The Glen shopping centre is no longer the simple neighbourhood shopping centre I once knew. It's become much more glamorous after a multi million dollar renovation and expansion project. It has evolved into a mini Chadstone, which is not surprising because the owners of The Glen is also owners of Chadstone.
The centre is still undergoing expansion to add more retail space. There will also be apartments on top of the shopping centre itself. This all means that there will be traffic jams and tight access while the centre juggles between the increased traffic from people who want to check out the new developed area, and the redevelopment that are happening in the other areas of the centre.
It is not all negatives though. As part of the development, there have been some new tenants especially food tenants to fill the Food Gallery, a renewed focus of the centre. Chadstone has it's luxury consumer brands. The Glen is aiming towards food. Not a bad angle to draw in the food obsessed Asian population in the area. One only need to take a stroll down Kingsway on a Friday or weekend to see this.
One of the new restaurants in the Food Gallery is OMI. Although located in the food court (to use the old jargon), it is definitely not of food court quality. If the price doesn't tell you that, the presentation does. Unlike the tell tale bain marie, heap it as much as you can on the plate signs of food court food (which I have no problems with), the presentation is more refined, the portions are smaller and the price is larger.
We ordered the Singapore Chilli Crab ($15.90) which came with an onsen egg, pickles and endamame. While the soft shell crab was crispy, and it looks quite impressive presented as a whole crab in the bowl, there was next to no sauce! It was a little dry. Gaz was quite disappointed because we did not get to try the chilli crab in Singapore while we were there last month, and he couldn't satisfy his craving here either!
Next up was the Black Truffle Wagyu ($15.90). A little truffle salsa sprinkled on top some decent pieces of wagyu beef, an onsen egg, rice. The beef was tender, and the truffles in the dish made it so appetizing. Wish there was more rice to eat, it was not quite as filling enough.
We also ordered the salted egg fries ($6.90). Don't bother with this.. the salted egg doesn't really add much to the fries. Some melted cheese and gravy would have been nice. Maybe some kimchi or sriracha too, yumm...
If you want to be able to eat wagyu and truffles without breaking the bank, then head to OMI for some quality food.
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