Healthy

Price: S$19

Despite the price, this could still easily be a dish that I would recommend to people who are bravely venturing into the vegetarian world. For dinner. It's a great way to dip their toe in and see that perhaps they can survive the trip.

The thing that attempts to be salmon sashimi is my favorite - considering that I loooove real salmon carcass. I also like the ones that attempt to be tuna sashimi. They're a little too brittle in texture but still good.

I don't know why I haven't tried this place sooner.... I think it just made it to my top 3 places for grain bowls 😛😛😛 at an affordable price of $13.80, there are so many options to choose from! (1 grain + 1 protein + 3 sides) and they are generous with every portion. I got the black rice with garlic, falafel and beetroot daal, guac, broccoli and cauliflower salad as well as sweet potato. In addition to that, I chose the teriyaki miso dressing and got a complimentary dollop of alfalfa sprouts. It was so satisfying, a good quantity of healthy food to have on a plate for sure. It was also one of the few places whose grain bowls are so packed with flavor. Every component was tasty and could easily be eaten on its own (this is especially enjoyable for people like me who like to eat the items individually instead of mixing them all together). What a wonderful contrast of flavors and textures, a new favorite !

Roasted beef don was disappointing. For $12.80, portion was decent but the beef came cold and was slightly sinewy. It came medium/rare (in the middle).

I have no idea why Peperoni Pizzeria named the classic Italian al cartoccio as ‘seafood misto’ ($34++), but I ain’t complaining. Regardless of the name, this hodgepodge of seafood swimming in a stunning, stellar broth that’s been wrapped and baked in parchment paper is indescribably indulgent.

Normally, the Italians would simply wrap all the seafood up and toss it all into an oven, but the seafood is all different and each has its own prerequisite cooking times. Fortunately for us, Peperoni wisely decided to cook each individual seafood component to perfection before assembling it all in the bay of broth for a quick journey into the oven instead.

The result is perfection. The prawns were fresh, firm and snappy, as was the squid. The huge halibut filets were moist and flaky while still managing to stay in a relatively intact piece, while the clams were simply perfect. But the winner is definitely the rich, sapid broth that’s just undeniably umami.

It took Peperoni months of research & development to get every single little detail of this dish right, from the time spent in the oven, to exactly when to put the butter into the broth. And it definitely shows, as the savory broth is so rich and luscious you would be forgiven for thinking that there’s cream within. No cream here sunshine, only butter. And it’s marvelous.

Thought I'd check out another one of these grain bowl (or plate, rather) spots around town, especially one located in a food court with supposedly really reasonable prices. Quinoa wasn't hot nor properly seasoned, resulting in a base that was bland and disappointing to say the least. We tried the Western (Australian striploin) and Thai (Thai basil pork shoulder), and neither were particularly tasty nor well-executed — beef was totally overcooked — and the fermented veggies were all overly sour and one-dimensional. Would honestly rather pay double for a better bowl 😕

The healthy choice

Need to try at least because of the looking :)