{"id":38833,"date":"2016-02-18T07:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T23:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/2016\/01\/27\/bird-bird-ann-siang-the-thai-version-of-ding-dong\/"},"modified":"2018-03-03T04:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-02T20:36:39","slug":"bird-bird-ann-siang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2016\/02\/18\/bird-bird-ann-siang\/","title":{"rendered":"CLOSED: Bird Bird, Ann Siang: Thai Ding Dong with Neh Neh Pop"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bird-bird-singapore-review\"I’m surprised nobody has noted that Bird Bird at Ann Siang Road <\/b>(whose confusing signboard reads Palace of Thai Chicken<\/b>) is the Thai version of its neighbor,\u00a0Ding Dong<\/a>. <\/b>Bird Bird is by Chef Bjorn Shen<\/b>, who also owns Middle-Eastern restaurant Artichoke; Ding Dong is by Chef Ryan Cliff who also does Tippling Club<\/a>. Bird Bird serves Thai-influenced street food,<\/b> Ding Dong Vietnamese-inspired street food. They are both unabashedly loud, appropriating traditional symbols (think neon light and campy Thai music). And both “bird bird” and “ding dong” are euphemisms for the one-eyed snake, anaconda, lightsaber, Johnson, third leg, love gun, magic wand, Frankfurter, Jack’s magic beanstalk, lollipop, popsicle, unagi, banana, cucumber…<\/p>\n

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\"bird-bird-ann-siang-road\"Toilet signs<\/em><\/p>\n

If I’ve known how similar Bird Bird is to Ding Dong in the first place, I’d never have gone partly because I don’t like derivatives, and partly because I don’t want to pay so much for Asian food when it is available everywhere readily in Singapore at a cheaper, much cheaper price. Even though Bird Bird is still overpriced—we paid $238 for 5 persons, <\/b>or $47 per pax<\/b>—it is half price of what I paid for Ding Dong.<\/p>\n

\"bird-bird-sg\"One misconception of Thai food is that it’s spicy and sour, and I think that’s the main problem with Bird Bird. Many items repeat the same two flavors. Big Mac fried rice <\/b>($24, above) is the most interesting dish on the menu, tasting exactly like Big Mac, but it errs on being too spicy. The umami corn<\/b> ($14, 2 ears, below), slathered with sriracha kewpie, is so spicy lips tingle; it’s too salty.<\/p>\n

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\"bird-bird-restaurant-singapore\"Som tum <\/b>($14 + $2 salted egg, above), the classic green papaya salad, is too salty too, way too sour, and not crunchy enough; most Thai restaurants do this better. Though not epic, I like the epic omelette<\/b> ($24, below) but as Mr Fitness puts it accurately, this is just fried oyster omelette you can get at hawker stalls for 1\/5 of the price. Like som tum, you can get a better version of this at hawker centers.<\/p>\n

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\"bird-bird-palace-of-thai-chicken\"They should remove basil duck tater tots <\/b>($22, above) from the menu; the tater tots have a rancid oil stench, and I can’t believe they charge so much for tater tots.<\/p>\n

\"palace-of-thai-chicken-singapore\"Bird Bird does birds best. The BFC<\/b>\u00a0($24, 8 pieces, above) or Bangkok Fried Chicken <\/b>has a very nice cilantro? coriander? marinade that I like a lot. But most people around the table prefer the gai yang <\/b>($26, half chicken, below), roasted chicken that is aromatic. Is it lemongrass we smell? Another crowd’s favorite is waterfall lamb <\/b>($28), which seems to be more of a middle-eastern lamb kebab.<\/p>\n

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Achilles heel is the desserts. Who ever thought of adding chicken skin to sundae <\/b>($8)? They just don’t go; chicken skin is not the new candied bacon. Saw many people instagram and rave about the neh neh pop <\/b>($7\/$8), which is like Magnum ice cream but with different flavors. Tried 2 flavors,\u00a0coconut <\/b>and mango sticky rice<\/b>—didn’t like either. Ice cream too dense, more like cream than ice cream.<\/p>\n

\"bird-bird-sg\"Waterfall lamb<\/em><\/p>\n

The best thing here is the service<\/b>. Had a great time bantering with the tomboy server. I felt like we were friends in our past lives.<\/p>\n

\"bird-bird-restaurant\"For the reasons that Bird Bird is half price of Ding Dong, that the service is better, and the food is more thoughtful, given a choice to dine at Ding Dong or Bird Bird, I’d pick the latter.<\/p>\n

Bird Bird Singapore<\/strong>
\n18 Ann Siang Road, #01-01, Singapore 069698
\nTue-Sat 11.30am-2.30pm, Tue-Th 6.30pm-10pm, F&Sat 6.30pm-11pm, Closed Sun & M
\nT: +65 6635 2536
\nfacebook
\n<\/a>\"chope-reservations\"<\/a>
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Price: 5\/10
\nFood: 6\/10
\nDecor\/Ambience: 7\/10
\nService: 8\/10
\nOverall Rating: 3.25\/5<\/p>\n

Written by\u00a0A. Nathanael Ho.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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