Meet And Eat

The design of this restaurant perfectly captures its intention of encouraging omnivores to gather and feast.

- Low Shi Ping

With a name like Meating Place, it takes very little imagination to realise what this restaurant in Duo Galleria serves up.

From slabs of steak to free-roam chicken and even pork collar, meats take centrestage here. However, its chef-owner Jerome Lim also takes equal pride in his vegetables, declaring them to be a flavourful component of the dishes he creates.

The responsibility fell upon design firm LAANK to translate the restaurant’s concept into its interiors – something which it did both with subtlety and flair.

“Marble grains, a green bar counter and hammered metal represent the ingredients of red meat, greens and fish. Oxidised metal, burnt wood and a mesh grill represent the cooking methods,” says LAANK’s founder Cherin Tan.

Food aside, Meating Place is somewhere Lim wants people to come and gather in a cosy and warm setting, free from pretension.

A sense of openness is immediately apparent when you step into the restaurant.