Sinpopo, Tangs

We came across Sinpopo some time ago at Joo Chiat. They're no longer there and have shifted to Tangs (#02-22/27/29 Tang Plaza, 310 Orchard Road, tel : +65 9785 1749), taking over the spot vacated by Providore and beyond. The place/service feels more posh than the impression we had from seeing them previously. The kind that will attract tai tais and Peranakan aunties.

Menu looked like it was worth a try.

This coffee - fresh pressed kopi-o with sweet milk foam made from a local roast. Not nice. Not for me at least. They said it would taste like kopi as we know it but it didn't. Anyways, coffee's weak and the milk did not taste like condensed or evaporated ones. Their regular latte is much nicer.

Pretty enjoyable calamari and you tiao rojak. Punchy hae ko. Would have been even better if they were more generous with the crushed peanuts. I'm not complaining here.

Crayfish curry pho - it's more like laksa than pho. Reminded me a little bit of the crayfish laksa that used to be at Island Cafe upstairs years ago. I liked everything about it. From the lemak curry to the smokey grilled crayfish or the crispy lady's fingers and tender aubergine. The only thing pho about it was the rice noodles. Delicious and pretty small portions.

Yeap, thoroughly enjoyed it.

One of their well received dish was their baked miso cod hor fun. We tried and thought it wasn't bad. Couldn't make much out of the salty black cod broth but it was nice altogether with the wok hei from the hor fun. Portions pretty small.

After the crayfish and the hor fun, this was the next, coincidentally maybe, smokey tasting dish - their smokey savoy cabbage. The portions of fish maw and black fungus were a little sad but the smokey braised cabbage made up for it. Not sure what the superior stock in there was about but it was deliciously salty.

Got a bingka ubi for dessert. These were served warm. The local kuehs here give off the same kind of vibes as those from Chalk Farm if you catch my drift.

Sinpopo also has a delicious durian (mao shan wang/猫山王) sticky rice. I love this. Lashes of gula melaka over durian pulp on top of warm glutinous rice soaking in the coconut milk thingy.