Food Picks: Seafood-forward restaurant Estuary relocates to 9 Penang Road
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Estuary's fish and chips (left) and crispy skate wings.
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SINGAPORE – Amid the waves of closures in the challenging food and beverage scene, there are those that press on – in a new location.
Seafood-forward restaurant Estuary – established at the basement of Palais Renaissance in 2022 – moved to 9 Penang Road in Dhoby Ghaut in July. It may be off the main shopping belt, but at least it is in a more prominent, ground-level unit with a higher footfall.
And it is time for its chef-owners Polo Seah and Gary Lian – both formerly from the home-grown Jigger & Pony Group – to shine again.
Lunch sets start at $14.80++ (includes a soft drink) with a choice of main course such as grilled chicken leg, fish and chips (add $4) or porchetta claypot rice (add $5).
The no-brainer is the fish and chips ($28 for a la carte), made with the more unusual parrotfish that has a firm and meaty texture, and coated in a light and crisp batter.
There are plenty of small plates for sharing, clearly geared for the drinking crowd. Score the best happy hour deals before 7.30pm – wine, beer and cocktails are priced from $10 to $16.
Also available before 7.30pm are oysters at $4 a piece (minimum order of six), currently from Japan, the United States, New Zealand and France. After 7.30pm, each piece is $7.
Other highlights include crispy skate wings ($15), almost nugget-like chunks of stingray glazed in caramelised fish sauce and chilli; tender sashimi-grade Hokkaido cuttlefish ceviche ($19), cured in Peruvian-style tiger’s milk and sweet potatoes; and crab toast ($23), with ricotta and tobiko.
Estuary's cuttlefish ceviche.
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Get the best of these highlights in the seafood tower ($78, good for two), which features oysters, sweet prawns, cuttlefish ceviche, tuna tataki, crispy skate wing and crab toast.
If you must have meat, there are mains of buttermilk fried chicken ($32), a recipe of chef Lian’s mother; and Sakura Pork Chop ($67).
Desserts come in the comforting form of sticky date pudding ($15) and dark rhum tiramisu ($19).
Estuary's sticky date pudding.
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Where: 01-08/09, 9 Penang Road www.estuary.sg
MRT: Dhoby Ghaut
Open: 11am to 10pm (Sundays to Wednesdays), 11am to midnight (Thursdays to Saturdays)
Tel: WhatsApp 8281-0405
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