Curry chicken bee hoon mee from Ah Heng Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee. When I was doing my pupillage at a law firm in Fortune Centre, this legendary curry mee was a guilty indulgence I’d revisit over and over again for that chilli so intensely and deeply smoky, chimneys wave…
Flaming Hot Tonkotsu Ramen from Kanshoku Ramen with added ajitama egg and corn. Essentially Korean ramyun noodles which have undergone a Japanese stylistic makeover and a decidedly non-Japanese incendiary flavour blast. Flamethirsty folks from all levels of gutsy on the safety spectrum will enjoy this – the lily-livered slow-sippers will…
Curry Prawn Risotto from The Wicked Garlic. The six prawns had the girth of the ridiculously muscled men that sashay out of the yoga studio/rock climbing wall room next to Brawn & Brains, whilst the risotto and its spicy Indian mystique remind you (in a most fond and complimentary way)…
Thai walking catfish with spicy lemon soup from Spicy Thai-Thai Cafe. The spicy lemon soup was suitably sharp and spicy, and should sufficiently satisfy all heat-seekers. The flames just kept on going and going, so you get the soup piping hot throughout the meal! However, the soup somehow lacked a certain…
Tom Yum Seafood Pasta from Rise & Grind Coffee Co. – squid, fish, shrimp, creamy tom yum sauce, nori. I have had overrated interpretations of this dish elsewhere which left me cold, but here my breath (and all sensation in the lips) were taken away rapidly. The creamy tom yum…
Aglio olio with prawns, mushrooms and squid from The Wicked Garlic. These are my comments from my virgin experience a year ago: “Amazingly wok hei prawns, and wickedly value for money. It’s the PSLE top student of aglio olios seriously, why it doesn’t have its own Brands Essence of Chicken…
Tom Yam Goong with Prawns & Fish Maw. The soup was like a confused adolescent who couldn’t decide if it wanted to swing towards Chinese (we’re talking tofu, mushroom, tomatoes and the Kombi Rocks signature fishcake used as ingredients) or Thai, so it just nonchalantly wore a Qipao and said…
Andong JJimdak 안동찜닭 – braised chicken leg, root vegetables, and glass noodles with Andong spicy soy sauce. The chicken may be softer and chewier than a baby’s bottom (does this mean you go around gnawing baby butts? – Editor) but the real star is the gravy, which is comforting like…
Sambal Prawns with Petai. Unbelievably crunchy and fat, and the sambal was amazingly shrimpy and chewy to such a degree that it almost felt like a featured mini ingredient than a mere paste. The petai wasn’t particularly stinko – perhaps thanks to the charms of the sambal, its controversy was…