Masterminded by @kenloon, @magicsquare.sg in 2018 was a radical venture. The year-long hothouse for the three young chefs he had chosen, proved a breath of fresh air for Singapore’s dining scene. While the trio - Abel Su, Desmond Shen and Marcus Leow, got properly schooled in what it takes to run a successful restaurant, many (me included) were all too happy to pay for the privilege of being their “guinea pigs” month after month. Fast forward to September 2021. After almost three years, Magic Square 2.0 has re-emerged, as a bigger and much slicker machine. Located barely a hundred metres from their original location, one look at this place and you know they mean business. And it is only the beginning, because plans are afoot to re-invest in building facilities to support food processes (fermentation, R&D etc.) all around the restaurant. Chefs Eugene (@abangkau), @jonathan_gan, @lawjiajun and Gail (@hungryatmidnight) were cherry-picked by Ken for this second edition. But the flagging-off honours belongs to alumni and mentoring Chef, Marcus Leow (@markerpenn), who is also @nakedfinn’s Head of R&D. His 9-course menu which runs from September (reserved for family and friends) to end of this October is priced at $168++ per pax (subsequent months’ will be $98++). Reservations will be purely via an online ticketing system that’s due to launch soon, so I suggest stalking @magicsquare.sg for updates. Thanks to Ken’s invitation, I booked 4 seats (they only do counter seating) and got to embark on a most exciting culinary adventure last Friday. It was almost emotional to see how much Chef Marcus has grown in every way. Talent honed with passion and dedication over time, can indeed be formidable. Here is his menu: 1. Snacks - All three dazzled. The Aori Ika (bigfin reef squid) on rice cracker with octopus stock was so creamy due to multiple tiny cuts. My fave was the choux puff made with laksa crust sandwiching confit Indian Halibut, shaved ginger flower and black pepper. The third bite, a sugar snap pea and savoury kaya tartlet, was familiar to those of us who’d visited the first #MagicSquareSg. ⬇️Continued in Comments⬇️

[📌 Paramount Coffee Project, 80 Commonwealth St, Sorry hills] [Sydney Lockdown] [A.P bread pop-up] [Fri-Sat] Lockdown life is pastries & sweet treat life @pcpsydney @reubenhills ☕ @specialtycoffeecollective @nespresso compatible coffee pod latte 🍄🍳🧀🥓🥐 @lpsqualitymeats Ham & Asiago cheese, everything bagel Pretzel croissant with truffle infused fried egg topped with shaved @madametruffles black truffles 🧀🥐 @a.p.bread Asiago Cheese, Sesame & Aleppo pepper scroll croissant 🥥🥐 Coconut Palmier 🍮🍩 Caramel bomboloni with Sheep's yogurt glaze 🥐 Plain croissant _ Eating my pastries weight everyday throughout lockdown . 😛😛 Just some of the many many pastries eaten from Ap bread. 😄😄 One of the few pastries pop-up spot that I really enjoy. 😋😋🤤 #sydneylockdown #sydneyfood #melbournefood #brisbanefoodie #perthfood #sgfood #hkfood #koreanfood #japanesefood #frenchfood #Italianfood #nyceats #foodporn #foodies #instafood #dessert #donut #bomboloni #palmier #hamandcheese #croissant #eggporn #yolkporn #truffle #truffles #相机食先 #vscofood #eeeeeats #teampixel #tcatapbread

Today’s Dinner: Japanese Cuisines by @gesuto.kl ————————— If you’re craving for some fresh and delicious Japanese Cuisines , do try them! Got them cause they are having Buy 1 Free 1 Promo now until end of September🔥 What I’ve ordered : 1. Uni Chirashi - 5/5⭐️ - The Sea Urchin is super fresh! And it’s really my 1st Sea Urchin, seriously tasted good😍 together with ikura, mentaiko😋It’s just wowzers 🔥 2. Teriyaki Salmon Donburi - 4/5⭐️ - Love the onsen egg really watery and careful of poking it and drain the eggs all over 😜 3. Angus Shigureni - 5/5⭐️ - if you love beef, these Angus beef briskets are seriously for you! Nicely marinated, texture of the Beef brisket is not too tough as well.🥩 4. Truffle Pappadelle with fresh shaved truffle 😋 - 5/5⭐️ - My first ever fresh shaved truffle!😍 I’m surprised with the taste(sorry never had them🙈) It’s very mushroomy and a bit fermented soury taste but still it mixed well together with the pappardelle!🔥 #gesutokl #japanesecuisines #buy1free1menu #truffle #uni #seaurchin #japanesefood #japanesefoodlover #foodieskl #fooddelivery #foodreviews #foodreels #foodlover #foodporn #foodstagram #japanesefoodkl #homedelivery #joshuatsi佐斯华 #joshuaEATS