黑 Rice (squid ink rice, garlic, mentaiko mayo, sous vide egg and PH fried chicken) from Paddy Hills. The earnest chicken couldn’t help but be completely overshadowed by the greasy, comforting and scrumptious rice, which possessed the delectable smokiness of a Simon Road kopitiam wok. 3.9/5 ⠀ This was a…
Udon from Hyogo braised with squid ink stock, topped with firefly squid and yuzu molecules from Boruto’s Hidden Gems of Kansai menu. The squid ink udon plays like a slinky pasta but retains udon’s slurp suction qualities while elsewhere the dish feels like a tribute to explosive squirts, with the…
Squid ink scallops risotto from Horizon Bistronomy (Alexandra) – squid ink risotto, crab meat, pan seared scallop, clam meat, caviar and beurre blanc foam. Essentially a creamy, herby appetite whetter that primes your mouth for the chewy, oceanic and colossally umami scallops, an experience greatly indebted to the rudely explosive…
Squid Ink Risotto with Cuttlefish and Green Pea Ragout with Shallot Sauce from Basilico. Essentially a decidedly Chinese-tinged and intriguingly tantalising pasta-muifan (烩饭, or “Asian risotto”) crossover project, with wisps of dried shrimp annotating the proceedings. 3.9/5 This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Basilico. Basilico 1 Cuscaden Road Level 2,…
Gamberetto (prawn, mussel, chorizo, tomato sauce, squid ink linguine) from Roots Kitchen & Bar. Rather serviceable and perfunctory. Apart from being as memorable as a secretary’s story told in the elevator about how her mother prefers Hockhua antelope’s horn to other vendors in the Toa Payoh area, the seafood was…
Squid ink spaghetti “alla Singaporeana” from In ITALY – prawns, garlic, extra virgin oil and chilli. Surprisingly generous in its prawn serving and the pasta does what it says on the tin just fine, but the intriguing moniker oversold things – for alla Singaporeana, this could definitely do with some…
Squid Ink Tagliatelle from Paddy Hills – fresh pasta, seared hotate, compressed watermelon and ikura. The creamy tagliatelle was as firm as a lithe yoga practitioner, with watermelon cubes on hand for mouth cleansing if the murky squid ink gets too interfering, while the scallops were happily-sized, with nicely-grilled skin…
Squid ink tagliatelle with “inferno” sauce, calamari, asparagus and chilli padi from Open Farm Community. The spiciness of the nicely springy pasta was a slow burn and lingered without ever being interfering, and I preferred the salty and addictive fried calamari over the more traditional naked version. Interestingly as I…
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…