The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Singapore heritage cuisine offering hearty, home-style comfort. The must-orders (if any): Sambal Buah Keluak Fried Rice, Babi Assam Summary: Situated within the Destination Singapore Beach Road near Nicoll Highway MRT, Folklore is a new Singapore heritage cuisine concept (essentially dishes with Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian and Peranakan…
Assam Fish Head Curry from 5 Little Monkeys Cafe. The formidably-sized fish head tastes like it was abducted while on its way to school just hours ago, whilst elsewhere the tangy, boisterous curry tangoes with your tongue with the unbridled sensuality of a The Cathay basement dance studio burlesque class…
Glorious Prosperity Yu Sheng with Baby Abalone from Indocafe. Essentially a Peranakan curry chap chye-esque take on yu sheng, with the mischievously spicy nyonya sauce having a tentative yet beguilingly intriguing rendezvous with the raw salmon slices and the candied citrus peel adding a youthful glow to the proceedings. Unexpectedly…
Violet’s Big Breakfast from Violet Oon Singapore – otak otak, turmeric chicken wing, sambal egg, nasi kuning, and a side of tangy ikan bilis and peanut sambal. Whilst the otak was nicely meaty, the scrambled egg was gloriously fluffy and soft within its seemingly omelette-esque skin and the different sambals…
Otak Toast from Violet Oon Singapore. While the stubborn baguette-esque toast had the moisture of a Thirsty Hippo-guarded closet, the opulent and corpulent otak slab – none of that minced nonsense, you can clearly see fish when you observe the otak’s cross-section – had a remarkably chicken-like tenderness. 3.8/5 Violet…
HarriAnns High Tea Set from HarriAnns – nonya kaya choux, 6 bite-sized kueh and 2 kopi/teh. The kaya/hazelnut choux pastry was an adventurous lad but may have attended one too many mega sugar rushes during the weekend. Elsewhere, the different kueh – with names ranging from the Kylie Minogue-esque “Pink…
Nyonya assam pedas fish. The assam gravy is unbelievable – a delirious mix of spicy and tangy that makes your lips purse pleasurably. Can you believe this serving costs just $6.50? You get so many slabs of fresh fish that you can take some and throw them at your mother.…
Nanas Yong Tau Foo – a unique Peranakan-style Yong Tau Foo in pineapple sauce. The titular sauce was tangy, assam-esque and very sweet – the bitter veggies (stuffed with a fish/sotong ball paste) balanced the sweetness out, but the pineapple slices did their job of absorbing the sauce a bit…
Kacang Botol (Wingbean Salad) – classic Peranakan wing bean salad tossed with homemade sambal dressing. Every crunchy bite releases sour juices, and I liked the harmonious blend of grassiness and shrimpiness. If only the wing beans’ appearance reminded me less of….uhm…rhymes with cubic bear? 3.8/5 Peranakan Flavours 11 Jalan Klapa…