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2019-04-22
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This restaurant is located in the heritage site of a explosive compound-turned Asia Society. Its name stands for Asia, Modern, Museum and Original, with a really nice decor featuring a lot of copper elements, and the interior design is contemporary, but looking out the window you would see the dense trees giving an interesting contrast in scenery.Seated at the window side at a nice designer table and a comfortable sofa seat, we ordered a cocktail to start. I had the Smoky Bulb ($120) while my w
This restaurant is located in the heritage site of a explosive compound-turned Asia Society. Its name stands for Asia, Modern, Museum and Original, with a really nice decor featuring a lot of copper elements, and the interior design is contemporary, but looking out the window you would see the dense trees giving an interesting contrast in scenery.
Seated at the window side at a nice designer table and a comfortable sofa seat, we ordered a cocktail to start. I had the Smoky Bulb ($120) while my wife had the Nojito ($85). The salmon-colored cocktail is concocted from Campari, grapefruit juice and gin, while putting in a funny bulb-shaped container, with oak wood smoke adding hints of roasted nuts to the cocktail. There are some spicy chips provided to accompany the drink. Quite innovative, but the portion of the cocktail is simply too small and making me feel a bit cheated.
For starter we had 36 Month Casalba Pata Negra Ham ($198). The ham was nice, rich in flavors with a good balance of fat and flesh, permeating great taste. The portion was quite generous too. A good starter and even though this has nothing to do with the chef's skills.
Then we had two pasta. First was 'Korayaki' Style King Crab Ravioli ($268). Freshly made, the ravioli had a nice filling of king crab meat, offering a good bite on the skin while the inside was fresh and full of flavors. The sauce was prepared similar to lobster bisque with a rich and intense taste, and the small amount of crab roe put on top giving both a nice color and crunchy texture. A nice pasta in all standards.
The second pasta was Carabineros Red Prawn Linguine ($368). The size of the red prawn was truly large, although there was only one for the whole dish. The taste was nice, but compared with the ravioli it was less appealing on appearance or complexity. The linguine was slightly under-cooked for me.
For the main dish we just had one to share. The Acqua Pazza with Japanese Fresh Fish ($288). The staff explained to us that the stock was prepared using the clams and seafood, reduced to intensify the flavors, with some nice fresh fat clams and a fillet of snapper nicely cooked. The sauce was very sweet and full of the essence from the sea, with some small beans-like pasta which I did not know the name. I like this dish the most among all of the ones we ordered.
For dessert I had Caramelized Apple Tart with Madagascar Vanilla Gelato ($98) while my wife had the Matcha Tiramisu ($98). The apple tart was decent, quite beautifully put together, but the tart was in fact a puff pastry which was quite misleading and certainly much simpler to prepare. The slices of apple are very thin and small, with the cinnamon note dominated and there was not much apple characters that I could find. A bit disappointing.
With a bottle of water, the total bill on the night was $1772. Overall the price was on the high side but the environment and decor was certainly worth part of what we are paying for. The location is also rather seclusive and if you want to enjoy some quiet time this might be a good place to visit.
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