Kaisen Ninja Bowl from the newly-opened Ninja Bowl – pan-seared Hokkaido scallops, mussels, mixed mushrooms, lemon butter sauce and carrots with added quinoa. The four Hokkaido scallops had a taut, delectable crunch, while elsewhere the carrots possessed the youthful sweetness of a fat smiling baby and the lemon butter sauce…
Marinated pork loin, celeriac purée, baby carrots and onions with whole grain mustard from 999.99 Five Nines. The pork loin was well-cooked and suitably roasty with the slight toughness of a Signals NSF sergeant whilst elsewhere, the light sauce-tempered and wasabi-esque militant tang of the mustard kept the proceedings lively.…
Laksa Fisherman’s Pie from Epicurious – prawn, fish, crabmeat, taupok, carrot and zucchini in spicy laksa broth with a puff pastry top. Essentially roti prata served with distilled laksa concentrate, so powerfully flavoured that you must savour it by way of dipping the pastry and only sucking the soak in order…
Exotic – kangaroo, trompette, dark chocolate. The kangaroo meat had a most exotic (errr, as the name already implies…? – Editor) taste, like a fantastic ménage à trois of pork, duck and fish meat all rolled into one gamey, roasty package. The butternut squash and dark chocolate were on hand…