Esquina Lunch
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Chiefeater Luke Soon had lunch at Esquina on Keong Saik Road, reflecting on its Catalan and Barcelona-style cooking over the years


Roast Meat, Street Food, Non-Halal
One surprise entry in the 2019’s “Michelin Plate” recommendation should be New Rong Liang Ge Cantonese Roast Duck Double Boiled Soup. The “San Pin” aka combination of 3 types of meat such as Char Siew, Roast Duck and Roast Pork is priced at an inexpensive $5, in generous portion and most alluring due to the gooey dark sauce drenched on top.

While meats are not of the most top-notch quality, they are certainly above the average and were mostly tender. The sweet dark sauce drizzled over the meats is not my thang. I was not fast enuf to stop them from doing it this time – this instantly -1 to -1.5 pts instantly. The sam ping (3 meats) is a 6/10 for me. Somehow in the spectrum of drizzled/sweetness – HK is driest, followed by MY and SG being the sweetest/sweetest (no, no, no). Even the chilli sauces are affected – the orangey goodness in HK and MY vs the dark sweetish chilli sauce here. No no no.

The roasted duck noodles was better at 6.5/10 – the springy noodles still had a tinge of sweetness to it (but acceptable). This place was a Michelin mention (they are not in the current list), above average for Singapore standards. Oh, and you’ve to deal with the sauna environment.

Business Hours
Opens Daily
07:00 am to 08:00 pm
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