On a night when we had to pick up groceries and didn't feel like cooking or going to somewhere fancy, based on a tip from the friends, we stopped by Viio Gastropub on the ground floor of VIIO next to Zhongshan Mall. Perfect! Fairprice Finest next door met all our needs. The gastropub has been opened for a year now, and has quietly built up a little reputation for good beer and food at pocket-friendly prices, especially at lunch.
There's cosy indoor seating but indoors can be noisy, depending on your fellow diners or how much they've had to drink. We sat outdoors that night. The al fresco area was sheltered within the lobby of the building. It was a cool night, and a fan made the area even more comfortable. The choices of beers were more than sufficient for us. Rotating taps and a range of bottles. A Gweilo pale ale for me, and a seasonal stout from Heart of Darkness. We were pleasantly surprised by how decent the food was. Our red snapper paella and spaghettini aglio olio with prawns were rather delicious. Lots of garlic and spring onions. The pasta was topped with tobiko— I appreciated how the server helpfully pointed that out while asking about food allergies.
We actually got to dessert. I wasn't sure what the server meant when she said that they had dessert tonight that was 'yuzu gelato sorbet'. She didn't expain that it was two scoops of different things, and I didn't ask. It sounded fine. When dessert arrived, I laughed. It was one scoop of yuzu gelato, and a scoop of yuzu sorbet, topped with berries and cacao powder. Unbeatable combination.
There's cosy indoor seating but indoors can be noisy, depending on your fellow diners or how much they've had to drink. We sat outdoors that night. The al fresco area was sheltered within the lobby of the building. It was a cool night, and a fan made the area even more comfortable. The choices of beers were more than sufficient for us. Rotating taps and a range of bottles. A Gweilo pale ale for me, and a seasonal stout from Heart of Darkness. We were pleasantly surprised by how decent the food was. Our red snapper paella and spaghettini aglio olio with prawns were rather delicious. Lots of garlic and spring onions. The pasta was topped with tobiko— I appreciated how the server helpfully pointed that out while asking about food allergies.
We actually got to dessert. I wasn't sure what the server meant when she said that they had dessert tonight that was 'yuzu gelato sorbet'. She didn't expain that it was two scoops of different things, and I didn't ask. It sounded fine. When dessert arrived, I laughed. It was one scoop of yuzu gelato, and a scoop of yuzu sorbet, topped with berries and cacao powder. Unbeatable combination.
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