BOMBASTIC BITES. In the world of Spanish cuisine, there are few dishes as desirable, or as hard to achieve, as the perfect paella.
A seemingly simple dish of rich, meatstudded rice flavored with stock and spices, a truly great paella not only balances each of those ingredient, it must be cooked in a specially-designed paella pan to create an outer layer of crisp, crusty rice that is the key textural component to the dish. And to create such a crust, only a special variety of short-grained rice called bomba will do. Foodies in or visiting Singapore now have access to the perfect paella whenever they want, thanks to the opening of Bomba (38 Martin Road, Singapore; +65 6509 1680; bomba.sg). This Spanish restaurant only uses its namesake rice in its plethora of paella dishes, and the kitchen has gotten this tricky dish down to a science. There are also a variety of delicious tapas, such as indulgent Iberico ham croquettes, to keep you happy while your paella cooks away.