The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Singapore heritage cuisine offering hearty, home-style comfort. The must-orders (if any): Sambal Buah Keluak Fried Rice, Babi Assam Summary: Situated within the Destination Singapore Beach Road near Nicoll Highway MRT, Folklore is a new Singapore heritage cuisine concept (essentially dishes with Chinese, Malay, Indian, Eurasian and Peranakan…
The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Spanish, hearty and gloriously pig-centric, nose-to-tail, occasionally adventurous comfort fare. The must-orders (if any): Carabinero Arroz, Gin Panna Cotta Summary: The chef previously headed the kitchen at UNA at One Rochester. Dehesa is proud of its nose-to-tail concept (choice extract from their website: “robustly flavoured alternative…
Jin Sake Don from Jinzakaya – chargrilled salmon fillet with teriyaki sauce. Whilst the salmon fillets had the seasoned competency of a 35-year-old Japanese professional, the same cannot be said for the drought-stricken rice, so arid that traversing camels are miserably falling on their sides to the ground. 3.2/5 Jinzakaya…
Anchovy rice balls from Masizzim Singapore. Essentially a feisty chilli padi-ikan bilis rice experience, with the mucky fun of sculpting and playing with balls – you get served a big bowlful of rice with gloves to do as you please – absolutely on the house. 3.8/5 This was a hosted…
Baked Mangalitsa Kimchi Rice from Joo Bar – grilled Mangalitsa belly, chopped house-made kimchi, onion, mozzarella, pecorino, parmesan, bechamel sauce. It smothers you, douses you and beats you over the head with the fragrance-inclined tail of its cheesetastic agenda, but fan or not of cheese, it’s unequivocally the best pick…
Seafood risotto from CreatureS. The tomato-heavy seafood broth was comfortably light and the rice had sufficient bite, but the medley of seafood probably took a delayed flight. 3.7/5 CreatureS 120 Desker Road Singapore 209639
Miso cod and ulam onigiri at CreatureS – oven-roasted miso cod with belachan assam herb rice balls. The fleshy, wet miso cod executed its duties with poised reliability whilst the shrimpy, flossy balls smelled like they had spent the afternoon rolling around at 328 Katong. 3.7/5 CreatureS 120 Desker Road…
Ichiban Jyu – salmon sashimi, sesame oil and chilli padi on a bed of rice. The amount of oil and chilli used per bowl is probably by way of dice throw in the Ichiban Boshi kitchens, so make a request for separate extra servings of both each time. With the…
Tom Yum Fried Rice. The rice was quite wet and sticky, with the grains fusing with each other into clingy lumps and each spoonful being a big lump of small lumps. I would have preferred if the rice grains remained independent and loose, like comfortable underwear. Fortunately, the glue that…