Haakon Superfoods and Juice

Gracia Ho
Aug 10, 2017
2 min read

Name: Haakon Superfoods and Juice

Nearest MRT: Somerset

As the healthy food craze continues to blaze among the youth in Singapore, especially girls that want to slim down, I too went to try out what the hype is all about.

The shop that we chose to review is located at B2 of 313@Somerset.

Here is how the shop looks like:

Their menu consists of drinks like smoothes, juices, coffee and tea. Food wise, they offer healthy options like smoothie bowls, salads and all day brunch. After ordering your food, you will be given a buzzer so you dont need to stand and wait for your food to prepared.

My order:

(right) small Cacao Bliss Bowl $7.90

(left) Steak and Shrooms $10.90

Firstly, the small size Cacao Bliss bowl:

This cup is filled with a blend of raw cacao with organic acai, if you've been lurking on instagram and are into the health craze, you would have definitely heard of the term acai bowl.

But what exactly is an acai bowl?

Acai bowls are a blend of acai berries that claim to posses antioxidants, fiber and heart-healthy fats. Although these claims have not been extensively proven, the health word has already been going crazy over acai bowls and it has been given the label of 'superfood' by the internet.

So how does it actually taste like?

There is a prominent chocolate flavor that covers up the actual berry-like taste of acai. From personal experience, acai bowls have a stronger sour-sweet taste that might taste weird for first timers. Therefore, if you want to add something healthy to your daily meals, yet dislike the actual taste of acai bowls, I would recommend getting this instead as you would probably taste more of a chocolaty taste.

P.S. For those that want a taste of real acai bowl, Haakon has the classic one without cacao on their menu. Do try it out the next time you visit 313@Somerset if you're interested in tasting what the hype is all about.

Next, the Steak and Shrooms salad bowl:

For those that will not be satisfied with a tiny bowl of blended berries, but still want a healthy meal, this is your perfect choice. This bowl of goodness includes seared steak slices, sauteed mushrooms, Idaho potato, corn, cherry tomatoes and carrots on romaine with vinaigrette.

I know of people that avoid salads because they dislike the idea of having a meal that consist of only vegetables. Well, Haakon probably also considered that they might have customers like that, which is why their salad bowls include options with meat and various other filling ingredients.

So...... YUM or MEH?

Both my choices today was definitely a YUM! Despite being new to this healthy diet craze that is ongoing, I were pleasantly surprised that healthy food are no longer just plain old boring salads and fruit juices. An increase in shops like Haakon has given us the option of choosing a healthy meal while satisfying our taste buds at the same time.