[CLOSED] The Social Outcast (The Grandstand)

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Served in a chip bag, we have slices of smokey beef steak layered on top of nacho chips and tomato concasse. 🥩🥙🌮 This was a convenient way to enjoy the food with the messy goodness being contained in the chip bag 🤤🤤Considering how we queued in a cloud of barbeque smoke, our main gripe was that the food was kinda cold when we got it :(
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Pro-tip! There are staff with signup QR codes! Do sign up with their referral code to get $5 vouchers to use at the grillfest to enjoy even more FUD!! 🤑

Previously at Simpang Bedok, The Social Outcast (TSO) has shifted to a bigger & own space at Turf City! You'd spot an industrial-look space with an open kitchen where you can catch all the action & flames.

Their life-sized menu is placed on the side of the restaurant, so the entire venue can browse through it & a secret seasonal menu is made available to you if you tell the chef a pick up line or a joke.

With the open fire, most of the menu consist of grilled meats, pizzas and a couple of fried sides to complement the meats.

So we ordered a couple of meats including this bone marrow. It comes with a topping of tomato concasse salsa, and crackling, served with a side of toasted focaccia. The melt-in-your-mouth butter-like marrow is the perfect spread on the foccacia, bringing out all its umami flavours. Definitely something to order when you visit!

If you're a lover of fries, this one's for you! The Social Outcast serves up a mean portion of tempura fries which I have loved & raves about ever since they started at Simpang Bedok's Bedok Marketplace.

The crispy light batter, soft fluffy potatoes on the inside-the perfect balance & combination of fries.

While it's unusual to have a tempura exterior, it does add a light & airy crunch to it, & being lightly seasoned, it is flavourful enough on its own!

Easily a bowl of fries that I can whack & finish on my own, so no sharing please (kidding, ask nicely & I will).

If you're a fan of squid & all things squid, this is probably the dish for you.

This plate simply shouts SQUID all over with their squid ink pasta + slab of grilled squid that's served with grated parmesan and charred stick of broccolini.

If you split the dish apart & have it by itself, each individual component does really well! The squid ink pasta is al dante & slightly salty from the squid ink which is fine by me while the grilled squid was fork-tender with grilled marks all over for that extra crunch. However, it felt a lil' much having them together and the parmesan made the dish much heavier & saltier than it should be.

Having shifted from Simpang Bedok to The Grandstand, The Social Outcast (TSO) has expanded in size--not just as an outlet, but its menu as well.

Serving up main plates such as the Moluccas Beef Ribs, it's no wonder they need such a big space to accommodate the influx of people visiting the spot.

The New Zealand premium beef ribs are being charcoal grilled after being smoked & glazed with Moluccas, a distinctive blend of spices which packs a whole punch. The fall off the bone tender meat didn't need much agitation to be pulled apart which was great & the charred bits at the corner with the slight hint of sweetness were the best parts. On the side, it came with a portion of Mexican style elote & cold mash, which felt a lil' weird next to all the warm meat & corn, but could be easily forgotten as the main star was the beef ribs afterall.

No more wings- changed to Drumlets. The charcoal taste is amazing but meat was slightly undercooked!