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| - Ever since my first bite (at Pai), I've been in love with Chef Nuit's food. I may even have to declare her my favourite chef. Sorry, Susur. Her flavours are rich and so perfectly balanced. At Kiin, she takes the presentation to another level. it's worth taking a close look (and several pictures) of the intricacy of each piece of food on the plate.
I've been looking forward to this visit and I had the best company, JK, Sunny, May, and Fatza.
We ordered just in time to take advantage of a happy hour special on cocktails, a margarita for JK and a whisky sour for me.
Our first dish, Roy Thai (royal thai platter with mha hor, chor ladda, rhoom, and thoong thong), was an assortment of dumplings, each one a piece of art - the colours, the shapes, the textures, the flavours. It tasted pretty darn good!
Speaking of art, the next dish, Khao Yum (jasmine rice. rice berry white turmeric, long beans, lemongrass, sawtooth coriander, kaffir lime leaves, cucumber, toasted coconut, pomelo, fried chilli, sunflower sprouts, edible flowers, tamarind and soy bean sauce), was a masterpiece. Imagine an artist's palette, with colours carefully laid out, ready to paint, that's what this reminded me of. All the wonderfully colourful ingredients, including coloured rice, were laid out individually, a masterpiece in itself. Our server gave us enough time to capture the images before blending everything into a very delicious salad. Damn, that's good!
The Pork Jowl (grilled pork jowl tamarind, roasted rice, mint, roasted red chilli, Thai kale stalks) was perhaps the most flavourful dish and the meat was very tender with just the right amount of smoke. We were instructed to wrap the meat in kale before eating. OMG!
The Pandan Chicken (marinated chicken wrapped in pandan leaf, sweet chilli sauce) had each piece of chicken wrapped in a leaf that had to be removed before dipping in a sweet chili sauce and eating. Other than the presentation, this was the most "ordinary" dish that we had, although ordinary is not a word I would use to describe any of this food.
The food, presentation, and service were all outstanding! I was happy. Chef Nuit rocks!
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