Skyve Elementary Bistro & Bar @ Winstedt Road

Skyve Elementary Bistro & Bar is located on 10 Winstedt Road, along Bukit Timah Road. It is almost right beside Anglo-Chinese School. I dropped by this morning with my gf and two other friends. 

When we entered the restaurant, we were pleasantly surprised by the interior layout of the place - it was spacious, comfortable, and modern. We were the first customers of the day, and were enjoying the peace... until they switched on the music. It was way too loud and we had to ask the staff to turn it down. 

Then we got down to ordering. 

Classic Breakfast, $20

Their two eggs came with a choice of style - overeasy, sunny side up, scrambled, or poached. It is not that common to see restaurants offering overeasy (fry both sides), and having grown up eating overeasy eggs, I chose that and requested that the egg yolks must still be runny. This didn't turn out too well, as the egg yolks were probably already 80% cooked. Then again, I have never eaten an overeasy egg that is done as well as how my mother fries it.

Other than the eggs, the dish also comes with mushroom fricassee, pork sausage, grilled tomato, and a choice of brioche or sourdough bread. I picked the brioche bread. Everything else was average, but the pork sausage was quite good and juicy.

Skyve Sous Vide Eggs Benedict, $16

'Sous vide' actually stands for a method of cooking, where food is sealed in plastic bag in a water bath. This helps to cook the food more uniformly. Their version of eggs benedict comes with sourdough bread, grilled portobello mushroom, sweet corn, holladaise sauce, and some arugula salad. When the dish came, we knew that their poached eggs would definitely be good - it looked so perfect and was even wobbling when the waiter placed the plate down. True enough, when the egg was pierced with a fork, the egg yolk gushed out, indicating a perfect doneness. (The biggest sin when poaching eggs is to overcook it.) Along with its accompaniments, this was pretty good too, but because of their way of cooking, the texture felt quite different from your usual poached eggs.

While writing this entry, I paid their website a visit and realised that they have just increased their prices. The Classic Breakfast used to cost $18, which wasn't a big difference from $20. But the Eggs Benedict was originally only $12. Looks like they increased this by 33%, ouch...

The visit would have been more enjoyable if not for a couple who brought their kid along. The kid was probably around 3 years old, and after a while, started to wail loudly and throw tantrums, shattering the peace and quiet. Fortunately we had already finished our food, so we made a hasty (albeit grudging) retreat.

I really detest kids. 

Update as of 21st May 2012:

I just checked their website again, and the prices have been updated. They have also renamed their 'Classic Breakfast' to 'Skyver's Breakfast'.