Spicy Chasiu Ramen from The Horse’s Mouth – chasiu with spicy marinade, chilli oil, leek, spring onion, egg. The ramen felt like the love child of Mee Kia and Myojo, while elsewhere the charsiew had notably slurpworthy skin and the broth possessing suitably gentle flames to excite a weary mouth.…
Alla Marinara from Pasta Fresca – prawns, squid and mussels sautéed in white wine and garlic and with added chilli padi. The springy pasta extends a warm, hearty welcome with its unbridled seafood generosity, and the requested spiciness is capable of being pleasurably relentless in its back end viciousness. 4/5…
Linguine allo Scoglio from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – classic seafood pasta tossed in spicy tomato sauce. The spicy sauce provided a slight tingle without ever straying too far from the sidewalk, whilst elsewhere the flaky cheese bits were nasally efficient but ultimately paper tigers. 3.4/5 Rise & Grind…
Spicy Aglio Olio with Prawn from Fresh Fruits Lab. The well-cooked pasta was professionally and evenly lubricated, with the tantalising aroma of oink notably present in the proceedings and (as I asked for extra spicy) a wicked, searing chilli padi heat, so delicious that the prawns admittedly tasted a bit…
Yong Tau Foo from Soon Li Yong Tau Foo at Bukit Merah View Food Centre. One of the most stressful and terrifying supper experiences one can undergo, with a most handsome reward…if you survive the onslaught. Sometime around 10pm, the stall owners would slowly begin their preparations, and from 11pm…
Roast Pork Aglio Olio from Old Boys Gallery. What you get if one of those glamorously-blinged, big-permed aunties chopping meats behind the hanging carcasses and greasy partition decides to marry an angmoh chef – the roast pork (sio bak) is sweet, fatty and lean all at once with each piece…
Laksa Linguine Pasta from The Fickle Mussel – homemade laksa spice, buttered crayfish and caviar. Essentially the taste of Nissin’s laksa cup noodles…given an injection of sophistication and a smouldering, sweat-inducing upgrade. The crayfish is relegated to recurring guest status here, but who cares when the laksa pasta itself is…
Mad Mussels from The Fickle Mussel – spicy mussels slapped with lemongrass aroma, garlic and chilli, and touted with a cut of toasted sourdough bread. The mussels are good…in the sense that they are absorbent conduits between your mouth and the swimming pool they are lounging in, which is a…
Crab aglio olio from Canopy Garden Bar – crab, linguine, garlic, fresh herbs, chilli, olive oil, coriander, spring onion. One of my favourite crab pasta dishes around – the generous quantity of happily salty crab bits provide substantial bite and the linguine is firm, springy, and slathered with a fragrant…