18 Tanjong Pagar Road
Singapore 088441
Friday:
12:00pm - 02:30pm
05:00pm - 10:30pm
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Featuring tender abalone chunks nestled within a creamy white sauce infused with abalone liver, mashed potato and topped with a generous sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
While the dish leaned towards a slightly salty profile, its flavours were enhanced when paired with bread, offering a delightful way to soak up the rich sauce.
Overall, the Abalone Gratin proved to be a hearty and indulgent culinary delight, offering a symphony of savoury tastes and creamy textures that left me thoroughly satisfied. Its irresistible flavours lingered on the palate, leaving me yearning for another helping.
The base of chicken stock and the sweetness of the crab flavour makes this the best crab stock I've had for a risotto, or in fact maybe ever. Most crab stocks are pathetically weak or fishy
Some of the grains is a tad undercooked in the middle, however the stock carries and this is still amazing.
The fishiness of the average quality roe doesn't help, but the fried onion things do
Must try, I srsly can't recall another good crab stock
It's ok but tastes damn mild, despite the fiery colour.
Not recommended if you're expecting something strong, as you should from nduja, and this was hardly spicy at all
The crust isn't crispy but otherwise stellar
The burrata was good, the tomatoes could have been abit smaller and they needed more balsamic. Crust was otherwise quite good sia the bite is great and it's a tad spongy but holds the toppings well without being soggy
And the star was the prosciutto. It comes through very prominently because of the quality, but not overly salty and balances well w the other ingredients
Very, very good
For mains, I had Mentaiko and Ikura Cream Sauce Spaghetti ($20). This could have been quite jelak but the savouriness from the Japanese cod fish roe and salmon roe helps to cut through the richness of the mascarpone cream sauce. This is pretty tasty and my plate is wiped clean in no time.
This is my first visit to Luka and we started lunch with Tuna Tartare ($24). The combination of Negitoro (minced tuna), crab meat, avocado and ikura is fresh, creamy and full of umami, and it spreads like a dream on the crispy bread.