Category: Eating
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Mezza 4 1/2
The back of the dessert menu features Pierre Hermé scratching his head wondering: “Hmmm, foie gras with creme brulee? I dunno… think they might go for it?” We had a good dinner in the company of good friends on Thursday at the Grand Hyatt’s Mezza9 despite some disappointments which I am compelled to talk about.…
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La Petite Cuisine
Best Foie Gras for $15 Pan-seared foie gras for $15? That alone should be the clincher for La Petite Cuisine. But because for both Naomi and myself, this place has some sort of history, there’s more to talk about. We enjoyed the more expensive incarnation of this establishment about two years ago, when it was…
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Just follow the instructions
The decor’s nothing to shout about, the ventilation is horrible, the waiting staff aren’t trained to smile but the food is still good. Naomi and I had one of our first dates there, announced our engagement to our would-be wedding party there, and of course, ate till we burst each time. Last night, we took…
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My forefathers ate bowls of chicken droppings
Photo by Lee Xian Jie “My family is descended from Confucius”, said the chubby Year 12 Boy to me when I didn’t ask about his pedigree. I must have doubted him or given him some dismissive look prior to that statement that prompted him to reveal that fact. This was some years ago in Sydney,…
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Rednano’s shepherd’s pie vs Google’s shepherd’s pie
Free photo of Shepherd’s Pie, courtesy of Creative Commons search on Flickr – photo by Andy Ciordia I thought I might join the fray, notwithstanding that rednano is this week an advertiser right on top of this webpage. So SPH launches rednano with the intention of localising search results when I would have thought the…