“Apple of My Eye” gourmet cheesecake, a Mother’s Day special item from online patisserie Cat & the Fiddle. Essentially an apple pie which randomly fell from the clouds and conveniently plopped onto a cheesecake cushion with a digestive biscuit base. The apple chunks were not of the gooey variety but were rambunctious…
Steamed egg with coconut juice topped with crab meat and salmon roe from Tao Seafood Asia. Essentially smooth, egg-whitey chawanmushi gone tropical. 3.7/5 This dish is part of the Tao Seafood Asia’s “Mrs Lee’s Favourites” Mother’s Day 2015 menu. [This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Tao Seafood Asia.] Tao Seafood…
Claypot braised chicken and abalone with rice wine from Tao Seafood Asia. Not particularly alcoholic, but the rice wine perfumed the dish immensely. The chicken had a good spring in his step, while the abalone was nicely chewy. The dish tasted very home-cooked, and is certainly consistent with the sweet…
Chef Lee’s Homestyle Wok Fried Prawns from Tao Seafood Asia. The prawns tasted like they enjoyed a few happy leaps in a smoky wok before lining up for my consumption, and were happily coated with a thick, savoury and salty sauce so addictive, I carnivorously polished off the (headless) prawn…
Jasmin from Antoinette, which is available for both order and dine-in as a Mother’s Day 2015 special item. Essentially a jasmine tea-infused chiffon cake which has accidentally strayed onto the set of a Chinese wuxia period drama and got pelted by the props simulating various vicious Oriental-style attacks such as…
Royal smoked duck. I wouldn’t particularly refer to the duck as royal or any similar superlative adjective but the smoked duck, its wings spread wide in a graceful final flight before consumption, competently checks all the relevant boxes – crispy skin, nicely greased up and a good mix of fatty…
Stir-fried coral clam with asparagus in “Lao Gan Tie” sauce. Essentially the springiest, boingggggiest and chewiest sotong ever, with asparagus texturally countering the softness with its hard crunchiness, and the signature Royal Pavillion’s old grandfather lending its spicy, aromatic body fragance to the occasion. 4/5 This dish is part of…