The Place With a good reputation of being one of the best Spanish Tapas restaurant in Singapore, it was a shame that we only managed to check out Esquina recently, which celebrated its fifth year anniversary recently. Located in a shop house setting along Jiak Chuan Road close to Chinatown and Outram Park MRT, this enclave houses some of the most popular restaurants in Singapore such as Burnt Ends and Restaurant Andre. The two-storey restaurant is filled almost every night, especially so for the seats at the bar table where you can catch the theatrical action in the kitchen. Keep a lookout for its head chef Carlos Montobbio, who has previously trainer under various Michelin-starred restaurants such as Roca brothers’ Celler de Can Roca (3 stars) and Zuberoa (2 stars) in Spain. The Food It’s a small and big plates Modern Spanish Tapas concept here at Esquina, with prices ranging from S$8 from the Snacks menu to S$42 for the mains. From the Snacks section of the menu, we started with some fresh Tsarskaya oyster (S$7 each), topped with a nice hint of Jalapeño ponzu, and complete with salmon roe and pickled ginger flower. Even the Rantee who usually do [...]![]()
