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2014-12-12
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Booked a table earlier on the same day so there was no waiting time required.The set lunch menu includes a few appetisers, two soups, some mains and some desests. You could choose a two course or three course lunch.I choose the two course menu with the chestnut soup and a pasta dish. All sets included a 'seasonal ice tea'.The first thing that came was the tea. I am quite sure that the menu said 'ice tea'. It obviously came hot. Perhaps the restaurant should change the menu to reflect that li
The set lunch menu includes a few appetisers, two soups, some mains and some desests. You could choose a two course or three course lunch.
I choose the two course menu with the chestnut soup and a pasta dish. All sets included a 'seasonal ice tea'.
The first thing that came was the tea. I am quite sure that the menu said 'ice tea'. It obviously came hot. Perhaps the restaurant should change the menu to reflect that little mistake. I can't recall what flavour I tasted, perhaps apple, but it was mild and I should have asked for a bag of sugar.
Chestnut soup came up next. It first appeared as such, chestnut and cream (I think) scattered across the dish.
A waitress came with a transparent teapot and poured soup into the dish. It tasted good and savoury and it was hot enough.
Pasta dish came last. I have to say, the moment I first saw the dish, I seriously thought it was macaroni and cheese with pumpkin pieces. Only until half way through the dish did I realise that the cheesy coloured (and textured) sauce was in fact pumpkin sauce. I am still not too sure about that. I believe the dish would have been better if a different type of pasta was used. Thin and crunchy slices of fried bacon were placed on top which gave the dish a nice touch. Bacon pieces were a bit too hard to chew on though. Another funny thing I noticed on the menu was that this dish was labelled as 'pasta (v)'. Assuming '(v)' means veggie, the description was incorrect given the bacon that was included. Unless of course 'v' meant something cool in a cool language that I did not know. Meh. A friend who dined with me had the roasted chicken dish which was stuffed with some ingredients coupled with smoked eggplant mash. I had a taste of it and it was much better than my odd macaroni and cheese pasta dish. Should have ordered that instead.
One thing to note was the service. I do believe the staff working at Mano tried their best. However, they gave this distinct feeling of headless chickens running around. There were at least 4-5 floor staff and the dining area wasn't that large, but none of them seemed to be very organised. I had to wait for service for at least 15 seconds before someone noticed me.
Foodwise, the quality was alright. Portions were not very large. Given a choice, I would rather spend the same amount of money at Liberty Bar and Restaurant at IFC for a larger selection, larger portion and equal lack of service.
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