Salmon Served Two Ways from Les Amis Restaurant – wild Scottish salmon served two ways with crunchy vegetables. The creamy, wasabi-tinged tartare was a textural hybrid of sashimi and mousse whilst elsewhere the salmon, nicely charred and roasty on the outside with a soft pink centre, goes limp in yielding…
Foie gras with eel from Les Amis Restaurant – combination of pan-seared foie gras and French river eel with citrus fruit compote and dashi. The soft, tender Chinese foie gras was visibly addicted to sweet sesame brittle treats, whilst elsewhere the mackerel-esque eel possessed a seductive, gentlemanly cigar smokiness and…
Roasted Pears from Pollen – Chamomile, ginger, granola, yogurt. The warm titular pears were resiliently crunchy and very juicy and moist, adaptively bearing the distinctive spiciness of the ginger cake which, by the way, would cling onto your tongue like an overzealous yet adorable koala. Elsewhere, the yogurt was like…
Strawberry from Pollen Singapore – white peach, basil, bergamot. Rather precocious and precious a creation. The sugary and salty crumble had the rather mystical ability of soaking up the flavour essences of its surroundings, with the dry crumbs somehow harnessing the spirit of the classily restrained basil and the refreshingly…
Seared Lamb Loin (inspired by a traditional Wellington) with foie gras and mushroom purée from Pool Grill. You can tell that the lamb probably gallivanted a lot on lush strawberry fields under a very illustrious sun in its heyday before having met its deconstructed Wellington fate on your plate. 3.9/5…
Rare yellow fin tuna tataki with compressed watermelon, goat cheese mousse, chia and flax seeds from Pool Grill. Like a really gorgeous clean salad for glamorous socialites with big sunglasses and sunkissed light chestnut locks. The watermelon provided a much-needed spurt of refreshing juice to the reserved, meaty fish cuts. 3.6/5…
Pan-fried duck foie gras with apricot confiture, toasted pistachio and vincotto from Pool Grill. Whilst the outer layer of the foie gras was already soft and wobbly, the core was positively molten liver goodness. A buttery, crusty toast provides texture, and elsewhere the apricot confiture, tasing much like thick purée, prevented…
Impression from The Rabbit Stash. Saturn is a compelling combination of pop rocks and Ferrero Rocher-esque hazelnut indulgence, whilst the mango sun and other chocolate planet obediently fulfil their window dressing roles in this stunning visual spectacle, complete with the arresting drama of Saturn being tragically destroyed. Well done. 4.5/5…
Nostagia – Wagyu beef jowl, gnocchi, red date. Despite its moniker, the slab of lusciously tender meat right there sitting atop the bed of barley porridge is undeniably char siew of the most luxurious grade. 4.5/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of The Rabbit Stash. The Rabbit Stash 231…