Now that the hoo-ha over whether chef Sia really was disgruntled about his time at the White Rabbit has died down (he wasn’t; it’s just a name to make you stop and think; and hopefully head inside) we dropped by to sample more than just their outstanding baked bone marrow with persillade. Having identified it as one of our 50 Things to Eat a couple of months back, we were curious to see if the rest of the menu delivered.
The short answer: it does, and then some.
The longer answer would involve starting off by mentioning how charming the space is, with a quiet outdoor area great for a couple of cocktail sharpeners (the strawberry mojito was a real table-pleaser) go on to talk about how hard it is to share dishes like the delicate tuna tartare and the moreish crayfish mac’n’cheese, even though sharing is the whole point of the place—go ahead, see how you fare letting the rest of the table mop up the baked camembert fondue with a deliciously tart Granny Smith apple sauce; then say something about how, whatever else happens, you absolutely must order the large plate suckling pig, cooked til crisp and served with a thick clove-infused honey.
Under pressure you might start talking about how the curried mussels, while delightful on their own, rather overpower the other dishes; and you’d be sure to query the choice of house music as an accompaniment. But by then you’d be at the bottom of a fine, entry-level bottle of Cockatoo Shiraz, pondering why it is that you’d never before thought of combining Roquefort cheese and chocolate ice cream to such winning effect as with the puff pastry fig crisps, stretching back in your chair and not in the mood for much talking.
So you give the short answer instead: A very good place indeed, this.
Have you tried the Baked Bone Marrow? It’s one of I-S Magazine’s 50 things to eat in Singapore before you die (2010). Or the grilled eel and foe gras made it to 50 things to eat in Singapore before you die (2012).
