This is actually the 2nd time I stepped into the 313@Somerset restaurant. The first time I went there, I didn’t actually eat anything. You see, my little baby Vanessa was with me then, and she somehow got terrified by the sheep and cow figures on the stairs down to the basement. She was so upset about them that we could not have dinner at Marche.
If you’re not familiar with Marche, here’s how it works. At the entrance, they issue each diner a “credit card”. Once inside, you find yourself a table (or they might help you find one during peak hours). Then, you make your way around the “market place”, where stalls are lined up offering a variety of foods, desserts and drinks. It’s like you’re walking in a French street market. See something you like? “Buy” if with the card you got at the entrance. Bring your food back to your table and enjoy. You pay up as you leave the restaurant.
What’s nice about this street market concept is that you get to see all the foods being prepared at the stalls. You get to see and small the aromas of whatever other people are ordering. It sure beats reading from a menu or looking at pictures in it.
That’s a sampling of what we had! The cheese sausage was really nice, our kids love it so much we had to go back for a 2nd order. The chocolate mousse was also delicious (not pictured above), another item that we had a 2nd order.
Marche is now child-friendly too (at least for the 313@Somerset one), because there’s a nice children’s play area. Great fun for the kids, I’m sure. Better yet if there could be more seating around this area so that parents can dine and keep a watch on their kids at the same time.
This is pretty much about the same Marche I first stepped into when they originally opened at Hereen. The children’s play area is a nice improvement. Food quality hasn’t deteriorated, and that’s the most important thing.