The Roaming Professor : The Gardens by the Bay: The Incredibly Expensive Lunch

M doesn't have to work on Tuesdays, that is - he may have work to do like grading and such, but he doesn't have to physically go into to SIM to teach. I convinced him to go to the Gardens by the Bay, which I posted about before - see here. There was a list of the "best vegetarian restaurants in Singapore" and one of the restaurants Pollen was in Gardens by the Bay. But I will come back to this later...

We decided to walk, or rather I said - "hey let's walk." At noon. In Singapore. With blazing hot sun beating down on you. Ha! It is about a mile from our hotel, and by the time we got we were both covered in sweat. I thought M might literally pass out. Being from south Georgia, I was sweating, but not nearly as bothered as M (don't talk to me about how we both fair in the Buffalo winters).

We went straight to Pollen to cool off, covered in sweat, but oh well. Now Pollen is run by a Michelin-starred British chef, Jason Atherton. Apparently, the menu has changed quite a bit since the best vegetarian article, which characterized it as an organic vegan, vegetarian menu with some meat options available.

Turns out, this is the "vegetarian menu"

Yup, the vegetarian menu has three choices- that's it....well, I guess that makes picking what you are eating much easier.

And now for too many pictures of our fancy food...

Look - fancy butter!

This is a beet dish (I did a set lunch menu). If you know me, I am not a huge fan of beets. This dish included a beet sorbet, which may have been the best part of the dish. Although I am sure if you like beets, you would love this dish.

Potato gnocchi soup, and M's seafood thingy.

On to the fun stuff - desert!

My desert involved liquid nitrogen...they invite you over to watch as your desert is being prepared. Fun stuff.

My desert was called the pina colada. Very tasty. M's was roasted raspberry and corn ice cream sandwich. Surprisingly good combination.

At the end of the meal, we were given a tour of the kitchen. We met the sous chef, who is from the same small town as M's father - Popoli Italy.

Pollen is in the flower dome at the Garden's By the Bay, which is the world's largest column-less greenhouse (what a strange "world's superlative.") We took a stroll through the greenhouse. Get ready for all the pictures of greenery and flowers that you can handle because here they come!