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[KOVAN, SINGAPORE] @alkove.sg is known for their multiple promotions throughout the day, and I've finally tried their daily dinner set menu!

At around $25, depending on your main and top-ups, you get a really sizable meal with a starter, a side and a dessert. The mains are already quite huge, and my favourite among all I've tried is the Chicken Schnitzel 🐔 ($17.90) which was really enormous and the meat within is really tender and flavourful! The rice unfortunately did not have much garlic taste, but the meat sauce helped.

As for starters, the ciabatta with kombu butter 🥖 is lovely, as the bread was toasted well and paired deliciously with the umami spread 😋 Get the mushroom chips as well as that provided a lovely crunch!

For sides, the Mala Potatoes 🥔 is the GOAT. Crispy potatoes with a mala sauce that tasted like lao ganma, this was addictive.

As for desserts, both the Brownie with Ice Cream 🍫 & Tiramisu ☕ were good. The former was very rich and chocolatey and the latter had a strong coffee taste!

Indeed there were some misses from the items not mentioned, but overall it was a decent meal, and it was fun trying out so many different varieties of food! Where else can you get such variety at such a price?

I’ve had a fair few French onion soups, but a French Onion Miso Soup ($12.90++)? That’s new to me. The classic French soup is elevated by upgrading the standard beef stock with miso. The rich, heavy body of the beef stock is even more savoury thanks to the umami miso, and this is possibly the most savoury French onion soup on Singapore. It does border on being too salty at certain points, especially given the inclusion of the melted cheese blanketing the soup. However, the superbly sweet caramelised onions counter the sodium levels with their sweetness, and all was right with the world again. Thirteen bucks might seem extortionate for soup, but you’ll slurp up every last drop and conclude that it was worth every last penny.⠀
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Besides their Chicken Cordon Bleu, @alkove.sg have more unique entrées, which I’ll definitely be back for.

The last time I had chicken cordon bleu was when my age still started with a 1, so when I heard that this Swiss chicken classic is one of @alkove.sg signatures, I cleared my calendar one weekend afternoon to sample it. At $22.90++, this deep fried stuffed chicken was served with a mound of French fries and a healthy helping of salad. The chicken may look dishearteningly diminutive, but it’s more than sufficient for most appetites.⠀
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Chicken breast fillets are stuffed with camembert cheese and bits of ham, and breaded then deep fried till a glorious golden brown. The breading adheres well to the chicken, and it’s thin, crispy and most crucially, it didn’t soak up too much oil during frying. The chicken breast fillets are a little dry, which is expected, but the molten camembert cheese alleviates the problem with its cheesy, oozy lubrication. The ham provides little hits of extra salinity and adds to the overall savouriness of the cordon bleu. ⠀
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As for the sides, they were capable complements to the chicken. The fries were absolutely addictive with their crispy, salty goodness, and the zesty dressing on the fresh salad wiped my palate clear of all the fried greasy goodness, keeping me going strong. Grab this delicious bird for dinner, and wash it down with a cold pint of Sapporo beer for just $6.90++. ⠀
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Besides their Chicken Cordon Bleu, @alkove.sg have more unique entrées, which I’ll definitely be back for.

They have a good selection of bakes. This looked gorgeous. I would say it looks better than it tasted haha.

I heard a bistro by a Michelin chef opened in my estate. I would describe it French fusion. This stew was surprisingly better than I imagined. It's very umami and I bottomed it out. There's prawns, barramundi, scallops, mussels, clams and is cooked with ssamjang, basil and saffron. The cheese-topped bread was like crackers already.

I heard a bistro by a Michelin chef opened in my estate. I would describe it modern French, although this dish is more traditional. Make or break is down to the chicken and I'm happy to report it's well executed. Lovely fries too.