Tiong Bahru Bakery Review: New Dinner Menu Featuring Pancake Burgers

I’ve heard of waffle burgers, ramen burgers, lettuce burgers, and even chocolate burgers, but pancake burgers were unfamiliar to me until Tiong Bahru Bakery started serving them as part of their new dinner menu. As far as I’m concerned, a stack of pancakes is one of my favourite breakfast dishes to wake up to, and a juicy burger is my go-to whenever I’m craving for a greasy and indulgent meal.

Mashing these two dishes up makes one helluva crazy food combi and, of course, the foodie in me just has to give it a try. Food at Tiong Bahru Bakery The PB&B Pancake Burger ($23++) made a dramatic entrance with its massive portion and towering layers of pancake, five-spiced pork belly, and bacon. That’s not it; the pancakes were further topped with brȗléed bananas, ricotta cheese, toasted peanuts, and served with a side of maple syrup.

In just a mouthful, I could taste the sweet and soft caramelised banana balancing out the salty and chewy pork belly as well as the crispy bacon. Though the flavour of the ricotta cheese was masked by the rest of the elements, its creaminess brought the dish up a notch. I would have given this full marks if not for the piece of bone I found in a chunk of pork belly .

The Kim Cheesy Pancake Burger ($23++) was like a heavily -zhnged version of okonomiyaki. The tofu patty made up the bulk of the dish, yet it paled in comparison when compared to the rest of the components. The Breakfast Pancake Burger ($20++) was the most ordinary of the lot, comprising house-made breakfast sausage stacked with crispy bacon strips, cheddar cheese, and a sunny side up.

The French Onion Burger ($23++) came in a whopping portion, with the bun on top struggling to stay on two patties, bacon jam, scallion aioli, and two types of cooked onions – caramelised and deep fried. Yet, that stripped away some of the melt-in-your-mouth texture and juiciness that a good burger usually comes with.

The onions were done in two different ways for a fantastic texture and taste combination – soft, sweet, and with crispy, charred bits. The fries included in the dish were not the most impressive, and I would have preferred to have some bacon jam or scallion aioli on the side to serve as dips for them.

So far, all the food we had were pretty Insta-worthy, but this Rainbow Rice Bowl 2.0 ($22++) topped the charts with its vibrant colours and gooey egg yolk – perfect for Boomerang addicts. It was built with a mixture of brown and wild rice as its base, with sliced avocado, feta cheese, pieces of chorizo sausage, pea shoots, and rich romesco sauce artfully arranged on it. The romesco sauce added a slight sweetness that balanced out the salty feta cheese and pieces of chorizo sausage.

Ambience at Tiong Bahru Bakery Tiong Bahru Bakery takes up a cosy area in the basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre, and exudes a relaxing vibe with geometric tiles and warm lighting. The dinner menu is exclusive to their outlet at Raffles City Shopping Centre, and it is available from 5pm to 9:15pm on weekdays and 9am to 9:15pm on weekends.

Pop by just to have a taste of their new dishes, even if you live closer to other outlets, as the FOMO will hit you hard if you miss out on their pancake burgers!