I look forward to Micro’s seasonal toasts, which usually feature ricotta with a seasonal fruit. This time it’s rock melon, one of my most disliked fruits, but I trusted Micro to deliver, and deliver they did. The usual crusty tangy sourdough and thick pillows of ricotta are topped with rock melon, candied pumpkin seeds, mint, and some sort of orange jam that go beautifully well together. There’s no escaping the taste of the rock melon, but it’s not so bad when combined with all the other flavours.
This is a fat and juicy popiah that is very well stuffed with veggies. The skin was surprisingly eggy. Very nice.
Despite its name this clearly isn’t clear soup and has milk added. Nevertheless it was tasty. All soup bases come with thick bee hoon, beansprouts, chives and beancurd sheets. I added cabbage and pig stomach and it was just nice a portion for dinner.
The price on the menu is $28, but they informed me on ordering that it’ll be $30 because the lamb was bigger than usual. The lamb is apparently cooked “tau yu” style with gula melaka, Chinese black bean, dark sauce and port. I couldn’t really taste the Chinese influences, and it didn’t matter because I enjoyed this. The lean parts of the lamb were tender, and the fatty parts were easily removed. Portion size was good. The polenta mash was rather salty, but other than that it was a tasty dish.
This was a delicious quiche. It’s not oily, it has a crispy crust encasing light moist filling, and it is densely packed with salmon.
This is another one of Micro’s seasonal toasts that I’m in love with. Creamy ricotta, rhubarb poached in ginger honey, and rhubarb jam, sprinkled with orange zest and pistachio bits, on what I still feel is one of the best sourdoughs on the island. It’s a delightful mix of sweetness and tartness, creaminess and crunchiness, on a foundation of a chewy sourdough.
Healthy and tasty bowl. The prawns were juicy and nicely seasoned. The macaroni salad had a creamy and tangy dressing. The sesame spinach was a little too cold and fibrous. The steamed cabbage was my favourite of the sides.
Although this is dry noodles, it’s not oily or covered in gravy. Instead it is light and healthy tasting, and seasoned with lime. There’s plenty of shredded vegetables mixed into it, in addition with several pieces of chicken and a spring roll. I enjoyed it very much.
This was the dish I fell in love with back in the old days when CMCR was new. It’s now sadly a far cry from what it used to be. The kale and broccolini were limp and the portion has reduced. Certainly not worth the price.
Like the rest of Gokoku’s mochi mochi buns, this bread is characteristically chewy, but not exactly mochi. I like how the bun is largely plain yet tasty, with faint bursts of sweetness from the bits of figs.
Hidden gem. This is the best beef noodles I’ve had. Watching the lady cut up whole pieces of tendon into big chunks, I knew I was in for a treat. The tendon and tripe both come in huge pieces, and the balls were tender and gamey. The soup was very flavourful and had a nice beefy taste without being overpowering. You get to choose any combination of beef meat, tendon, tripe and balls, and the price adds up depending on how many you choose.
Thick, with an intense earthy hojicha taste and well-frothed milk, this is my favourite non-coffee drink on the Huggs menu.
