Kaisendon (Deluxe) set from Ken Japanish Restaurant. From the urghsome half-cooked egg that straddled the texture between half-boiled egg and cooked egg for Maggi Mee, to the two octopus sashimi slices which were so unmanageable that I felt like that guy in Korean thriller Oldboy having to swallow the gooey…
Special Tendon from Ginza Tendon Itsuki – onsen egg, shrimp, chicken and mixed vegetable tempura (shiitake mushroom, pumpkin, corn and long beans) on rice drizzled with a sweet and savoury sauce. The onsen egg provided surprise and amusement and the various tempura elements were lightly battered and suitably pleasurable –…
Seafood Laksa Pasta from The Diner by The Travelling C.O.W.. While other laksa/pasta crossover projects (the magnificent Tolido’s Espresso Nook variant comes to mind) bring the flavour of laksa to the pasta playground for exploratory experimentation, here the interpretation remains true to its traditional laksa beliefs. Essentially old-school laksa but…
Curry Prawn Risotto from The Wicked Garlic. The six prawns had the girth of the ridiculously muscled men that sashay out of the yoga studio/rock climbing wall room next to Brawn & Brains, whilst the risotto and its spicy Indian mystique remind you (in a most fond and complimentary way)…
Otah by The Bay at SREEET 50. Whilst the otah does lack a vital gritty spiciness which is present in the best otah, the $8.90 price tag and the absolute avalanche of octopus, clams, garoupa and scallops (!!) justifies its viability as an option for late night munchies. 3.6/5 Want…
Ochazuke Konbu Spaghetti from Curious Palette. The equivalent of that “exotic” racially mixed person you met in primary school who did not fit cleanly into that whole CMIO framework and looked really unique and attractive and had a cool accent. The ang moh spaghetti had the strong aroma of Chinese…
Chirashi Don from Chotto Matte. One of the instances whereby the picture can do all the talking (uni and ootoro, wave hi). The rice — obscured by the smorgasbord of sashimi — is nicely seasoned so that proceedings don’t get too dry and colourless, and you end the experience feeling…
Kuroson Tempura Don from Ginza Kuroson (Takashimaya) – pumpkin, seaweed, shiso leaf, mushroom, fish, calamari and prawn tempura on a bed of rice. The tempura portion was surprisingly generous and wonderfully varied in type, and the batter always remained on the right side of fried. 4/5 P.S. I don’t normally…
Prawn ravioli from CreatureS – creamy prawn filling with ginger-garlic-thyme butter sauce. It’s all about the butter sauce and pine nuts here, with the controversial wonton skin and prawn filling almost feeling like mere means/transportation devices for the above-mentioned to travel into my waiting mouth. Serve these to me with…