Friday, April 19, 2019

L'Angelus......after 1990 days

L'Angelus, Club Street

I remember thinking the same the last time we were here. About how time has streamed by quietly - almost stealthily. That was almost five and a half years back.  

L'Angelus, bread

Bread seemed to have changed. This one was good because of what we had ordered. But we first made short work of the first basket with butter. 

L'Angelus, roquefort salad

That's a half portioned salad with Roquefort and bacon. I was a little disappointed by how tiny the portions were and how the salad tasted as a whole. Bacon was dry and the greens were not well tossed with the dressing. As Roquefort salads went, this was totally outgunned by the one at ABC Kitchen in Hong Hong.

L'Angelus, beef tartare

L'Angelus' tartare de boeuf was made table side where one could indicate the level of spiciness. What I didn't expect was that one of the condiments that went into it was ketchup. O-o The tartare was pretty good though. The spices that went into it tasted balance compared to say, the feistier ones from Le Bistrot du Sommelier or La Cabane in Hong Kong.

The fries that came with the tartare were soft, suitably salted and delicious.

L'Angelus, roasted spring chicken

That in the copper pot was their fricassee of roasted half spring chicken in a truffle and morel cream sauce. Chicken was nice. Potatoes were sweet. The rich velvety sauce which was infused with the mushroom flavours was awesome. We mopped the pot clean of it. Wished the chicken was bigger though.

L'Angelus, ice cream

One the left, brandy marinated Griotte cherries with a nutty pistachio ice cream. Loads of cherries with the cream and more at the bottom of the cup. On the right is strawberries and vanilla ice cream. 

L'Angelus, coffee

Coffee was drinkable - not outstanding. Bitter and lacking in body.

L'Angelus, Club Street

Thursday, April 18, 2019

A DIY pizza at Picnic

Pinic, pizza

This was from the pizza section at Picnic. Yes, that's the Picnic at Wisma (#03-15, 435 Orchard Road). The one where Omakase Burger is currently located. We were pretty impressed by the effort the person at the counter put in for the distribution of the ingredients. The chap that was on the dinner shift on 13th April. Nice!

We noticed that a number of the ingredients they were using were a notch better quality than most. This one had fresh mozzarella, blue cheese, mushrooms and pepperoni. Each of that nicely portioned topping came through. Pretty good eating with the crisp thin crust. 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Sunday roast at Oxwell & Co.

Oxwell & Co., Ann Siang Road

Oxwell & Co. has Sunday roasts so....well, we're here.

Oxwell & Co., bloody bill

One of the brunchy alcoholic beverages they have is their Bloody Bill. Their take on the Bloody Mary using the Botanist gin and balsamic vinegar according to the menu. Don't know where that balsamic vinegar went. Having tasted and bought a bottle of Botanist not to long ago, I can say that there's not enough of it to register.

Oxwell & Co., jerusalem artichoke soup

Jerusalem artichoke soup was so so. Nothing to get excited over and something I wouldn't bother with again.

Oxwell & Co., mushroom sweet potato chestnut pie
Oxwell & Co., mushroom sweet potato chestnut pie

Thought it was a Sunday roast, we had a pie. Albeit one that looked like a large char siew sou (叉燒酥). T'was actually pretty good. The stuffings were sweet potato, mushrooms and chestnut. Pastry was crisp and buttery. Came with a forgettable creamy mustard sauce. I recommend their Yorkshire pudding sauce with it. That, was delicious.

Oxwell & Co., sea bass

Their crispy skinned sea bass option looked a little sad on the portions. It's just two small pieces of fish. They were firm and flaky with crispy skin but it was too little.

Oxwell & Co., brussels sprouts maple bacon

I ordered this because I like Brussels sprouts. I like them even more with smoky bacon and maple butter. That maple butter also works well with their Yorkshire pudding.

Oxwell & Co., ann siang road

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Bawang plasters from Ali Fatimah Food Stall

Ali Fatimah Food Stall, bawang plaster

Got myself a couple of bawang plasters for breakfast at Ali Fatimah. Yummy! It's not on the menu but they do it. If you're wondering what this was, it's prata with onions that has a fried egg "plastered" over it. Roti plaster is a thing. Added curry mutton with that and the order came with a little boned in piece. A little expensive for such a small piece methinks.

The prata was expectedly light and delicious. So light that it hardly registered after I was done with it.

Ali Fatimah Food Stall, bawang plaster

Oh yeah, bleeding gold from the fried egg.

Monday, April 15, 2019

Omakase X Impossible™ Burger

Omakase Burger, apple juice

Unpossible! We were actually enjoying this!

Well just in case you didn't know, Impossible Foods from California is working with a bunch of food places in Singapore as a collaboration of sorts to introduce their plant based patty - Impossible Burger. Omakase Burger is one of those places. Now that an actual product exists, wouldn't it make more sense to call it the Improbable Burger? I wonder if their entrance into our sunny island had anything to do with the investment from Temasek Holdings last year.

Omakase Burger, impossible burger

Anyways, don't knock it before you've tried it. These Impossible patties make a mockery of mock meats and I would accept this willingly as a meat substitute if I ever had to substitute my meat. There was a certain, hmmm....mushroomy texture/quality to the meat that made it pretty tasty. It's not a perfect replica but a pretty good one. I could pick pork tallow fries to go with that Omakase X Impossible burger set - though those fries didn't taste especially porky. I've always thought they should do better for what they charged. Carl's Jr makes better fries than these.

Omakase Burger, impossible burger

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Beef marmalade cheese burger from MeatSmith

Meat Smith, beef marmalade cheese burger

The reason why I ordered this was because I never had the drive to get another table at Burnt Ends and never got to understand what was that beef marmalade that people were talking about. Since Meat Smith had it with their cheese burger on menu, why not?

I think I understood what the burger was trying to be. What worked was that there were sufficient pickles to cut through the sweetness of the marmalade, just pulled beef and onions as far as I could tell, and the greasy richness from the caramelized crusty beef and cheese. 

Triggered the same emote as the Smokin' Daddy from Three Buns at the Savour Christmas 2016 event. I didn't dislike it in principle but there was a bit too much going on for me where the flavours were messy rather than clean. Wouldn't be something I could go back to.

MeatSmith, Telok Ayer