Maine lobster and chicken pot roast with field mushrooms, fried quail eggs and parsley from The Disgruntled Chef. If crustaceans and fowls haven’t been dating before, they certainly should start exploring the possibilities. The lobster was plump and sweet whilst the well-done chicken had the most happily crispy skin, and…
The Mannuvasanai Menu from Muthu’s Curry (Race Course Road), which pays homage to Chettinad in South India. Spiciness exists on different levels across the dishes, from non-existent (Vazhathandu Kootu or banana shoots, supposedly good for your internal pee bags) to the cumulative slow burn (Vendaikkai and Mochai Mandi or white kidney beans and…
Curry Debal from Quentin’s. The curry itself was watery and tangy with a slight spice sting. The chicken and chicken sausages did their job of curry absorption best as they could, but I was most intrigued by the bacon bones, which were essentially pork bones with the flesh tasting exactly…
Chicken Waffle Tower from Brew Maison. The chunky and surprisingly satisfying chicken patty wouldn’t feel out of place in a Mos burger fratboy house party, but the waffle was moist and had the limp lifelessness of a hollow branch floating down a haunted brook. 3.4/5 Brew Maison 383 Bukit Timah…
Whole French Poussin from Pluck – roasted poussin, aubergine, sesame puree, roasted celeriac, braised turnips. Whilst the baby bird tasted its age and probably indulged in luxurious spa body rubs with exotic herbs sponsored by Mama Bird, I was not a fan of the sesame puree, which tasted like a…
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…
Slow roasted chicken breast with bacon and maple cream on meringue waffle from Grin Affair. The waffles tasted very old school and neighbourhoody (in a good way), while the tender chicken probably had a good midday swim in a hotdog brine pool before arriving. Bacon and maple were rather calefare-esque.…
Spring chicken from Arnold’s Fried Chicken. Essentially a one-way ticket to Facial Liu Sha Bao Station on the Fatsville Line but dang, it was an epic and memorable journey. The crispy and phenomenally tasty skin was the obvious star of the show, like KFC chicken skin undergone a flavour mega…
Chicken karaage ramen burger. Essentially the love child of a female Singaporean-Japanese ramen and a male American hairy-legged burger who goes for spin classes at the gym. The ramen patties tasted like an interesting crossover between mee goreng and eggy carrot cake, while the chicken karaage was tender and juicy,…