Academïcs Pancake Tower from The Coffee Academïcs Singapore – layered pancakes topped with mixed berries and blueberry coulis, served with berry sorbet and whipped cream. The enormously-filling and portentously looming structure had the heat-trapping cottony fluffiness of an ungroomed Pomeranian, whilst elsewhere the jammy berry sorbet had a Joo Chiat-esque…
Sukiyaki set with Japanese Wagyu-Holstein F1 Crossbreed Striploin and Ribeye from Sakurazaka, a new shabu-shabu concept at Greenwood Avenue. Essentially a gloriously tummy-warming and cleanly robust send-up of that familiar sukiyaki sweetness. Elsewhere, the Bukit Timah-esque quality of the beef on hand offers one lesson – taboo and adventurous yet…
Braised short ribs in Shiraz with miso daikon, burnt leek purée and smoky bacon sautéed with bunashimeiji mushroom from my 4-course omakase meal at Amuse SG. The tender short ribs had an enviable shreddability, whilst elsewhere the creamy and buttery sweet potato mash concealed little bitey bits and the sweet…
Bangkok Fried Chicken with green chilli nam jim from Bird Bird. The chicken smells like it had just finished a rejuvenating spa session, whilst elsewhere the green chilli nam jim launches a fiery seed blast which envelopes your tongue with a sharp citric wave – an attack that is, interestingly,…
Grand Marnier Crema Catalana from Milagro Spanish Restaurant at Orchard Central. Essentially your standard crème brûlée but with sassy unwashed blonde hair, being inappropriately high on sangria (and Grand Marnier, of course) and warbling lines such as “lucky that my breasts are small and humble so you don’t confuse them…
Kaisendon with added quail egg and chicken leek skewers from the newly-opened Teppei Daidokoro at Raffles City, a takeaway kiosk concept serving yakitori, croquettes, bentos and their now-ubiquitous kaisendon. The emotionally uninvested rice and mouth-fillingly obese sashimi chunks failed to generate much Lust, Caution-esque chemistry, whilst elsewhere the egg softness,…
Different textures of beetroot, pumpernickel and linseed emulsion from Bacchanalia’s vegan and vegetarian course menu. The meaty beetroot tartare, which bided its time before revealing its marshy earthbound charms, dropped it like it was hot with a mystical wasabi-esque blaze. 3.8/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Bacchanalia. Bacchanalia…
Salmon Served Two Ways from Les Amis Restaurant – wild Scottish salmon served two ways with crunchy vegetables. The creamy, wasabi-tinged tartare was a textural hybrid of sashimi and mousse whilst elsewhere the salmon, nicely charred and roasty on the outside with a soft pink centre, goes limp in yielding…
Buttermilk waffle with mixed berries compote and vanilla ice cream from Atlas Coffeehouse. Whilst the mixed berries compote scythes at you with the seductively tarty vengeance of a most coquettish minx, the usually reliable waffle, though internally still proficient, had the wizened, sun-weathered skin of a Punggol-living septuagenarian. 3.5/5 Atlas…