The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Happily-priced fusion creations delight, with rotational menu encouraging repeat visits. The must-orders (if any): Masala Chicken Cannelloni, House Otah, Claypot Rice, Flora Ivory, Mindaro Summary: The Obelisk is a fusion sharing plates concept with a surprisingly strong cocktail menu newly-launched along Tanjong Pagar Road amidst all the…
Chilled Truffle Angel Hair from Horizon Bistronomy (Alexandra) – chilled truffle angel hair, ikura, golden tobiko, crab meat, chorizo oil. The angel hair was eagerly oily and vinegary, whilst elsewhere the indulgent crab meat displayed a supple voluptuousness and the golden tobiko offered gritty realism to the proceedings. 3.7/5 Horizon…
Pincho Moruno from Catalunya – grilled marinated in a special house blended spice and served with apple aioli. Essentially the kebab equivalent of a surly, reserved Moroccan army regular who canes his children for bad behaviour and goes on desert missions. Mighty filling, though. 3.4/5 This was a hosted meal,…
Bangkok Fried Chicken with green chilli nam jim from Bird Bird. The chicken smells like it had just finished a rejuvenating spa session, whilst elsewhere the green chilli nam jim launches a fiery seed blast which envelopes your tongue with a sharp citric wave – an attack that is, interestingly,…
Chilli Crab Txangurro from Catalunya – 120 grams of shredded Alaskan snow crab cooked in spicy tomato sofrito and topped with toasted bread crumbs. Essentially an indulgent chilli crab bonanza in a pot – pure, unadulterated chilli crab goodness sans any distracting pincer, shell or mantou nonsense. The succulent crab…
Grilled octopus, crusty pork jowl, buttered mash potato, smoked Spanish paprika oil from Pool Grill’s “Flavours of Spain” dinner set menu. Whilst the octopus offered a good manly crunch, the pork jowl was a revelation – the fatty skin and even fattier soft, tender flesh have completely fused, existing in…
Crab & Humita Croquettes with Spicy Criolla Sauce from Bochinche. The crabmeat, possessing the gentle mushiness of a newly-in-love Saint Margaret’s Secondary School student, was so gloriously steamy it should come with a parental advisory. 3.8/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Bochinche. Bochinche 22 Martin Road #02-01 Singapore…
Buttermilk Fried Chicken with Sriracha from Humpback’s Sunday Brunch. The chicken’s performance felt slightly phoned in, but this was inconsequential since the combination of spunky paprika and uncompromisingly unrelenting sriracha dialled up the heat to Fifty Shades of Grey levels. 3.7/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Humpback. Humpback…
Special Char Siew from Char Restaurant. A life-changing, life-affirming experience, and deserving to be the locus classicus for glazed char siew. The stupendously fatty char siew has but a mere sliver of chewable flesh in each block, every other inch being unadulterated, molten sweet fat which melts on your tongue…