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What to expect when popular Brit burger joint MEATliquor opens in S’pore

SINGAPORE — When popular London burger joint MEATliquor opens along Duxton Road next week, it promises to be distinctly different from its establishments back home.

SINGAPORE — When popular London burger joint MEATliquor opens along Duxton Road next week, it promises to be distinctly different from its establishments back home.

“We never just clone the restaurant. Every one we do is different. We’re not trying to be a London restaurant so it’s not cookie-cutter. We take into consideration the history of the building and the area that we are opening in, so you’ll see nods to Singapore’s past as a trading post,” said co-founder Yianni Papoutsis, pointing to a wall lined with old shipping container panels.

Fans who have either heard of or joined the snaking queues outside Papoutsis’ London outposts for items such as the best-selling Dead Hippie (featuring two mustard-fried beef patties topped with pickles, American cheese, lettuce and a secret sauce) or the Double Bubble (with minced white onion, mustard and ketchup) might raise an eyebrow at the local menu. The Singapore outlet will feature a few dishes inspired by local flavours such as its version of chilli crab (which uses soft shell crabs and a cayenne-based chilli sauce) and sambal chicken wings.

“Opening in Singapore just felt right,” said Papoutsis. “Singapore is a little like London with its melting pot of cultures. We feel quite at home here and have got good business partners. The food culture here is amazing — I mean, not just the hawker food but the wave of restaurants that I think we will complement.”

The restaurant, with its bold, nautical-themed design punctuated by the word Singapore in neon lettering, can seat 140 people and will only be open in the evenings for now. It will be run by The Blind Group, which is behind gastropub Oxwell & Co and cocktail bar Operation Dagger in Ann Siang Hill.

Papoutsis is focused on making this one — the first outpost not in the UK — work. “We are not interested in competitors. We just do what we do and have been doing for the last six years. As one of our partners said recently, we have ‘burgers, booze and rock ‘n roll — what’s not to like?’”

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