Big Bowls Project Review: Muslim-Owned Hawker Stall With Mentaiko Salmon And Truffle Salmon Don

A new Muslim-owned stall, Big Bowls Project , has popped up at Amoy Street Food Centre, and it is run by a young, passionate team of cooks. For the time being, Big Bowls Project serves only salmon bowls, but you can expect a larger menu, including poke bowls, towards the second half of the year!

Mentaiko Salmon Rice Bowls At Amoy Street Food Centre Food at Big Bowls Project I ride on the waves of most food trends across our little red dot, so with the ever-present salmon mentaiko craze, you can probably guess which dish I was most eager to try. I was swooning over how good the bowl of Mentaiko Salmon ($9.50) looked.

The glorious pollock roe blanketed a thick chunk of cooked salmon, and the bowl was garnished with fragrant sesame seeds, little bits of seaweed and bonito flakes. I thought the bright red and green from the cherry tomatoes and cucumber really helped the dish to pop as well.

The salmon was served with jasmine brown rice. The fish meat was tender and well-marinated but I found myself wishing the mentaiko layer was a little thicker and smokier.

Very quickly, most of the mentaiko had been scraped away and I was left only with fish. The earthy aroma emanating from the Truffle Oil Salmon ($9.50) blew my colleague and I away. Come to think of it, it was a little deceiving how ordinary and bare this chunk of salmon appeared, especially when it smelled so heavenly!

As I bit into the salmon, I found the taste of truffle oil addictive and far from faint! Big Bowls Project claims that their Szechuan Black Bean Salmon ($8) is a personal favourite of theirs. It’s in addition one of the cheapest bowls on the menu.

If you prefer more veggies in your bowl, you can swap the jasmine brown rice for raw spinach leaves at an additional $0.50 . If you have a lighter palate, opt for the stall’s Big Bowl’s Homemade Recipe ($7.90) , the only dish we didn’t try.

As Big Bowls Project is newly opened, the current prices of the salmon bowls are listed as ‘Pre-Launch Special Prices’ and are hence subject to change. Ambience at Big Bowls Project Big Bowls Project is located in the CBD. We arrived slightly before 12pm, so we were able to secure a good seat before it could be swallowed by the lunch crowd.

Our food was prepared by the friendly owner, Miss Habibah Moszay, and her team of two. The verdict I can’t begin to withdrawal just how many people stopped by our table to glance at our food.