The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Grilled fish in a variety of (spicy) Sichuan sauces. The must-orders (if any): Cod, Steamboat Bean Base. Summary: Launching at the basement of Suntec City, the curiously school-themed Sichuan Kungfu Fish Singapore offers a fairly straightforward concept – choose from a variety of fish and seafood…
Glazed Teriyaki Salmon Furikake Bowl from the newly-opened 5 Senses in Bedok Point. The furikake was mixed with a thick, creamily sweet mayo and the wobbly-soft 62°C egg was a natural eggporn starlet, whilst elsewhere the perfectly almost-cooked teriyaki salmon, which could be consumed on its own and still justify…
Murphy’s Platter (fish fingers, calamari tempura and crispy wings, with either salted egg or lemon mayo dip) from Murphy’s, a few stones’ throw away from Ang Mo Kio MRT. ⠀⠀ The fish fingers were revelatory, with the white and tender arrowtooth flesh possessing an exuberant sweetness and a thin skin…
Japanese mackerel (fennel, quinoa, mussels, chorizo) from the lunch menu of the recently Michelin-minted Rhubarb Le Restaurant at Duxton Hill. A delectably oily affair all round – the softly chewy, juicy mackerel was slicker than a Prudential insurance agent, whilst elsewhere the fried rice-esque and lobster foam-crowned quinoa and chorizo…
Sous vide salmon with white chocolate hollandaise from Antoinette’s new Fetish Chocolat menu, which runs from 1 September 2016 until end October. Antoinette (Penhas Road) 30 Penhas Road Singapore 208188
Steamed Cod stuffed with Mushrooms and Water Chestnuts in Paper Roll from Jiang-Nan Chun. Essentially a light, juice-cleansed and yoga-performing deconstructed Chinese soya glace fish bear-hugged by a chewy, fleshy Vietnamese rice paper roll creature. 3.9/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Jiang-Nan Chun. Jiang-Nan Chun 190 Orchard Boulevard…
Roasted cod and soba noodle salad from Populus – roasted cod loin, soba noodles, marinated mushrooms, lightly pickled vegetables, broad beans, lime and sesame dressing. Whilst the saltily-skinned cod may have gone a tad overboard in its vain efforts to achieve a Kim Kardashian-esque bronze, the soba noodles were intriguingly…
Grilled kingfish collar with spicy chinchalok sauce from Redpan’s new menu, which rolls out tomorrow. Every inch of moist flesh, chewy cartilagey bits and sinfully charred skin went shiveringly well with the spicy chinchalok sauce, so stingingly tangy and naughty that it would make you go “phaaaaaaatumba” or similar incoherent…
Seafood Aglio Olio from Once Upon A Thyme’s new outlet at Clarke Quay The Central – sautéed prawns, fish and squid tossed with spaghetti. The herby, insurance salesman-slick pasta defies its takeaway box origins and is triumphantly better than what its almost rudely offensive $8 price point would suggest. 3.8/5…