kilo

it's no secret that i'm a huge fan of raw kitchen bar. in fact, it's one of the places i recommend most frequently to friends looking for an unordinary dinner place. so you can imagine how distraught i was when i learnt that raw kitchen bar had ceased to operate out of the old fire station it once did!

a few months went by and i was resigned to never having salt and pepper squid again :( but then, most miraculously, i got wind that raw kitchen bar had relocated to kampong bugis (also home to loysel's toy and 13wives) and couldn't wait to visit a new old haunt. 

it's also no secret that i'm a huge fan of surprises and surprise dinner reservations thoughtfully made for late because i'd team drinks till 9+ go a loong way :) 

sat at the bar to watch the action, but they'd the most eclectic mix of table tops, too!

love the grungy feel about the place!

kinda sore that i didn't have a good camera because the iphone flash makes the meat look brown but the steak tartare was divine and i felt so very sorry for the german expats who sniffed, 'looks dangerous...' after a sideway glance at my plate. they don't know what they missed! will be absolutely crushed if i can no longer eat raw food one day :(

if you do go to kilo, do try the salmon sushi with deep fried chicken skin and the stuffed figs. the carbohydrate queen in me vouches for their pastas, and you can't go wrong with the ahi poke!

plus as an added bonus, here's a cute story behind the name! 

this is the kilo flag taken on another day. so, wiki (and the lovely proprietress told me) that...

Combinations of alphanumeric characters are assigned as codes for various standardized messages. For instance, the master of a ship may wish to communicate with another ship, where his own radio may not be working, or the other ship's call sign is not known, or the other ship may not be maintaining a radio watch. One simply raises the Kilo flag (see diagram at the top), or sends the Morse code equivalent (dash-dot-dash) by flashing light; this has the assigned message of "I wish to communicate with you."

isn't this nifty?! betcha didn't know that!