The first of @lumbre.sg pasta entrées is the Squid Ink Capellini Pasta, Fried Baby Squids and Uni ($36++). Pasta is an Italian thing, but it’s been adopted and tweaked (or massacred depending on your perspective) by every European nation, from the Finnish to the Spanish. As such, it was no surprise that Lumbre has a couple of pastas on their menu, and those pastas contain no surprises either.⠀
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Al dente pasta fortified with the umami of squid ink is twisted into an insta-ready twirl, decked out with uni and five deep fried baby squids. The pasta was decently delicious and slick, and the creamy, rich uni added an extra luxurious touch to the carbs. The baby squid was coated in a delightfully thin batter, deep fried to crispy comeliness on the exterior and just satisfyingly chewy on the interior.⠀
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Lumbre’s Squid Ink Capellini Pasta, Fried Baby Squids and Uni is a solid dish, but ultimately a very forgettable one. Squid ink pastas are a dime a dozen in the current year, and Lumbre’s rendition didn’t do anything to stand out from the crowd. But to be fair, Lumbre is a Spanish restaurant that focuses on flame grilled dishes, so judging them on a pasta isn’t quite fair.