Restaurant Review: Garuda Padang Cuisine at Far East Square

Restaurant Review: Garuda Padang Cuisine at Far East Square

Far East Square #01-01
7-8 Amoy Street
Singapore 049949

+65 6536 4111

As the name indicates, Garuda Padang Cuisine is an Indonesian restaurant located in the arcades of Far East Square. Established nearly forty years ago, Garuda Padang is spread throughout Indonesia, with outlets in Lampung, Medan and Jakarta, and finally opened their first outlet outside Indonesia in Singapore, offering Halal Minangkabau cuisine. At present, Garuda Padang has three outlets in Singapore, in Orchard Central, Vivo City, and Far East Square.

The restaurant at Far East Square targets the business crowds from the nearby CBD and China Square, and accordingly the restaurant’s atmosphere is of elegant casualness. Guests have the option to choose a set lunch (starting from S$ 7) or to order a la carte.

  Garuda Padang Indonesian Cuisine

The staff is friendly and helpful, explaining each different food item for those of us who are not too familiar with Indonesian cuisine. Eventually, we went a la carte and ordered Beef Rendang with Sayur Lodeh (mixed vegetables in light curry sauce) and the chef’s recommendation of Gulai Singkong (tapioca leaves and banana blossoms in coconut sauce). The dish comes with as much rice as you’d like, which smelled delicious. In my view, the Beef Rendang was the best of the three, with the meat tender and slightly spicy and very flavourful. The tapioca leaves and banana blossoms were also very nice, and quite exotic for my ang-mo palate. The mixed vegetables however were a bit of a disappointment, being somewhat tough to chew and lacking in flavour.

To conclude this review, I think overall it was an enjoyable meal for S$ 32 for two persons, but nothing out of the ordinary.

3/5 Stars