My colleague recommended this interesting chillout place, Aust Wine @ Farm Mart near the West / North-west area, so I decided to give it a shot this weekend. Farm Mart is, by the way, a rather huge area comprising of coffee shop stalls, tables for dining, and rows of pet shops, fresh eggs wholesalers and geomancers.
Located at 67 Sungei Tengah Road, Unit 42, Farm Centre @ Choa Chu Kang, Singapore 699008, the number to dial is 6219 9897. By the way, we were informed that this place would be closed permanently on 19 March 2014, so do drop by before the chance is lost forever.
Offering a relaxing ambience for both indoor dining and breezy alfresco dining, Aust Wine is frequented by families, couples and groups of young friends all enjoying drinks and good food on an unhurried Saturday evening. The service is rather good, and they don't even charge service charge for such efficiency and politeness!
We dined outdoors, letting the kiss of the winds and sounds of nature set the ambience for a fun dinner. The Cream of Mushroom soup came first - looking deceptively plain but tasting rather redolent of button mushroom's flavor. A hot delight on a cool night as such.
Our Garden Salad with Thousand Island Dressing came next - a combination of green lettuce, purple lettuce, tomatoes, and onions tossed with sweet thousand island sauce - a crispy, refreshing starter to pace the gastro's way for more delicacy to come.
Next, the Popcorn Chicken was served. Note that we only ordered this item as a before-meal munchy because the main course we ordered would take 30 minutes to prepare, so I thought of having something to chew on while waiting. The popcorn chicken were served in bite sizes, and the outside was crispy while inside, rather tender.
The main course was the Pork Knuckle - served with lots of sides such as potato wedges, carrot sticks, sweet corn, brocooli and fresh lettuce platter. The pork knuckle was very crispy on the outside (the skin) and the flesh was quite tender; it was very easy to cut, and was not too salty.
The potato wedges were scrumtiously crispy, and I enjoyed the sweet crisps of the fresh vegetables accompaniments.
Finally, I washed down the sort-of greasy and heaty but delicious food with a glass of Merlot. After all, the name of this place is Aust Wine, so it would defeat the purpose if one did not have wine, right?
For this rather enjoyable meal with such a leisurely ambience, we spent SGD$31.00 each, which was very reasonable. A pity this place had to go.
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