[Review] The Communal Place at Joo Chiat introduces new Miso-centric dishes

Established in 2018, The Communal Place is a bistro cafe within the Joo Chiat and Katong heritage enclave, with the mantra to at all times stay ‘a location for the community first, then Food, Drink and Gossip’. Consider it as a real-life, Singaporean model of the fictional Central Perk Cafe within the hit sitcom, Pals.

We just like the pleasant ambient once we step into the cafe. The employees had been all very heat and welcoming. The decor and seating association can also be designed for visitors to hold round and work together in a comfortable setting.

Everybody will get greeted with a small shot of welcome drink once you step in. Instantly, the environment feels a lot extra welcoming than the standard cafe due to this small gesture.

The Communal Place has lately launched a brand new sequence of miso-centric dishes and we sampled among the miso dishes, along with a couple of of their visitors’ favourites:

Why miso?

First off, The Communal Place affords Japanese-western fusion dishes and it make sense to include miso, a quintessential ingredient in lots of conventional Japanese meals. As well as, miso is mostly deemed as wholesome, being supply of nutritional vitamins and folic acid.

If you wish to savour the miso flavour within the newly launched dishes, go for the salmon because it pairs properly and leaves a extra seen notice of the miso sauce. For the very best worth, go for the foie gras dish. Nonetheless, notice that you simply received’t be capable of style the miso flavour a lot for the latter dish as each foie gras and the cream sauce are very robust in flavours. The miso pancake is an fascinating mixture of candy and savoury and is nice as a breakfast merchandise.

For the favourites, we loved the Bouillabaisse, a seafood soup comparable in flavour to the extra generally discovered Lobster Bisque. The oysters are at an awesome worth, however the flavour might varies, relying on the season.

General, we just like the ambient very a lot and located the meals to be above common for a bistro cafe the place you'll normally anticipate finding just a few fundamental fish and chip or avocado toast dishes. The plating is gorgeous, elevating the consolation meals served in a restaurant.

Tackle: 465 Joo Chiat Highway Singapore 427677

Open Each day, 11am to 10pm