larvitar x rubbisheatrubbishgrow. A good dish at La Ventana (fun fact: owner Carles Gaig also owns the one Michelin-starred Restaurant Gaig in Barcelona) would be the Carabinero Paella ($34) – carnaroli rice with calamari and carabinero prawn. While I was busy snapping a picture of the paella, Salaryman was busy salivating…
Yeye’s Kari from Candlenut – a white coconut curry of prawns with green chilli padi, green peppercorns, kaffir lime leaf and fried shallots. Essentially green curry prawns given a creamy, indulgent mega-upgrade of coconut. 3.8/5 Candlenut 331 New Bridge Road #01-03 Dorsett Residences Singapore 088764
Gambas picantes from My Little Tapas Bar – fresh shrimp cooked in a dish of boiling olive oil with garlic, chili and smoked paprika. Instead of being all Olive Oyl, the slightly spicy stock was positively eye-popping (what’s next, a spinach and sailor reference? – Editor) with its prawn richness,…
Cambarang Chili Garam from Quentin’s – fresh large prawns fried with chilli paste and salt. The big and juicy prawns were slathered with a curious paste that tasted like it was made by dejuicing the essence from a hundred rambunctious pigs. Good for bacon enthusiasts or pig haters. 3.4/5 Quentin’s…
462 Laksa Prawn Pasta from Tolido’s Espresso Nook. Instantly one of my favourite alternative laksa interpretations. Fragrant and spicy, the pasta is utterly and evenly drenched with thick laksa gravy and the gravy somehow magically lasts until the final mouthful. Bits of salty dried shrimps add an marvelously addictive crunch…
Tiger prawn aglio olio from Richmond Station. The rather stinko sprinkled cheese started the experience on a decidedly low-brow note, but fortunately after some tossing pepper and chilli padi were successful in their dual effort to help mask traces of the above-mentioned. Elsewhere, the tiger prawns were happily fat and…
Tiger Prawn from Pluck – baked tiger prawn, slow cooked egg, chilli crab puree, cilantro oil and mantou. Essentially lobster served with a crabby, chilli-spicy soft-boiled egg gravy. The prawn was massive, buttery, bitter and really, really phat (this tiger probably hid in its den and remained sedentary during its…
Customised mezzanine set at Museo ($44), consisting of any four of the eight mezzanines available. It was quite an interesting experience having share-sized portions of zi char-style fare in a classy, laid-back and cosy setting. Hits and misses, but maybe I didn’t order the best mezzanines? 4/5 (aggregate score) Picasso’s…
Garlic prawn aglio olio from P. Bistro – capellini, garlic confit, roasted prawns, and chilli garnish. While the pasta was not at all spicy, there was enough faintly bitter garlic at play to scare off junior vampire babies, the prawns were nicely grilled with a tinge of pastiness, and the…