“Foot-long” fried karaage chicken & waffles. The white Béchamel sauce reminded me of the vanilla cream in the middle of those long buns we used to get from neighbourhood bakeries, and it went well with the rather dry pancake-esque waffles. The chicken karaage should give tuition to other joints serving fried…
Assorted crabs at Brizo Restaurant & Bar’s ‘Crazier About Crabs’ Buffet, which runs from 1 April to 28 June 2015. Essentially, the dinner buffet comprises of 22 types of crab dishes (e.g. Premium Crabmeat Fried Rice with XO Sauce, Crabmeat Kueh Pie Tee etc), 26 kinds of seafood and a brand…
Tart Au Citron with Onion Ice Cream. The onion ice cream proved to be a friendly paper tiger – on its own, it starts off slightly pungent but quickly peters out into an inoffensive buttery ice cream, which you can mix with the lemon curd for an interesting slightly savoury-tasting…
Grilled octopus, olives and lime, and toasted ciabatta. Visualised the grilled octopus as being a massive suction-cupped tentacle laying on a plate which would dart around playfully as I guide it into my mouth, so I was very surprised to find said tentacle all unceremoniously chopped up. A spoonful tastes…
Bun Bun Bomb with espresso gelato. Essentially bitter and fragrant coffee gelato served sealed within a warm, unassuming bun. My main takeaway from this was dang, I sure miss the familiar smell and fluffiness of neighbourhood buns. 3.5/5 33SixtyEight 8 Jalan Batu #01-07 Di Tanjong Rhu Singapore 431008
Big Plate – two scrambled eggs, brioche toast, bacon, mushrooms and bratwurst. The toast was fluffy but rather burnt, the eggs nicely buttery and the mushrooms happily moist. I was undecided about the bacon – it may not have been my preferred crispy type, but it was ultimately competently fatty,…
Black Gold – three layer truffle chocolate mousse, caramel, cocoa sorbet, basil, and hazelnut nougatine. Like a United Colours of Benetton concept in their bringing together of distinctly different-tasting (and contrastingly-coloured) elements. It’s a grassy/caramel/bitter chocolate ménage a trois that somehow works when you do a vertical fork-dive, yet the…
Nanas Yong Tau Foo – a unique Peranakan-style Yong Tau Foo in pineapple sauce. The titular sauce was tangy, assam-esque and very sweet – the bitter veggies (stuffed with a fish/sotong ball paste) balanced the sweetness out, but the pineapple slices did their job of absorbing the sauce a bit…
Kacang Botol (Wingbean Salad) – classic Peranakan wing bean salad tossed with homemade sambal dressing. Every crunchy bite releases sour juices, and I liked the harmonious blend of grassiness and shrimpiness. If only the wing beans’ appearance reminded me less of….uhm…rhymes with cubic bear? 3.8/5 Peranakan Flavours 11 Jalan Klapa…