And it's with that last one in mind that your friendly neighbourhood Foodgae found his way to Meatology, several steps away from Artisan in TTDI. Overall verdict? Lovely food with some occasional missteps, and lovelier company (@hooikhaw and @fatboybakes who are splendid dinner companions). We go into a bit more detail below:
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Proceedings started with a very healthy yee sang that was more salad-y than expected. Was alright. Nice tuna sashimi, octopus, jellyfish, pork cracklings (lots of work) etc but @simon.eat.travel did a fantastic one recently at EDM (Emily's Dinner Mingle) that will be very hard to top. Next came the flaming crabmeat soup, which was lovely. Just lovely. Rich, sweet, and robust, it was flamed with brandy and we couldn't get enough of it. Well, I couldn't.
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The "sea treasures" packed everything from abalone to clams to scallops to brandy to truffle oil, on top of glass noodles that ended up soaking and absorbing the wonderful broth. They tasted incredible, as you can probably guess. Squiggly squid (ugh) but the scallops were spot-on and pretty much all the other parts worked well individually and collectively. And the pot barely left the table before the smoked duck risotto plonked down. The lap cheong was an absolute delight. The smoked duck rivalled it for star status, with a perfect understated smokiness trickling in at the end of each bite. Rich, deep, and subtle all at once. Fantastic. BUT I do have a gripe: the arborio rice didn't have the sort of bite I like with my risotto. Was a bit too soft for me. And the waxed duck was too salty. And yet, even factoring all those in, it's hard to speak out too much against this dish because it really was pretty damn good. Which is more than I can say for the blue eye cod salted egg thermidor thingamajig - that unfortunately was overcooked and overly meaty. Win some, lose some, I guess. All dishes considered, Meatology plants itself firmly in the Return basket.
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