M E D I A T A S T I N G
I have long been a fan of Chef Damian’s uncompromising and robustly flavoured dishes. That and his encyclopedic knowledge in the culinary heritage of the Peranakans and Eurasians. So happy I got a good helping of both at the media tasting for Folklore’s Christmas Menu to be launched on 14th December.
The “White Debal” ($42++) was one of my two top dishes from that evening. It is essentially the popular Eurasian dish of “Curry Devil” but cooked with a white meat like chicken or turkey. I had a piece of thigh meat and it was cooked just right and tasted delicious. The highlight in this for me though had to be the housemade “achar”. Those pickled carrots, cucumber, whole garlic cloves and shallots gave the thick “rempah” punch and were so addictive to munch on.