Cheesy chilli crab pizza from Classified Cafe. Whilst the chilli crab sauce was reasonably persuasive and thick, the soft-shell crab chunks simply lepak and relak one corner with their guitars and the pizza crust came across moody and rather detached. 3.4/5 Classified Cafe 101 Jalan Sultan #01-02 The Sultan Hotel…
Prawn Kadaif from 999.99 Five Nines – tiger prawn wrapped in thin deep fried noodles with red pepper sauce. The sauce was like a writhing baby girl from tomato and chilli parents, whilst elsewhere the noodles shattered loudly and dramatically in your mouth like a chandelier would if a XXL-sized…
Norwegian Royale from The Reading Room – smoked salmon, French-style scrambled eggs (no milk added), French butter and arugula on two French toasts. While the soggy toast sagged under the pressure of its French parents’ eggy demands, the absolute smorgasbord of warm egg and salmon chunks atop the toasts (hidden…
Argo Goreng Pasta from Argo (frustratingly hidden in plain sight within Adonis Hotel on Purvis Street) – prawn, green pea, tomato sautéed with sambal chilli and spaghetti. While the supply of prawns was blessed and bountiful, the piquant and notably sweet chilli was more Baby than Scary Spice, and the…
Lychee prawn from Lin Rooftop Bar – chopped tiger prawns sautéed with garlic and stuffed in whole lychee, served on a bed of savoury tomato concasse sauce. The lychees wrap their angel wings around the happily garlicky prawns like a possessive crazy ex-girlfriend, positively smothering the prawns with sweet, sweet…
Lemon meringue sundae from Bao Makers – lemon sponge, lemon curd, meringue, almond slices with vanilla ice cream. The awkward tension in the room of disparate mismatches could be sliced with a knife, with the Gobi-dry lemon sponge better off with a good dose of Cetaphil. 3.2/5 Bao Makers 78…
Savoury soya milk panna cotta with shoyu jelly, oriental minced pork and century egg from The East Bureau. Essentially the savoury soyness of salty Taiwanese beancurd (think Yong He Eating House in Geylang) meets the supple softness of Lao Ban beancurd, with lots of random elements sprawled on top for…
Prawn aglio olio (extra spicy) at Birdcage Bistro. The prawns probably just returned from Arendale/were hit by a Shiva summon or Blizzaga spell prior to entering the frying pan, whilst elsewhere the (chilli) seedy pasta were happily enjoying a lazy, limp Sunday. 3.4/5 Birdcage Bistro 312 Old Birdcage Walk #01-12…
“Ginger Beer” Pork Collar from Populus – charred ginger beer marinated pork collar, roasted butternut squash with spicy yogurt, honey coriander salsa verde, apple slaw. Essentially rugged, army Encik-esque meat coated in sour veggie camo. In manner of sin-cos-tan matters, quadratic equations and the like, the dish truly perplexes. 3.3/5…