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Christmas Special~
2017-01-27 4943 views
Christmas is another holiday excuse for good food and also has a sweet and warm feeling to me. As you all know, COBO is famous for its desserts and chocolate bonbons and this time, I to see how it can be fused with the Christmas atmosphere. I booked this restaurant almost a month in advance because I want to have my meal without mushroom as my dietary requirement and things was going smoothly until the "guarantee reservation deposit" part. I received a call and subsequently an e-mail about this
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Christmas is another holiday excuse for good food and also has a sweet and warm feeling to me. As you all know, COBO is famous for its desserts and chocolate bonbons and this time, I to see how it can be fused with the Christmas atmosphere. 

I booked this restaurant almost a month in advance because I want to have my meal without mushroom as my dietary requirement and things was going smoothly until the "guarantee reservation deposit" part. I received a call and subsequently an e-mail about this guarantee deposit on the 22nd of December and the payment should paid on or before 23rd of December orelse the reservation will be released automatically. This process could be done much earlier and smoother with longer buffer period since I booked this almost a month ago!

May be I booked quite early, we were given a table with 4 chair and I quite like this arrangement since it was right next to the window wall. Christmas props were essential to add a bit of christmas mood as well. This is a 6 course meal and I decided to go for the wine pairing as well. 
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 The Bread Basket
Bread Basket
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 Bread was slightly rough and dry, lack of doughy taste which makes it quite a mundane bread but the lego basket did add back some score.

Amuse Bouche
Amuse Bouche
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 The apple ravioli is very interesting! Although I do not know it this is still called "tempura" as stated on the menu, the puree and outer crispy layer did create a contrast on palate. This Foir gras seated on top of strings of potato is nice so as the chocolate cherry blended with salted praline. 

Ice garden + Australian white
Ice Garden
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 This is a pure veggie dish that is served ice-cold and paired with an interesting grape from Australia. Range of vegetables and fruits such as pear, peppers, apple, edamame and ice plant goes well with the crisp and peppery Australian white. The taste and pair is good and "Ice garden" is well named. 

Halibut Crab + New Zealand Chandonney
Halibut Crab
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 The Halibut seems to be slow cooked first then pan-fried and the texture and taste were superb! Occasions of sweetness and highlighted with the fried dill. The sauce has good citrus flavour and keep refreshing your palate every now and then. Good choice using chardonnay to avoid overriding of taste. 

Orange Sorbet
Orange Sorbet
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 Strong and intense orange zest with smooth texture. It is always good to clean your palate before moving on to the main dish.

Turkey Roulade + pinot Noir from Germany
Turkey Roulade
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 It's Turkey!~.  Exotic presentation that get rid of traditional turkey image is a success because I always have an impression that turkey meat is rough, but this turkey is actually very tender. Minimum of tannin also goes well with the meat. Silky texture and hint of red fruit merged with the sauce nicely. 

Autumn Kyoto Garden
Autumn Kyoto Garden
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 Originally, it was "mushroom forest", due to my dietary request, it is now "Autumn Kyoto Garden". It was a Beetroot sponge with a few other mix include rose jelly, sherbet Yoghurt and caramelized apple. Would it be better to name it as "winter" as it's celebrating christmas? But anyhow, I didn't enjoy this dish as each ingredient is so separate and the sponge was very rough.

Purple Chestnut with Italian sparkling wine
Purple Chestnut
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 Chestnut wasn't my cup of tea. Lavender flavoured marshmallow also didn't go well with chest nut. Liquid Chestnut Fondant was just bad. Hving said that, the italian prosecco alone was good to enjoy~ 

Janice Wong Signature Bonbons
Janice Wong bonbons
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 Salted caramel was good, but the truffle bonbons was bad because didn't I request a no mushroom meal? 
 Hot dishes were very good but at the same time, I am actually very disappointed at their dessert dishes , which suppose to be their strength. Atmosphere and pace for night was good and service was ok. There are a lot of good and bad stuff that makes an overall "ok". 
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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    Taste
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    Dining Method
    Dine In
    Spending Per Head
    $1350
    Celebration
    Christmas
    Recommended Dishes
    Halibut Crab
    Orange Sorbet
    Turkey Roulade