One of Singapore’s favourite restaurants is all set to fire up Dempsey Hill and the only person who needs convincing that it’s going to be a huge success is the chef-restaurateur Dave Pynt himself
When we met at a bar and played “fantasy dinner guests”—that is, the three people in the world, living or dead, with whom you would like to share a meal—Dave Pynt came up with Michael Jordan, Sir David Attenborough and...his wife—not Attenborough’s, but Dave’s.
It’s really sweet. Sticky toffee pudding with caramel sauce sweet, but despite this, I believe him. Dave and Katrina live and work together, beef cheek by jowl, almost every day of their lives as they whip the next incarnation of Burnt Ends into shape and yet, Dave would still like her to be there with him to break bread with Jordan and Sir David.
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Perhaps this comes as an even greater surprise when Mrs Pynt is asked to describe her husband in three words. Dave and I are sat at a table at the construction site that will be Burnt Ends II—the sequel (bigger and better, with a cast of thousands and even higher production values—assuming that’s possible). Katrina just happens to be in the vicinity and when Dave hollers to his wife, “how would you describe me in three words?”, she responds with nary a pause, “Difficult, difficult and difficult.”
You can see why the two get on so well and how the mutual appreciation has created such a sound working (as well as personal) relationship. They’ve been together for 10 years and have two adorable (I’m told) mini chefs. Mrs P—a fabulous baker—has been with Burnt Ends since its inception and her berry tart is legendary, apparently, or at least berry berry good. She’s also in charge of social media for the new venture and one suspects that she will be instrumental in facilitating the transition from a small, bijou eatery on Teck Lim Road to an establishment that could well be an absolute gem in the Dempsey foodiverse (new word) crown.
