Yellow Pot: Yet Another New Take On Chinese Cuisine
Baked Sea Bass
Yellow Pot, located at the swish new hotel Six Senses Duxton, is a classic 'Chinese food, re-engineered with organic and sustainable ingredients' kind of place. The food is good to a point, but the reality is that, despite the fabulous decor and chic setting, it's just another contemporary take on traditional Chinese cuisine.
Braised Duck Spring Roll
The terms luxury and sustainability aren't usually two words that one finds in the same sentence, however, set in a row of beautifully restored shophouses in Singapore's Duxton enclave, in the Tanjong Pagar area, the Yellow Pot satisfies nearly all senses and pulls off the schtick.
Once inside, designer Anouska Hempel has conjured up a cosy, luxurious space with contrasting blacks, golds and yellows - lots of cushions, nooks and crannys. It's all strangely reminiscent of a Shanghai Tan outlet. The degustation menu served was a solid mix of dishes that Chef Sebastian Goh had plainly put his heart into.
The chilled organic vine-ripened tomatoes in a “Li Hing” plum infusion (S$8++) was melt in the mouth - the plum fusion more or less cancelled out the taste of the single tomato though. This was followed by seared pork cheek, with cumin, chili, mango (S$12++), then a really excellent hot & sour soup with wood ear mushrooms, bean curd and Sichuan chili oil (S$12++).
Chilled Organic Vine-ripened Tomatoes
The roasted duck with fermented bean curd marinade (S$32++ for half a bird) was sadly quite dry; the wok-seared organic grass-fed beef tenderloin with himalayan salt (a new one to me!), crushed tellicherry peppercorns, honey, crispy garlic (S$36++) was beautifully cooked.
This was followed by a forgettable braised Malaysian white cabbage (S$12++), followed by the an uneventful steamed Kühlbarra barramundi with scallion-ginger pesto (S$22++), however the braised sweet & sour eggplant (S$14++) was a real crowd pleaser.
Lemongrass & Calamansi Jelly
Avoid the lemongrass & calamansi Jelly (S$8++) as I'm quite sure there is a superior version in the food court across the road. Rating 6/8 < More Here
