Cauliflower 4 Ways from Pluck – curry batter poached cauliflower, quinoa, roasted almonds and sun-dried grapes. Essentially butter fried rice with tempura and veggies. While the grilled cauliflowers were pleasant, the tempura-esque battered florets were a revelation, tasting almost prawn-like with their exuberant crunchiness as your teeth tears through the…
Maple marshmallow and coffee cheesecakes from Cravings. The former wore its Canadian roots with flamboyance with little gooey marshmallows for accessories, while the latter tasted like strong, aromatic coffee with no sugar added. Despite being cheesecakes, the texture of both cakes was decidedly thick and jellymoussey, and I really liked…
Fusion at KPO – homemade buttermilk vanilla cake, Hokkaido matcha ice cream, azuki beans, shiratama (mochi balls), and caramelised cornflakes with fresh berries. A busy and basic yet curiously satisfying sweet treat, with enough jaw action involved to make sense as a bar snack. The cornflakes and its wife blocked…
Hong Kong steamed giant grouper from Diamond Kitchen. Not sure what aquatic kinfolk eat in Hong Kong waters but aside from being giant, the grouper tasted remarkably meatier and chewier than its brethren elsewhere. The skin itself should have its own Kinohimitsu endorsement deal – your face would in all…
Lap cheong aglio olio from Collective Brewers – sauteed garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil with linguine, alongside wilted spinach, shiitake mushroom and smoked chinese sausages. Not something I would have a second round of – prawns and aglio olio share a relationship no hussy has any right to homewreck…
Passionfruit meringue tart from Cream & Custard. The meringue tastes like a dense and slightly sweet marshmallow and the tart crust struggles a bit before crumbling when subject to the vertical fork test. Elsewhere, the curd itself is well-balanced in its sour and sweet properties (although I could easily do…
Ocean’s Thirteen from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – smoked salmon, poached eggs, asparagus, brioche toast, beetroot yogurt and yuzu hollandaise sauce. Magnificent presentation, with the bold splash of beetroot yogurt adding so much drama to the plate that a wavy-haired nymphet with mascara tears who is on a phone…
All-Hands-On-Deck Seafood Platter ($98) from The Prawn Star – seafood grilled in kimchi-miso butter. Some of the clammed seamen petulantly refused entry and, when forcefully seized, even flung sand in a rowdy show of temper, but the lobster and prawns were reliably good and the nicely smoky bread went wonderfully…
Mango bingsu with soft serve at Snowman Desserts. The soft serve was like McDonald’s ice cream, but with the cow’s mammary glands on hyper super-milky overdrive. The mango chunks were massive, soft and sweet, but somehow the milk snow here was less snowy and more icy than I expected, and…