La Maison

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Item: La Maison
Rating: 5
Author: christychinam

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$201-400

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christychinam

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A restaurant that not only serve great food but spreading love and joyfulness to customers. An experience that was unforgettable and I truly believe I would come back any time soon.

It was my best friend birthday and she was asking for a taste back in Portugal as she was in Portugal exact same day a year before. I purposely arranged this restaurant to give it ago seeing their authentic interior design and serving Portugese signatures.

Greeted by sweet loving staff with a big warming smile, definitely allowed me to forget about my work from the past week and yessss, it's Friday!
Restaurant was cozy and warm lighting. Paintings hanging on walls with some vintage dining table decorations. Felt like dining in the tavern in mediterranean countries.

First came with their house olive ciabatta. Freshly made and serving with butter and salmon spread. Ciabatta was warm and soft. Slight crunch from the crust while soft and airy crumb. Love how they finely chopped the olives mixing with the ciabatta. Every bite was an explosion of olive flavour which as an olive lover, it was absolutely delicious. Salmon spread was smooth and right balance of fishy flavour. Neither fishy nor lumpy at all. Perfectly match with the saltiness of the olive.

Mushroom flan salad was served next. Mushroom flan was smaller than expected; yet with explosion umami flavour. Finely diced mushrooms were used which kept its silky smooth texture. Neither too wet nor falling apart at all. It kept its shape perfectly even cut it in portions. Salad was alright, butter lettuce was lightly dressed.

Bacalhau balls were one of the highlights tonight. Visually, it looked pretty much like those from Spanish or Portugese restaurants. Once cut it half, you could see the smoothness of the potato mash and fish mixture. Extraordinary crisp batter with perfect seasoned cod fish potato mixture. Perfectly fried without greasiness. It was absolutely delightful. I could eat that on my every visit.

Portugese sausages weren't what I expected to be presented and I never thought of falling in love into. It was thinly sliced and in burgundy colour. It was similar to salami sausage type with right amount of fattiness. Nicely grilled that the fattiness gave a boost of meaty flavour. It wasn't tough but just right to cut through. Pairing with the chopped green apples, it was a tangy refreshing bite that balanced through the savouriness and heaviness. Well done.

Escargot was another star of tonight. The buttery garlic smell already made you drool while served. Chef thoughtfully de-shell the escargot. Each spoonful of escargot was scooped with the mashed potato underneath. Escargot was juicy and garlicky while mashed potato was well seasoned with parsley and buttery. Silky smooth and light. Absolutely amazing.

Moving on to the mains, we ordered their signature, 1/4 of piglet. It was roasted to perfection. i could barely flaw anything. Insanely crispy skin with right amount of fat between the skin and meat. Meat was so soft that could shred out from the bone and melted in mouth. Meaty and smoky. Dijon mustard gave a kick to enlighten palate when having such a big meaty bite; sauerkraut refreshed palate; the last darker sauce tasted similar to a plum sauce which was tangy and acted awakening the taste bud. The sauerkraut was pickled well that we even asked for more.

African chicken was the only let down tonight. Flavour side, it was good. It was a spiced hearty dish. Chicken was moist and in big pieces. Marinated well and moist. Sauce was prepared with loaded vegetables and spice. Neither too thick nor watery. Unfortunately, it was served in room temperature, which kind of odd to eat especially with the spice flavour.

The quality of sardines and the technique of grilling fish could be told by just the appearance of the sardines. Chargrilled perfectly with crispy skin evenly throughout the whole fish and both side. Bones were crisped to perfection that could all be eaten. Lightly salted combining with the smoky crispy skin literally took away the fishiness. Amazing once again.

Last but not least, dessert time! French chocolate fudge cake was served with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Indulgent dark chocolate ooze out from the lava cake. Combining with the vanilla ice cream, without a doubt a heavenly bite. Dark cherry clafoutis was a soufflé. Better eat the clafoutis asap once served as it would collapse very soon. Light airy soufflé was on an eggy side. Lightly sweetened with few cherries exploding juice. Not bad.

Here it came to the few compliments I wanted to highlight and grateful from this restaurant.

Looking around every table tonight, almost all guests opened at least a bottle of wine and most would have a deep look on the source and took a picture of the wine. And from the bottle I opened, Cartuxa Monte de Pinheiros Regional 2021 Alrntejano, it was in a reasonable price but with unexpected quality! Both of my friends weren't a wine person but both fell in love with it. Not sweet but light fruitiness. A very pleasant aroma with freshness. Paired so well with all the dishes tonight plus awakened the palate for the next dish.
I believe the source or the pick of wine at this restaurant was kind of guaranteed.

I was truly grateful that they gave an unforgettable birthday celebration to my dear friend. Not just from the birthday dessert; tonight was actually their live music night and seeing my birthday friend going out few times to check out the live music, staff asked if we would like to change seat sitting in front of the live band as one table just left. Of course we did move. It was absolutely thankful for their loving move. Live music brought literally brought the whole restaurant guests together, singing along and dancing along. It was lovely to be one of the customers here and I was so pleased we all had a marvellous unforgettable time. (Live band on every Friday night starting from 2030 and table requires to reserve as listening to live band)

Staff was all very approachable, efficient and loving. Not just the sweet move that inviting my birthday friend and us to move out checking out the live show, but also their high alert from refilling water before we finished the bottle, changing plates after every dish, checking us out if we like the dish and most importantly, they did share their joyfulness and stories to us. What I mean was the happiness from the staff could tell from their service and yes, they didn't mind to spend some time sharing their restaurant stories to us. Absolutely incredible.

It was a very rare dining experience that I could find in Hong Kong. A true Mediterranean tavern night with music and goodnesses but in Hong Kong. Highly recommend and I must come back again and again!
Thank you for this great experience. Please keep it up!