Waffle breakfast – waffle with pork sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs & maple syrup. Despite the waffles looking as if they were fairly shagged and limp after a hard day of grading papers, CCA supervision and other teacherly endeavours, the moist and doughy quadrants were surprisingly fragrant and sweet, with a…
BBQ baby back ribs from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar. There is nothing babyish about the masculinely tender pork ribs. Striking a happy balance between chewy fat and pig toughness, the meat strips itself off the bones with the eagerness of a BMT recruit. Essential to the experience is the sweet,…
Oreo bomb from Banana Tree. Essentially vanilla ice cream resting atop an Oreo cookie post-apocalyptic wasteland, with earthen heat still radiating from the heated frying pan. Have the cookies warm as they are served, smash them into crumbs and have warm cookie cereal, or mix the crumbs with the ice…
Crab Cake Benedict from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar – crab cake, English muffin, poached egg and garlic mayo. Despite the English muffin being a stubborn little runt and the poached egg being rather devoid of personality in spite of best efforts from the egg yolk and sweet garlic mayo, it…
Madagascan vanilla ice cream with Guinness draught and Créme de Mure from The Naked Finn. The vanilla ice cream sinks and melts with greater haste than Road Runner from the Looney Tunes, so you essentially get a very boozy, fizzy alcoholic milkshake. 3.8/5 The Naked Finn 39 Malan Road Gillman Barracks…
Lobster cappuccino & brandy with juniper foam from Violet Herbs. Essentially a thick, creamy and savoury lobster coffee which leaves a lingering layer of lobster wealth on your lips. 3.7/5 [This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Violet Herbs.] Violet Herbs 81 Tras Street Singapore 079020
Mango scallops with parsnip puree, mango gel, parma ham-infused potato chips, mango salsa, micro herb and chocolate crumble from Violet Herbs. The marquee stars were happily plump and reliably delectable, whilst the parsnip puree was essentially a slightly bitter and herby potato mash, all hipster now after having traipsed to…
Wild-caught lingcod fillet from The Naked Finn – grilled and oven-baked, finished with sea salt and extra virgin olive oil. Neither a ling nor a cod, but while the meatier external layers of fish taste slightly manlier and tougher than you’d expect cod to, the heart of the fillet is…
Waffle with blueberry and strawberry ice cream from Brownice. The waffle was as humble as a bespectacled, holey singlet-wearing ten-year-old who helps his father out at a char kway teow stall at Whampoa Drive Food Centre, while the vegan, organic ice cream was surprisingly enjoyable – the blueberry was like…