8 Spices Apple Crumble with Crème Anglaise from Open Farm Community. Deceptively simplistic labelling, but the “crumble” here is a sum of many distinct parts – part warm and lovingly sweet apple chunks, part hard and nutty crunch, and part chao tar and intensely smoky bits which evoke memories of…
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…
Kurobuta pork shabu shabu at MAD Bistro – 12 slices of pork loin and 12 slices of pork belly to cook in bonito broth along with silken tofu, Japanese leek, kanji, vegetables, shiitake and enoki mushrooms, and paired with goma, yuzu and chilli sauces. Menu says the shabu shabu feeds…