Jiu Zhuang Xiaolongbao infused with Single Malt Whisky (?!?) from Jiu Zhuang, a Chinese dim sum bar tucked deep in Dempsey forestry. Essentially soup dumplings gone all Eyes Wide Shut-esque libertine debauchery, with the whisky striking with an arresting fumes-y, throat-drying vengeance. 4/5 Jiu Zhuang Block 6C & 6D Dempsey…
Portico Favourites high tea menu at Portico Prime. Terrific value for money for the quality and quantity on display. The chilled truffle-scented angel hair pasta with avruga caviar and kawa ebi shrimps barges into your sensory pleasure memory orbs with the rapacious ruthlessness of a disgruntled Bukit Gombak-residing Ah Ma…
Sweets from the Hi-Tea Buffet at House. Whilst the Orange Sweet Potatoes Tart was starchily suited and the coffee soil-topped Caramel Banana Cake Flowerpot was like Hermione Granger in salt class, the rich Curry Leaf Almond Brownie swished its savoury saree in glee and the yummy sweet gloop atop the…
larvitar x rubbisheatrubbishgrow. A good dish at La Ventana (fun fact: owner Carles Gaig also owns the one Michelin-starred Restaurant Gaig in Barcelona) would be the Carabinero Paella ($34) – carnaroli rice with calamari and carabinero prawn. While I was busy snapping a picture of the paella, Salaryman was busy salivating…
Pigeon from La Ventana Singapore – whole pigeon cooked in two ways (Josper-grilled and confit) and served with truffle mash and sauce made with pigeon bones. The leg confit fared competently, but the pigeon may have sustained a serious chest injury from all the free weights training (due to societal…
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…