Just thinking about this Mixed Tendon (prawn, dory fish, onsen egg and vegetables on Japanese rice served with miso soup and chawanmushi) that I had forty-two ministries ago at Tensho, a tempura concept which launches today at The Centrepoint. For $14.90, you get a satisfyingly portioned and gently crispy tempura…
Glazed Teriyaki Salmon Furikake Bowl from the newly-opened 5 Senses in Bedok Point. The furikake was mixed with a thick, creamily sweet mayo and the wobbly-soft 62°C egg was a natural eggporn starlet, whilst elsewhere the perfectly almost-cooked teriyaki salmon, which could be consumed on its own and still justify…
Genki Ninja Bowl from Ninja Bowl – yaki unagi, roasted pumpkin, beansprouts, onsen egg, pickled beet. The usually wriggly eel completely lays limp in sweet, luscious surrender here, whilst elsewhere the various crunchy elements each bring something different to the table – the beets bring a veggie wetness, the pumpkin…
Truffle soba from Two Bakers. The soba was made appealingly salty and fragrant by the sauce and seasoning with the truffle being as light as a mynah’s roadside abandoned feather with its touch, never being too heavy-handed with its usually militant agenda. Elsewhere, the succulent portobello mushroom squirted its juices…
Grilled curry chicken with romaine lettuce, quinoa, button mushroom, onsen egg and Japanese sesame dressing from the newly-opened The Green Bucket at CT Hub 2 in Lavender. Its appealing below-$10 price tag should give daily slices and rice barters a good run for their money – whilst the curry chicken…
Spanner chilli crab linguini with onsen egg from Wild Rocket. Essentially firm, full-bodied locks of linguini dressed in a wickedly spicy, gooily eggy and voluminously thick chilli crab sauce. Elsewhere, only some crabs turned up, but you know how these elite toolbox school kids are. 3.8/5 Wild Rocket 10A Upper…
Black Garlic Ramen from Kanshoku Ramen with added ajitama. The comforting and light pre-garlic broth tastes almost herbal soup-esque in its robustness of flavour, being rather different from the usual oink-heavy versions you get from standard ramen joints. Upon mixing with the black garlic, the broth develops a deeply fragrant personality without…
Flaming Hot Tonkotsu Ramen from Kanshoku Ramen with added ajitama egg and corn. Essentially Korean ramyun noodles which have undergone a Japanese stylistic makeover and a decidedly non-Japanese incendiary flavour blast. Flamethirsty folks from all levels of gutsy on the safety spectrum will enjoy this – the lily-livered slow-sippers will…