Pulled pork sandwich (with sweet potato in focaccia)and broccoli soup
(Not to be confused with Food for Thought, the delightful vegetarian dungeon in Covent Garden, London)
It probably hasn't crossed your mind (or maybe I'm just slow) that good food and social enterprise can go together. Either that, or it resurrects memories of selling slush and cream puffs befuddledly bunged together at home at fun fairs when you were in school.
Food for Thought, then, is a revelation. Combining profits, philanthropy, and surprisingly refined chow, it is the brainchild of a friend of a friend and her friends. The pulled pork sandwich (I'm guessing credited to their American sous chef) is one of the best pulled pork I've had in a while, although it resounded more of roast pork with crackling. And who would ever have thought of putting braised pork (lobak) in a sandwich? The soups, too, are consistently of a high standard, and it now comes in a combo platter (half sandwich + soup) for S$7.50. It's always a pleasant surprise when casual food is not put together casually, more so in a cafe as tiny as this. As much as this is food for thought, you'll find that a lot of thought has been put in the food too.
Always ready to surprise, the desserts are not made by the cafe, but a showcase for local hidden talents. Are you a lawyer by day and a domestic goddess at heart? Do you think you make the best durian/chocolate/black forest cake in Singapore? Then maybe you need to check out Food for Thought's dessert talent time.
Some of the causes supported by Food for Thought: tuition for poor students, water aid in East Timor. You can also contribute to the waiters/waitresses' university fund.
Plus, it's just opposite the new National Library.
Coming out of the Food for Thought experience, I'm not just happy I had a good casual bite. I'm inspired. Something inside of me wonders: can I do this too? Food, books, fashion, and skiing anyone?
Food for Thought
420 North Bridge Road
North Bridge Centre
#01-06
Singapore 188727
Always ready to surprise, the desserts are not made by the cafe, but a showcase for local hidden talents. Are you a lawyer by day and a domestic goddess at heart? Do you think you make the best durian/chocolate/black forest cake in Singapore? Then maybe you need to check out Food for Thought's dessert talent time.
Some of the causes supported by Food for Thought: tuition for poor students, water aid in East Timor. You can also contribute to the waiters/waitresses' university fund.
Plus, it's just opposite the new National Library.
Coming out of the Food for Thought experience, I'm not just happy I had a good casual bite. I'm inspired. Something inside of me wonders: can I do this too? Food, books, fashion, and skiing anyone?
Food for Thought
420 North Bridge Road
North Bridge Centre
#01-06
Singapore 188727
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