Sriracha maple bacon, avocado and sourdough toast from Plonk. The bacon was like the wavy-haired nymph at the bar you knew was trouble when you walked in – chewy and an alluring BBQ powder-esque spicy at first, but eventually revealing itself to be insistently sticky and possessive. Elsewhere, the avocado…
Deconstructed lemon tart with fried shallot (!) ice cream from Plonk. The exhilaratingly tart lemon curd had a texture that’s best described as Malay kueh meets pudding, whilst elsewhere the fried shallots required careful portioning to ensure the entirety of the largely vanilla ice cream got the necessary fried fragrance…
Seafood Cioppino from Two Tall Trees – mussels, fish, squid, prawns & special herbs in a tomato broth. Comforting, humble fare, with the tomato broth possessing the gentle touch of a nurturing grey-bunned granny with chopsticks in her hair and wearing grey motif overalls. 3.5/5 Two Tall Trees 14B Kensington…
Mushroom & Prawn Aglio Olio from Two Tall Trees. The wet pasta, whose exit and towelling off after its peppery spice bath may have been premature, evoked a slight feel of Chinese cooking, whilst elsewhere the prawns browse the top posts on #igprawns wistfully, wondering if they can ever be…
Strawberry bingsu from Nunsongyee. While we were positively smothered with love from all them fleshy and sweet strawberries, the cows that provided the milk used for the shaved milk ice might have been lactationally challenged as the ice was rather tasteless, a far cry from the milky goodness experienced during…
Seafood tagliatelle from Arbite – handmade squid ink tagliatelle, prawns, squid, salmon, mussels, chilli and spring onions in a tomato sauce. The tagliatelle tasted like they may have taken one year’s worth of BodyCombat classes, but thankfully the tomato sauce, all wet and brothy, made the pasta easier and much…
Mixed berries Bingsu. The equivalent of putting a naked panda and monitor lizard in bed and expecting lusty sparks to fly. Whilst the shaved milk ice remains undeniably velvety soft and the berries were legit, there was zero chemistry between the two, and I was left rather confused by it…
XO Duck Tagliatelle – tagliatelle, duck breast, XO chilli sauce, sugar snaps and corn kernels. Tastes and smells exactly like the XO carrot cake you get at Hong Kong cafés. The duck must have been a hardcore Fitness First (Market Street branch) gym rat as his breast was sure tough.…