Aminurrashid Hasnordin's Next Venture - Elevated Dining

For Aminurrashid Hasnordin, life has been a meandering sequence of events that somehow culminated in a career as Founder and Head Chef of acclaimed The Social Outcast. His values will keep him in good stead for his next venture - elevated dining

- Jonathan Ho

I’VE ACTUALLY KNOWN HIM since he was a hawker in Tampines and now seated in Aminurrashid Hasnordin’s restaurant at The Grandstand, it’s plain to see that The Social Outcast has done very well for themselves; after all, it’s not every day you get to see a Muslim chef serve up fine meats and cuts charbroiled in a charcoal and hickory-wood grill oven. It’s not lost upon me that few brands get to reinvent and redefine themselves in this manner; for Fall/Winter 2022, Braun Büff el presented key pieces with strong notes of reinvention and unexpected contrast.

Mint, an affectation derived from Aminurrashid, is also a man of unexpected contrasts. Deeply philosophical, occasionally combative (as you will discover), he channels his contrasts into dishes that, like Braun Büff el’s latest collection, are familiar yet innovative. For example, his Tempura Fries, the perfect balance of crispy light batter and soft fluffy potatoes on the inside, is a recognisable classic but a new interpretation of everyone’s favourite side dish; case in point that if you can do small things well, so too will that attention to detail transfer to great endeavours.