7,107 Flavours (Filipino)

Expect Filipino staples at this joint, every dish cooked with fidelity for a clientele of expats. The inasal na manok is grilled to a mahogany char, its flesh sweetened by a marinade of garlic, lemongrass, calamansi, coconut vinegar and ginger, and its skin basted with annatto oil (a peppery, sweet infusion of annatto, a Filipino spice), bay leaves and garlic. The ensaladang talong is particularly outstanding; wondrously smoky strips of grilled brinjal, drenched with a mix of sharp coconut vinegar and raw crushed garlic. Easily the next best thing to schlepping to Manila. #02-02 Marina Square, 6 Raffles Blvd. City Hall. courses SG$9-SG$15