A 1st for my HB but not a first for me! hahaha Pardon me for being proud of that because this is one of the few that I get ahead of him!

I got my first PepperLunch experience in Singapore! Yahoo! But I got this humiliating story to tell (at least for me)…

It was August 2005 when we went to Singapore. I’ve mentally bookmarked PepperLunch, a must-go place. It was only me and AD while HB was at work. I forgot what mall PL was.  Anyway, the line was not long so I guess PL opened months ago.  And so, there I was, standing and trying to figure what to order.  To cut the long story short, I ordered Beef Pepper rice.  While waiting, I read the instructions on how to cook the meal.  So, I mentally told myself I want to try to mix the 2 (I think) sauce on my meal.  Since I was alone with AD, my concentration was divided.  I have to look after AD to ensure he doesn’t get troubled with the other customers.  1-year old babies are cute but still needs to be looked after.  Anyway, I started to eat my meal until there was nothing left on my hot plate.  Alas!  I didn’t use any of the sauce.  That’s why, I didn’t like the taste of my food while I was eating!  I totally forgot to put the sauce!  Argh!  Silly me!  And that’s my story…

I didn’t noticed Singapore’s selection of salad back then. Have you eaten at Singapore’s PL?  Did they have salads there?  We got the Seaweed and Spicy Tuna salad. What made the salad interesting was the miki-like noodle. The noodle added texture to the salad that made it more interesting for me.

We got the Beef Pepper rice, Cut Steak and Hamburger combo meal and Salmon Pepper rice.  I love the food!  We love the hamburger with its special onion sauce.  Better ask for it since they don’t give it out when you order the combo meal.  The key to a tasty Pepperlunch is the sauce so put lotsa lotsa sauce!  I also love their rice which is Japanese rice, by the way.  It was only after eating that I got to know that they ensure consistency in cooking.  Actually, in everything!  They had this rice robot that wash, measure the rice and waster before they place it in a net then into the rice cooker.  This way, they always have the same kind of rice served to their customers.  Their cast iron plate was heavy too!  This ensures heat retention and other details that makes you realize that they’ve put a lot of thought on this kind of DIY.  And oh, they have to heat up all the cast iron plate to 270 degrees before they remove and serve it with the food.  Don’t worry, no need to wait that long because it is only a matter of seconds before it is ready.

The only thing that I didn’t like was some of the vegetables were not fresh.  Only, the bean sprouts and greens were from Manila while all others were shipped in can.  Hopefully, they would get some ingredients that are available here in Manila.  I know, they need to have a consistent suppliers of the ingredients.  I’m sure there are lots of vegetable dealers out there willing to supply PL.

These 2 desserts were a hit for me!  I love love the molten milk chocolate and the vanilla crepe cake which Chef Joren created just for PL Manila.  He made sure that the desserts are in line with PL and hopefully, other PL would follow his suit.  The molten chocolate cake was warm when served to us.  The chocolate was simply irresistable, not too mild  and not too strong.  It definitely sealed my stomach.  It was definitely a yummy lunch!  But Chef Joren made us try the vanilla crepe cake which caught my eye but decided not to get it because it was too much for us already.  Good thing, we did!  Coined from the name, the crepe were put on top of the other and in between was a creme filling that was thinly spread like how the crepe was made.  It wouldn’t really matter if it had tons of calories on it.  I felt lighter when the piece of cake was in my mouth.  I don’t know why but it really did.  That’s why I almost had the slice all to myself.

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