{"id":34910,"date":"2015-06-18T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=34910"},"modified":"2018-10-16T19:55:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:55:54","slug":"charcoal-pit-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2015\/06\/18\/charcoal-pit-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"PERMANENTLY CLOSED: Charcoal Pit, Tanjong Pagar: Ghostly Rooftop BBQ but \u201cDo Not Eat the Meat\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"charcoalPerched on the 12th floor of Realty Centre, the week-old Charcoal Pit specializes in grilled meats over charcoal and hardwood fire.
\n<\/p>\n

\"charcoalThe biblical quote on the wall is rather ironic when the steaks here are served medium-rare.<\/em><\/p>\n

Realty Centre is a cool, old, dingy building, with flickering florescent lamps, dark corners, lift buttons that don\u2019t light up, and mosaic tiles\u2014stuff of nightmares and ghost movies. The lift only goes to 11th floor, so you have to climb a staircase up to Charcoal Pit, a stairwell of right angles; you\u2019ll never know what you\u2019ll bump into at the next turn. SO FREAKING AWESOME.<\/p>\n

\"charcoalBut by the end of the meal, I lamented, \u201cIt\u2019s such a pity to have a bbq restaurant here. The space would make a really cool hipster bar.\u201d Part of the reason why I said it is because of the disappointment over the food.<\/p>\n

The taste of the burger<\/strong> ($15 + $1 cheese + $2 bacon + $1 caramelized onions) was not bad with a smoky aroma, but for $3 more, I could get an amazing burger at Meatliquor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, what diminished the taste was the experience. We ate half of the fries, which came with the burger. Then we started to eat the burger, and discovered the inside was as raw as beef tartare. They agreed to make us a new one, but when the new burger came, it came without fries. And the bacon in the second burger was so little. Sigh.<\/p>\n

\"charcoalI should have gone for the grass-fed flank steak<\/strong>, but I was greedy for cheap wagyu rump<\/strong> ($34). The server told me it was 300g, but it might be a misinformation; from the look of the steak, I estimated it to be 150g-200g. Good quality wagyu should have fats laced into the meat, like zebra stripes, but this one had fats concentrated at one end. Fresh beef should be a nice pinkish red in medium-rare but this came as a dark brown.<\/p>\n

\"charcoalThe baby back ribs<\/strong> ($22 half\/ $34) made Huccalyly angry. \u201cDamn it,\u201d she cursed, \u201cI thought meat should fall off the bones. I need to use my hands; this rib is forcing me not to be lady-like. These ribs don\u2019t taste like they are well-marinated, and tasted like they just slab the bbq sauce to mask the lousy marination. Cartel Caf\u00e9\u2019s ribs are better. I don\u2019t want to be mean, and we should give them a chance because they are new\u2026 Can you give them 4.9?\u201d<\/p>\n

I replied, \u201cOver 10?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Fitness chimed in, \u201cNo lah, over 100.\u201d<\/p>\n

We spent $78 for three persons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Charcoal Pit<\/a><\/strong><\/h1>\n

15 Enggor St, Realty Centre #12-00 Singapore 079716
\nT: +65\u00a08822 5591
\nM-Sat 11am-10pm
\nfacebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Value: 6\/10
\nD\u00e9cor\/Ambience: 5.75\/10 (Patrons’ chattering echoed!)
\nFood: 4.9\/10
\nService: 6\/10
\nRating: 2.831\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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