Food Review: OMB (Oh My Bacon!)

OMB stands for 'Oh My Bacon', and no prizes for guessing what they specialise in! Yeap, almost all their dishes have bacon incorporated, from the usual pasta, breakfast plate to more unconventional ones like bacon ice cream (say what?) and desserts.

It is easily recognisable on Dunlop Street, with its colourful shopfront.

The interior is playfully decorated with bacon figures and cartoons, plus the mismatched furniture brings out the lively and quirky style in this cafe.

This is their display of bacon-related desserts! More details to come later!

As you can see from the menu, almost all the food is bacon-incorporated! But for those who don't fancy bacon, fret not, there are non-bacon options available for some of the items. I came here for a Coffee and Cravings meet up session, hence we ordered a few items to share.

Bacon Bomb ($28)

This consists of pork, beef, bacon and cheese all rolled into one, and served with mashed potatoes and a few leaves below. It's one giant roll so it's good for two persons to share.

It was a little hard to share because once we sliced it open, everything seemed to fall apart! Haha. Taste wise I felt like there was a lot going on. There was the bacon, beef etc, and they didn't go that well together. Or maybe it's cos I'm not really a meat person so I can't appreciate the flavours all at once...? Otherwise it's a perfect dish for carnivores out there!

The Cure ($21)

Now I definitely apprecited this dish better. It's more like the usual Big Breakfast plates that most cafes offer, but this one here has a bit more ingredients: sausage, bacon, potatoes, mushrooms, eggs (scrambled or sunnyside) and waffles or pancakes. It also comes with a small cup of maple syrup and butter.

I love the waffles as it was crispy and not doughy. All the other ingredients were alright, nothing spectacular. Nothing stood out much for me here.

Beef and Bacon Cheeseburger ($17)

One of my dining partners ordered this for himself as he was very hungry. This was a beef patty with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles served in toasted sesame buns, with a side of paprika fries. I think he said it tasted ordinary, only slightly better than the run-of-the-mill fastfood burgers.

Bacon Love, Truly ($15)

This is essentially a BLT. You can choose between classic, candied or spicy bacon, and it is served in pita bread smothered with bacon jam. I'm still not quite sure what bacon jam is, but it should be the slushie/spread form of bacon?? Haha pardon my ignorance here oops. Anyway we went with candied bacon for this sandwich and it was sweet just right. Personally I was hoping they could spice up this sandwich a bit more, because otherwise it's like a Subway sandwich?

Waffles with Bacon Ice Cream ($14)

Here comes the desserts! Wait. waffles with bacon ice cream?! Yeap, you read that right! As mentioned earlier the waffles were of a good texture, light and crispy and not doughy. The bacon ice cream tasted a bit salty (must be from the bacon haha) but it was injected with bacon bits here and there, which tasted like bak kwa! Haha but this is indeed a unique flavour.

Bacon macaron

Haha yes they even have bacon macaron! I forgot the price of this because my friend bought it to try.

Jekyll and Hyde (6 for $12)

These are bacon strips dipped in white and dark chocolate. It really was a good combination of sweet and salty! I preferred the dark chocolate as it was slightly less sweet. A good dessert to end the meal!

Overall I think OMB scores on its bacon-inspired food, with a variety to boot. It doesn't have GST or service charge too. But it has to work harder to improve the taste and quality of the food, otherwise it'll just be quite ordinary.


OMB
7 Dunlop Street
Singapore 209337
Tues - Fri 1200 - 2200
Sat - Sun 1000 - 2200
66352633
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