Who is this, Alvin Leung? We love his food!

Last Sunday, my husband and I stayed a night at Capitol Kempinski and redeemed a dinner meal at 15 Stamford. The chef-creator-curator was Alvin Leung, whom I later discovered is also fondly known as the Demon Chef. His plates, bowls, cups, saucers come with a very unique imprint of one such “Demon Chef.”

Demon Chef motif.

Same motif on a teacup saucer.

The menu of the night.

The menu was not quite enticing, with items like “Fois Gras Kaya Toast” that make me go “Er…” BUT. When the food came out, not only was the plating excellent and the portions hearty, the tastes and textures of everything (and I mean every dish) truly exceeded my expectations. I was actually both fully excited and incredibly satisfied! And so, I am going to share a photo of each dish with you.

In the order they were served:

Yellowtail Amberjack with yuzu gel, scallion oil, garlic, chilli, ponzu.

Mud crab white bisque with yellow curry snow crab bun and priment d’espeleite.

Foie gras kaya toast with organic egg foam, kaya gel and brioche.

Red sea bream with tumeric mousseline, papaya relish and 13 spice curry broth.

Angus beef short rib with nyonya pickles and gula melaka rendang sauce.

Roasted pineapple masala with dark rum, lime salt and madagascar vanilla ice cream. Also fried saba banana with rice paper, gula jawa caramel and toasted jin long yu (arrowana fish) ice cream.

When you read the names of these dishes, don’t let them fool you. They taste nothing of the pretentious sort. In fact, the tastes are surprisingly familiar with an edge of surprise, and also quite local-ish. I am, and have always been, immensely proud of my local Singaporean food. So local-ish flavours are to me, a great victory.

We were very happy and quite full.

Check out our smiles.

Wait no longer and try out this restaurant! :)

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