The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Affordably priced whiskies and great mains on Hong Kong Street. The must-orders (if any): A dram of affordably-priced whisky, Duck Confit Summary: Picking up where Latin American cocktail joint Vasco left off on Hong Kong Street, The Cooperage is a cosy whisky bar offering more…
The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Spanish, classy Sangria tête-à-têtes, date night, home-style casual fine dining. The must-orders (if any): Seafood paella. Summary: The team was formerly from La Ventana. The home-casual space is perfect for sophisticated catchups with friends over Sangria and charcuterie or relaxed romantic dates with good food and…
Vegan maccheroni pasta (portobello bolognese gratin, bechamel) from Open Door Policy. Open Door Policy 19 Yong Siak Street Singapore 168650
Tomyum Seafood Pasta (creamy tomyum sauce pasta with prawn & mussel) from Fuel Plus’ refreshed menu. The drought-stricken tomyum sauce played it as safe as a quadruple-layered Huggies diaper, leaving the fettuccine’s starchiness vulnerably exposed. Elsewhere, the wonderfully crunchy and succulent prawns were woefully overqualified for this position. 3.3/5 Fuel…
Salted egg yolk pasta from the criminally underrated The Rawr Kitchen. The curry leaf-fragrant pasta wears its richly thick and creamy salted egg coat with gangster swagger as it rakishly toes without ever crossing the line of cloying pastiness, playing like a carbonara with chilli crab’s thick and eggy texturality.…
Angel Hair Crabmeat from MoCA Cafe at Loewen. The chilli-kissed, garlicky and slick pasta was so diverting on its own, it could probably launch a successful solo career without its sweet, chewy headlining partner. 4.1/5 MoCA Cafe at Loewen 27A Loewen Road Singapore 248839
Buah keluak pasta from Chef Shen Tan’s pop-up at Joan Bowen Cafe – buah keluak cooked with turmeric, blue ginger, garlic and shallots, minced pork and prawns, twice cooked pork belly. Every inch of well-lubricated pasta is positively slathered with the glorious black paste, which is simultaneously nuanced and forthcoming…
Prawn & Hae Bi Hiam Pasta from Redpan – tagliatelle tossed with housemade spicy shrimp paste, sakura ebi and sautéed prawns. The hae bi hiam aroma at play is irresistible, while elsewhere the introverted sakura ebi is overshadowed by the busyness of the proceedings and is best savoured directly on…
Seafood Aglio Olio from Once Upon A Thyme’s new outlet at Clarke Quay The Central – sautéed prawns, fish and squid tossed with spaghetti. The herby, insurance salesman-slick pasta defies its takeaway box origins and is triumphantly better than what its almost rudely offensive $8 price point would suggest. 3.8/5…