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2014-07-17
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Want to kill two birds with one stone? Eating and art admiring? Well Bibo is certainly a new name that has brought about this somewhat interesting idea. The entrance is not stand out, when google map announced we had arrived, it looked liked the entrance of a residential apartment. If not for one of its employees standing by and seeing our puzzled faces and stating 'Bibo' with a question mark undertone, we then realised it was the black sliding door next to it.The dining room is actually at the
The dining room is actually at the bottom, the entrance only reveals a hostess stand tucked into a small nook. Then down the stairs, past the barista/bar, along a short corridor lined with bookshelves with the most adorable ballon puppy dog ornament cast in a shiny red metal/plastic (I don't know I didn't touch it) and opens up into its dining area. It's not too big, but pleasantly bright from natural light while your eyes may need a few seconds to adjust to all the mismatch and colour from the art adorning the room.
They say they specialise in Francais fine dining and the street/contemporary art decor is to 'reinvent' a little space of what Bohemian life in Paris was like in the 1930s. The combination is outrageous, daring, but in the end it all comes down to the food.I'm sure this sad clown is pretty famous now...
Funky show plate and not at all cheap I was told.
They offer a set lunch with a choice of two or three courses, both very reasonably priced. We decided to have three courses just so we could try their desserts too.Our bread basket and not bad at all. Thick cut rustic style bread with a slight sour tang. The insides was a little damp, but the crunchy crust gave it extra points. And the butter... heavenly~ Really high quality butter served.
Appetisers. Langoustine for him, chilled cucumber gazpacho for me. The langoustine unfortunately was mushy which is an awful texture, but the thick pea emulsion was flavourful and best of all the dish was served quite hot.
My cucumber gazpacho and if I remember correctly accompanied by a tomato sorbet was a little watery, a little bland. It was refreshing for a couple of mouthfuls before the flavour becomes a little tired.
Both of us had eyes on the beef cheek, but he let me choose it while he settled on the guinea fowl. The beef cheek was braised till it was soft and easily poked apart with your fork, very full flavour.
The guinea fowl looked a little dry, but I was happily proven wrong when it turned out to be quite moist with a crisp skin. The potatoes looked wonderful all crispy and golden brown, but they instead were the dry issue on the plate.
The two dessert choices on the menu were both fruit oriented. Can't there be a chocolate option too? Not expecting much, but they turned out to be the highlight of the entire lunch.First a beautifully presented panacotta. Set as a shallow layer on the bottom of the bowl topped with raspberry sorbet, piped vanilla cream and a toasted almond crisp. Silky smooth it just melted on your tongue and the creaminess of both panacotta and cream were offset nicely by the light sharp sweetness of the berries.
I don't recall having tried rice pudding at all. I mean I'm Asian and I love rice with my savoury dishes so when you present it to me as a dessert I would have to pass and pick something else. Well, if all rice pudding tastes like this then I would definitely order it next time I see it. Soft grains of rice cooked till there is a slight chew to it, all enveloped in a creamy vanilla custard. Really good~
All the staff can speak really good english there, but service seemed a little unsteady as there were some mix ups happening at other tables, but in general it wasn't too bad.
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