Earl grey ice cream with candied kabocha from Gastrosmiths at Katong I12. The earl grey ice cream maintains a suitably classy and conservative demeanour and the softly crunchy pumpkin reveals an au naturel sweetness, while elsewhere the crumble and nuts ensure each mouthful brings forth pleasurable toothly amusement. 3.8/5 Gastrosmiths…
Fisherman’s Mee Sua from Gastrosmiths – seafood medley, homemade scampi bisque, signature-style mee sua. Essentially the mee siam-esque gustatory equivalent of a breathtakingly beautiful and Dior-perfumed blogger who does pilates, eats walnuts and edamame as midday snacks and replies to everything with vapid three word utterances. Notwithstanding, the scallops had…
Sea-ly eggs from Gastrosmiths – smoked salmon, pickled nori, chilli oil. Essentially soft slices of smoked salmon soaking lazily in kopitiam-esque soft boiled egg. Elsewhere, the chilli oil would cheekily engage you in a game of Where’s Wally. 3.7/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee Lan Street Singapore 189704
Seafood aglio olio – seasonal seafood, ikura and ponzu. Methinks the chef doth salteth too much, but the smoky sexiness of the seafood does some major redemption. 3.5/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee Lan Street Singapore 189704
Atlantic cod fried meesua with kimchi purée, mirin and scallions. The noodles were a revelation – very wet, slightly spicy, and almost designed for appreciative slurping. I could just have the meesua and be majorly contented. Fish was pretty standard, and slightly salty. 4/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee…
Lychee ice with pineapples and lemon tea jelly. It’s like giving your parched mouth and tongue a pampering holiday. The lemon tea jelly was a revelation! 4.25/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee Lan Street Singapore 189704