Bali Cumi has moved from their previous location at Tanjong Pagar Road to Tras Street (50 Tras Street, tel : +65 6220 6619) a couple of years back. The current location appears to be...more atmospheric compared to the old place. Here's a bunch of stuff we had.
My opinion is that while their recipe for sambal petai passes muster, the execution was not ideal. Some of the petai tasted undercooked and green-y. Makes me miss the superior renditions from places like Tian Tian Seafood and Sin Hoi Sai.
Am pretty sure the texture and size of their perkedel are different. These were softer and smaller than the ones we've had previously at their old location.
Trying their ikan bakar for the first time. I couldn't reconcile the name because ikan bakar is grilled fish.
This fish was obviously steamed. A spiced paste over leather jacket. Fish tasted like it was previously frozen. Have had leather jackets a number of times and the texture of this one just didn't feel "correct". It's also bland - needed more salt to bring the flavours out. And expensive.
The sate madura was still pretty good even though we were quite sure the marinate or glaze has changed. I remember them being mostly kecap manis previously. There seemed to be more spices in it today. Not that it was bad, just different.
Not the better rendition of nasi kuning around in my opinion. Portions were also puny for what they charged. While it came through with the spices, it was still bland. Apparently, these guys are really worried about salt in their food. Off hand, I can name places like Nusa or the defunct Dancing Fish Signature which had much better tasting nasi kuning.
For prices we were paying, the least we expected was delicious. That's not a tall order considering the options for Indonesian food here. This was kinda disappointing.
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