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2008-09-01
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I can sum up my dinner experience at this restaurant in one word: DISASTER. Don't waste your time going there. In fact I would not be wasting my time writing this but for my burning desire to warn everyone else against patronising this dignified gweilo "cha charn teng". To be honest, my motivation for going there was a voucher at the back of "U magazine" which promised a free dish (fried gooseliver) and a free bt of wine. The same ad explained that the name of the restaurant was derived fro
To be honest, my motivation for going there was a voucher at the back of "U magazine" which promised a free dish (fried gooseliver) and a free bt of wine. The same ad explained that the name of the restaurant was derived from the Italian expression which one is supposed to cry when the food is so good : "Mamma Mia!!"
I was so naive.
The two pieces of foie gras we had (one for me, one for my gf) were cooked in opposite ways: one was dripping blood , the other cooked through. Both of the had a funny fluffy texture which crumbled at the touch of the fork. Mamma mia. I nearly fainted.
The soup was equally unforgettable. My cream of mushroom soup had floating clumps of cornflour . Yummy. So did my gf's lobster bisque which tasted more like tomato soup than shellfish. Not a piece of lobster in sight. But for $158 (four courses): what do you can expect? You could say much worse.
Well you can't beat the price: $98 for half a spring chicken with pasta including soup and the freebies I mentioned. (We didn't drink the wine.) As we came out we saw the Italian chef dining "al fresco" with his Chinese chef on the pavement. As they waved me a fond adios, I couldn't help echoing the name of the restaurant: 媽媽聲.
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