Grilled salmon served with mashed potato, corn, carrots and broccoli. Moist and well-cooked, with the most delectably crispy and salty skin. However, the mashed potato ought to invest in some good body lotion instead of slathering itself with butter as a quick fix for smooth skin. For the picture, the…
Murphy’s Fish and Chips – English batter-fried arrowfish, chips, lemon and tartar sauce with Murphy’s special non-oily batter. The fish skin is wonderfully crispy, going “crack crack crunch” in your mouth and with none of that nonsensical soggy crap you often get with trashier equivalents at coffee shops. This was…
Oven roasted Chilean sea bass with celeriac, honshimeji and edamame. The fish was good – moist, buttery and well-cooked, with nice crumbs for added crunch. I enjoyed the bitterness of the edamame and mushrooms, but the celeriac left me rather bemused as it tasted very much like it had just…
Signature sliced grouper fillet with pine mushroom and black fungus in rice wine broth. The naughtiness of the rice wine struck quickly before sneakily vanishing into the darkness, leaving no traces behind in what is still a rather happy-tasting soup. 3.75/5 Joyden Canton Kitchen 4 Hillview Rise #02-21 Hillv2 Singapore…
King of the Sea – miso-infused torched king salmon & king prawn on a bed of assorted vegetables ragout. The crispiness of the salmon skin and slightly smoky char of the prawn suggests his Majesty may have forgotten to fasten his robes as he flirted with an open fire, which…
Atlantic cod fried meesua with kimchi purée, mirin and scallions. The noodles were a revelation – very wet, slightly spicy, and almost designed for appreciative slurping. I could just have the meesua and be majorly contented. Fish was pretty standard, and slightly salty. 4/5 Gastrosmiths 103 Beach Road Tan Quee…