Chef Ivan Brehm looks at how the spice trade influenced the food and culture from Asia to America and Europe, in his continuing Crossroads culinary journey at the Amoy Street restaurant Nouri. He's introduced new tasting menus with creations such as Wild Rice Stem featuring supple, bamboo shoot-like stems on a buttermilk gratin flavoured with cumin and angelica, inspired by a Paul Bocuse Normandy fish and noodle dish which showed how European cuisine made use of Asian flavours even then. In turn, Kanzuri risotto is made from a Japanese chilli and yuzu paste that was created after the Portuguese introduced chilli to Japan in the 16th century. The spicy risotto is topped with lightly cooked carabinero prawns basted in an emulsion made from its own juices. For dessert, a liquorice and violet parfait is a Scandinavia-meets-Asia ice cream sandwich for grown ups with a love-letter crunch.

Tasting menus are priced from S$145++ (five courses) to S$175++ (seven courses). For reservations, call 6221-4148