Savour 2015

Not crazy about the basil – I tasted much better elsewhere – but I loved the combination of fresh tuna and succulent watermelon chunks, and how I wouldn’t completely know what I was forking into my mouth as they looked indistinguishable.

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Linguine topped with fresh, creamy Hokkaido Sea Urchin and traditional Sardinian Bottarga (Forlino, Singapore) was a Hell Yeah!. Essentially a baby-steps introductory course to uni. Every inch of linguine was coated with the gonad juices, and man, it was awesome. Newcomers should taste the uni pieces with caution, as the reproductive organ taste can be a shock. The Crunchy Fried Spanish doughnut with Home Chocolate Sauce (Sabio Tapas Bar, Singapore) was a Nay – it felt like the doughnuts were channelling a turgid tree branch. The Prawn Ceviche with Chilli Paste, Coconut Milk and Deep Fried Plantain Banana (Bumbo Rum Club, Singapore) was a Hmmm, feeling like a quirky laksa who studies at La Salle.

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The duck was the right balance of fatty and chewy, and the cookie lent a salty crunch to the proceedings. However, the miso and purée had as much personality as a common pigeon from the void deck, and just like said bird they could fly off and nobody would notice or bother, really.

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They explode marvellously and spurt their Hong Kong soup juices rudely in your mouth, and that was all.

[The complete feature article on Savour 2015 can be found on Secret Life of Fatbacks at http://secretlifeoffatbacks.com/2015/03/feature-article-nays-and-yays-of-savour-2015/ ]