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2013-01-06
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Environment:Quite liked it. Quite spacious and airy. They chose a cool, cold theme with the stone floor and walls but the paintings and illustrations on the wall helped liven up the space considerably. Kind of reminds you of its sister Madame. A coherent style runs throughout the resto, from its napkins to the menus, to the artwork. Service:Friendly and helpful, unpretentious. Food:$150 for 3 tapas, $220 unlimited orders for 2 hours; or $50 per tapasAlbondigas - saltbush lamb meatballs on walnut
Quite liked it. Quite spacious and airy. They chose a cool, cold theme with the stone floor and walls but the paintings and illustrations on the wall helped liven up the space considerably. Kind of reminds you of its sister Madame. A coherent style runs throughout the resto, from its napkins to the menus, to the artwork. Service:
Friendly and helpful, unpretentious.
Food:
$150 for 3 tapas, $220 unlimited orders for 2 hours; or $50 per tapasAlbondigas - saltbush lamb meatballs on walnut braised chickpeas
I don't enjoy mutton as much as V does but hey, no harm trying. As with the other valiant attempts I have made in the past 2 months to try things I would never have eaten before - like crab fat. I just don't see the appeal. I had a bite of the meatballs and decided that they weren't for me. Don't like the gaminess. But it has received V's stamp of approval. I appreciated the bed of chickpeas though and helped myself greedily to them. Well seasoned, well cooked and quite moreish. Seared squid and saffron mussel - with black potatoes, mussel coli and spiced popcorn
Not my thing either. The black potatoes were just...normal starchy cylinders with a slightly rubbery texture. Nothing special in terms of taste. Nor did the popcorns blow my mind - in fact they felt slightly stale, slightly soggy, no lightness. Don't know why. I suppose they did not keep them overnight?! The 'spice' on the popcorn was simply a sprinkling of spiced powder. Battered fish - with green pea pipperade
Cute name, but come to think of it - it's a very literal description, Battered fish is precisely what it was - sadly, the batter was too thick and again, slightly soggy. It didn't crisp up like a good ol' fish and chips. The fish was also quite bland. Probably cod or another fish that requires careful seasoning before it can be tasty. The quality was not bad though - quite smooth and fresh. I must also say that the bed of peas was lovely. Not your usual *slightly mashed* peas. There was a binding ingredient which made the mash particularly....moreish. My vocab is limited, sorry. Keep smoking - smoked bbq ribs and chickpeas
Not bad. The BBQ sauce was tasty and thinly coated the ribs - which was good - really don't like it when they smother the ribs in sauce. The meat was tender but did not 'melt in the mouth'. I suppose a bit of gnawing on the bone is what eating ribs is about, especially when there isn't a lot of meat in the first place. However, this dish wasn't outstanding - could easily get it elsewhere. Would've looked for a bit of spin on this classic meat dish - high expectations!Slow roasted pork belly - with white bean salad
The flavour was nice but the meat was quite dry. If you don't eat all the layers at once - including the crisp skin and the fat and the leaner meat at the bottom - the lean meat standing alone wasn't moist/tender. Buttermilk fried chicken bites - free range chicken and corn ragout
This chicken was a bit tough and dry, actually. But it was well seasoned and the batter was lovely. It was crisp and not too salty. I liked it more than KFC fried chicken (although KFC is pretty yummy hehee). But you would only have it in small pieces because the crisp exterior is necessary to keep your senses interested in the food. I loved the corn ragout though. It was so buttery, and the corn was super sweet and juicy! Wonder if they came from japan, or whether they cooked it in milk...Key lime pie - broken with coconut $40
Dessert was a bitter disappointment for us. This deconstructed key lime pie was..a mystery. Neither of us understood what was going on. Let me explain. There was a gooey lemony custard, strands of candied lime zest, a small dollop of coconut cream/ice cream, some granules of digestives/graham crackers mixed with coconut and butter....all heaped onto one small plate. It was unimpressive, confusing and a complete fail. We didn't know where to start. And when eaten separately the dessert just made little sense. Mash o mallow - toasted and burbon flavoured with banana ice $40
I deleted the photo. Silly me. But trust me when I say it was served in a large glass filled with, one ball of banana ice cream, and two small blocks of cylindrical, lightly browned-on-top marshmallows. The banana ice cream was very banana-ry but I was wondering whether I'd enjoy a simple mashed up and chilled banana, without having to fuss over adding cream and making it into an ice cream...the marshmallows were simple, lightly toasted ones. I would liken the texture to the individually packaged mini marshmallows you get from Okashi land with chocolate/strawberry filling? @@ Rubbery, and sweet. That is all. Not impressive at all.
Conclusion:
It was drizzling intermittently that day. The sky was a dull laundry water grey so I got this scarf to drive away the drabness. Good times - enjoying a breather when times are supposed to be stressful...is a discipline one's got to maintain. However, this discipline will not bring me back to this curious, budding restaurant within half a year. Feels like it still isn't quite ready. Still got lots of loose ends to tie up. While we were lunching a few workers came up to put up some art on the walls. So there was construction going on while we were having lunch. Curious.
题外话/补充资料：
The portions are [u]TINY[/u]. I could've finished the bed of chickpeas, peas and corn in TWO spoonfuls but given the apparent scarcity I pained myself to exercise some self-control...ate 3-4 morsels at a time...not entirely satisfying I should say!
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