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Marché Restaurant – Swiss Haven
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Marché Restaurant – Swiss Haven

Rating: By Veron Ang

After closing its two franchise outlets here and being briefly absent from the Singapore restaurant scene, the Swiss chain of Marché restaurants is back! It has returned with a spanking new restaurant at VivoCity and a second outlet at 313@Somerset. Unlike before when it was run by a local franchisee, the new restaurants directly fall [...]

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Veron Ang

Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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  1. shikha
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    Is marche there in bangkok and phuket?

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    Posted May 22, 2009 at 11:25 pm

  2. Gladys
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    I am from the Philippines. I was in Marche 2 days ago. The place and the food is great. When I got back to my home country i googled Marche and found this blog which is just as great as the restaurant. Congatulations Veron! You are an effective writer. I enjoyed your other blogs too. BTW your webpage is superb!

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    Posted August 24, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    • VeronTwitter
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      Oh thank you for your wonderful words! You made me smile like this :D

      Yes, Marché is a great restaurant, not just because of the food, but the fact that they are willing to make further improvements. Thomas from the restaurant even left a comment explaining that they have improved their chocolate mousse (whose appearance I complained about). Yay!

      If you like my blog you could subscribe to my future posts, too! :)

      Reply
      Posted August 25, 2009 at 12:19 am

  3. Caroline Stoiber
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    Hi Veron

    This is really a great Blog and thank you for your kind words for Marché.

    Acctually I have introduce myself; I am the Communications Manager of Marché International and a colleage did forward your link to me.
    However I am kindly asking you if it is okay to put a link of your great blog to our Facebook Fan Page?

    I think you will see my e-mail address, maybe you can reply to my e-mail to say what you think about.

    All the best and kindest regards,
    Caroline Stoiber

    Marché Facebook Fan Page:

    http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=308151&id=101989080524&saved#/pages/Kemptthal-Switzerland/Marche-Restaurants/101989080524

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    Posted September 4, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    • VeronTwitter
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      Hi Caroline,

      It’s wonderful to hear from someone at Marché again! Thanks for asking. Yes, please link my review of the Marche restaurant in Singapore. I would be thrilled!

      Please help say hi to Thomas Sjamsul!

      Reply
      Posted September 4, 2009 at 11:06 pm

  4. Jon_Switzerland
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    Hi Veron!
    with great curiosity i read your blog about Marché. Very well-written and perfectly illustrated. I’m very stunned of all the information you gathered about Marché and that leads me to a question!

    I’m studying Tourism in the Swiss Alps and these days we (three follow students and me) have to do an analysis about Marché as an assignment for the subject Marketing (deadline is the 9. December 2009).

    So I’m wondering if you could help us in our researches or if you could probably give us a little bit of your knowledge about Marché? Just to give you a picture about what we’re up to:

    We have to analyse Marché in an external view (like catching opportuneties and threats of Marché in its environment) as well as in an internal view (becoming aware of Marché’s strengths and weaknesses )

    So maybe you have some blurb for us about Marché or some hints or anything else useful :-)

    Thanks anyway already in advance!
    lovely greets from Switzerland
    Jon

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    Posted November 8, 2009 at 1:48 am

  5. Ting C. H.
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    Congratulation! once again, on the opening of new outlet at 313@orchard. My opionion on both outlets, Vivo City, which I patronised often, the newly opened 313@Orchard is more unique and spacious.

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    Posted January 9, 2010 at 5:33 pm

  6. Crystal
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    I wrote a review of the other location of Marche, the one located in 313@Somerset on Orchard Rd. You can check it out at http://cbsingapore.blogspot.com//2010/05/marche.html

    Also, Yulius, I’m vegetarian and found that there were plenty of vegetarian options at Marche. The soups are typically made with vegetable stock, there’s a huge salad station, fresh vegetables being made all the time, bread, pasta, pizza, rosti, and of course, DESSERT. I had a very easy time finding things to eat there.

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    Posted May 26, 2010 at 5:37 pm

  7. janette nacion de luna
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    well i know the food in marche restaurant is good.. because i work there before in suntec and in the heeren marche las 2004.. and im glad that i work there and experience the good taste of food..and if i will had a chance to come back, i will come again..hope to all the good staff there and ofcoarse, mr. chee and salim shah..

    Reply
    Posted June 29, 2010 at 10:48 am

  8. Chellie
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    Hi, a friend took me at Marche last Dec. 2010. I must say the food was AWESOME, and the ambiance was GREAT!!! Can’t wait to go back to Singapore to eat there again! I met some fellow Filipino waiters who were so nice and accommodating. KUDOS!

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    Posted January 6, 2011 at 10:16 am

  9. Lilly
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    What is 1% CESS ?
    I understand CESS was abolished more than a decade ago. In fact, the last time CESS was seen in bills was in the 80s.

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    Posted August 14, 2011 at 1:38 pm

    • Veron AngTwitter
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      We were definitely charged the 1% CESS in more than one restaurant as recent as 4 years ago. Not sure about present 2011 though.

      Reply
      Posted August 15, 2011 at 1:04 am

  10. "Homeless"
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    Went to Marche Vivo city on 31 Dec to eat a joyous new year’s eve dinner, just to have the Entire evening ruined by having to listen to the Christian religious song “Hosiana”, when the restaurant started playing the second Christian religious song I couldn’t take it any more and left.
    My husband ended up paying for a meal he never received. Had to argue almost ten minutes with the restaurant manager before she returned our money and didn’t even apologize for having left me with a queezy feeling the rest of the evening.

    I have lived over thirty years in a Western country I can say it will NEVER be peace on earth as long as Caucasians/Christians arrogantly thinks they have no part in the lack of peace on earth.
    Religious intolerance is to not let other people have their religious belief, thereby NOT said religious people should have the right to force their religion on other people.
    THAT is to disrespect other peoples’ right to not believe in the religion in question.
    The rule of being allowed to practice your religion freely comes from Christians having tried to eradicate other religions as “pagan”.
    Now they are misusing this rule to continue to force their religion on other people.

    In Communist countries a small percent never accepted the atheist society.
    In “Western” countries there is a percent which don’t believe in religion and constantly are being disrespected by Christians (and some Muslims) who just can’t avoid forcing “God” on everybody else.
    Which is to disrespect atheists right to not believe in a “God”.
    During the seventies boys were forced to play with dolls and girls to play with cars, although the average girl prefer to play with dolls and the average boy prefer to play with cars.
    Today it’s accepted that there is an average difference between the genders. BUT all human beings have the same equal human rights.

    People in this country is so scared of being accused of being Communist that they can’t see the injustice in their way of thinking.
    For religious people to have the “right” to force their religion on atheists is just as WRONG as Communist not allowing religious people believe in their religion!
    A Christmas tree, Santa Clause and “Jingle bells” may be accepted, BUT religious songs belong in religious buildings!
    Buddhist people don’t sing “praise Buddha” on Vesak day.
    Jews, Taoists and Confucianists don’t even have a public holiday in this country.

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    Posted January 14, 2012 at 11:33 pm

  11. lilly
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    Why does Cess still apply?
    Even hotels do not charge Cess anymore.
    Its so 1980s, i must change with CASE if this is acceptable practice. Do you know which other gov agency i can approach ?
    Thanks.

    Reply
    Posted January 15, 2012 at 11:50 pm
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