Angel Hair Crabmeat from MoCA Cafe at Loewen. The chilli-kissed, garlicky and slick pasta was so diverting on its own, it could probably launch a successful solo career without its sweet, chewy headlining partner. 4.1/5 MoCA Cafe at Loewen 27A Loewen Road Singapore 248839
Watermelon Lychee sorbet and Strawberry Pocky ice cream with Belgian Waffle from Geometry, located near IKEA Alexandra. The watermelon and lychee flavours are so passionately enmeshed in their amorous physicality that you can’t tell when either element starts and ends while the milky, Meiji-esque strawberry Pocky flavour is true to…
Matcha Montblanc with Matcha Ice Cream from Kyushu Pancake. The sheer volume of chestnut drama within the thick, ropey cream would more than excite a scurry of rascally squirrels, the cream possessing a matcha powdery bitterness which adds a zen, masculine edge to the proceedings and prevents you from getting…
Honey Shibuya Toast with Orh Nee and Mango Lime Ice Cream from Double Scoops. The toast had a sturdy fortress protecting its decidedly bready and restrainedly buttered insides, while elsewhere the orh nee was a rich, creamy yam marvel and the mango lime was notably more former than latter, being…
Meringue Roll from The Plain Jane. Essentially the airy between-the-cake-sheets love child of soft, clayey meringue and chewy marshmallow. 3.8/5 The Plain Jane Blk 211 Serangoon Ave 4 #01-10 Singapore 550211
Kau Pau Kolo Mee from the newly-opened Broth House opening next to The Hangar along Arab Street – kolo mee with minced thai pork and basil served with poached egg, fried shallots and fried ikan bilis. The kolo mee sprung and bobbed energetically, whilst elsewhere the liberally peppery minced pork…
Karaage Chicken Waffle from Kyushu Pancake Singapore. The bready, hotdog bun-esque waffle displayed the fatigue of a post-row DBS Marina Regatta dragonboater, whilst elsewhere the delectable, tender chicken was more crispy-edged karaage skin than flesh. 3.7/5 Kyushu Pancake Singapore 275 Thomson Road #01-08 Novena Regency Singapore 307645
Genki Ninja Bowl from Ninja Bowl – yaki unagi, roasted pumpkin, beansprouts, onsen egg, pickled beet. The usually wriggly eel completely lays limp in sweet, luscious surrender here, whilst elsewhere the various crunchy elements each bring something different to the table – the beets bring a veggie wetness, the pumpkin…
The Word. Brekkie from WORD – sausage, choice of eggs, toast, grilled vegetables, bacon. Brunchly satisfying despite being disarmingly earnest, although you can positively hear the clang of spaluta against Mom’s favourite frying pan ringing from a distance. 3.4/5 WORD Cafe 906 Upper Thomson Road Singapore 787110