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2018-03-13
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"Bao bei" is perhaps the sweetest name that you can call your beloved ones, no matter they are your wife, girlfriend or your daughter. Today I'm bringing my bao bei to Bao Bei. I am a person that loves planning, especially for meal plans, and of course, as usual, I asked for their menu to see if I would like to have a tweak. Today we are trying their valentine's day menul and I am very satisfied with it especially the difference for starters "for him" and "for her".After a long staircase down,
After a long staircase down, turn left before the bar area, that's the main dining hall. Three big female portraits, fashionable and eye catching.
I booked the table around 2 weeks before valentine's day and I was still given a big round table. The slightly dimmed settings added a bit of romantic element for the night. Table settings was simple, chopsticks, fork and knife and you can tell it is a fusion restaurant, at least with some shadow of Chinese cuisine.
Before everything is served, the little act of instant photo, capturing the sweet moment, is also well thought.
A complimentary glass of sparkling wine for both of us. It was brut with clean freshness. It also a bit of mild citrusy and a bit of hinted toast with a wrapped character of expression, good amount of bubbles and crisp of finishing that reminds me of one sparkling that I had in Italy. Not a bad choice for the start of the night. It would be better if the flute glass were slightly taller.
Sparkling wine
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The starter "for him" was a beer battered tiger prawn, while the starter "for her" was a hand-pulled chicken salad. The batter wonton strips was paired with a sweet sauce, although a hint of acidity, but the palate was in good harmony and does really increase your appetite. Although I cannot taste any hint of beer that you would normally do for example from the "beer battered onion rings", but It was crisp, the prawn was fresh and quantity was about right. It is a very satisfied palate experience with different texture. Overall, it does make you waters your mouth and I think it is a good appetiser. Her starter was a hand-pulled chicken salad paired with sesame dressing with a hint of wasabi sauce. The acidity really is the key for starter and I like them both. The brut sparkling do match with both starters, but if I were to choose one one, it would be the beer battered tiger prawn.
Hand-pulled chicken salad and beer battered tiger prawn,
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With a beetroot barley soup included in the menu, this infusion menu is getting more interesting. Soup was smooth and creamy. Although I am not a great fan for barley, but I finished the last bit of it and the essence of barley is really the key of the soup.
a beetroot barley soup
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Mains arrived with an interesting appearance, not least the contrast from the egg rice bun and it may took a bit of imagination for this. Slighlty difficult to handle, especilly with the oily rice cake bun and the runny egg yolk. It can be a bit messy if it is not carefully handled. Pork was very tender, juicy and the runny egg yolk added the WOW factor to the palate in terms of taste and texture. The urge for pairing woke up after the first bit of this dilicious homemade cha siu bun and I ordered the special valentine's day cocktail - Cupid's potion, a combination of vodka, godiva liquor, osmanthus honey and cream, garnished with a rose pedal. First, the looking was perfect, eye catchy with romance element and the cocktail was rich, creamy, sweet with interesting herbal taste. The interesting herbal taste is getting stronger and stronger as you drink and it is the star anise that they put along with the cocktail and I actually do not like it. Partly because it is too thick in texture to paired with the greasy burger, and partly due to the fact that the star anise doesn't match any part of the drink. I do not mind the taste of star anise, but it might go better with gin or vermouth or even campari for example. The star anise was a bit too much and a bit too unnecessary. There is also some orange skin stripes within the cocktail, but again, i don't think it match well with the drink nor the food. Bad decision here.
Cha siu egg rice burger
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Cupid's potion
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They cook the salmon filet in parchment paper and for a wild guess, is it a fusion of Chinese with Italy or Spain? If the chief complaint for not cooking a fish well in a restaurant, it must be the skin that is not cooked properly. It is not a concern here with a good pink middle that retained the tenderness. Butter sauce and lemon grass sauce is also very concentrated.
Salmon filet
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salmon filet with pink middle
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Dessert is an impression style offering 2 heart shaped mango moose with fresh berries and chocolate decorations. Although lack of mango tang, but the overall texture was firm and not bad as a finale.
Mango moose
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It is always something missing if the dishes were not paired and for this meal, I would say, is half satisfied purely because it is not fully paired up. Having said, baobei really brings you a good vision of their fusion food but most importantly, my "baobei" is satisfied, hence, I am also satisfied. Not a bad cost-ratio for the night with only $598 per couple for the set menu.
salmon filet in parchment paper
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