Chomp Venue:
Magma German Wine Bistro + Shop2-4 Bukit Pasoh Road
Singapore 089816
Tel No: 6221 0634
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My 大伯and 大伯母 who migrated to Canada came back to visit so we've been bringing them around to eat. On Wednesday, we went to Magma for an authentic German dinner, something which we have not tried before (other than my brother who had dined there once). The place is tucked away at this street which has been in existence for a long long time. My 大伯 used to attend night school around this area, and that was about sixty years ago. It's a short walk from Outram Park MRT Station.
We stepped into Magma and the first thing that hit us was the strong aroma of coffee~ The place is pretty quiet during weekdays, and the ten of us (plus my baby nephew) were the only patrons that night, so we got the waiter's utmost attention. He came around holding two jugs of water (hot/cold) at regular intervals to refill our glasses (which were quite short), saying "Water?" each time. So it's a pretty cosy place to dine in with family or close friends during weekday nights :). However, do make reservations if you decide to come here during weekends, as the place is rather small and could get crowded with the weekend diners.
We left the job of ordering to the brother since the menu was seriously extensive and rather overwhelming. Pardon the photos cos I didn't manage to get shots of certain dishes cos I was sitting right at the end and they were too far away=X.
First up, we had two types of Flammkuchen aka pizza, and the English translation of the German name is "baked in flames". Flammkuchen is German pizza with sour cream instead of tomato sauce. The crust was as thin as the authentic Italian ones! And being "baked in flames", the sides of the pizza were burnt (but in a good way cos it added to the crispiness of the crust).
Pilze und Lauch - Mushroom and leek. The mushroom was black fungus 黑木耳, which has high medicinal value. I gave up trying to use knife and fork to eat the pizza and used my hands instead. The pizza crust was so thin that the bread folded into half once I took a bite. Mmmm~ The black fungus added the crunch to the pizza and I loved the cheese and sour cream :).
Blattspinat und Käse - Spinach and cheese. This was a little too salty due to the generous cheese topping. The flammkuchen come in two sizes, regular at $24, small at $16. These were regular-sized.
Before we started chowing on all the meats, we had to bring down our guilt levels by a notch with some salad=p.
Großer Salatteller mit Shrimps oder Hühnerbrust at $18 - Large salad with shrimps or chicken breast (ours was chicken breast). Anyway, this is the portion I got, so you got to times 10 to this to get the full picture :). The chicken breast was grilled and chopped into bite-sized pieces and weren't dry. The vegetables were soaked in olive oil and vinegar.
5er Würste $32 -Assorted sausage platters's, served with sauerkraut & potato salad. Sauerkraut is like the German equivalent of Chinese preserved pickled vegetables 咸菜. The potato salad was fab! It had a more sourish taste than the usual potato salad cream and tasted a little like tartar sauce :). As for the sausages, they were pretty chewy but a little on the salty and dry side.
3er Haxen Platte at $64 - 3 grilled pork knuckles (roasted, with garlic, honey glazed) with mashed potatoes and sauerkraut. This photo makes the dish look a tad unflattering, like a mess of meat, but I was too late in taking the photo. The waiter had helped us carve and cut the meat to assist serving of the meat... so... Anyway, the pork look red but rest assured they are cooked, and although the meat looks tough, it was actually very tender~ If you try to cut it with your knife, the meat falls apart easily. So, just send the whole piece of pork into your mouth and it will melt. Yum. However, I couldn't really taste the difference between the original, garlic or honey flavoured pork.
Geschmorte Lammhaxe in Knoblauch Rosmarin Sauce & Bratkartoffeln at $26 -Lamb shank in garlic - rosemary sauce and fried potatoes. The lamb was tasty and tender.
Look at the racks of wine! My brother ordered some red wine too. And in the background is the open-concept kitchen.
After lamb and pork, there's got to be fish for some proteins! The fish was miles away from me and it had been sliced and cut up and served to my elders before it got to me, so I didn't manage to capture it in its glory. Its full name being:
Regenbogenforelle Müllerin Art mit Bratkartoffeln & Gurkensalat at $29 - Rainbow Trout in butter Panfried with fried Potatoes & Cucumber salad
Here is a very miserable-looking representation of the fish, its at the top left side of the meats on my dish. This rainbow trout was the dish of the month:). Although rainbow trouts are close relatives of salmon, I still prefer salmon! I found the trout rather dry. But the potatoes were good:).
Dessert-time (and coffee time)! With all the meats (especially from the pork knuckles), my stomach nearly couldn't take in the dessert. But I was determined to at least try one dessert. Seeing the waiter get ONE apple from the supposedly store room to the kitchen, I felt more at ease, thinking that the dessert would be relatively small. It turned out to be an enormous one though (in the eyes of ten very stuffed people)! Shared coffee (expresso) with siblings, and it was some extra strong caffeine!
Gebackene Apfelscheiben mit Zimthonig at $9 -Baked apple slice with honey & cinnamon. However, having ten people around, the dessert turned out to be just enough to go round:). If you haven't tried it, you would never know how baked apple slices can turn out soo yummy. It felt good to finish up with a warm dessert:DD.
We spent around $300++ in total, so it was about $30++ for each person. I doubt I'll be back though, being a poor student and I did get a little tired of meat in the end=p.
