Monday to Saturday

9am to 1130am (Breakfast only)

1130pm to 230pm (Lunch Menu)

230pm to 530pm (Drinks and Desserts only)

530pm to 1030pm (last order for dinner 9pm; after 9pm drinks and dessert only)

Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays

We are conveniently located in the heart of the cultural central district. Diagonally across Bugis Junction, opposite Bras Basah complex.

We believe in serving the community.

Part of Food for Thought's profits go into social causes that we support - including School of Thought's Financial Aid Scheme for underprivileged students. Tap water is also served free here but you have the option to donate to international well-building projects instead so that other people may have free water someday as well. We also try to work as much as possible with local farmers, local cottage industries and collectives to support small businesses with a heart.

The late Anita Roddick wrote a landmark book called Business As Unusual documenting how she built The Body Shop from small shop to large empire on the belief that business could be done for the common good. She never foresaw how great her business would grow but even more poignantly, she never foresaw how much her vision would inspire and encourage others to consider doing the same.

We believe like her that Business can be inspired by meaning and values.

Profit need not be at the centre. People and Principles ought to be.

Stage One: Ensure our Sustainability

The point about a social enterprise is very much like the point of a business: make it profitable so it can stand on its own two feet. Our first goal is to reach a total revenue that allows us to pay our staff fair wages, ensure that we can take care of them comprehensively and pay our suppliers and creditors on time. Donations at this stage will be encouraged but not forced among the partners and investors as well as staff of Food for Thought.

Stage Two: Invest our Profits

Once we have achieved profitability, a minimum 10% of our profits will be set aside to be invested into five designated areas as follows. Donations from staff, partners and investors will still be encouraged but not enforced as before.

Stage Three: Promote our Culture

Our ultimate dream is not just to invest but to share our dream and build a new culture of social responsibility among our customers.

We want to gather all like-minded customers who believe in our vision to travel with us in our little journey to make the world a better place.

We envision customers accompanying us on trips to see where our money is invested be it in Malawi, Cambodia or a one room flat in Singapore.

We envision customers donating their talents to the organisations and causes that we support.

We envision mentoring the next generation of social entrepreneurs.
 

PASTA

All pastas come with a side of fresh greens dressed with our home-made rosemary infused olive oil.

Roasted Tomato (tomato based) $10.90
Caramelised onions simmered gently with a tomato based sauce. Tossed with roasted tomatoes, garnished with a chiffonade of laksa leaves.

Garlic, Thyme, Roasted Tomato (olive oil base) $10.90
Sauteed garlic, simply tossed with thyme and roasted tomatoes, finished with a touch of brown butter.

Basil Pesto Chicken (olive oil base) $13.90
Sauteed chicken breast slices, generously coated with our homemade basil pesto sauce and topped with grilled aubergine and roasted tomatoes

Basil Pesto Chicken (cream base) $14.90

Grilled Mushroom & Sausage (olive oil base) $15.90
Sauteed garlic, tossed with thyme and roasted tomatoes, finished with a touch of brown butter. Topped off with grilled mushrooms and snail sausage.

Thyme Roasted Beef Strip Loin (cream base) $16.90
Slices of thyme roasted beef strip loin with caramelised onions in a pommery mustard cream sauce.

add soup to your pasta order for 1/2 price.

SANDWICHES

Basil Pesto Chicken $8.90
Strips of oregano pesto chicken breast, oven dried garlic tomatoes, soft roasted eggplant, topped with small watercress salad, with a drizzle of garlic oil lifted with a slice of lime at the side.

Grilled Spring Vegetables $8.90
We’ll convert the meat-lover in you.We stack slices of oven-roasted red capsicum and yellow zucchini with crisp Japanese cucumbers and Chinese pea shoots and finish it with a drizzle of warm ginger-infused sesame soya dressing.

Grilled Bratwurst $8.90
Pork and herb sausage slices, with juliennes of raw onions and balsamic mushrooms, topped with small mixed green salad, finished with a drizzle of balsamic and mustard dressing.

Oven-Roasted Steak (medium rare) $9.90
Juicy medium rare slices of beef roasted with thyme and olive oil, drizzled with pommery mustard and balsamic dressing

Slow-Roasted Pulled Pork $9.90
Comfort food for meat-lovers. We hand-shred a slow-roasted, tender pork shoulder and dress it with our homemade smoky barbecue sauce, slices of soft sweet potatoes, baby spinach leaves, crisp pork crackling and a sprinkle of homemade barbecue rub.

Mama Heng’s Spicy Braised Pork $9.90

Cuban Ham & Pork Steak $9.90
Grilled gammon ham and pork steak, drizzled with creamy mustard dressing, home-made barbecue sauce and topped with a slice of grilled pineapple

SALADS

House Salad
Tomato Lemongrass Corn $6.90
Our personal favourite. We tumble a generous dollop of warm corn over a refreshing bed of peppery water cress, vietnamese mint, tomato wedges, thinly sliced lemongrass rings and crown it with a slice of homemade chilli lime butter.

Special Salad
Chinese Chicken Caesar $7.90
We cover a bed of little gem leaves, with slices of ginger-poached chicken breast, drizzled with sesame ginger soya dressing, garnished with a sprinkle of crispy anchovies and coriander leaves and topped with dark soya-braised eggs with soft-boiled yolks.

Premium Salad
Juicy Thyme Roasted Beef Salad $9.90
Juicy, medium rare slices of oven-roasted beef on bed of mixed greens, drizzled with pommery mustard dressing

Smoked Duck Salad $12.90

SOUP

Healthy Shitake Mushrooms
Earthy, without a drop of cream yet lush and earthy with a chockful of shitake mushroom slices - just the way we like it. We warn you, it’s not going to taste like the canned type :)

soup of the day (check prices)