{"id":75180,"date":"2026-08-09T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75180"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:43:11","slug":"dish-in-focus-mac-n-cheese-at-lazy-suzy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75180","title":{"rendered":"Dish in Focus: Mac n\u2019 cheese at Lazy Suzy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lazy Suzy is one of SoHo\u2019s most distinctive new openings: a Canto-American restaurant and drinking hole from chef-owner Natalie Ngan, tucked away in a basement space off Staunton Street. The kitchen takes familiar flavours and twists them into something playful and unexpected, like squid toast or carbonara rice cake.<\/p>\n

Mapo tofu, for example, is turned into a cheeky, comfort-first mac and cheese, layering mala heat, minced pork and a four-cheese sauce over chifferi rigati pasta \u2013 a dish that feels both nostalgic and a little mischievous.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably a late-night idea pop,\u201d explains Ngan. \u201cI wanted a fun play on a classic [and] I think I got the idea while eating mapo tofu.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lazy Suzy\u2019s mac n\u2019 cheese. Photo: Jocelyn Tam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Having grown into a restaurant signature, there\u2019s no doubt that the creamy, spicy pasta has the cheese pull of your dreams, plus enough heat to keep things interesting.<\/p>\n

Ngan settled on chifferi rigati pasta. \u201cIt\u2019s one of my favourite pasta shapes. I think it holds a lot of the sauce and it\u2019s got a nice texture to it,\u201d she explains. As she says this, she\u2019s cooking the pasta with a secret blend of mala spices and minced pork, which gives the mac its savoury backbone, while cream is combined with the sauce to keep it from feeling heavy.<\/p>\n

Ngan says she wanted to soften the mala spice with lighter-flavoured cheeses, admitting she doesn\u2019t actually love cheese herself. \u201cI relied on people who did to help perfect the cheese blend after creating the mala cream base.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lazy Suzy\u2019s mac n\u2019 cheese is topped with light-flavoured cheeses including Parmesan, white cheddar and white sharp. Photo: Jocelyn Tam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This mix of Parmesan, white cheddar and white sharp is added, and mozzarella is sprinkled on top. Then it\u2019s finished under a salamander grill to slightly crisp the top layer while everything else melts evenly through the pasta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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