Its specialisation in Italian cuisine, focus on quality not quantity and the pièce de résistance, an amazing cheese room, truly sets it apart.
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Our first foray into Portuguese cuisine, courtesy of Lusitano Restaurant
I know we’re definitely coming back for a return visit. We do, however, need to make sure we bring in sufficient reinforcements next time.
Continue readingFinally, a sustainable crop that doesn’t simply die on our windowsill
After several failed attempts with different vegetables, we finally succeeded with the variegated Indian borage. Besides being a lovely addition to pasta, it’s also such a pretty plant to look at.
Continue readingIf you like Spanish food and wine, you’re going to love FOC Restaurant
It’s safe to say that FOC is now our favourite restaurant in Singapore. The food is great, the wines are interesting, and most of all, the service is amazing.
Continue readingA relaxing weekday lunch at Gemma Steakhouse
The artichoke-filled fresh pasta, with cute but savoury baby crayfish and lightly-spiced sauce offered a combination of flavours that were a welcome departure from typical tomato or cream-based pastas.
Continue readingFusion food is hard to pull off, but 15 Stamford does it masterfully
It’s easy to descend into fusion/confusion when mixing ingredients, cooking methods, seasonings and presentations across so many different cuisines, but 15 Stamford navigated it wonderfully.
Continue readingHome-grown vegetables make home-cooked food taste even better
You can’t rush Nature, but when you give it time to do its thing, the results can be quite delicious.
Continue readingThe plating at Brasserie Les Saveurs is just so pretty
Firstly, our waiter set down our bowl-shaped plates with the neatly assembled lobster, microgreens and croutons. Then, he proceeded to fill our plates with bisque from his large gravy boat, creating a viscous moat around the mini lobster island. I don’t know why, but this way of presenting soup always impresses the heck out of me. I just find it so elegant and bourgeois (an atas French word that means atas), and it tasted as good as it looked.
Continue readingWhat makes a restaurant great?
When you have a group of people who really believe in what they do, they will find every way possible to source for good ingredients, cook great food, bake beautiful cakes, deliver fantastic service and make you feel like family whenever you visit.
Continue readingA taste of Barcelona on Sentosa island
The highlights of our two previous trips to Spain were food, architecture and food. From the amazing tapas bars in San Sebastian to the seafood restaurants in Barcelona. We haven’t found any place in Singapore that matches up, but FOC Sentosa comes pretty close.
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