Traditional salt baked crab from Joyden Treasures. Nude by Nature, Sephora or similar brands should definitely engage this crab for a “quote the code ‘SaltBakedMeGivesYouJoy’ for 15% off” social media outreach deal as it is positively glowing in its au naturel charms, being gloriously sweet and supple without a visible…
Crispy pumpkin, yam and sweet potato strips from Paradise Teochew Restaurant. Essentially what you get if ham chim peng (Chinese deep fried bread), muah chee and sweet potato had a rambunctiously greasy, chewy romp on country club hay. 3.7/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Paradise Teochew Restaurant. Paradise Teochew…
Mitzo special barbecued pork. The skin of this amazing piggylicious delight must have been separated at birth from crème brûlée. I doodled a diagram in my notes whilst eating this – it was a circle labelled “middle” within a box with area outside the circle shaded and labelled “melts in…
Roasted Duck from Four Seasons. The tender duck tasted like it had used a good and expensive moisturiser during its living days while its fatty and saggy skin soaked up the memorably soy-intense and majorly slurpsome sauce wonderfully well. I was surprised by the random stray cabbage slices hidden below,…
Lobster porridge from Diamond Kitchen – steamed local lobsters, “pao fan”, chicken stock, Chinese wine and ginger. Essentially a most tenacious giant prawn sitting in a light and comforting broth. The lobster, easily extracted from the remnants of its former home, tasted like it must have been an athletic man who…
Diamond gan xiang crab from Diamond Kitchen – Sri Lankan crab wok-fried with spices. It’s all about the sauce when it comes to crabs and this gan xiang sauce – an intriguing mix of sambal, bean paste and curry powder – was ridiculously fragrant and addictive (the kind of substance one…
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…
Garlic steamed bamboo clam from Diamond Kitchen – Scottish bamboo clam, glass noodles, enoki mushrooms, water chestnuts, Hong Kong steamed sauce, and crispy fried garlic. While there were disappointingly no kilts in sight, the clams were soft and chewy with only the faintest of that distinctive and sometimes divisive clammy…
Steamed egg with coconut juice topped with crab meat and salmon roe from Tao Seafood Asia. Essentially smooth, egg-whitey chawanmushi gone tropical. 3.7/5 This dish is part of the Tao Seafood Asia’s “Mrs Lee’s Favourites” Mother’s Day 2015 menu. [This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Tao Seafood Asia.] Tao Seafood…