Espárragos y Gambas a la Plancha from My Little Spanish Place – grilled asparagus and prawns, fried egg and “salsa verde”. Essentially what you get if a European matronly chef decides to marry Chinese tze char and the Western concept of brunch. So simple and basic, yet so satisfying. 3.9/5…
Fish head curry from Na Na Homemade Curry. More piquant and clear than your usual coconut-heavy curries, with the generous portion of taupok playing sponge rather admirably. The fish head itself is acceptably sized for its price ($18), whilst elsewhere the soft yam cubes make for a nice starchy diversion.…
Strawberries & Mascarpone from The Disgruntled Chef – pistachio sponge, burnt marshmallow, basil, lime meringue. One for the berry fans – the cooked strawberries are succulent and pleasurably sweet while the Frutips-esque berry jellies will make you feel like a candy-grubbing annoying eleven year old, and together they distract you…
Roasted miso cod from The Disgruntled Chef – sweet pea puree, ikura, sea beans. The tanned and buttery cod, after taking heed of advice from social media outlets on the dangers of sun exposure and incredible merits of cold-pressed juices and the like, dons a chic veil made from its…
Charcoal waffle with pistachio ice cream from Claude’s. The whipped cream was as necessary as the adjectives “frozen” and “free” when using the words ice and gifts respectively (these are examples of “tautology” – English Language Editor) but the pistachio ice cream was deeply roasty, the waffle as soft as…
Udang chilli garam – salted chilli prawn spaghetti from Epicurious. Despite sharing equal conceptual billing the sweet and spicy paste, all smouldering and sensual in its acupuncturist roleplay with your tongue, carries the pasta dish alone in manner of minister in a GRC while the less scholarly prawns only barely…
Tira Miss U from KINS Restaurant – mascarpone cheese cream mix with coffee dipped finger sponge and Kahlua liquor. Very, very wet, and the difference in coffee they use – here it’s Nanyang coffee – is instantly noticeable. 3.8/5 KINS Restaurant 2 Jalan Klapa Singapore 199314
Green tea bingsu from Nunsaram Korean Dessert Café. The choice of whipped cream to collar the bingsu was rather bizarre, but once said collar was scrapped off the mountain the green tea dessert was quite the hot weather delight, with the combination of sauce and ice cream somehow lasting long…
Apple Tortilla Tower from KINS Restaurant – deep fried tortilla skin towered with cinnamon apple and crumble, served with mixed fruits and vanilla ice cream. Essentially your usual apple crumble dessert, only deconstructed and reconstructed. The tortilla was like a cross between curry puff and Chinese baked pastry, and elsewhere…