Chicken Bun from Freehouse – crispy fried boneless chicken thigh, som-tum mango salad with peanuts and sakura ebi, green curry mayo. The colossally-sized chicken trampled, stomped and ravaged its way past all defences like a Juggernaut, instilling so much fear in the villagers that they retreated in haste, all vitality…
Cereal Frog Legs from Freehouse – American bullfrog legs, karaage ko, ginger flower dressing. The gargantuan superiority of these Americans would startle those who are typically accustomed to Geylang-style Asians. The experience marries the gloriousness of crispy fried chicken with zichar-esque cereal, with the dressing doing well in taming the…
Omi Gyu from Boruto’s Hidden Gems of Kansai menu – omi wagyu from Shiga, smoked & chopped with scallions, shio konbu in tataki style. The luxuriously smooth and chewy wagyu had the glorious, unbridled fattiness of a BMT Eagle Company recruit, with the tarty avocado mayo serving as an appealing,…
Udon from Hyogo braised with squid ink stock, topped with firefly squid and yuzu molecules from Boruto’s Hidden Gems of Kansai menu. The squid ink udon plays like a slinky pasta but retains udon’s slurp suction qualities while elsewhere the dish feels like a tribute to explosive squirts, with the…
Pincho Moruno from Catalunya – grilled marinated in a special house blended spice and served with apple aioli. Essentially the kebab equivalent of a surly, reserved Moroccan army regular who canes his children for bad behaviour and goes on desert missions. Mighty filling, though. 3.4/5 This was a hosted meal,…
Coconut from Cheek by Jowl – laksa leaf ice cream, pomelo, green chilli. Essentially what you get if bubur cha cha, laksa and vanilla had a head-spinningly scorching ménage à trois on a cushion of roasty nuts. 4/5 This was part of an existing $38 3-course lunch menu, and is…
Chilli Crab Txangurro from Catalunya – 120 grams of shredded Alaskan snow crab cooked in spicy tomato sofrito and topped with toasted bread crumbs. Essentially an indulgent chilli crab bonanza in a pot – pure, unadulterated chilli crab goodness sans any distracting pincer, shell or mantou nonsense. The succulent crab…
Salted Egg Chicken Waffle from Ivory Coffee. The soft-hearted waffle deserves care and sympathy for mean girl project mates saying his ideas are half-baked. Elsewhere, the batter and skin-heavy salted egg chicken is mildly engrossing, with the sauce – potentially justifying a chargeable spinoff concept – helping to make the…
Fried Chicken (half portion) from Punch’s dinner menu – tomato and roasted capsicum relish, blue cheese dip, pickles. The fried chicken wore its delicious crusty curry powder-esque hide with pride, whilst elsewhere the surprisingly addictive relish was like a complicated love triangle involving grape, tomato and red pepper. 3.7/5 Punch…