Linguine allo Scoglio from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – classic seafood pasta tossed in spicy tomato sauce. The spicy sauce provided a slight tingle without ever straying too far from the sidewalk, whilst elsewhere the flaky cheese bits were nasally efficient but ultimately paper tigers. 3.4/5 Rise & Grind…
Duck legs confit, cannellini and cherry tomatoes from &SONS. The cannellini played it like a cross between cheesy pasta and baked beans, whilst the thigh gap-challenged duck (you get both legs) provided greasily familiar entertainment in its KFC-esque boudoir. 3.4/5 &Sons (SONS Bacaro) 20 Cross Street #01-19 China Square Central…
Panna cotta from Kite – pink peppercorn, strawberries, coriander & coconut. The peppercorn in the panna cotta is the equivalent of finding a baby hamster while in the restroom – you would be pleased to have seen it and would coo at it a little, but thereafter you would scratch…
Mushroom & Prawn Aglio Olio from Two Tall Trees. The wet pasta, whose exit and towelling off after its peppery spice bath may have been premature, evoked a slight feel of Chinese cooking, whilst elsewhere the prawns browse the top posts on #igprawns wistfully, wondering if they can ever be…
Chicken waffle stack from Monniker – crispy fried chicken with cheddar, nestled between two waffles drizzled with maple syrup, topped with fried egg and served with mesclun and mushroom sauce. The waffle was a sweet, soft and submissively mellow canvas for the juicy chicken, but ultimately the stack was, in…
Cinnamon French Toast from The Halia (Singapore Botanic Gardens) – fresh seasonal berries, white chocolate sauce, Iranian pistachio. The moisture-challenged bread was a non-starter, thankfully made more pleasant by the thick white chocolate sauce which when tasted on its own revealed its happily sweet nature but when applied to the…
On Cloud Nine Waffle from Revelry – lemon curd, toasted marshmallows, candy floss and vanilla ice cream on Belgian waffle. The waffle was crisp and airy with a slight burntness to it, and there was a distinct air of Sahara desert to the concept that neither the sweet and slightly…
Baked prawns in claypot from Rochor Thai – fresh prawns and vermicelli, peppercorns, garlic and coriander baked in a claypot. An appetite-arousing aroma assaults your senses once the cover is removed, but once your saliva forms and expectations peak the fragrance quickly peters out. What’s left is essentially levelled-up and…
Miso Cod from Birdie Num Num Gastrobar – codfish marinated with Japanese miso served with creamy risotto. Whilst the risotto gave the cheesiest pickup lines, the cod tasted all Japanese style meets zichar (Chinese a la carte dining). For its price ($15.90 at point of publication) this was buttery good…