Food for Thought

Hi everyone,

I went to "Food for Thought" outlet at 8 Queen Street with my friend (by her recommendation) on last friday about 4pm. She was eating at the next door Standing Sushi Bar the other time. "Food for Thought" is located near to the Singapore Management University Admin Building.

Let me comment a bit on the brand name. I found the information on their website. The store is called "Food for Thought" because it is a social enterprise. The store owners hopes to provide a happy place with great food at a fair price where people can have great chats, find new friends and discover simple ways to give back to the local and global community. Apparently, their mission is to invest a minimum 10% of our profits into the following five areas of interest:

1) Support Clean Water
2) Feed Good Food
3) Help End Poverty (I really want to end poverty too!)
4) Educate the People
5) Encourage Good Acts

The store exterior is really nice and it looks cozy from outside. It seems rather clean, simple and cozy when we stepped inside. The staff were well-mannered. I like the witch hats that they were wearing (Halloween mood!!).

We ordered these dishes for our late lunch (the menu is available on their website):
1) Basil Almond Pesto Chicken Linguine (My Lovely friend's order)

Food Review:
A healthy dish generally. I took one mouth of it. The taste of herbs is rather strong. It would not be fair if I give a score to it since I had a mouth. But my friend seems to enjoy it.

2) House Works. It consists of Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Toasted Brioche, Hash Brown
with Roasted Tomato Salad

Food Review:
I love the scrambled eggs. It is really creamy. For the bacon, it is very crispy and thinly sliced. The hash brown were in the shapes of balls. It tastes quite good. The salad is standard. The main selling point for me after eating this dish is the toasted brioche. Oh my god! It is really nice. One can't help but wonder whether it is a bread or a cake when eating. Overall I give it a 4/5.

Anyway, I was curious about how they donate proceeds to those in need. So I asked the waiter (he is a little blur!), but I managed to find out that patrons can put money in a box for their Give Clean Water Fund. Of course I choose to do so.

These are the photos we took.