The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Singapore heritage cuisine offering hearty, home-style comfort. The must-orders (if any): Sambal Buah Keluak Fried Rice, Babi Assam Summary: Situated within the Destination Singapore Beach Road near Nicoll Highway MRT, Folklore is a new Singapore heritage cuisine concept (essentially dishes with Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian and Peranakan…
Buah keluak pasta from Chef Shen Tan’s pop-up at Joan Bowen Cafe – buah keluak cooked with turmeric, blue ginger, garlic and shallots, minced pork and prawns, twice cooked pork belly. Every inch of well-lubricated pasta is positively slathered with the glorious black paste, which is simultaneously nuanced and forthcoming…
Balukoo Wantons from Black Nut – buah keluak flesh, finely diced prawn, spring onion, ginger, garlic and homemade sambal chilli dip. The ever so slightly bitter, earthy and dry wantons craved for the black nuts which arrogantly stayed safely in their sac, but the shrimpy, spicy Nasi Lemak-esque chilli made…
Bibik’s Brownie – buah keluak ice cream with brownie. The chocolate brownie had a cookie-esque texture while the earthy buah keluak ice cream kept things legit and real – no purchase of likes/followers, no plagiarism of text and content for its IG posts, no chocolate wannabeism. Just buah keluak, naked…
Buah Keluak from Candlenut – buah keluak ice cream made with 80% Valhrona chocolate on a bed of salted caramel, chocolate crumble and chilli specks, topped with warm milk chocolate espuma. One of the most stunning local desserts I’ve tried this year. The buah keluak ice cream was itself an…