Deep fried kai lan leaves (“三松芥兰”) from Fu Li Seafood, the zichar stall at Choh Dee Place, Blk 233 Yishun Street 21. Like spotting a hippo wearing a bright yellow undersized bikini, you’d be pleasantly startled by how marvellously amazing and addictive the crunchy and chewy combination of deep fried…
Beef Steak & Pork Belly Shio Kouji from Ootoya Japanese Restaurant (Singapore). Essentially two Manhunt-esque hunks topless-wrestling energetically in a catwalk battle of who is the juicier, chewier, saltier, orally pleasing stud. In the primarily oceanic landscape in which they showdown, the quality of the earthly creatures surprises. 3.8/5 This…
Stamina Bowl from the newly-opened Workspace Espresso – tamarind chilli sea bass, goji brown rice, miso chilli eggplant, broccoli cauliflower, wakame wood-ear salad, sprouts, seeds. The chilli elements likely suffered burnout from their high-power, glamorously busy CBD existences, while elsewhere the sea bass ate clean and the wakame wood-ear salad…
Wafu Tagliatelle from Mariko’s – mixed mushroom, wafu, bluefin chunks, konbu sauce. The waifish pasta seemed to have slathered salted buttery all over its slithery body before sliding down a smoking chimney to join its thick, crunchy mushroom friends at the other end. 3.9/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy…
DIY Kaisendon with additional mentaiko and salmon roe from Teppei Syokudo at Ion Orchard. Essentially your usual reliable Teppei Syokudo experience, with one major distinction – the sashimi here is softer, more thoughtfully cubed and sized (in contrast to the mouth-busting outrageousness you occasionally get at other outlets which requires…
Squid ink scallops risotto from Horizon Bistronomy (Alexandra) – squid ink risotto, crab meat, pan seared scallop, clam meat, caviar and beurre blanc foam. Essentially a creamy, herby appetite whetter that primes your mouth for the chewy, oceanic and colossally umami scallops, an experience greatly indebted to the rudely explosive…
Academïcs Pancake Tower from The Coffee Academïcs Singapore – layered pancakes topped with mixed berries and blueberry coulis, served with berry sorbet and whipped cream. The enormously-filling and portentously looming structure had the heat-trapping cottony fluffiness of an ungroomed Pomeranian, whilst elsewhere the jammy berry sorbet had a Joo Chiat-esque…
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,…
Laksa Pasta from Druggists – linguine cooked to al dente and tossed in laksa rempah. The dryly wet linguine generated gentle flames, but left virtually alone on stage to carry the performance it was more meek meow than Mariah melisma. 3.3/5 Druggists 119 Tyrwhitt Road Singapore 207547