junction 8)

I am sure most of us have heard and enjoyed a banana split but how about a goreng pisang split!

The goreng pisang split is Swensen's Singaporean take on the old American favourite by substituting fresh bananas with deep fried batter coated banana fritters.

It was surprisingly enjoyable but if you think ice cream is sinful enough, this dessert is probably going to make you wince. But I mean we only live once right?

The chilli crab burger completes Swensen's triumvirate of National Day Specials.

It was unfortunately the weakest link as well.

The soft shell crab was greasy rather than crispy. I am personally never a fan of soft shell crab burger to begin with because it is troublesome to eat without using your hands and its definitely gonna get messy. The sauce couldn't stay on the soft shell crab and was basically dripping all on the plate.

The chilli crab pizza was also one of Swensen's National Day seasonal offering.

The pizza crust was rather dry and overly bready and kinda reminded me of a frozen instant pizza. The toppings though saved the day as the mixture of chili crab sauce, crab and cheese just could not go wrong. Be warned though, the sauce somehow tasted more spicy on the pizza!

Swensen's seasonal menu can sometimes be a hit or miss affair. Their National Day Specials this year though was simply superb.

I am a big fan of their salmon and mushroom baked rice but they might have triumphed that with their chilli crab baked rice. I wasn't expecting much but ended up being pleasantly surprised with the generous amount of shredded crab meat in the baked rice. I was even more surprised by how well the sweet and spicy chilli crab sauce worked with the crispy baked cheese layer, and left us craving for more.

All of us loved this dish - question is, will swensen make this a regular menu item!

Besides their salad or salmon/grilled fish, pasta is always my top choice whenever I patronise Swensens. ⭐ It might not be overwhelmingly good but so far it had not disappointed me before - springy spaghetti tossed in wholesome sauces & with generous amount of ingredients. ✔
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This time, I tried something from their seasonal special - THAI Curry Pasta! 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭 Featuring spaghetti tossed in luscious Thai curry sauce, fragrant curry leaves, topped with 2 huge fried kind prawns, this plate unfortunately promised more than it delivered. 😔
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The sauce tasted a bit like Thai green curry but carries stronger flavours of fresh basil, which I was not a fan of. For $17.90, I expected the plate to encompass more ingredients but nope, it was just the 2 lonely King Prawns that sat atop the pasta gracefully. Quite a letdown when I was trying to dig beyond these 2 prawns & the heap of pasta🍝 to find none.
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The king prawns 🦐🦐, albeit not having super a lot of flesh either, was pretty tender & juicy, which I felt was the saving grace of this dish. Well-fried & aromatic! 💕
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Suggest you stick to their normal menu though! I personally prefer their Crayfish Pasta, Seafood Arrabiata Pasta, or even their Black Pepper Seafood pasta, where I feel there are way more variety of ingredients & are less ‘jelak’ despite being equally rich in flavours. 👍🏻

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Featuring a generous amount of well-marinated shreds of tender chicken thigh meat atop a bed of crunchy romaine lettuce, shredded carrots & purple cabbage, sweet cherry tomatoes, this bowl of Pulled Chicken Salad ($12.90++) is perfect as a light meal! 😍😍😍
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Absolutely love their Japanese style sesame dressing, which released its irresistible aromatic nutty flavours as it lusciously coats the vegetables & chicken meat! 💕
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This is something i would always go back for! 👍🏻