Southern styled barbeque with Indian inspired flavours. That's what Meatsmith Little India (21 Campbell Lane, tel : +65 9625 9056) of the Unlisted Collections is about.
The place looked more like a watering hole than a barbeque pit. But we're not judging them by their appearances.
That's their Bombay butter naan topped with curry leaves, dill and chopped scallions. It's actually more flatbread than the more voluminous airy naan that we're used to. What mattered was that the flavours worked and I liked it more than I thought I would.
These were skewers of duck hearts with dry dahl. The latter was like dried crushed mung beans. Delicious duck hearts they were.
There was robust flavour from the lamb which paired off pretty well with their chimichutney - the green stuff slathered over those ribs. We dug those lamb-y flavours from the fat. Meat was also tender enough that we were working the ribs with butter knife.
Pork ribs was unexpectedly unimpressive. The meat was dry and a little smoky. It needed some salt or perhaps a sweet glaze of sorts and some moisture would have definitely helped. I had imagined those coconut flakes to be like serunding but they weren't.
Gunpowder potatoes were pretty darned tasty.
Don't overlook their citrus-y green mango salsa which was a good counter to all the meat and spices. This was possibly the most impressive of it's type I've had. There was a load of crunchy tang from the mangoes with a bit of sharpness from the onions, a bit of perfume from dill and nuttiness from the cashews. Almost somtam minus the fish sauce.
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