Sukiyaki set with Japanese Wagyu-Holstein F1 Crossbreed Striploin and Ribeye from Sakurazaka, a new shabu-shabu concept at Greenwood Avenue. Essentially a gloriously tummy-warming and cleanly robust send-up of that familiar sukiyaki sweetness. Elsewhere, the Bukit Timah-esque quality of the beef on hand offers one lesson – taboo and adventurous yet…
Braised short ribs in Shiraz with miso daikon, burnt leek purée and smoky bacon sautéed with bunashimeiji mushroom from my 4-course omakase meal at Amuse SG. The tender short ribs had an enviable shreddability, whilst elsewhere the creamy and buttery sweet potato mash concealed little bitey bits and the sweet…
Bangkok Fried Chicken with green chilli nam jim from Bird Bird. The chicken smells like it had just finished a rejuvenating spa session, whilst elsewhere the green chilli nam jim launches a fiery seed blast which envelopes your tongue with a sharp citric wave – an attack that is, interestingly,…
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…
Cinnamon French Toast from Flutes Restaurant – peanut butter, honey, cookies and cream ice cream. The easy-to-cut toast had the warm, comforting fluffiness of a loyal ungroomed Chow Chow, whilst elsewhere little flourishes such as salt on the banana slices provided tasteful surprises and the bewitchingly addictive peanut butter and…
Wild Alaskan cod aglio olio from Flutes Restaurant – spaghettini, garlic and sesame crumbs. The aglio olio dish conducted itself with a boarding school, violin lesson-esque refined poshness, with the essence of the cod being fully absorbed by the herby, firm spaghettini. 4/5 Flutes Restaurant 93 Stamford Road The National…
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…
Duck confit with duck leg, arugula, mashed potato, orange sauce from The Larder Cafe. The saltily thin-skinned and fatty-armpited duck had a infantry sergeant-esque toughness to its flesh that could benefit from some post-bookout TLC. 3.4/5 The Larder Cafe Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central #01-124 Singapore 310177
Kaisendon with added quail egg and chicken leek skewers from the newly-opened Teppei Daidokoro at Raffles City, a takeaway kiosk concept serving yakitori, croquettes, bentos and their now-ubiquitous kaisendon. The emotionally uninvested rice and mouth-fillingly obese sashimi chunks failed to generate much Lust, Caution-esque chemistry, whilst elsewhere the egg softness,…