Pasta A La Funghi from Kins Restaurant – linguine with button mushroom, shiitake mushroom and white wine. The firm shiitake mushrooms had a most delightful juicy and almost creamy succulence, their earthy essence and alluring pheremones permeating the plateful of springy pasta with the efficiency of gases in an enclosed…
Pork steak from KINS Restaurant. The slab of smokily grilled pork steak had the lean-fat ratio of a Goldilocks-versed Virgin Active gymgoer who knows many ladies fancy a little soft amidst the hard when it comes to cuddling, whilst elsewhere the mushrooms were exploding with juicy vigour and the potatoes…
Tira Miss U from KINS Restaurant – mascarpone cheese cream mix with coffee dipped finger sponge and Kahlua liquor. Very, very wet, and the difference in coffee they use – here it’s Nanyang coffee – is instantly noticeable. 3.8/5 KINS Restaurant 2 Jalan Klapa Singapore 199314
Apple Tortilla Tower from KINS Restaurant – deep fried tortilla skin towered with cinnamon apple and crumble, served with mixed fruits and vanilla ice cream. Essentially your usual apple crumble dessert, only deconstructed and reconstructed. The tortilla was like a cross between curry puff and Chinese baked pastry, and elsewhere…
Seafood aglio olio from Kins Restaurant – tiger prawns, sea scallop, fresh squid, Japanese konbu and spaghetti with crustacean oil. Immediately one of my favourite aglio olios around, without a smidgen of chilli flake or padi in sight – the sophisticatedly aromatic crustacean oil carries the pasta formidably. (I wonder…
Gianduja Parfait from Karafuru Desserts – hazelnut soufflé, chocolate pudding, hazelnut and orange crisp, dark chocolate curd, candied orange, curaçao sauce. In contrast to the sketchy cultural appropriation of the Matchazuke, this parfait understands the orange/chocolate dynamic and plays up their chemistry well without unnecessary pandering. The orange elements fare considerably better…
Matchazuke from Karafuru Desserts – matcha soufflé, vanilla pudding, jasmine crème anglaise, mizu-yokan, dango, matcha langue de chat. The pound cake-esque matcha cake, intensely flavoured cat’s tongue (or long du shah if you’re all posh) and matcha sauce certainly put the matcha in this Matchazuke. However, the yogurt swirl (which…
Nanas Yong Tau Foo – a unique Peranakan-style Yong Tau Foo in pineapple sauce. The titular sauce was tangy, assam-esque and very sweet – the bitter veggies (stuffed with a fish/sotong ball paste) balanced the sweetness out, but the pineapple slices did their job of absorbing the sauce a bit…
Kacang Botol (Wingbean Salad) – classic Peranakan wing bean salad tossed with homemade sambal dressing. Every crunchy bite releases sour juices, and I liked the harmonious blend of grassiness and shrimpiness. If only the wing beans’ appearance reminded me less of….uhm…rhymes with cubic bear? 3.8/5 Peranakan Flavours 11 Jalan Klapa…