Saturday, September 20, 2008

The Pump Room

Microbrewery seems to be gaining popularity in Singapore. With brisk business seen at Brewerkz and the Red Dot Brewhouse, it's only natural that more people will attempt to copy the business model.  Microbreweries may, in time, be spawning out of control.  The Pump Room is a new establishment, offering own-brewed beers, and bistro food. Unlike Brewerkz which is situated smack in a touristy Clark Quay area, and the Red Dot Brewhouse that perches on Dempsey Hill, the Pump Room seems to target at shoppers at the Great World City mall during day time, and yuppies living in the River Valley area during night time (or at least this is my conjecture). So it's not difficult to understand why the Pump Room is a bistro for most part of the day, and a pub with live music after 9pm. Having exhausted all options for lunch today, Yan and I decided to give the Pump Room a try. After all, it's a sweltering day, having lunch in a comfortable air-conditioned place just seemed a natural choice. Yan ordered their speciality burger meal while I went for Linguine Vongole (oh, how predictable!). A meal here would not be complete without the Pump Room's own-brewed beers.  We liked it. Prices were reasonable. We will be back again.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

did u try the bavarian lager? I like that one....cheers!!!

Chef C said...

yes...it tasted good....we went back the second time just 2 weeks ago, and they had buffer brunch this time around...a wide selection of food - worth a try!

Anonymous said...

I wish to come back and drink their beer again... too bad Malaysia don't have microbrewery.

Chef C said...

funny - i did mention this to a friend that perhaps it's time to consider opening a microbrewery in malaysia if getting an alcohol license is not an issue...i believe there is a market for this...