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Newly opened at Frasers Tower, which is just a stone’s throw away from Tanjong Pagar MRT, is Cuba Libre Café & Bar! ❤ Helmed by Executive Chef Alex hailing from Cuba, @cubalibre.sg serves contemporary Latin American cuisine. With a strong belief & dedication to using fresh ingredients & cooking only upon orders to ensure 100% freshness, it is not hard to see Chef plucking lime or fresh mint leaves to concoct your jug of mojito or picking herbs for your plate of olives. 🤩🤩🤩
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Honoured to join @Burpple’s March eat-up where Chef thoughtfully created wine & food pairings for us! If you don’t trust me, trust Chef Alex! 😉
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Started the night with a glass of CastellBlanc Cava Brut, which looked like champagne but tasted very crisp, even more so than sparkling wine. 😋 As someone who seldom drinks & can’t appreciate hard liquor, this one from Catalonia, Spain carried a pleasant light sweetness of the grapes, which appealed to me coupled with those fine bubbles. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Pairing this glass with their Mixed Seasoned Olives (launching soon) is simply perfect. 💕 Seasoned with fine herbs & honey balsamic dressing, these plump olives were soft & bursting with flavours after absorbing the essence from herbs like thyme, rosemary & olive oil, which complimented its innate soft creamy mouthfeel. 😍😍😍 Super addictive & I couldn’t help but keep poppin’ more of them into my mouth! Wash down any tartness with the wine & u’ll be ready to start again! 👌🏻
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Whet your appetite with their Shrimp Skewers (5 for $10) - a must-try! 💯 Featuring springy sautéed shrimp brochettes glazed with white wine served with lemon & red chilli sauce, this was indeed a HOT favourite among the Burpplers! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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The outstanding creole sauce was reminiscent of nonya otah (or otak-otak), perhaps attributing to similar spices used, but 1 thing is for sure - it has a fiery kick so remember your glass in hand! 🔥🔥🔥So good that we wiped the sauce clean with some toasted bread like Singaporeans do our chilli crab sauce with mantous. 😂
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A perfect start to the night & other good food that awaits us! ✌🏻