The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Nautical-themed, neighbourhood-style dining space with something for everyone. The must-orders (if any): Smokin’ Sambal Pasta, Jasmine Peach Panna Cotta Summary: From the folks behind the EagleWings (a yacht charter), Eaglewings Loft is a blue nautical-themed, neighbourhood-style all-day dining space with a very, very extensive menu – Coffee!…
Sambal Brinjal with Crispy Grago (tiny shrimps) from Baba Wins’ Peranakan Cuisine, which has since relocated to Tiong Bahru Plaza’s rather happening new food area. The soft brinjal served as subservient, Leticia Bongnino-esque canvas cushions for the crispy, salty shrimp infants, which marvellously elevated the proceedings to that of an…
Violet’s Big Breakfast from Violet Oon Singapore – otak otak, turmeric chicken wing, sambal egg, nasi kuning, and a side of tangy ikan bilis and peanut sambal. Whilst the otak was nicely meaty, the scrambled egg was gloriously fluffy and soft within its seemingly omelette-esque skin and the different sambals…
Balukoo Wantons from Black Nut – buah keluak flesh, finely diced prawn, spring onion, ginger, garlic and homemade sambal chilli dip. The ever so slightly bitter, earthy and dry wantons craved for the black nuts which arrogantly stayed safely in their sac, but the shrimpy, spicy Nasi Lemak-esque chilli made…
The Great Red Ocean – Drambuie, Southern Comfort, Smirnoff Vodka, lime juice, cranberry juice, cinnamon, mint. The first thing I realised is that Capri by Fraser doesn’t stinge or pussyfoot when it comes to alcohol. Disappointingly, the lobster cocktail does not consist of murdered crustacean mush, merely a chunkful of…
Fiery Pan Seared Seabass with Clams from The Fickle Mussel. The seabass was wonderfully cooked and flaked most gracefully, but the peanut sauce-esque sambal was as fiery as an extinguished cigarette thrown into a CBD dustbin nine days ago, and the clams – presumably used to prop the seabass and…
Coconut charcoal-grilled wild-caught red snapper with smoked sea salt and dried shrimp sambal from Candlenut. The meaty fish had a rather chicken satay-esque texture, whilst the gritty and remarkably shrimpy sambal was sweet yet aggressively spicy at the same time. 3.9/5 Candlenut 331 New Bridge Road #01-03 Dorsett Residences Singapore…
Spicy Mee from The Refinery – pulled pork, homemade sambal, pork balls, sesame seeds, pork lard, signature 72 degree onsen tamago. Essentially hipster Myojo Ramen Char Mee 100, with bak chor mee pork balls and sweet but viciously mauled Narcissus spiced pork cubes. The relatively vacuous noodles required vigorous mixing – otherwise…
Assorted crabs at Brizo Restaurant & Bar’s ‘Crazier About Crabs’ Buffet, which runs from 1 April to 28 June 2015. Essentially, the dinner buffet comprises of 22 types of crab dishes (e.g. Premium Crabmeat Fried Rice with XO Sauce, Crabmeat Kueh Pie Tee etc), 26 kinds of seafood and a brand…