Lunch today: back to ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ after a 4-year hiatus. It was a simple lunch, but those were surprisingly very well-executed dishes:
Cold capellini, with lumpfish caviar & kelp.
This beautiful edible work of art was first introduced by former Chin Chin Chef Jack Yeap to El Faro (Jack has now moved on, and cooks at Indigo at the Blue Mansion).
The dish was conceptualized by ex-Les Amis Singapore executive chef, Gunther Hubrechsen, back in 2004 (before he branched out into his own restaurant, Guntherโs, on Purvis Street in 2007).
Jack Yeap wouldโve picked up the dish during his Les Amis work stint. This dish has also been offered at the now-defunct Quickie by Chin Chin in Gurney Plaza, and now here.
Bikini sandwiches. The name comes from the Bikini Concert Hall in Barcelona, where vendors have been selling Jamon Serrano, Manchego cheese & truffle sandwiches to late-night revelers and concert-goers since 1953.
Chin Chin Gastropubโs bikini sandwiches stay through to the original, with Jamon Serrano and Manchego cheese sandwiched between wafer-thin toasts, slathered with truffle honey.
Grilled Iberico pork collar, with Romaine lettuce, smoked ham, organic corn & honey mustard dip. This is the best pork dish Iโd had in ages. Will come back for this.
Chin Chin Gastropub has undergone a change of ownership since my last visit. But everything seemed virtually unchanged, which is a good thing, IMO.
Chin Chinโs location on Lintang Burma, the quiet street of retail & commercial outlets in a residential part of Pulau Tikus, is beginning to look busier nowadays.
