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2012-01-19
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Repeat patronage is the best indicator of a restaurant's performance.This is my third visit to Harlan's within a year. That says a lot about my rating of the place.The first visit was for lunch, the second for afternoon tea. This time, it's for lunch again (price of dinner is a bit steep for me )I heard that the price of their hot-in-demand afternoon tea set has gone up already. But lunch remains at $198 and includes soup or appetizer buffet, mains, dessert and coffee. A real bargain if you
This is my third visit to Harlan's within a year. That says a lot about my rating of the place.
The first visit was for lunch, the second for afternoon tea. This time, it's for lunch again (price of dinner is a bit steep for me )
I heard that the price of their hot-in-demand afternoon tea set has gone up already. But lunch remains at $198 and includes soup or appetizer buffet, mains, dessert and coffee. A real bargain if you take into account the nice setting and the superb view of TST and Victoria Harbour.
There were a good variety of choices for the set lunch
We ordered roast of the day (grilled sirloin), orecchiette with wild mushroom and truffle cream sauce, and pizza as mains. For soup/appetizer, we all opted for the buffet style appetizer.The hostess was really nice and voluntarily asked if we intended to share the mains and arranged additional individual plates for us to serve the shared food
The basket of bread was served warm and with a range of varieties
The bread combined well with the great selection of salad and appetizers at the buffet table. The parma ham, foie gras terrine and smoked salmon were all of a very high quality.
For the mains, the roast was grilled to a crispy charred skin outside but the inside remains juicy, at a medium well texture
This is my first time having orecchiette, and it didn't disappoint me. The pasta was al dente and because of its thickness, gave a very good sense of al dente chewiness. The mushroom and truffle sauce was creamy and coated every bit of the cat's ear. A great dish indeed, not just the taste, but also the portion, great choice
The pizza was however a disappointment. I heard that Harlan's made great pizzas but this one was not served hot from the stove, probably because it took us longer to finish the sumptuous appetizer buffet. To me, a pizza which is not piping hot cannot be great. So, amongst the 3 mains, we gave the lowest score to the pizza
Then came the dessert.
It's a slice of walnut coffee cake and a water melon sherbet. Cake was smooth and combined well with the juicy melon sherbet.We concluded the meal with a nice cup of coffee.
My americano was ok but Cat's latte was too milky, with no trace of coffee at all
-- a small minus, but overall a great dining experience again.Once the One, thrice the One, always the One. Will encore.
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