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I still don't think PMQ will be a good location for restaurants but I guess the vast area can somehow compensate the remote feeling.  Like Vasco, they have 2 floors and it's so spacious that you won't have any pressure hanging out with friends from the bar area to the dining area.  Tables are nicely spaced out to provide privacy, at least, the conversation within the table won't be easily overheard by others.Here we go with the Chef tasting menu:  Bread loaf, extra virgin olive oil & butter I h
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I still don't think PMQ will be a good location for restaurants but I guess the vast area can somehow compensate the remote feeling.  Like Vasco, they have 2 floors and it's so spacious that you won't have any pressure hanging out with friends from the bar area to the dining area.  Tables are nicely spaced out to provide privacy, at least, the conversation within the table won't be easily overheard by others.

Here we go with the Chef tasting menu:

 Bread loaf, extra virgin olive oil & butter 
I have to praise them for their seriousness in offering the bread loaf with a full varieties of olive oil and butter. I was also told that the restaurant doesn’t offer balsamic vinegar since the chef strongly against it. He thinks the balsamic vinegar will ruin the superb taste of their olive oil. Good point and I don’t mind trying the olive oil alone and the whole range was impressive. For the butter series (carrot & beetroot are interesting), I enjoyed the mushroom (truffle) one the most as it got along so well with the sour dough.
Sour dough bread loaf
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Olive oil selection
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5-butter
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 Amuse Bouches
I am surprised to see 3 amuse bouches prepared by the restaurant, this was somehow quite pampering. Overall, their amuse bouches are creative and carefully planned to make each of them differently in order to tickle the palate of the diners before they kicked off the meal.
Amuse bouches
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Amuse Bouches
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Amuse Bouches
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 Marinated raw tuna with cold strawberry & tomato soup, pear sorbet, buffalo mozzarella cheese with caviar
It’s quite refreshing and not too heavy as a starter after I had loads and loads of bread intake with the butter & olive oil
Marinated raw tuna with cold strawberry & tomato soup
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 Lightly charcoal smoked oyster with onion cream and small squid ragout & crispy bread
This dish wasn’t bad at all, creamy and smooth. However, I found the oyster to be overly fishy in taste…I wonder why.
Lightly charcoal-smoked oyster
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 Onion pastry - this came with the oyster and it's very yummy with its soft and crispy texture 
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 Farmhouse egg with toasted butter & truffle foam + black truffle, duck consomme infused with citronelle, cured iberico pork loin
I regretted that so much (still regretting) we added the truffle to match the farmhouse egg. If I read the menu carefully, I will never mess up the lovely truffle in a soup base dish. The scent of the truffle was gone and it became tasteless and soggy the moment it was soaked in the consommé. How could the waiter not reminded us on that but convincing us to have the truffle go with the consommé?!
Farmhouse egg with toasted butter & truffle foam + black truffle
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 Monkfish cooked with Basque dressing, grebiche sauce, white chocolate & mussel emulsion
I believe I have said that a trillion times that it’s challenging to prepare a fish dish. Vasco has done a good job here as they picked the right fish – monkfish which is tender and not easily overcooked. The seasoning was fine and I am happy to see the interesting combination of white choco and mussel emulsion as it thickened and intensified the taste of the sauce.
Monkfish cooked with Basque dressing
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 Red Palamos prawn & sea urchin on a seabed with crustacean mayonnaise
This dish scored 100 points on its presentation as the whole setting did relate to the theme of ocean and sand beach. But then, the ingredients alone were not impressive, the prawn tasted good on its own but I don’t see the chemistry among the other ingredients though.
Red Palamos prawn & sea urchin
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 Chargrilled French pigeon, pork & mushroom cannelloni, pineapple & liver toast
This was the best dish of the night and it went so well with the Red wine too. The pigeon was prepared to perfection and you could still see the warm red flesh inside which was so tender that I felt like eating the Wagyu beef, it almost melted in my mouth. I like the intense freshness taste of pigeon but not gamey at all and I finished everything on the dish since they were so good. A must try signature dish from Vasco! 
Chargrilled French pigeon, pork & mushroom cannelloni
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 Compressed melon with mint, lime jelly & yogurt bom bom
Nice portion and well mixed of ingredients. The compressed melon was a bit on the sweet side which I hope they can tone down it down in the future. Personally, I don’t really like the taste of yogurt bom bom, felt like it’s something from another planet to go with this dessert dish.
Compressed melon with mint, lime jelly & yogurt bom bom
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 Textured chocolate with coffee & whisky ice shards 
I lost the image of this dessert which I like the most among all the others.  The slightly bitter chocolate just went so well with the coffee & whisky ice shards.  Lovely! 


 Petit four - very ordinary
Petite 4
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题外话/补充资料: my friend wanna go with a-la-carte but we were told on spot that it's not allowed since they could only offer tasting menu to the whole table..so beware!
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
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用餐日期
2015-08-14
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$2000 (晚餐)
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推介美食
Sour dough bread loaf
Olive oil selection
5-butter
Amuse bouches
Amuse Bouches
Red Palamos prawn & sea urchin
Chargrilled French pigeon, pork & mushroom cannelloni
  • Chargrilled French pigeon