Mitzo special barbecued pork. The skin of this amazing piggylicious delight must have been separated at birth from crème brûlée. I doodled a diagram in my notes whilst eating this – it was a circle labelled “middle” within a box with area outside the circle shaded and labelled “melts in…
Over-The-Top Shakes from the rebranded The Benjamins at Forum – (from left) Nutella Banana, Old School Vanilla and Coffee Avocado. The big afro-ed Scary Spice (you need to update your pop culture references – Editor) is all attention-seeking with its bright hair dye, pink accessory and Nicki Minaj-esque get-up but…
Cherry tart from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. Essentially succulent, posh plum-grape hybrids on a tart dressed by Vivienne Westwood. 4/5 Tarte by Cheryl Koh 350 Orchard Road #01-12 Shaw House Singapore 238868
Coffee Tart from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. Like a dark, roasty Kopi Gao fantasy. 3.9/5 Tarte by Cheryl Koh 350 Orchard Road #01-12 Shaw House Singapore 238868
Scallop & Mixed Fish Don from Teppei Syokudo. Essentially your standard value-for-money if slightly too salty Teppei Syokudo Kaisendon but with a few fish chunks substituted for scallop. Not entirely sure scallop wears the marinate as well as her fishly brethren – the porcelain beauty is beautiful just as she…
Seared & Sashimi Salmon Don from Teppei Syokudo. Whilst the marinated sashimi salmon felt reassuringly familiar, the seared salmon unflinchingly remained true to his raw self, despite society and the menu requiring him to be aburi. 3.6/5 Teppei Syokudo 391 Orchard Road #B2 Takashimaya Food Hall, Ngee Ann City Singapore…
Lemon tart from Tarte by Cheryl Koh. Instead of being hard as some can be, the phenomenally sour lemon here is gloriously wet and almost runny, with the signature “chao tar” lemon rind offering some bitter sass to even the sour-sweet dynamics out. 4.1/5 Tarte by Cheryl Koh 350 Orchard…
Mango bingsu. The mangoes were fresh and sweet, whilst the mango ice cream was delightful, with dried sticky mango bits within. The shaved milk melted with more haste than the 6.30pm Raffles Place crowd into MRT trains and thus it would be inaccurate to regard this as a bingsu in…
Apple cinnamon waffle bar from Hvala Waffle Bar. Essentially the evolution of the “cheap hotdog waffle” of secondary school/pasar malam days, having adapted to today’s waffle-obsessed times. The apple slices were torched and thus nicely warm and sweet, in stark contrast to the relatively temperature-challenged sliced waffle pieces they rest…