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2019-03-04
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I was browsing where to go for lunch in Central and found this restaurant with 1 Michelin star. Weekday lunch sets didn't seem expensive with costs of $348+10% for 2 courses and $398+10% for 3 courses. So I decided to come try. The restaurant was quite small but the interior decoration was pretty modern with a few paintings. Given the small size, tables were really so closely packed together so that I could hear some of my neighbours' conversations over lunch. We came in a group of two and decid
The restaurant was quite small but the interior decoration was pretty modern with a few paintings. Given the small size, tables were really so closely packed together so that I could hear some of my neighbours' conversations over lunch.
We came in a group of two and decided to try everything on their lunch menu so placed our orders right away without studying their menu in details.
Bread with butter
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The appetisers were served to us very soon.
Smoked salmon with jerusalem artichoke, lovage mayonnaise and capers
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Smoked salmon with jerusalem artichoke, lovage mayonnaise and capers
The smoked salmon and the mayo were quite salty. The jerusalem artichoke couldn't balance the saltiness. The thin crisps on top did help enhance the texture of the dish, however, couldn't help enhance the rating of the dish. I could tell that the smoked salmon was fresh though.
Salad of beetroot, endive and blood orange with seared duck heart and toasted walnut
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Salad of beetroot, endive and blood orange with seared duck heart and toasted walnut
Ingredients were fresh. But the duck heart wasn't really fully cooked which could have been more chewy and tasted less bloody after being fully cooked. The toasted walnuts were so crushed and not toasted enough. This dish was really not my cup of tea.
Then it took quite a while for our mains to arrive.
Steamed hake with potatoes and cloud ear mushrooms in a kombu emulsion
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Steamed hake with potatoes and cloud ear mushrooms in a kombu emulsion
The steamed hake was very well cooked which was so tender and juicy. The sauce was very tasty in a rich flavour of "butter" or "cream". The potatoes were well cooked too, a bit chewy texture-wise. Appealing even to me who usually didn't like potatoes. There were a lot of crisps on top of the hake to enhance the texture. Delicious.
Braised veal cheek with crushed white beans, morteau sausage, peas and tarragon
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Braised veal cheek with crushed white beans, morteau sausage, peas and tarragon
The veal cheek was very well braised and was really tender. To pick bones from an egg, the beef flavour could have been richer though. The sauce was delicious too but a bit more salty than that of the fish dish. I was surprised to see a little bit of black truffle added to the dish but it didn't add much flavour to the dish overall. This was still a good dish but less good than the fish dish. By the way, we couldn't really find morteau sausage from the dish.
After finishing our mains, it took a long long time for them to serve us desserts.
Sweet corn ice cream with beurre noisette, kaffir lime chantilly
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Sweet corn ice cream with beurre noisette, kaffir lime chantilly
This was quite a special dessert with very rich sweet corn flavour. If you hadn't tried it before, I would recommend it to you. Texture-wise it could have been better but the rating of 5 was given taking into account the creativity.
Tomme de savoie with pear chutney and lavoche
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Tomme de savoie with pear chutney and lavoche
This type of cheese was of the right degree of saltiness, which was pretty good. The thin crisps were fresh and good. The pear chutney was ok too, slightly sweet to balance the salty cheese, and I wish there were more.
The set didn't include anything else like petite fours or amuse bouche or coffee/tea. Given the portion (especially the bread which was the major items to fill up your stomach), it was really a bit hard to justify the cost. Although location was central, the tables were too closely packed together for some privacy. Service was ok as the server did try to fill up my glass of water from time to time. It was a bit less efficient given the small number of dishes to serve. I would say I would rather top the price up a little bit to go somewhere for even better/more food and environment. Having tried all their items on the weekday lunch menu with some disappointments, I don't think I would go back again. That said, I would still give it an overall OK rating rather than a crying face.
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