Banana, Chocolate, Caramel, Malt from Pluck – caramelised banana, inaya chocolate ganache, caramel sauce, and malt ice cream. Essentially a dessert party held by an intensely dark chocolate log pregnant with a sweet banana goo baby, with trendy and young Kacang putih-style sugar nuts, meringue and sticky toffee-esque shards on…
Tiger Prawn from Pluck – baked tiger prawn, slow cooked egg, chilli crab puree, cilantro oil and mantou. Essentially lobster served with a crabby, chilli-spicy soft-boiled egg gravy. The prawn was massive, buttery, bitter and really, really phat (this tiger probably hid in its den and remained sedentary during its…
Whole French Poussin from Pluck – roasted poussin, aubergine, sesame puree, roasted celeriac, braised turnips. Whilst the baby bird tasted its age and probably indulged in luxurious spa body rubs with exotic herbs sponsored by Mama Bird, I was not a fan of the sesame puree, which tasted like a…
Cauliflower 4 Ways from Pluck – curry batter poached cauliflower, quinoa, roasted almonds and sun-dried grapes. Essentially butter fried rice with tempura and veggies. While the grilled cauliflowers were pleasant, the tempura-esque battered florets were a revelation, tasting almost prawn-like with their exuberant crunchiness as your teeth tears through the…
Scallop, Apples, Bacon from Pluck – pan-seared scallops, roasted Granny Smith apples, hazelnut crumble, bacon tuile and caramel. The massive scallops had a nicely grilled and salty layer with a vulnerable and signature scallopy rawness in their centres. The apple sauce was bossy with its sucre agenda but did not…
Baba au Rhum from Sugarhall, with jamaican rum syrup and whipped cream. Sugarhall is all about the rum, and here they certainly don’t hold back – the rum is generously present (I’ve been to stingier joints where they probably use one squirt from a pipette or similar science class apparatus)…
Fish soup noodles from Ka Soh (Swee Kee Fishhead Noodle House). The fish stock boasts to have high levels of protein, calcium and collagen. It supposedly includes no milk, its whiteness stemming from all the boiled fish bone goodness. All I know is that the stock tastes wondrously comforting and rich,…