The Lokal lobster roll from The Lokal – slipper lobster tails, gherkin, coleslaw & lemon mayonnaise. A little too much bread for my liking, but the lobster was present and friendly at this party instead of being all standoffish and only sociable with people whom it can manipulate and exploit.…
Glazed scallops from La Ventana Singapore – Hokkaido scallops (4 units) with Jerusalem artichoke in three textures. Perhaps size doesn’t always matter – the scallops were undeniably gargantuan but lacked that vulnerably soft tenderness that make the taste of scallop so distinctive, every inch of their waxen bodies being uniformly…
Yeye’s Kari from Candlenut – a white coconut curry of prawns with green chilli padi, green peppercorns, kaffir lime leaf and fried shallots. Essentially green curry prawns given a creamy, indulgent mega-upgrade of coconut. 3.8/5 Candlenut 331 New Bridge Road #01-03 Dorsett Residences Singapore 088764
Seafood Bouillabaisse from The Royal Mail Restaurant & Bar. The langoustine, essentially a massive prawn who tasted like he had spent his formative years on Sixth Avenue and played golf on weekends, did the PR heavy lifting with his intense and brooding good looks while the other featured stars simply…
Stir-fried squid with runny salted egg from Gin Khao. Truly one of the best salted egg yolk items I have ever tasted. Instead of slathering the soft and chewy squid with aggressively-flavoured thick, pasty salted egg yolk goo as most others would do, the approach here was to leave the salted…
Cambarang Chili Garam from Quentin’s – fresh large prawns fried with chilli paste and salt. The big and juicy prawns were slathered with a curious paste that tasted like it was made by dejuicing the essence from a hundred rambunctious pigs. Good for bacon enthusiasts or pig haters. 3.4/5 Quentin’s…
Tiger Prawn from Pluck – baked tiger prawn, slow cooked egg, chilli crab puree, cilantro oil and mantou. Essentially lobster served with a crabby, chilli-spicy soft-boiled egg gravy. The prawn was massive, buttery, bitter and really, really phat (this tiger probably hid in its den and remained sedentary during its…
Scallop, Apples, Bacon from Pluck – pan-seared scallops, roasted Granny Smith apples, hazelnut crumble, bacon tuile and caramel. The massive scallops had a nicely grilled and salty layer with a vulnerable and signature scallopy rawness in their centres. The apple sauce was bossy with its sucre agenda but did not…
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…