seafood

a full-bodied dish - expect a robust mixture of flavours, umami, sweet & savoury paired with once again their extremely plump and fresh prawns. we mistakenly got the non-spicy version but if i do reorder i’m definitely gonna try the spicy version!

extremely fresh tasting seabass with zero fishy-ness, glazed with slightly sweet & tangy chinkiang vinegar, with a savoury sauce at the bottom that i couldn’t figure out. reading the menu, the only unidentified item could only be the roasted capsicum which was surprising as it didn’t taste quite like capsicums. all’s good but i didn’t enjoy the salted fish potatoes as it tasted too pungent for my liking (perhaps fragrant to some), while the naibai might not have been stored at best conditions. it was a little musty - perhaps, washed much earlier and kept. i’d come back for other seabass dishes but maybe just not this.

wasn’t my dish but i had a spoonful and it was so creamy yet not jelak! using the barley rice made the dish so much lighter and easier on the palate. by the way, both my friends who ordered this cleared the plate.

a thicker cousin of the enoki, i realised how brilliant it was when it reached the table. a mushroom-y snack but without that overly fried texture you’ll get from deep fried enoki. i’d say this dish was a great idea, tasted decent but had more potential. unfortunately when it reached me it was a little soggy - will prefer slightly more crisp to it!

a fusion i’d never imagine - western style garlic toasts (extremely crisp and fragrant) with chinese style sambal lala (a tone down from spiciness if compared to tzechar versions), infused with japanese sake (that hint of bitterness to cut through any jelak-ness). the lala as with all their seafood, tasted so fresh. no sand in the food definitely!

relish in fresh, plump mussels enveloped in homemade curry sauce - interestingly a fusion of different types of curry as described by the server. it packed a sufficient spice kick and was a great complement with the golden fried mantous. simply a delight! (sorry for the slight blurry pic, was too eager to dig in 😂)
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leaving the review for the prawn here too cos i didn’t managed to snap a pic but it’s too good not to be shared!

brushed in seaweed butter, torched to perfection, then topped with strips of kelp. these added a different dimension of flavours to that sweet, plump & fresh crustacean - smoky, savoury & fragrant. there’s probably nothing more i can ask for a plate of fresh prawns.