Spruce Revisited @ Phoenix Park

Nursing a burger craving, it brought me to Spruce. The great burger of yesteryears stuck on, as with their famed but now defunct purple velvet cake. Reservations were finally made after at least five dropped calls. When we arrived, most tables were reserved and it took an uncomfortable good 5 minutes before we were acknowledged.  The menu had undergone some changes and seemed a lot more limited than the last visit yonks back.



Fairly filled.



Have yet to try their brunch though!

Ahi Tuna Tartare ($22)

Well seasoned tuna tartare with avocado and bread. Loved the dash of olive oil and seasoning that made tuna seem like my BFF. The typical pick for me would be salmon, beef or scallop carpaccio over tuna.



Glad that there was hardly a fishy stench about this – yum!

Spruce Burger ($18)

Bacon ($2)

Nearly every table spotted one. Juicy, meaty, hearty…well, it’s a Spruce burger! I still had that whole Big Mac flashbacks with every bite though – a luxe version I say. Nonetheless, loved it all the same!

Steak Frites ($34)

Droolworthy chunk of meat – red, luscious, mouthwatering. Nothing to fault with their crisp fries though they were hardly double cooked.



Tangy salad for company!

Ginger Date Pudding ($12)

Vanilla bean icecream

This dessert was served twice with the first attempt too tough for the spoon to attempt – bouncy infact!



The second was what it should be, all of moist and fragrant cake. Ginger was too faint to discern but the vanilla bean icecream was delightfully rich.

I could have ended up with more berries than the first but definitely the second attempt was way better!

Spruce could have lost some shimmer along side the numerous restaurant openings. I was disappointed with the removal of blue cheese burger and purple velvet cake – it’s akin to removing the best sellers and not replacing them with any better. If anything, the burgers are still decent and service still as snotty.

Spruce

320 Tanglin Road

Phoenix Park