Chicken aglio olio – linguine tossed with olive oil, garlic and fresh red chilli. Like the bespectacled geek with the decent face that you firmly believe has the potential to be the sort of stuff salivated over and reblogged on Tumblr…provided he went to the gym. The chicken was nicely…
Spaghetti Aglio Olio with added Tiger Prawns and Chilli Padi. The pasta normally didn’t come with chilli padi, but they were happy to oblige when I asked for it. The spaghetti was thinner than usual, suitably salty and well lubed for smooth in-mouth gliding while the prawns were well-grilled and…
Prawn aglio olio – spaghetti and prawns cooked al dente with onions, clove garlic, chilli and white wine. Although being as visually appealing as a slice of Gardenia bread, the Chinese-esque aglio olio packs a secret taste punch with its fragrance and strong Hokkien Mee-esque flavour. The spicy chilli oil…
Spaghetti ai Porcini e Gamberi – spaghetti aglio olio with porcini mushrooms, chilli padi and prawns. Sample this blindfolded and you might just mistake this for good old-fashioned Hokkien Mee. The prawns and mushrooms, which could have reinforced the notion that this is ultimately still aglio olio, didn’t help much…
Aglio olio pasta. My jaw worked on the pasta the same way it would on chewing gum – methinks the pasta probably moved from the pot to the pan way before it was ready, resulting in severe adjustment issues and eventual clinginess with schoolmates. I heard people secretly bitch that…
Seafood aglio olio – seasonal seafood, ikura and ponzu. Methinks the chef doth salteth too much, but the smoky sexiness of the seafood does some major redemption. 3.5/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee Lan Street Singapore 189704
Prawn aglio olio – tiger prawns, spaghetti, chilli, parsley, and EVOO. The spaghetti tasted like it had a good pat-down after its swim in the EVOO pool, so it wasn’t annoyingly greasy as some aglio olio can get, and the prawns were happily phat. On a side note, I asked…