Curry fish head from Lau Hock Guan Kee Bak Kut Teh & Curry Fish Head. The fish is uber fresh, tender and moist, with generous servings of vegetables swimming in the thick and sharply tangy assam curry. Very reliable, and one of my two go-to places for curry fish head. 4.4/5…
Nyonya assam pedas fish. The assam gravy is unbelievable – a delirious mix of spicy and tangy that makes your lips purse pleasurably. Can you believe this serving costs just $6.50? You get so many slabs of fresh fish that you can take some and throw them at your mother.…
Panseared Pulau Ubin sea bass, roasted new potato, garden herbed beurre blanc sauce. The wondrous sauce makes the entire dish – it was an unbelievably tasty creation, like a zesty combination of skim-milk mayonnaise and Pure Yoga oil, with oodles of vitality. Everything tasted a bajillion times better with the…
Orange halibut. The halibut was nicely flaky and the orange put on its best citrusy-sweet marmalade dress, but the overall experience (including the sides situation, i.e. the roasted potato and broccoli) did taste and feel rather Astons-esque. 3.4/5 Chew The Fat Block 6 Everton Park #01-18 Singapore 080006
Murphy’s Fish and Chips – English batter-fried arrowfish, chips, lemon and tartar sauce with Murphy’s special non-oily batter. The fish skin is wonderfully crispy, going “crack crack crunch” in your mouth and with none of that nonsensical soggy crap you often get with trashier equivalents at coffee shops. This was…
Oven roasted Chilean sea bass with celeriac, honshimeji and edamame. The fish was good – moist, buttery and well-cooked, with nice crumbs for added crunch. I enjoyed the bitterness of the edamame and mushrooms, but the celeriac left me rather bemused as it tasted very much like it had just…
King of the Sea – miso-infused torched king salmon & king prawn on a bed of assorted vegetables ragout. The crispiness of the salmon skin and slightly smoky char of the prawn suggests his Majesty may have forgotten to fasten his robes as he flirted with an open fire, which…
Spicy tuna tartare – sambal belachan oil, calamansi, furikake, and wonton skins. Once the egg is broken and mixed with the tuna, it essentially becomes marinated tuna sashimi, which is a bit spicy, sour, sweet all at once. 4/5 Pidgin 7 Dempsey Road #01-04 Singapore 249671
Atlantic cod fried meesua with kimchi purée, mirin and scallions. The noodles were a revelation – very wet, slightly spicy, and almost designed for appreciative slurping. I could just have the meesua and be majorly contented. Fish was pretty standard, and slightly salty. 4/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee…