Love the presentation of this dessert, which is served in a hollowed lemon.
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The creamy icy lemon sorbet holds sharp punchy sour sweet flavour, intense yet palate cleansing.
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Great way to finish a meal, but best to finish your wine first, else, this just eliminates the taste.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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This antipasti is both a visual treat and a hearty sharing appetizer.
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Over a bed of fresh crisp lettuce and crunchy cucumbers with vegetal sweet flavour, sits large wispy shavings of parma ham with smoky meaty salty savoury flavour, around a large ball of traditional Pugliese burrata of soft cow's cheese and cream with milky sweet flavour.
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Completed with juicy cherry tomatoes with vegetal sweet flavour, and juicy rock melon slices with fruity sweet flavour. Loved every bite of this, everything pairs excellently with the other ingredients.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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A house speciality appetizer, this features beef tripe / beef stomach oven baked with tomatoes and cheddar cheese, until everything is tender and juicy.
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Rich with vegetal sweet savoury salty cheesy flavour, the tomatoes are soft while the beef tripe is lightly chewy, yum.
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Trattoria Da Mimmo
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Established in 2006, this humble family-owned zi char eatery has been handed to 2nd-generation owner Geraldine Peh since 2016.
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The star is their claypot pork and herb soup / broth, simmered for 3.5 hours until the pork ribs are tender and fall-off-the-bone, with meaty savoury sweet bitter herbal flavour, picking up the mild notes of the soup / broth.
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Served with crunchy golden mushrooms with vegetal earthy sweet flavour, spongy soft dried tofu bean curd puffs with grainy sweet flavour, and crispy dried bean curd skin sheets with grainy savoury salty flavour.
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Good Year Seafood Village
@ 15 Tampines Avenue
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2021/11/best-of-singapore-hawkers-bak-kut-teh.html

This is a delicious appetizer. Over a bed of crunchy purple cabbage, is a large wobbly soft whole pickled egg, enveloped with tender minced pork sausage meat, and coated in a crisp golden-brown panko breadcrumb crust.
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Bite in, and you're rewarded with lovely meaty savoury salty eggy sweet bready flavours. Rather addictive, we kept reaching for more.
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Lad & Dad
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This appetizer features juicy snappy pork cocktail sausages, wrapped in crispy streaky smoked pork bacon, and glazed with thick maple syrup.
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A burst of smoky meaty salty savoury sweet honeyed flavour, a satisfying and decadent treat.
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Lad & Dad
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This is a classic British English dish, with smooth chunky mashed potatoes that carry starchy buttery savoury sweet flavour, topped with a duo of juicy snappy fresh pork sausages that are perfectly grilled and carry robust meaty savoury salty spice smoky flavour.
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Completed with a hearty minced beef meat gravy infused with beer, lending a lovely grainy meaty salty savoury earthy spice flavour.
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Lad & Dad
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This appetizer features thin sliced white onions, coated in a crumb batter. Golden with a light snappy juicy crunch, the onion rings carry nice bready sweet earthy savoury flavour, yum.
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Lad & Dad
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This features a large boneless tender flaky haddock fish fillet, coated in a crisp golden beer batter that isn't greasy. Clean-tasting and fresh, with savoury sweet flavour.
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Accompanied by chunky sticky mushy peas with vegetal sweet earthy grassy flavour, and fluffy crisp thick-cut potato chips with starchy salty savoury flavour.
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A lemon wedge on the side lends optional zesty tangy sour flavour. An excellent rendition overall.
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Service at Lad & Dad is friendly, with staff engaging guests well. They display good product knowledge, offering recommendations, and introducing dishes as they serve. I note staff clean up quickly when diners leave.
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Lad & Dad
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Established in 1963, this brand serves up an unconventional cloudy broth that sits in the middle of the spectrum, with savoury salty peppery spice garlicky herbal earthy sweet flavour.
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The pork ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender and soft, with meaty savoury sweet flavour. The crunchy preserved mustard greens / meigan cai / mei cai carry vegetal sour salty earthy spice flavour, pairing well with the fluffy soft steamed white rice with grainy sweet flavour.
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While they could be more generous with the crisp fried dough fritters / you tiao, I liked the soft soy braised hard-boiled egg with eggy sweet flavour, and the spongy soft soy braised tau pok / dried tofu puff with grainy salty sweet herbal flavour.
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A star here is their soy braised pork trotter, equal parts lean and fatty, coming easily off the bone. With chewy gelatinous wobbly texture and bold meaty salty herbal sweet savoury fatty flavour, this was incredibly satisfying.
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Bak Kut Teh
Han Jia Bak Kut Teh Pork Leg
@ East Coast Lagoon Food Village, 1220 East Coast Parkway 01-42
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2021/11/best-of-singapore-hawkers-bak-kut-teh.html

The Pumpkin Ravioli (SGD $28) has a lovely golden yellow hue from creamy pureed pumpkin, with tender handmade packets of ravioli stuffed with soft cacioricotta cheese, garnished with sage leaves. The result is a delicious vegetal sweet earthy cheesy herbal savoury flavour, yum.
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The Pici (SGD $28) features thick chewy al-dente strands of hand-rolled pasta noodles, coated in a luscious Tuscan francesina braised beef and tomato gravy, garnished with pecorino romano cheese and chili oil. This results in a robust meaty savoury salty grainy vegetal sweet cheesy spicy flavour, enticing the palate.
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The Grilled Stockyard 200-Day Grain-Fed Beef Ribeye (SGD $88 for 300g) features a large cut of Australian black angus beef ribeye, dry-rubbed with the house signature 'Profumo Del Chianti', an Italian herb blend that includes sea salt, bay leaf, thyme, sage, fennel pollen, juniper, rosemary, and lavender.
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Grilled to your choice of doneness (we opted for medium rare), the beef is succulent, tender, and juicy, with bold meaty savoury salty herbal flavour. Served with a side of grilled eggplant, which is soft with vegetal earthy herbal salty sweet flavour.
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Bottega Di Carna
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The Focaccia Bread (SGD $Complimentary) is soft and warm and fluffy, with bready earthy sweet herbal flavour. Dip into some olive oil and black vinegar for added earthy sour kick.
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Chef treated us with the dainty Artichoke Tart (SGD $Complimentary) to sample. Within the crisp open pastry shell is piped creamy artichoke heart puree, crumbly parmigiano and goat cheese, juicy caramelised pear, and crunchy artichoke chips. This tasty morsel carries lovely vegetal earthy fruity sweet cheesy milky flavour, though its unique profile is an acquired taste.
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The Calamari (SGD $20) was well received, with the crisp outside bouncy inside battered squid rings carrying addictive grainy savoury salty flavour. Paired with a creamy lemon aioli for added milky herbal zesty tangy sour kick.
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The Puglia Burrata (SGD $26) has a base of juicy cherry tomatoes and crisp spinach leaves, lending combined vegetal herbal sweet flavour. The salad is drizzled with balsamic vinegar, lending an earthy sour kick. In the center sits a soft creamy burrata cheese, carrying milky cheesy sweet flavour. Nice.
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The Varlhona Chocolate Fondant (SGD $22) features a base of soft crumbly chocolate fondant with a gooey chocolate center, topped with a crunchy cocoa nib tuile, and a creamy scoop of vanilla ice cream. The fondant and tuile carries bold chocolatey bitter sweet earthy flavour, complemented by the milky floral earthy sweet notes of the ice cream.
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Bottega Di Carna
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/01/bottega-di-carna.html