Tiger prawn aglio olio from Richmond Station. The rather stinko sprinkled cheese started the experience on a decidedly low-brow note, but fortunately after some tossing pepper and chilli padi were successful in their dual effort to help mask traces of the above-mentioned. Elsewhere, the tiger prawns were happily fat and…
Fish dekku toast from Brew Maison. Essentially a nostalgia-laden throwback to primary school tuckshop simplicity. Might induce cravings for Hiro chocolate cake, Jack ‘n Jill rollercoaster rings etc. 3.4/5 Brew Maison 383 Bukit Timah Road #01-9B Alocassia Apartments Singapore 259727
Chicken Waffle Tower from Brew Maison. The chunky and surprisingly satisfying chicken patty wouldn’t feel out of place in a Mos burger fratboy house party, but the waffle was moist and had the limp lifelessness of a hollow branch floating down a haunted brook. 3.4/5 Brew Maison 383 Bukit Timah…
Mango bingsu from Snowy Village. Compared to the erect confidence of the towering bingsus from most other Korean joints, this contender looked majorly flaccid and lethargic. The mangoes tasted like they have led rather fruitful long lives, while the milk ice positively showered me with unadulterated love from Mummy Cow’s…
Milo french toast from Collective Brewers – thick brioche, dipped in Milo egg wash, served with strawberries and butterscotch syrup. Essentially a fair-skinned bland maiden masquerading as an exotic olive-skinned intercontinental beauty, and your eyes and nose hairs would love this more than your tongue. The coating of milo is…
Green tea bingsu from Bing Go Jung. The quality here is noticeably different from those of the shaved milk ice variants from places like Nunsongyee and O’Ma Spoon – this was essentially a tattooed, golden-haired, uncivilised ah beng ice kachang with gritty cashew nuts and cornflakes from “the block”, as opposed…
Chirashi Teishoku set from Chirashi-Tei. Despite looking rather The Sushi Bar and Chikuwa Tei/Manzoku-esque with its thick cuts, this was like one of those Louis Vuitton bags from a back alley car boot that look damn legit from afar but up-close you can see the uneven stitching and detect the…
Roasted marinated pork ribs served with homemade traditional sauce from Little Saigon. If you close your eyes, you can fantasize that you have been magically transported to lunchtime at a hawker centre, as the combination of meat and sauce here is a dead ringer for (good) roast duck (!!). 3.2/5 Little…
Soft serve froyo on waffle from Twenty Grammes. Essentially Yami yogurt going to a Tanjong Pagar bar and drunk karaoke-warbling Sunday Folks’ song. The waffle (competent when paired with Twenty Grammes’ unique ice cream) was here strangely dryer than the Mojave Desert – neither the firm yogurt nor the thin…