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2014-12-19
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A very curious visit to the revamped The Pawn. I was there for drinks with a friend about a month after the restaurant reopened. As expected, it has been hyped up what with celebrity chef, new botanical concept et cetera et cetera. The first difference from the old Pawn we noticed was that there's a bouncer at the entrance - on an early Monday evening. Since when do we need bouncers for a restaurant? I half expected to enter a dark, noisy club because of that. Luckily, it wasn't and yet somethin
I was there for drinks with a friend about a month after the restaurant reopened. As expected, it has been hyped up what with celebrity chef, new botanical concept et cetera et cetera.
The first difference from the old Pawn we noticed was that there's a bouncer at the entrance - on an early Monday evening. Since when do we need bouncers for a restaurant? I half expected to enter a dark, noisy club because of that. Luckily, it wasn't and yet something doesn't feel quite right. It looks nice enough but somehow lacks identity. I have to say I much prefer the old pawn shop concept and as a revitalization project, it sereved its purpose well. Now, to me, the revamp is simply changing the place from an expensive restaurant to a more expensive one... but I digress...
Drinks-wise, I ordered the Corpse Reviver 1908 and my friend ordered an Old Fashioned. Both were nicely-done and did the job to spice up our blue Monday.
We also ordered the Spiced Pork Ribs and Grilled Shishitso Pepper from the snack menu. The portion was way bigger than expected, especially the ribs. And as much as they tasted really good, it's kind of odd to put a big slab of ribs in a "snack" menu. It was really clumsy eating them with the low table (and we weren't given any cutlery and plates until we asked). The service needs improvement though. It was a little difficult getting the servers' attention.
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