The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Spanish, hearty and gloriously pig-centric, nose-to-tail, occasionally adventurous comfort fare. The must-orders (if any): Carabinero Arroz, Gin Panna Cotta Summary: The chef previously headed the kitchen at UNA at One Rochester. Dehesa is proud of its nose-to-tail concept (choice extract from their website: “robustly flavoured alternative…
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…
Fishermen’s Bourride (Provençal-style fresh seafood stew flavoured with Iranian saffron, Spanish garlic and fennel, thickened with egg yolk) from Mad About Sucre. It is one of the new dishes debuting on their Autumn/Winter savoury menu, joining a lineup which includes their Classic Slow-Cooked Oxtail with Burgundy Red Wine Sauce and…
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…
Spicy Miso Lobster Broth Ramen (Special) from Ramen Keisuke Lobster King. The lobster broth played like an imperial relative of your prawn mee broth, whilst the gentle spicy miso kept the proceedings from venturing too deeply into the Atlantic Ocean. Elsewhere, the molten egg was seventy-two sorts of amazing, the…
Traditional Char Kway Teow with large prawns and scallops from Big Street. Essentially the kind of indulgent, Tai Tai-esque variation of local fare you would expect Raffles Hotel or similar to serve, minus the gloss and GST/service charge. For $14.80, you get smoky wok hei goodness that would satiate one’s…
Fisherman’s Mee Sua from Gastrosmiths – seafood medley, homemade scampi bisque, signature-style mee sua. Essentially the mee siam-esque gustatory equivalent of a breathtakingly beautiful and Dior-perfumed blogger who does pilates, eats walnuts and edamame as midday snacks and replies to everything with vapid three word utterances. Notwithstanding, the scallops had…
Fresh king prawn with linguine in aglio olio sauce from Mad About Sucre. The herby linguine had a playful bounce to its bite and the Spanish fermented garlic offered an unusual and unexpected crunch to the proceedings, whilst the nicely charred and gargantuan king prawn deserved its regal namesake, having…