Roast red snapper with tom yum bouillabaisse from Wild Rocket. The seafood elements are but a foil for the tangy bouillabaisse, which wears judicious spritzes of Soi No. 55 or similar and titillates with her herbal sensuality…but before you know it, she will quietly slink off into the night, leaving…
Spanner chilli crab linguini with onsen egg from Wild Rocket. Essentially firm, full-bodied locks of linguini dressed in a wickedly spicy, gooily eggy and voluminously thick chilli crab sauce. Elsewhere, only some crabs turned up, but you know how these elite toolbox school kids are. 3.8/5 Wild Rocket 10A Upper…
Buttermilk waffle with wine-poached pear and walnut crumble from Curious Palette. The waffle slays you with no mercy like you’re a stranger while the pears, possessing firmness and integrity, (wine-)party it up in dignified fashion like CBD blazered men at OverEasy on a Friday night, with the red slices being…
Ochazuke Konbu Spaghetti from Curious Palette. The equivalent of that “exotic” racially mixed person you met in primary school who did not fit cleanly into that whole CMIO framework and looked really unique and attractive and had a cool accent. The ang moh spaghetti had the strong aroma of Chinese…
Mango bingsu from Snowy Village. Compared to the erect confidence of the towering bingsus from most other Korean joints, this contender looked majorly flaccid and lethargic. The mangoes tasted like they have led rather fruitful long lives, while the milk ice positively showered me with unadulterated love from Mummy Cow’s…
Bijin nabe (beauty hotpot, or 美人鍋) from Tsukada Nojo. Essentially the hotpot equivalent of your mother, grandmother or similar female maternal figure caressing your back and making you feel warm and fuzzy inside, and telling you everything is going to be just fine. Hands down my favourite hotpot experience in the…
Grapefruit Dome from Concetto – a dome of orange and grapefruit, served with lemon meringue, grapefruit confit, honey mint sorbet and Grand Marnier. Essentially the perfect dessert for a hypothetical Preparation for Adult Modern Dining class for junior college/polytechnic students, at a price point suited for the same and an…
Apple Berry Pie. Less yogurty than Llaollao, and the crumble added an element of saltiness and crunch. However, as we went deeper down the cup, the intensity of sourness (it could have been from the yogurt or apple chunks, or both) reached such a degree that it made my tongue…
Chocolate banana waffle – chocolate waffle, caramelized banana, vanilla bean ice cream, salted caramel sauce and nutella truffle powder. Essentially a chocolate pound cake (!) with vanilla ice cream and sweet, gooey goreng pisang. The shift from fluffy chiffon to dense cake felt like a Lionhead Rabbit transforming into a…