Murphy’s Platter (fish fingers, calamari tempura and crispy wings, with either salted egg or lemon mayo dip) from Murphy’s, a few stones’ throw away from Ang Mo Kio MRT. ⠀⠀ The fish fingers were revelatory, with the white and tender arrowtooth flesh possessing an exuberant sweetness and a thin skin…
Cereal Frog Legs from Freehouse – American bullfrog legs, karaage ko, ginger flower dressing. The gargantuan superiority of these Americans would startle those who are typically accustomed to Geylang-style Asians. The experience marries the gloriousness of crispy fried chicken with zichar-esque cereal, with the dressing doing well in taming the…
Bangkok Fried Chicken with green chilli nam jim from Bird Bird. The chicken smells like it had just finished a rejuvenating spa session, whilst elsewhere the green chilli nam jim launches a fiery seed blast which envelopes your tongue with a sharp citric wave – an attack that is, interestingly,…
Air-fried chicken winglets from Nekkid, The Naked Finn’s sister bar concept located steps away. Essentially the spirit of chicken satay flying on BBQ pit nostalgia clouds. 3.5/5 Nekkid Block 41 Malan Road Singapore 109454
Sriracha Caramel Popcorn from The Prawn Star. Delectably sweet, yet gives a devilishly spicy sting to the lips. Majorly addictive. 4.1/5 [This was a hosted meal, courtesy of The Prawn Star.] The Prawn Star 21 Duxton Hill Singapore 089604
Chiang Mai chicken relish with cabbage, chilli and mint. Delectably fatty and salty, and wickedly spicy of the slow-burn, mouth-numbing variety. Remarkably humble a dish (and humbly-priced at $10), yet it spectacularly kickstarts a meal on a supernova explosive note. 4.3/5 P.S. One needs to be faithful to the concept…
Spam fries with curry mayo. The piglet rectangles are reliably tasty indulgences, made a bajillion times better by the curry mayo which is essentially gentle yet thick mayonnaise making sweet love with Maggi curry powder. 3.9/5 P.S. Check out the cool “live” electronic Likes counter! [Tasting courtesy of Little Hiro.]…
Grilled octopus, olives and lime, and toasted ciabatta. Visualised the grilled octopus as being a massive suction-cupped tentacle laying on a plate which would dart around playfully as I guide it into my mouth, so I was very surprised to find said tentacle all unceremoniously chopped up. A spoonful tastes…
Baby Eel Paper – deep fried baby eel, chilli salt, lime zest. A delectable cross between ikan bilis and cuttlefish which is crispy snackeroos on its own, but squeeze lime over these babies and they soak up the citrusy tanginess with the absorbency of a Huggies diaper whilst still retaining…