Super Loco, Mexican Kitchen & Bar
Super Loco is a 200-seat Mexican riverside cocina y bar opened by the team that brought you Lucha Loco. Super Loco serves innovative modern Mexican food and drinks in a casual, fun and festive environment. Super Loco opened in mid-August 2014, and is located at unit #01-13 The Quayside, 60 Robertson Quay. The venue opened to rave reviews and has been operating at
a full house since its first day. The fantastic response to Lucha Loco and the continuous long waits by guests for tables inspired the owners to open a second sister outlet. "The response to Lucha Loco has been overwhelming, we wanted to open another venue in Singapore for some time and the Robertson Quay waterfront location was a perfect contrast to the leafy Duxton Hill venue" says Christian Tan, Director and co-owner. The Super Loco menu was created by Executive Chef Mario Malvaez who hails from Mexico City with additional input from celebrity chef Jason Jones, of Mamasita (Melbourne) fame. The menu is a combination of Lucha Loco favorites and a number of new items that make up more than half of the new menu. The Lucha Loco favorites available at Super Loco include our signature Elotes (Mexican street corn); Mango & Snapper ceviche and Taco de Pescado (fresh grilled snapper taco). Some of the popular new additions at Super Loco include:
• Atun Crudo - Tuna Tartare with chipotle, avocado, shallots and totopos
• Ceviche Yucatan – Wild napper and Spanish octopus, piquillo peppers and coconut
• Enchiladas con Pollo – Corn tortilla stuffed with marinated chicken, green salsa, pepita and paprika cream
• Arrachera con Chile Ancho – Grilled skirt steak rubbed with Ancho chili and served with a side of watercress - $32
• Super Churros – Mexican churros dusted with cinnamon served with chocolate, orange and mezcal sauce - $14
Super Loco is also serves brunch on weekends (Saturday and Sunday).The brunch menu at Super Loco offers a range of Mexican breakfast and lunch specialties and has been an exciting change to the standard brunch offerings found in most cafes. The brunch items are items that are commonly found on the streets of Mexico City and are robust, hearty and packed with flavour”, says Chef Mario Malvaez. The brunch menu includes items such as: Huevos Rancheros, a Breakfast Steak Burrito and an assortment of Mexican street Tortas (Mexican sandwiches). The bar also also serves Superfood cold pressed juices, smoothies, cocktails, Bloody Maria’s and for non-alcoholic drinkers a selection of fresh fruit Agua Frescas. Commonly found on the streets of Mexico, Al Pastor is pork marinated in dried chilies, spices and pineapple and skewered on a split grill where the meat is slow-cooked. The meat is sliced off the spit and served on corn tortillas with onion, cilantro and pineapple, served with lime and a spicy salsa. This is one glorious taco that is juicy, crisp, slightly charred with a deep chili flavor tempered by the sweet roasted pineapple. Super Loco also features a small retail corner that will sell an array of quirky Mexican merchandise. You can expect to find men’s, ladies and children’s Lucha Libre wrestling masks, colored glassware imported from Mexico, Mexican books, Super Loco t-shirts, bandanas and other quirky Mexican items. “The retail items have been selected to add another dimension the venue and if you as passionate about Mexican culture as we are we encourage you to take home a souvenir", says Christian Tan, who regularly dons a Lucha Libre masks when giving out Tequila shots to guests in the later hours of the night at Super Loco and Lucha Loco. The bar features a stable of Lucha Loco’s most popular cocktails such as the Passionfruit Smash*to, Mexican Mule and the Lucha Loco stalwart the Lucha Margarita, as well as a number of new additions. The new cocktails include:
• Blood Orange & Guava Margarita - Don Julio Reposado tequila, blood orange, guava and lime
• Sparkling Sangria - Cava, yuzu, apple, pear & Don Julio Reposado tequila
• Mango Passion Mezcalita - Mina Real mezcal, mango, passionfruit and lime
For the tequila aficionado the bar is also stocked with a carefully selected portfolio of
100% blue agave tequilas and mezcals. The bar also features a refreshing selection of non-alcoholic drinks commonly found on the streets of Mexico - Agua Frescas (home made fresh fruit cocktails), and Horchata, a refreshing Mexican rice and cinnamon drink. Super Loco’s interior design direction was inspired the owner’s own experiences in Mexico City. "The goal was to combine the personalities of the owners, and their inspiration and passion for Mexican culture into the Loco venues", says designer Siew Hui Lim of Hui Designs, the interior designer for Lucha Loco and Super Loco. Super Loco uses more color, incorporates a long bar that has a Mexican diner look and feel, and the whole space is grounded by a rock rubble wall that encases the kitchen. "The brief was that the venue needed to have appeal during the day and night, there needed to be high zones for drinkers adjacent to the bar and a low zones for earlier family groups; the take away counter needed to have a rustic DIY look and feel inspired by taqueria’s and street stalls in Mexico City. The key overarching design consideration was that the space and interior must lend itself to being fun and festive, which lead to the strong use of vibrant colours, creative graphics, the festival lighting, hand written typography and street posters which create this vibe and importantly at the same time reflect the spirit of the streets of Mexico." For any general or media/press enquiries, send us an e-mail at: [email protected]
