ChiChi Dining is a new restaurant from the folks behind dessert concept Nesuto which launched in February 2020, taking over the corner space along Amoy Street formerly occupied by Aloha Poke. Helmed by Daniel Yee, the former head culinary chef of the now-defunct 52 Sandwich Shack, the concept serves Asian…
The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Japanese Sake Bar, where presently food is ancillary. The must-orders (if any): Sake Aragato Flight, Baby Corn Summary: Kabuke is a second-storey Japanese sake bar situated along Telok Ayer Street, offering a selection of sake and very attractively priced sake flights (wherein you get a fixed combination of…
Brussel Sprouts from Fu Lin Bar & Kitchen – bacon, extra virgin oil, chives. Whilst the brussels sprouts played it like crunchy and very Chinese-seasoned kailan, the bacon fell short of feeling like such, coming across more like salted pork that lacked confidence and a sense of humour. 3.7/5 Fu…
Chicken Bun from Freehouse – crispy fried boneless chicken thigh, som-tum mango salad with peanuts and sakura ebi, green curry mayo. The colossally-sized chicken trampled, stomped and ravaged its way past all defences like a Juggernaut, instilling so much fear in the villagers that they retreated in haste, all vitality…
Cereal Frog Legs from Freehouse – American bullfrog legs, karaage ko, ginger flower dressing. The gargantuan superiority of these Americans would startle those who are typically accustomed to Geylang-style Asians. The experience marries the gloriousness of crispy fried chicken with zichar-esque cereal, with the dressing doing well in taming the…
Bangkok Fried Chicken with green chilli nam jim from Bird Bird. The chicken smells like it had just finished a rejuvenating spa session, whilst elsewhere the green chilli nam jim launches a fiery seed blast which envelopes your tongue with a sharp citric wave – an attack that is, interestingly,…
Coconut from Cheek by Jowl – laksa leaf ice cream, pomelo, green chilli. Essentially what you get if bubur cha cha, laksa and vanilla had a head-spinningly scorching ménage à trois on a cushion of roasty nuts. 4/5 This was part of an existing $38 3-course lunch menu, and is…
Signature veal chop parmigiana with classic red sauce and melting mozzarella from Angeleno. The tender and well-salted baby cow, which was literally smoking hot inside out, may have been the secret offspring of a loving pig and a sultry chicken from a steamy barnyard tryst one thunderous night, whilst elsewhere…
Sauced Padi Garlic Chicken from Oven & Fried Chicken. Essentially sweet Korean fried chicken caught in flagrante with Two Chef Eating Place’s famous drunken cockles. Garlic dominates the conversation, whilst elsewhere those equipped with Mario-esque levels of evasion can actually cleanly avoid the vicious scarlet traps without any consequence. 4.2/5…