Nori squid with sriracha lemon foam and yuzu mayo from Dibs Restaurant Singapore. The outrageously addictive sriracha lemon foam – a droplet of the Pringles BBQ powder-esque elixir delivers a coquettish jab to the tongue – was as aggressive in its entrapment tactics as primary six girls are with their…
Salmon 42deg with seaweed, apples and sesame from Kite. You would suspect that the salty and uber soft salmon has been sneaking out for secret midnight rendezvous (yes, that’s the plural form – Vocabulary Editor) with its smoked classmate while elsewhere, the gloopy seaweed offered glacial refreshment for the throat…
Nori Tsukudani Spaghettini with King Prawn from Wild Rocket. Essentially an unexpectedly tantalising outcome of a torrid affair between aquatic flora and a passionate feisty fruit, with the firm pasta being the wavy vessel for the back and forth drama to play out. Elsewhere, the royal crustacean had a suitably…
Kuroson Tempura Don from Ginza Kuroson (Takashimaya) – pumpkin, seaweed, shiso leaf, mushroom, fish, calamari and prawn tempura on a bed of rice. The tempura portion was surprisingly generous and wonderfully varied in type, and the batter always remained on the right side of fried. 4/5 P.S. I don’t normally…