La cicala

Birthday dinner at La cicala at Club street . Great atmosphere and food to boot... This place eluded us the last time so we headed to Los primos (still, worth a detour for its great tortilla !!)

White bait

Grilled vegetables and tomatoes with goats cheese ( a great combination)

Miso cod - prob the best I've had in awhile 

Generous portion of this yums squid ink paella. Simply lip smacking.

Lovely company ;)

Burnt ends

Snagged the last two bar seats at Burnt Ends (Teck Lim Road) - you can actually phone up between 6-630 pm after which they don't take phone reservations. We were lucky ;-) (even with parking). There is a separate bar seating for people to wait for the main bar seats- and just one private table that seats four further in.

We quite like the dynamic atmosphere here and watching the chefs at work- j had lots of fun with his kinotopic.

Salmon skin with ikura- interesting take on this Japanese appetiser. It's an all in one.

Smoked beef- dressed lightly and matched the sweet biscotti.

Lamb and goats cheese crostini(left the burnt ends of the bread behind lol). It's a great combination which I think I will try to do next time.

Smoked quail eggs- love the runny yolk. Also an option to add truffle.

Squid with corn and leek. Not as smokin as our smoked octopus at dada.

This kingfish is uber sweet über tender and went well with the Japanese seaweed. Prob second best dish of the night.

The honor goes to this onglet- which j told me its actually the skirt cut. Minimal fat and rare, yet charred on the outside- recommended!! Better than the skirt at Skirt IMHO;)

Went back to reassess and to await eot, before planning out our trip. Exciting with a plan in place ;-)