Miso black cod from The Royal Mail Restaurant & Bar. The wonderfully buttery cod masterfully navigated that laser-thin line between solid and liquid matter, but the leek fondue constantly threatened to steal focus with its pungent veggie agenda. Elsewhere, the teeth-infatuated sesame tuile was drafted in for some fragrant Oriental…
Thai walking catfish with spicy lemon soup from Spicy Thai-Thai Cafe. The spicy lemon soup was suitably sharp and spicy, and should sufficiently satisfy all heat-seekers. The flames just kept on going and going, so you get the soup piping hot throughout the meal! However, the soup somehow lacked a certain…
Fish dekku toast from Brew Maison. Essentially a nostalgia-laden throwback to primary school tuckshop simplicity. Might induce cravings for Hiro chocolate cake, Jack ‘n Jill rollercoaster rings etc. 3.4/5 Brew Maison 383 Bukit Timah Road #01-9B Alocassia Apartments Singapore 259727
Hong Kong steamed giant grouper from Diamond Kitchen. Not sure what aquatic kinfolk eat in Hong Kong waters but aside from being giant, the grouper tasted remarkably meatier and chewier than its brethren elsewhere. The skin itself should have its own Kinohimitsu endorsement deal – your face would in all…
From 13 -16 May 2015, the Executive Chef of London’s Hotel Café Royal, Andrew Turner presents a unique menu specially created for Celebrity Chef Scott Webster and Osia’s “Cooking with Friends” guest chef programme. Amuse bouche – pork fat crisp and Maine lobster. The former was decadently oily and porky…
Seafood Stew from The Lokal – red snapper, venus clams, prawns, squid, fregola sarda and toasted sourdough. Essentially how it would taste if a bajillion clams were strapped to life essence extraction machines and all their flavour distilled into a small pool on your plate. The stew itself was supremely…
Marinated red miso cod with dehydrated parsnip chips, almond eggplant & roasted pumpkin puree. Besides being visually arresting, this was quite the marvelous-tasting main. Despite its angry exterior, the marinated cod was quite the soft-spoken gentleman, so feathery soft that it virtually dissolves in your mouth like oily granita on warm…
Wild-caught lingcod fillet from The Naked Finn – grilled and oven-baked, finished with sea salt and extra virgin olive oil. Neither a ling nor a cod, but while the meatier external layers of fish taste slightly manlier and tougher than you’d expect cod to, the heart of the fillet is…
Fish soup noodles from Ka Soh (Swee Kee Fishhead Noodle House). The fish stock boasts to have high levels of protein, calcium and collagen. It supposedly includes no milk, its whiteness stemming from all the boiled fish bone goodness. All I know is that the stock tastes wondrously comforting and rich,…