SG Taps, Duxton Hill

We were kinda introduced to this place (#01-01, 13 Duxton Hill, tel : +65 6904 8474) which is run by a Japanese by another Japanese. The former, a Norihito Hirose who is a long time resident on our sunny island whom has woven together a house of mixed brews and way better than the average bar food which pays tribute to his and our cultures. Japanesingaporeasian stuff if you know what I mean.

Made sense to give their stuff on tap a try. They are SG Taps after all. This was Berry Berry Ume by a local microbrewery Daryl's Urban Ales. A blueberry umeboshi gose that's cider-ishly tangy with a berry citrus. Pretty easy drinking especially in our climate. But it seems they aren't into chilled glasses.

To the food! Ika nonkotsu karaage. I admit to being a little apprehensive in the beginning but I was won over. Deliciously flavoured crisp batter on some crunchy squid parts (presumably squid cartilage). Made good munching.

Loved the oysters that they smoked in house.

It would be remiss of me not to mention their smoked Camembert. Smoked in house as well. Was served with edamame and almonds that were also smoked in house. Almonds were sweet.

Tried their laksa pizza. The rempah was a little weak. What helped carry the laksa-ness through was the use of laksa leaves. This rendition had less seafood but was noticeably cheesier compared the one from Pizza Express which I thought had achieved a more Asian flavour profile. What I didn't get about this particular one was the onions. Didn't understand why there were onions in the pie or why they thought fried shallots was necessary. 

On the menu was something called Amami styled chicken rice. The short of it - it's a Japanese-y take on local chicken rice.

Served chazuke styled with shredded nori, sakura chicken and a very respectable chicken broth. I'll have to remember to ask them to omit the pickles the next time.