Buah Keluak from Candlenut – buah keluak ice cream made with 80% Valhrona chocolate on a bed of salted caramel, chocolate crumble and chilli specks, topped with warm milk chocolate espuma. One of the most stunning local desserts I’ve tried this year. The buah keluak ice cream was itself an…
Coconut charcoal-grilled wild-caught red snapper with smoked sea salt and dried shrimp sambal from Candlenut. The meaty fish had a rather chicken satay-esque texture, whilst the gritty and remarkably shrimpy sambal was sweet yet aggressively spicy at the same time. 3.9/5 Candlenut 331 New Bridge Road #01-03 Dorsett Residences Singapore…
Yeye’s Kari from Candlenut – a white coconut curry of prawns with green chilli padi, green peppercorns, kaffir lime leaf and fried shallots. Essentially green curry prawns given a creamy, indulgent mega-upgrade of coconut. 3.8/5 Candlenut 331 New Bridge Road #01-03 Dorsett Residences Singapore 088764
Brioche French toast waffles from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar, with blueberry sauce and vanilla ice cream. Essentially a neighbourhood bakery-style bun that sneaked into a waffle press whilst playing hide and seek and accidentally got pressed in a tragic accident. More eggy French toast than waffle, though. 3.6/5 P.S. All…
BBQ baby back ribs from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar. There is nothing babyish about the masculinely tender pork ribs. Striking a happy balance between chewy fat and pig toughness, the meat strips itself off the bones with the eagerness of a BMT recruit. Essential to the experience is the sweet,…
Crab Cake Benedict from Roosevelt’s Diner & Bar – crab cake, English muffin, poached egg and garlic mayo. Despite the English muffin being a stubborn little runt and the poached egg being rather devoid of personality in spite of best efforts from the egg yolk and sweet garlic mayo, it…