The Place There are many new restaurants and cafes opening in Joo Chiat in 2021, and Asador has been on my radar especially after I visited their sister restaurant Next Door Spanish Cafe along East Coast Road. Asador is also a Spanish restaurant and specialises in grilled dishes, and I find that it injects a new lease of life to the Joo Chiat precinct. The space is semi-casual, and exudes a neighbourhood vibe, though it is more formal that Next Door Spanish Cafe in terms of the dining setting and prices. The Food The menu is mainly split into starters, seafood, meat and dessert and it does evolve periodically. For a start, I had the Tartar (S$28) which is dry-aged beef tartare with smoked bone marrow. Served with a few slices of crispy bread, this is a rich rendition of beef tartare especially as it is topped with sinful bone marrow butter. Good to share, as it can be too rich for one person. A hot starter which is hard to go wrong is the Huevos Rotos (S$16) where you get hand cut frites with chorizo & runny egg. The potatoes are lovely, thick and chunky which absorbs and scoops [...]
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