My brother had booked a table for 2 at Buko Nero a couple of months in advance and I had completely forgotten about it until he reminded me last night. This was one of the most hard-to-secure reservations in town, not only because the cuisine is amazing, but the fact that there restaurant is so small it only had space for half a dozen or so tables. I had heard a lot about the husband and wife team that ran the bistro, their food philosophy and their dedication to their craft by using only the freshest ingredients procured personally each morning from the local markets. Needless to say my expectations were cranked up a couple of notches higher than usual.
We started with Pappardelle with meat sauce, a simple dish full of flavor and pasta cooked al dente, and a tasty monkfish crostino. We were then served a plum and peach sorbet cleanser before our mains arrived - a crusted cod with saffron reduction and a kurobota pork sausage with balsamic reduction. Absolutely fabulous. This was the kind of food one would come to expect from more expensive fine dining establishments with exorbitant prices to match, but Buko Nero stands out as a very affordable gem in this part of town. I'd certainly make another reservation for dinner sometime soon, but with my erratic travel schedule, I'm not sure if I'll end up giving away my reservation again.Buko Nero is at 129A Tanjong Pagar Road. Reservations are highly, highly recommended a couple of months in advance.
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