Lolla

The best meal I had in 2012 happened only just as the year was ending. 

I love spanish food, theres something so delightful about having small plates of many many things to try. Maybe thats why I love dim sum and tapas, so much variety!

Its hard to find good tapas in Singapore despite the number of Spanish restaurants that have been sprouting; Lolla is the best that I have tried. 

Small, dark, intimate. We had a good view of the chefs putting together delicate plates of food. 

The famous squid ink pudding. We were drooling when the chef pulled out a tray of urchin and starting spooning some onto the pudding. The pudding was sublime, the single best thing I have eaten in 2012. 

The strong sea taste of the pudding paired wonderfully well with the sweet sea urchin, achieving that balance of sweet/salty/umami-ness.  If I were eating this at home, I would have probably licked the bowl clean. $19 for a tiny portion but sooo good. Must try.

Grass-fed ribeye steak, $52. Wonderfully seasoned and perfectly cooked. The meat was on the fatty side though I am sure many would love this.

Chorizo and potatoes ($16), I love any dish with a runny egg on top. 

Tuna tartare, the 2nd best dish of the night.

I love the zesty clean dressing and the tuna was pretty darn fresh. 

Donuts with lemon curd ($12)

Pretty but it was alright, I would rather stick to the savory dishes

Overall a darn good meal. Pricey (About $100/pax for the 3 of us) but worth it for the experience. 

Now if only the chairs werent so uncomfortable...

Lolla
22 Ann Siang Road
Tel: 64231228 (no reservations)

Late Plate

Nestled in the middle of NUS, we dropped by Late Plate for brunch after a morning hike at Fort Canning/Henderson Wave. 

Eggs ben, with smoked trout, spinach and a biscuit base instead of a muffin. 

Very nicely done but could do with a tad more hollandaise 

The baked eggs with corn beef hash was great, full of flavor and very comforting. 

Quite a rich dish though, recommend for sharing.

Overall, a nice place for brunch but I thought it was quite pricey considering this place is in NUS and caters to students. Wouldnt travel the way here but worth a visit if your visiting your alma manter 

Late Plate
11 Kent Ridge Drive
#01-03, Shaw Foundation Alumni House
8328 3127

Senor Taco

Not too sure why there are quite a few food bloggers out there creaming themselves over this place. I thought it was average at best.

Cocktails first. The mojito was decent but the frozen margarita had a really strange taste, as if a herb had been added into it. Def an acquired taste.

baja style shrimp taco- prob the best thing we ate that night. Pretty tasty

Nachos , not great as you can see

Señor Taco

1 Vista Exchange Green

#02-22 The Star Vista

Tel: 66942320

Table Manners

When we found out that people behind Table Manners @ Changi City Point were the same ones as behind Bar Stories, we knew we had to pay a visit. Even better, the drinks cost on average 15% lesser than those at Bar Stories.

Decor of the restaurant was simple, clean yet interesting (cue: weird shaped table as you walk in). Waiters/Waitress were decked out in cute bow t-shirts and were all young,friendly, enthusiastic.

Truffle Fries - Tasted pretty much how you would expect a $6 bowl of fries to taste like

Salmon was nicely cooked 

burger had a tad too much salt but was tasty nonetheless

 Star of the night were probably the sweet fruity cocktails. 

Overall, with reasonably priced food and yummy cocktails, its a great place for easties to chill out after work! 

#01-68/69 
Changi City Point
5 Changi Business Park Central 1
Tel: +65 6604 7669

Perfect local Breakfast

Sometimes, the best meals in life costs just $2.

Nothing feels as good as waking up for an early morning run and tucking into this at the nearby coffeeshop. 

Big Eater Restaurant

Salted egg yolk is one of those ingredients that taste good with basically everything.

Where can you get the best salted egg yolk crab in Singapore?

I personally like the one from Big Eater Restaurant. The salted egg yolk sauce is really kick-ass and goes so well  with white rice.

Big Eater Restaurant

34 Jalan Pari Burong

Picardy Gardens

Los Primos

Tapas bars has probably been the new fab on the Singapore food scene for the past 6 months with new bars sprouting up all around our tiny island. I cant say I dont welcome this because I absolutely love Spanish cuisine.

Perhaps my expectations were too high but unfortunately, I was not impressed with Los Primos. 

What I liked:

Tender and tasty jamon, soo good but served with rock-hard bread

Roasted suckling pig was sinfully good. The crackling of the skin paired with the melt-in-your-mouth flesh makes for a damm good bite.

The rest of the tapas were pretty pedestrian. The prawns were not fresh at all, making for one decidedly chewy dish. 

Unlike the tapas, the paellas were huge. We could only finish half of each (though of course we did over-order). Both werent great either, the paellas here lacked the oomph and that umami taste of seafood running through the rice. The best squid ink paella I had in Singapore was at Don Quijote and this really paled in comparison. 

Disappointing really because I so very much wanted to like this place. 

Los Primos Tabernay Tapas Bar
81 Club St, #01-01
Singapore 069449
64231773