Argo Goreng Pasta from Argo (frustratingly hidden in plain sight within Adonis Hotel on Purvis Street) – prawn, green pea, tomato sautéed with sambal chilli and spaghetti. While the supply of prawns was blessed and bountiful, the piquant and notably sweet chilli was more Baby than Scary Spice, and the…
Alla Marinara from Pasta Fresca – prawns, squid and mussels sautéed in white wine and garlic and with added chilli padi. The springy pasta extends a warm, hearty welcome with its unbridled seafood generosity, and the requested spiciness is capable of being pleasurably relentless in its back end viciousness. 4/5…
Pasta A La Funghi from Kins Restaurant – linguine with button mushroom, shiitake mushroom and white wine. The firm shiitake mushrooms had a most delightful juicy and almost creamy succulence, their earthy essence and alluring pheremones permeating the plateful of springy pasta with the efficiency of gases in an enclosed…
Thai green curry pasta from Boufe Boutique Cafe – Thai green curry, grilled eggplant and seafood flambéed with white wine. Essentially a crossover project between Coco Ichibanya’s Lv. 1 curry and mee rebus. The seafood portion was happily generous, and the roasty-soft eggplant a welcome guest. 3.9/5 Boufe Boutique Cafe…
Linguine allo Scoglio from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – classic seafood pasta tossed in spicy tomato sauce. The spicy sauce provided a slight tingle without ever straying too far from the sidewalk, whilst elsewhere the flaky cheese bits were nasally efficient but ultimately paper tigers. 3.4/5 Rise & Grind…
Somen with lap cheong oil and tiger prawn at Kite. Essentially cold noodles positively drenched in an alluringly spicy curry powder-satay sauce hybrid, with ickle bouncy prawn curls for accompanying crunch. 4/5 Kite 53 Craig Road Singapore 089691
Mushroom & Prawn Aglio Olio from Two Tall Trees. The wet pasta, whose exit and towelling off after its peppery spice bath may have been premature, evoked a slight feel of Chinese cooking, whilst elsewhere the prawns browse the top posts on #igprawns wistfully, wondering if they can ever be…
Nori Tsukudani Spaghettini with King Prawn from Wild Rocket. Essentially an unexpectedly tantalising outcome of a torrid affair between aquatic flora and a passionate feisty fruit, with the firm pasta being the wavy vessel for the back and forth drama to play out. Elsewhere, the royal crustacean had a suitably…
Smoked duck cappelleti with baby spinach, dark brown chicken & thyme tea from Open Farm Community. Essentially soft baby hat dumplings stuffed with juicy, mushy meat, sitting pretty in a fragrant jacuzzi pool of ayurvedic massage-enthusiastic Brand’s Essence of Chicken consomme. 3.7/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Open…